Sound of China Guzheng Basic Tutorial in English w/online instruction

-by Carol Chang


This is the first comprehensive guzheng textbook in English, teaching you how to play guzheng Chinese zither instrument.  In this book, there are thirteen lessons that cover all the basic guzheng techniques with 31 drill exercises and 43 songs.  All the techniques are well explained in English with free online video clips to show you the proper playing techniques.  Total of 116 pages in spiral binding for easy page turning.

This book is the best for step-by-step self-learning.  Everything is explained in detail in the book with corresponding online video clips.  It is also a good beginner's  textbook to be used under a professional teacher's guidance.   Learning guzheng is fun and easy!



Content Index

Introduction to Guzheng      
Tuning of the Guzheng          
Numbered Music Notation(Jianpu)  
D-Major Music Notation for Each String      

Lesson One : Basic PluckingSkills    
    Drill  1-7
    Blossom         
    Flower or not Flower 花非花
    The Rainbow Sisters 虹彩妹妹         
    Purple Bamboo 紫竹調        
    The Great Wall 萬里長城     

Lesson Two :  Chords / Blocks          
    Drill 8-9
    Flower Drum Song 鳳陽花鼓
    Memory of Hometown  憶故鄉  

Lesson Three : Vibrato          
    Drill 10          
    Lake Taihu 太湖船    
    June Jasmine 六月茉莉        

Lesson Four : Glissando        
    Drill 11           
    Spring Breeze望春風
    Yellow River Tune黃水謠    
    Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank 平沙落雁          

Lesson Five: Advance Right Hand Plucking Skills  
    Drill 12-13
    Rhythm Practice        
    Stairs 爬樓梯
    Happy Chinese New Year 恭喜發財

Lesson Six: Basic Left Hand PluckingSkills         
    Drill 14-18           
    Little Town Story 小城故事 
    Weeping Willow        

Lesson Seven : 4 (fa) and 7 (ti)          
    Drill 19
    Twinkle Twinkle Little Star   
    Deck the Halls           
    Jingle Bell      

Lesson Eight : Left Hand Bending/Sliding/ Portamento      
    Drill 20 - 23          
    Picking Tea Leaves採茶曲  
    Jasmine flower 茉莉花          
    Beautiful Flower Under the Full Moon 花好月圓    
    Cranes Triumph the Cloud 鶴衝霄    

Lesson Nine : Tremolo           
    Drill 24 - 26           
    Edelweiss      
    Nocturne of Suzhou 蘇州夜曲        

Lesson Ten: Arpeggio and Broken Chords  
    Drill 27-29
    Prelude to the Melody of Water 但願人長久          

Lesson Eleven: Harmonic     
    A Fisherman’s Song漁光曲  

Lesson Twelve: “Lun Zhi” Rotating Fingers
    Drill 30-31
   Tear of Lady Xiang湘妃淚  

Lesson Thirteen: G major and other Tunings
    Fisherman Song of Wusuli烏蘇里船歌        
    Moon Over West River西江月         
    Auld Lang Syne         

ComprehensiveMusic Scores
    The Return of Fisherman Boat 漁舟唱晚    
    Much Sorrow 幾多愁
    Hard to be Apart 別亦難      
    Moon Lute 月琴        
    Green Mountain 高山青       
    Autumn Moon Over Calm Lake平湖秋月   
    Full Moon and Beautiful Flower 月圓花好  
    Praising the Red Plum 紅梅贊          
    Face Like Peach Blossom 人面桃花    
    Amazing Grace          
    Autumn Moon Over Han Palace漢宮秋月   
    Spring River Flower Moon Night春江花月夜          



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