To learn guzheng well, you must master the range and tuning of guzheng

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Learning Guzheng, if you do not master the range and tuning, it will affect the progress of learning Guzheng. If you want to learn the guzheng well, you must master the range and tuning of the guzheng.

To learn guzheng well, you must master the range and tuning of guzheng

1. The sound range of the guzheng: on the guzheng, the empty string sound without the sound is called scattered sound. The scattered sound range of the twenty-one-string guzheng has four octaves. If you add the minor third produced by pressing on the highest dispersion, the actual range is four octaves and a minor third. The scattered sound range of the 18-string guzheng has three octaves and perfect fourths. If you add the minor third produced by pressing on the highest dispersion, the actual range is three octaves and a minor sixth. The sixteen-string guzheng has three octaves of scattered sound. If you add the minor third produced by pressing the sound on the highest dispersion, the actual sound range is three eighty-zero minor thirds.

2. The tuning of the guzheng (D key): the tuning of the 21-string guzheng, generally the first string (the lowest note) is set as D, and the other strings are arranged upward in the order of the pentatonic scale, and the 21st string Generally set as a"'. Specifically: the first string is set as D, the first string is the "1" note in the key of D, and the order of the pentatonic scale must be "12356" when tuning, so the second string is is "2".

Those who learn the guzheng must master the above content carefully, and your guzheng skills will have a new progress.

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Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

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