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Notation: Name: Jing Fu (advancing and returning)  Explanation: When a finger of the left hand presses down a string, and after the right hand has pulled the string, the left hand glides up to the right to a certain point indicated, then glides back to where it started or another spot indicated. |
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Notation: Name: Tui Fu (backward and returning)  Explanation: Opposite of Jing Fu. When a finger of the left hand presses down a string, and after the right hand has pulled the string, the left hand glides down to the left to a certain point indicated, then glides back to where it started or another spot indicated. |
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Notation: Name: Qia Qi  Explanation: This technique is particularly used for the thumb of the left hand. After the thumb presses down a string (on the 8th Hui for example), the ring finger presses down the same string at the next Hui (the 9th). Instead of using the right hand to pull the string, the thumb of the left hand pulls up the sting. Using the edge of the thumbnail to pull the sting up, at the same time the ring finger still presses down steadily. |
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Notation: Name: Zhua Qi  Explanation: This technique is particularly used for the thumb of the left hand as well. After the thumb presses down a string, it lightly pulls up the string to create a San Yin. |
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Notation: Name: Dai Qi  Explanation: This technique is particularly used for the ring finger of the left hand. After the ring finger presses down a string, it plucks the string to create a San Yin. |
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Notation: Name: Yan (to cover)  Explanation: The thumb, middle or ring finger of the left hand taps a string to produce a low, dull sound. The right hand does not touch the string. Do not tap too strongly to create noise from the surface of the wood. This technique is mostly executed with the left thumb. For example, when the left ring finger presses down a string on the 9th Hui, the left thumb taps the string on the 8th Hui (while the left ring still presses down) and after tapping the string, the left thumb stays there steadily and does not move away. |
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Notation: Name: Xu Yan  Explanation: This technique is mostly executed with the middle or ring finger and sometimes the thumb. Same technique as Yan but without pressing down any string before doing Yan. |
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Notation: Name: Tue Chu (pushing outward)  Explanation: This technique is particularly used on the 1st string for the middle finger of the left hand. After the middle finger presses a sting down, it makes the 1st string sound by pushing it outward. |
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Notation: Name: Ying He (respond and unite)  Explanation: The left middle or ring finger presses down a string, and the right hand plucks it, the left hand stays on the same string and does not move away yet. While the right hand plucks another string, the left hand moves either up or down to the position where it has the same sound as the string that the right hand had played. Eventually making both strings sound together (one is a solid sound, the other is a soft sound). |
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Notation: Name: Tong Shen (same sound)  Explanation: This technique is creating a kind of chord. The left hand plucks one strings, at the same time, the right hand plucks another string to make both strings sound together. |