Geographically speaking, Shandong and Henan are adjacent to each other, and both Shandong and Henan zheng belong to the "North School". However, in terms of performance technology, the different histories of the two places have created different cultures - the comparison of the performance skills of the Henan Zheng School and the Shandong Zheng School can be said to be different and unique.

Comparison of the playing techniques between the Henan Zheng School and the Shandong Zheng School 1: The characteristics of the right-hand technique

The full application of the right big finger is an important part of Shandong zheng playing technique, which mainly includes four characteristics. First, the big finger touches the strings vigorously and powerfully. The melody of the music is mainly played by the big finger, with the middle finger and the index finger as auxiliary, and the playing with the big finger. Second, the shaking finger of Shandong zheng is composed of continuous and rapid "splitting" of the big finger. When shaking the finger of Shandong zheng, it is generally "split" and then "supported". Touch strings, pure sound. In the traditional Adagio zither music, the big finger does not have a fast "split support", and there is no finger-shaking method. In the traditional allegro zheng music, the finger shakes play crisp and lively sounds, such as pearls falling on a jade plate, and there are wonderful sound effects in such songs as "The Wind Swings the Green Bamboo", "The Breeze Runs the Bamboo", "The Mountain Sings the Valley Ying" and so on. Third, the small joint of the big finger is mainly used as the active part when playing Shandong zheng. Fourth, the fingering of the big finger "Flower Play" (or "Flower Finger") is used a lot, but it is used less in other zheng styles. .

Comparison of the playing techniques between Henan Zheng School and Shandong Zheng School 2: The characteristics of left-handed technique

All styles of zheng use the left-hand "pressing, sliding, kneading, and flipping" techniques to retouch and change the timbre. Although there are many ways of left fingering, they are all variants of the two techniques of "glissa" and "strumming". For example, "glide up", "glide", and "pressing" are all "glide", "sing" and "knead" are "kneading" with different amplitudes and frequencies, and "point" and "walking" are A combination of sliding and kneading techniques. But in the use of these techniques, due to various subtle differences, resulting in different genres of music styles.