I have known a celebrity since I was a child - Wang Zhongshan. When I was a child, I thought he was a god-like figure, and he is still a god-level person today.
Wang Zhongshan, a famous guzheng player, is from Nanyang (Mongolian), Henan. He has been learning Zheng since he was a child and has received guidance from dozens of folk Zheng masters. He has a profound foundation in Henan Zheng music. He had a talent for music since he was a child. He participated in many provincial competitions and won many awards. In 1981, he was admitted to Nanyang Art School and studied under the famous zheng player Mr. Zhao Manqin. He was exposed to and systematically studied and mastered the essence of the "quick sequence technique system" founded by Zhao. In 1988, he was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music and studied under Professor Li Wanfen, a famous guzheng educator. Professor Li's rigorous thoughts and constant pursuit of art also had a profound impact on him, and Wang Zhongshan's guzheng skills improved step by step.
? When I played his music when I was practicing piano, I felt that the fingering was orderly, smooth and natural, and the speed was also very fast. This was related to Mr. Zhao Manqin’s "quick fingering technique system" that he had mastered. Mr. Zhao Manqin found out the state in which a person's hand posture is the most relaxed - when sleeping, the person's hand is in a half-grip state while sleeping. In this state, the hand shape can increase the speed to the extreme. In 1986, Wang Zhongshan's song "Fighting Tigers and Going Up the Mountain" caused a sensation at China's first Guzheng Academic Exchange Conference with its new and difficult techniques, refreshing experts and scholars at home and abroad. It can be seen that he inherited the essence of Zhao's playing techniques and laid a solid foundation for him to create a new path for guzheng art.
He made many breakthroughs in technological innovation, such as finger shaking with both hands, which is one of the products of the innovation of the left hand. We who study guzheng all know that finger shaking with the right hand is a basic technique and the most commonly used technique. techniques, and finger shaking with the left hand is a higher technical requirement for guzheng learners. In Wang Zhongshan's "Yunling Sound Painting", you can see the passage of finger-wagging with both hands. This playing method allows the guzheng to have more space for expression of the musical range when expressing long-line musical melodies, enriching the performance of the performer. force.
The wheel finger technology is another innovation of Wang Zhongshan. The difference between it and the wheel finger of Pipa is that the wheel finger of Pipa is an outward wheel, while the common wheel finger of Guzheng is an inward wheel, but Wang Zhongshan’s wheel finger is The fingering is divided into many forms, including direct wheel, reverse wheel, cycle wheel, and multiple wheel playing methods. The ring finger has a granular and lively feeling, and the shaking finger is suitable for long melodies, with beautiful lines, and the expressive power of the ring finger. more flexible. In 1986, Wang Zhongshan's adaptation of "Dance of the Yi Nationality" used this technique for the first time. Later, wheel fingering was also applied to the left-hand technique. When both hands adopt the wheel fingering method, it is more conducive to expressing the vertical space of music. The wheel-finger technology has a distinctive innovative color on the modern guzheng techniques and adds a new banner to the modern guzheng techniques.
The application of the moving three-finger shaking technique is also another innovation of Wang Zhongshan's guzheng technique. The three-finger shaking is the thumb, index finger and middle finger respectively, allowing three different strings to use the finger-shaking fingering method at the same time. . Wang Zhongshan first used this technique in "Dance of the Yi Nationality". At first, the two-finger shake technique was included in "Little Sisters of the Heroes of the Prairie". There is a certain inheritance relationship between the three-finger shake and the two-finger shake. The two-finger shake is similar to the one-finger shake. A kind of short-lasting harmony, while the three-finger shaking of the position emphasizes the "position", making the music more fluid.
Wang Zhongshan has made many contributions and made many new breakthroughs in the field of guzheng. We who learn guzheng must strive to follow in Wang Zhongshan’s footsteps and love and promote the art of guzheng even more.