Ensouled Left-Hand Makes Guzheng Dance

During the performance of Gu Zheng, the use of the left hand is crucial. It’s extremely important in the use of traditional music of Gu Zheng because the embellished function of the left hand often determines the style of a piece of music. Since different genres of Gu Zheng have distinctive styles, the performance of the left hand can help reflect the characteristics of a genre. In modern works of Gu Zheng techniques of the left hand are continuously enriched, therefore, the performance of the left hand not only possesses the take-tone techniques as the right hand does, but also utilizes some "non-musical-tone" techniques in certain works.