Guzheng: ka wehewehe ʻana o ka mea kani, haku mele, mōʻaukala o ke kumu, ʻenehana hoʻokani

ʻO Guzheng kahi mea kani makaʻāinana Kina. No ka papa o chordophone uhuki. He ʻano citrus. ʻO ka inoa ʻē aʻe ʻo zheng.

Ua like ke ʻano o ka guzheng me kahi mea kani ʻē aʻe Kina, ʻo ka qixianqin. ʻO 1,6 mika ka lōʻihi o ke kino. ʻO ka helu o nā kaula he 20-25. Mea hana - siliki, metala, nylon. Hoʻohana ʻia ke kila no nā kaula kani kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻopili ʻia nā kaula bass i ke keleawe. Hoʻonani pinepine ʻia ke kino. ʻO nā kaha kiʻi, nā ʻokiʻoki, nā momi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā pōhaku makamae he mea hoʻonani.

ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu maoli o zheng. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe noiʻi ua hana ʻia ka chordovon pili mua e General Meng Tian i ka wā Qin Empire ma 221-202 BC. Ua loaʻa i nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe ma ka puke wehewehe ʻōlelo Kina kahiko loa ʻo "Shoven Zi" kahi wehewehe ʻana i kahi zither bamboo, i lilo paha i kumu no ka guzhen.

Hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani i ka guzheng me kahi plectrum a me nā manamana lima. Hoʻokomo nā mea pāʻani o kēia wā i nā koho 4 ma nā manamana lima o kēlā me kēia lima. Hoʻokani ka lima ʻākau i nā memo, hoʻoponopono ka lima hema i ka pitch. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia nā ʻenehana pāʻani o kēia wā e nā mele Western. Hoʻohana ka poʻe mele o kēia wā i ka lima hema e pāʻani i nā memo bass a me nā harmonies, e hoʻonui i ka laulā maʻamau.