Nowadays, Teochew zithers mostly use metal strings. This sentence is correct.

Chaozhou Zheng uses metal strings because metal strings are softer and are suitable for various rubbing, sliding and vibrato making of Chaozhou Zheng. Chaozhou Zheng, also known as "Southern Zheng", is an important school in the history of the "Nine Schools of Chinese Zheng". It is famous for its softness, delicateness and ease of listening. It has always been loved by colleagues in the guzheng circle and has been widely spread. Chaozhou Zheng originates from the Central Plains guzheng and is popular in Chaozhou-speaking areas such as Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shantou in Guangdong.

Chaozhou Zheng music has several modes unique to Chaozhou music, such as "light three six", "heavy three six", "living five", "light three six", etc., coupled with the quietness and euphemism of the tunes It is embellished with delicate decorative sounds such as chanting, rubbing, and sliding, thus forming a smooth and gorgeous charm. Representative figures include Guo Ying, Su Wenxian, Gao Zherui, Lin Maogen, Xiao Yunge, Huang Changfu, etc.

Representative repertoire include "Jackdaw Playing in the Water", "Liu Qingniang", "Moon on the West River", "Water Lotus", "Pink Lotus", "Little Taohong", "Icing on the Cake", "Pingsha Falling Geese" , "Deep Boudoir" and so on.

Performance techniques:

The traditional performance forms of Chaozhou Zheng include solo, ensemble and ensemble. The performance form of Chaozhou fine music often appears in the form of an ensemble of three strings, pipa and zheng, commonly known as "three strings, pipa and zheng", which "makes you emotional as soon as you hear it". The traditional Chaozhou zheng has only sixteen strings, and the body is small, followed by With the development of music, zithers with 18 strings and 21 strings gradually appeared.

The Chaozhou zither is tuned according to the pentatonic scale, and the first string is usually set as "5". When it is played with other instruments, it is set in the key of F. There are two other ways to set the key of "Huo Wu": one is to move the code to change the "Gong" sound into the "Fan" sound, which is traditionally called Jue "Gong". ", the original "56123" has been changed to "56124" in the arrangement of the zheng; the second one is obtained by pressing the strings with the left hand.

When playing Chaozhou Zheng, you need to be straight. , the arms, wrists and fingers should be relaxed, and the hand shape should be like a lotus hanging upside down. Chaozhou Zheng pays special attention to the finger sequence when playing. Those that conform to this rule are called "reverse fingering". If "reverse fingering" occurs during performance, "Da Zuo" or "Li Xian" (Li Yin) must be used to solve it.