Guqin is a traditional Chinese plucked stringed instrument, which belongs to the silk in the octave. The guqin is generally about three feet, six inches and five inches in length, symbolizing the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year; the face is round and the bottom is flat, symbolizing heaven and earth; the body of the guqin corresponds to the body of the phoenix (it can also be said to correspond to the human body), with a head, neck, shoulders, and waist. , tail, foot.
When playing the guqin, the guqin is usually placed on the table, the right hand plucks the strings, and the left hand presses the strings to pick out the sound. The guqin has many playing techniques and is particularly rich in expressiveness. By using different playing techniques, a lot of artistic expressions can be displayed. features.
The musical range of the Chinese guqin is four octaves and two tones. There are seven scattered sounds, ninety-one overtones, and one hundred and forty-seven according to sounds. The sound of the guqin is very unique, and most people can feel the quiet and remoteness of the guqin when listening to qin music.
Regarding the question of how to tune the guqin, today I will tell you how to use the guqin tuner correctly.
First place the tuner on the table or clamp it on Yueshan, turn on the power switch, and lightly press the power button to switch the tuning mode. The string sequence name will be displayed on the screen.
The tuning pointers and lights on the screen will change accordingly, the English letters in the middle are the sound names, and the numbers in the lower left corner will correspond to the corresponding string numbers.