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Below are videos on how to play the guzheng, set up a new guzheng and tune the instrument.
Learn to Play The Guzheng in 80 Minutes – A Crash Course for Beginners – Learn All The Basic Techniques – Bei Bei’s Guzheng Tutorial
80分钟古筝入门基础视频教程 – 学会所有基本技法 – 名师授课
This 80 minutes tutorial is taught by renowned Guzheng performer/instructor Bei Bei who has been playing for over 30 years and teaching for over 15 years.
The video covers all the basic techniques that you need to know to play the guzheng. It does not cover how to read music notations such as the Chinese Jianpu notation, please see a separate video for this topic.
Here is the breakdown of each topics covered in this video:
– Parts of the guzheng
– Tuning the Guzheng
– Name of the Strings
– Wearing Finger Picks
– Posture and Hand Shape
– Basic Plucking Techniques (Single-Note Plucking)
– Basic Plucking Techniques (Interval and Chords)
– Left Hand Vibrato and Bending Techniques
– Playing Arpeggios
– Playing Glissando
– Playing Tremolo
– Playing Harmonics
– How to Improvise
– Resource on Further Studies
Bei Bei has written three English/Chinese tutorial books available. The books are great study guide. You can purchase them at our website: https://www.theguzhengshop.com/product-category/guzhengbooks/guzheng_tutorial/bei-bei-guzheng-tutorial
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How to set up your brand new guzheng
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How to tune your guzheng
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- How to play the guzheng (video demonstrations for all songs and certain drills in “Bei Bei’s Easiest Guzheng Course” Book 1)
