Playing the guzheng with both hands is the dream of every guzheng beginner. No matter how complicated or simple the pieces are, for the zheng pieces that cooperate with both hands, I think the first thing to do is to analyze the score, and play it if you can't see the score, so it is difficult to get the effect. of. So what are the specific skills of playing the guzheng with both hands?

1. Traditional techniques

The traditional right-hand technique mainly refers to the use of the large, middle and index fingers. Whether it is grasping, splitting, hooking, picking, rubbing, picking, or pinching, turning, shaking and other techniques, the core principle is: the technique rules featuring the pentatonic octave and the big finger as the axis (big finger). For the "grip", play the string outward, the middle finger is called "hook" and play the string inward, and the hook is called "hook" (cooperation with folk).

Whether it is an enlightenment elementary school or a typical zheng music genre, the two-handed guzheng playing technique is to use the middle finger as the octave to play the strings—the middle finger is the main finger to play the melody, and the range of motion of the index finger is within the four middle fingers. The zheng string is an octave on the string, which is the main feature of the traditional right-hand technique.

Traditional left-hand techniques include chanting, kneading, sliding, and rhyming. Variations in technique are the main means of expression in local schools. First, master the performance skills of basic concepts such as chanting, kneading, sliding, pressing, etc., and then master the special performance skills with local characteristics.

2. Modern techniques

With the development of the times, the technique of zheng has been widely used for reference and other musical instruments, which enriched its own expressive techniques. The two-handed playing skills of the guzheng have been greatly enriched from playing with both hands to the performance of special timbres, from the arrangement of the five-seventh scale to the arrangement of special scales.

According to the rules of melody arrangement, the "finger sequence playing method" of finger sequence is suitable for special sound sequences and rapidly changing melodies. , but the fingers of both hands. It emphasizes the function of the fingers and the independence of the fingers. The method of playing strings is mainly the "lifting method". This led to the further development of zheng art.

The above is an overview of guzheng fingering theory and an introduction to basic learning methods. It is important to learn guzheng and to the teacher, but it is also essential to practice after class. If you don't practice seriously after class, it is easy to forget the method.