Especially in the slightly more difficult tracks, guzheng requires much higher finger speed and strength.
Generally speaking, at the beginning, there was little difference between the two instruments, and they were both easier to use. But the later, the more difficult the guzheng is.
The reason why many people mistakenly think that guqin is more difficult than guzheng is because few people know guqin and don't know it, so few people can make an objective explanation.
It's about skill. Without the necessary skills, the artistic conception cannot be expressed correctly. It is not easy for Qin and Zheng to pop up a good artistic conception.
Post a difference between guqin and guzheng for the landlord's reference:
There are many differences between guqin and guzheng. Here is a brief description for piano lovers' reference:
1. Date and name of its formation: In ancient times, "Qin" meant guqin, also known as "lyre" and "seven strings", while "Zheng" was called Zheng, also known as "Qin Zheng"; Guqin has a history of at least 4000 years. According to historical records, it appeared no later than the Yao and Shun period. Zheng appeared later than Qin dynasty, about in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, more than 2,500 years ago.
As far as volume is concerned, Qin is smaller and easier to carry, while Zheng is much bigger than Qin. For example, the length: Guqin is generally 1.2 meters long, while the unified specification of Guzheng is 1.63 meters.
3. In terms of the number of strings, the Qin was originally five strings, and the ancient Qin unearthed in the Warring States period has seven strings and ten strings. After the Han dynasty, it was shaped into seven strings, and there was no piano code in the middle, which has been used ever since. However, at first, the zither was 12 string, but in the Tang Dynasty it was 13 string (still used in Japan). There are more and more Hou Xian, and the modern guzheng in China is generally changed to 2 1 string with string codes in the middle.
4. Timbre: The timbre of Guqin is quiet, simple and distant, and the volume is smaller than that of Zheng. The sound of the Zheng is bright and gorgeous, and the volume is very high.
5. In terms of historical inheritance, Qin has a lot of real ancient music (such as Guangling San, Yangguan Sandie, Xiaoxiang, Yangchun, and Meihua Sannong). ). Only in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than 50 songs dedicated to Guqin were published/kloc-0, and there were more than 3,000 songs dedicated to Guqin in previous dynasties, excluding more than 600 songs with different versions of the same name.
However, there are only two or three copies of Gong Chi Pu copied by modern people, which is said to have been compiled in Qing Dynasty. Guzheng repertoire is mostly transplanted by modern musicians according to the ancient names and tunes of Qin and Pipa, and there are also some modern repertoires. For example, the famous guzheng song "Fishing Boat Singing Late" was transplanted and created in the Republic of China.
Therefore, the fingering of the Zheng has not been handed down. The fingering of modern Zheng is based on guqin, pipa and guitar. However, Guqin has a large number of graphic records of ancient special piano books and music scores, and most of the basic fingering is directly inherited from the ancient method.
Hundreds of guqin pieces have been handed down from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and have been kept in the hands of museums and folk collectors all over the world. Some guqin pieces in Tang Dynasty can also be used for practical performance. However, ancient artifacts handed down from ancient times are extremely rare, and most of the exhibits are imitations based on unearthed cultural relics (which can no longer be played). This is because the guqin panel is thick, protected by lacquer tire, and the production process is complicated, so the service life of guqin made by traditional technology can be as long as thousands of years; However, the panel of Zheng is thin, the process is relatively simple, the panel is not protected by painted tires, and its service life is short. In addition, the ancients did not pay enough attention to the guzheng, so the guzheng basically had no funerary wares.
In other words, the popularity of guqin in ancient times was much higher than that of guzheng, and it was quite widespread among ancient people. It can be seen from literary works and historical classics that guqin appears more frequently than "Zheng". As far as the poetry works reflecting folk customs in The Book of Songs are concerned, guqin was an instrument used by rural people to welcome guests and offer sacrifices at that time. In historical records, guqin was mentioned in many places, and later appeared in Tang poetry and Song poetry. It is recorded in Magic Secret Music that ordinary people with low educational level in the early Ming Dynasty knew that they could play even ditty. Only in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were as many as 150 works dedicated to guqin, but there was basically no empirical guzheng music ... There was a clear description of guqin in "Four Great Classical Novels", including ancient poetry, history books, novels, operas, paintings and ancient porcelain ... There were a lot of guqin there. Therefore, guqin was once quite popular in ancient times, at least it was a household name among literati.
Among modern scholars, guqin is far from being "popularized" in ancient times because of some historical reasons, people's cultural level, cultivation and aesthetic level are generally not as good as those in ancient times. Without this cultural atmosphere, "Qin" bears the brunt, let alone Qin. Only a few contemporary college students are good at calligraphy, and China's traditional cultural accomplishment is generally lacking.
Therefore, Guqin art is the only Chinese musical instrument (single musical instrument) art listed by the United Nations in the world intangible cultural heritage list, while Guzheng is not eligible for declaration because it has no ancient music and no handed down articles.
6. As far as learning difficulty is concerned, Qin and Zheng are almost as difficult to learn. At the level of CET-4 and CET-5, it is obviously much more difficult to learn the skills of Zheng, while Qin pays more attention to self-cultivation, so it is necessary to learn more skills. However, the speed and strength of fingers are obviously higher in Zheng music with grades 4 and 5 and above, which is technically difficult to practice. So generally speaking, learning guzheng is technically difficult. In terms of artistic conception, if you want to play the guzheng well, you need to work hard and constantly improve your personal cultivation in your study.
7. Cultural connotation:
Guqin is the best in the world: there are countless works on it in past dynasties, and dozens of capitals of Tang and Song poetry are directly related to it. Guqin appeared in a large number of ancient literary works and paintings, such as Romance of the Gods, Romance of the West Chamber and four classical novels, A Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin (Lin Daiyu, Zhuge Liang, Tingqin ...). Many words and idioms were originally derived directly from Guqin rather than other musical instruments, such as Chun Xue (from the Guqin master in the Spring and Autumn Period). -and the description and records of guzheng in history are much less than those of Qin in all aspects.
Many historical and cultural celebrities play Qin instead of Zheng;
There is a saying in the Book of Rites that "a gentleman withdraws his harp without reason". As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin became a compulsory musical instrument for literati, and a gentleman's seat must be left with the Qin and right with the book. Yu Shun,,, Confucius, Shi, Zhao, Zhuo Wenjun, Cai Yong, Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Bai Juyi, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Song Zhengzong Zhao Ji, Zhao Mengfu, Li Qingzhao, Zhu Xi and Ning Wang Zhu Quan in the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, Yang Xiong, Cai Yong, Ji Kang, Su Shi, Zhu, Leng Qian, Zhao Mengfu and other famous historical figures' guqin works still exist in the world. Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Li Qingzhao and others also wrote poems about Qin.
In history, Qin is a kind of musical instrument with self-cultivation and reflects one's cultural level. Historical Records Confucius Family says that Confucius "wrote 350 string songs". He carefully studied the story of piano with an open mind and became an example for beautiful talk and future generations. Among the six arts he taught, guqin is a compulsory instrument. It is said that Confucius once composed the piano music You Lan. Among the classic styles of guqin, there is the "Zhong Ni Style" named after Confucius.
Guzheng has a long history in ancient China, and it is often described in ancient literary works. Although it is not as long as guqin, it is not as long as guqin, and there are not as many ancient songs and fingering as guqin. However, because many guzheng songs are directly transplanted from classical works, some of them are also oral, with rich cultural connotations.