Anyone who has learned the guzheng knows that to play the guzheng, one must wear fingernails to play the guzheng, and the natural horn nails that can be replaced on the market are the best.

So the question is, the guzheng has a history of more than 2,500 years. When the ancients played the guzheng, they did not have any conditions. They all played it with their flesh fingers. Why did everyone abandon this tradition today?

1. Real nails

Although few people play the guzheng without their fingernails, there are still some people who insist on the original and use real nails to play. If you want to play the guzheng with real nails, you must first grow your nails and trim them into an oval shape, which will make it more comfortable to play.

The biggest advantage of playing with real nails is that it is convenient, and there is no need to wear fake nails or viscose. The so-called advantages must have disadvantages. Playing with real nails is easy to break the nails because your nails are not thick enough, ranging from split nails to bleeding......

We have done a comparison of the effect of real nails on the sound of the guzheng. The only advantage of playing the guzheng with real nails is that the sound it plays has a more classical charm, which is very suitable for playing slow-paced classical songs. Real nails can perfectly restore the guzheng. Antique tone!

2. Fake nails

Apart from being cumbersome to wear, fake nails have few other disadvantages. In daily life, many materials can be used to make fake nails: steel wire, celluloid, chemical board, tortoiseshell, ivory, horn, bamboo and other materials. There are two common shapes

1. The fake nails are scalded with boiling water and then bent, and then bent into the arc of a real nail, then cut into the shape of a real nail, and then polished with sandpaper. This kind of nail is usually attached to the back of the finger to play, and it is a replaceable real nail.

2. Bend the straight nail into an oval shape, and then polish it finely. When playing the kite, stick the nail on the belly of the finger, and bind it with tape. At present, most of the guzheng nails that can be seen on the market are of this type.

Compared with real nails, fake nails are more suitable for playing modern songs, and if you can use various techniques proficiently, ancient songs are also easy to grasp, which is better than real nails, has more possibilities, and does not hurt your fingers , will not damage the skin! So, there is a reason why everyone is using fake nails now!