The fingerings to be learned at the beginning of the guzheng are hooking, holding and wiping. After practicing the basic three fingerings, you can practice hitting, splitting, tickling, picking, lifting, flower fingering, shaking finger, arpeggio, harmonic, percussion, rubbing, The fingerings such as big pinch, strumming, scraping, small pinch, vibrato, glissando, and four-point, among which hook, hold, and wipe are the most used and the most basic fingerings.

Guzheng also has many finger shaking methods, such as thumb shaking, index finger shaking, middle finger shaking, two-tone shaking, three-tone shaking, sweeping shaking, buckle shaking, etc., which can be used flexibly according to different songs when playing.

There are many small classifications for each finger shaking method, among which the thumb shaking is divided into the support wrist shaking, the piling shaking, the hanging wrist shaking, and the fast supporting and splitting shaking. Other finger shaking methods include the index finger shaking, the two-finger shaking, Buckle, swipe, multi-finger swipe, etc.

When playing the guzheng, you need to wear fake nails. The strings of the guzheng are very hard. If you don't wear fake nails, you will be easily injured. The nails should be worn vertically when wearing, and be careful not to affect the movement of the joints when wearing them.

Guzheng has a scale of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. There are no four-tone or seven-tone scales. There are a total of 21 strings.