Learn To Play the Guzheng in 80 Mins | Bei Bei's Guzheng Tutorial | Learn All the Basic Techniques

#BeiBei筝 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: 00:58 Parts of the guzheng 古筝的基本构造 02:09 Tuning the Guzheng 调音 04:42 Names of the Strings 认弦 06:27 Wearing Finger Picks 佩戴义甲 11:02 Sitting Position/Posture 演奏坐姿 11:47 Basic Hand Shape and Wrist Position 基本手型 13:06 Playing Area (Where to pluck on the strings) 弹弦的位置 15:33 Basic Plucking Techniques (Single-Note Plucking) 演奏单音 25:46 Four-Points Technique (a very useful fingering combination) 演奏四点的技巧 30:24 Basic Plucking Techniques (Interval and Chords) 演奏音程/和弦 39:39 Left Hand Vibrato and Bending Techniques (Summary) 左手按音、揉弦技巧（概述） 41:07 Vibrato 揉弦/颤音技巧 44:24 Bending the String 按音 49:41 Slurs 滑音 55:53 Quick Bend 点按 56:51 Glissando 刮奏（花指） 01:06:32 Arpeggios 琶音 01:11:33 Tremolo 遥指 01:16:41 Harmonics 泛音 01:18:31 How to Improvise 如何即兴演奏 01:21:32 Resource on Further Studies 进一步学习的资源