The basic bamboo method of dulcimer is to alternate between hands. There are two traditional bamboo methods: "left bamboo method" and "right bamboo method". In the 1950s, Mr. Wang Yifu summed up the eight methods of playing, rolling, trembling, sliding, tapping, pulling, kneading and hooking. Convenient hybrid bamboo method.

1. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, absorbing and learning from the skills of sister national musical instruments and foreign musical instruments, our dulcimer has become a self-contained body, with a variety of performance skills and expressions. To sum up, it can be roughly divided into seven categories: single-tone technique, double-tone, round tone, playing round, broken chord, two-voice configuration and color technique.

2. Among them, the basic core skills of monophonic technique and round tone dulcimer. The single tone is like a pearl falling on a jade plate, and it is crystal clear. It is often used to decorate the melody, making it lively, lively, gorgeous and colorful; the double tone is full and powerful, and it is mainly used for the tones that need to be played strongly to enhance the momentum and set off the mood;

3. The sound of the piano is like a trickle, and it is constantly gurgling. It is often used in slow and medium singing melodies to make it more lingering and tactful; the drums are dense and compact, and are mostly used for notes with shorter durations to make them light and lively; decomposing chords is like The sparkling light on the rippling lake is often used to describe the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers and the charming scenery of nature; the configuration of the two parts enhances the three-dimensional sense of the sound, making the music image more vivid and full.

4. Among all kinds of color skills, the rhythm is fresh and melodious by reversing and plucking the strings; chanting and rubbing make the melody deep and mellow, quiet and elegant; the pause sounds like the light tread of a horse's hoof; the overtones make the artistic conception far-reaching and the charm infinite; The pull imitates the sound of running water and waves, as strong as a waterfall splashing, choppy waves, and weak as a stream flowing in a drizzle.

5. Drum sound, wood sound, picking sound, talent sound, and striking board to simulate percussion sound, as strong as gongs and drums in festivals, weaker like the elegant music of immortal sounds in the distant temples and bell and drum towers in the deep mountains; finger portamento It not only has the rhythm of Qin and Se, elegant and unvoiced, but also can imitate the whirling of birds and swallows, the sound of the wind and the waves crashing on the shore. Vivid, picturesque and poetic. Accurate, succinct, flexible and skillful use of these techniques of dulcimer in music can enhance the artistic appeal of performance.