Basic technique of Guzheng

This intermediate course of guzheng is intented for musicians who have followed the beginner course of Nani Yang.

Nani will address more technical notions such as arpeggio, pressed notes, vibrato, portamento. She will make you work as well on your fingering technique.

You will have the opportunity to play several pieces such as “Little Bok Choy”, “Song of Mount Ali”, “Tweedling of Fairies”… among many others.

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The main concepts taught

Vibrato

Portamento

Pressed Note

Returning Bends

Arpeggios

The program proposed by Nani Yang

This intermediate course of guzheng is divided into eight parts. You will first work on the vibrato. After that, you will discover the portamento technique and practice it. You will learn how to play pressed notes, pressed vibrato and arpeggio. Finally, in the last part you will do several fingering exercises.

Chapter	Notions
Vibrato	Vibrato Exercise “Little Bok Choy”
Portamento Exercises	Upper Portamento Exercise “Wandering under the Moonlight” Lower Portamento Exercise “Little Kitten” “The Cuckoo” Dual Portamentos Exercise “Croaking”
Pressed Note Exercises	Pressed Note Exercise “Is It Properly Pressed” “Song of Mount Ali”
Pressed Vibrato Exercises	Pressed Vibrato Exercise “Meditation“ “Embroider a Golden Plaque”
Returning Bends Exercises	Lower Returning Bends Exercise Upper Returning Bend Exercise
Arpeggio Exercises	Arpeggio Analysis & Exercises “The Game of Chords” “Tweedling of Fairies”
Quick Four Point Exercises	Quick Four Points Exercise and Analysis “Tumbler” “Tumbler”II “Little Sisters in Grassland”
Fingering	Techniques on Right Hand Fingering Practice of Da Guo Da-Da Summary of the Right Hand Techniques Taozhi (entangling the finger) Exercise Middle Finger Strumming and Tapping with Both Index Fingers Middle Finger Strumming and Tapping with Both Index Fingers/Exercise Demonstration Tapping with Both Index Fingers “Little Bear Beating a Drum” Tapping with Both Index Fingers “Children’s Slide”

Lesson plan

Chapter	Notions
Vibrato	Vibrato Exercise “Little Bok Choy”
Portamento Exercises	Upper Portamento Exercise “Wandering under the Moonlight” Lower Portamento Exercise “Little Kitten” “The Cuckoo” Dual Portamentos Exercise “Croaking”
Pressed Note Exercises	Pressed Note Exercise “Is It Properly Pressed” “Song of Mount Ali”
Pressed Vibrato Exercises	Pressed Vibrato Exercise “Meditation“ “Embroider a Golden Plaque”
Returning Bends Exercises	Lower Returning Bends Exercise Upper Returning Bend Exercise
Arpeggio Exercises	Arpeggio Analysis & Exercises “The Game of Chords” “Tweedling of Fairies”
Quick Four Point Exercises	Quick Four Points Exercise and Analysis “Tumbler” “Tumbler”II “Little Sisters in Grassland”
Fingering	Techniques on Right Hand Fingering Practice of Da Guo Da-Da Summary of the Right Hand Techniques Taozhi (entangling the finger) Exercise Middle Finger Strumming and Tapping with Both Index Fingers Middle Finger Strumming and Tapping with Both Index Fingers/Exercise Demonstration Tapping with Both Index Fingers “Little Bear Beating a Drum” Tapping with Both Index Fingers “Children’s Slide”