Use the thumb to pluck in a closing motion toward the palm. The strike is performed by the small knuckle, the joint by the tip of the thumb. If using own nail, both nail and pad contact the string.
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Use the index finger to pluck in a closing motion, toward the of the palm. If using own nail, both nail and pad contact the string.
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Use the middle finger to pluck in a closing motion, toward the of the palm. If using own nail, both nail and pad contact the string.
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Use the ring finger to pluck in a closing motion, toward the palm. If using own nail, both nail (if long enough) and pad contact the string.
Ferguson’s historic sources disagree. Sources E and G say this is the ring finger pulling a string toward the performer. Sources A and F say this is the ring finger pushing a string away from the performer.
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Use the fifth finger to pluck in a closing motion, toward the palm. If using own nail, the nail (if long enough) and pad contact the string.
“Yin” is a term offered by Kwok 1987. Cheng 1991 offers “rou zhi bo xian” and Ferguson 1979 Xiǎozhǐ nèi tán 小指内彈, "little finger plucks inward".
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Use the thumb to pluck in an opening motion, away from the palm. If using own nail, only the nail contacts the string, no other part of the thumb.
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Use the index finger to pluck in an opening motion, away from the palm. If using own nail, only the nail contacts the string, no other part of the finger.
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Use the middle finger to pluck in an opening motion, away from the palm. If using own nail, only the nail contacts the string, no other part of the finger.
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Use the ring (fourth) finger to pluck in an opening motion, away from the palm. If using own nail, only the nail contacts the string, no other part of the finger. Taken from qin traditions.
The fifth finger strokes outwards, nail only contacting a string.
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Use the index finger to pluck two strings quickly, in a closing motion.
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Use the index finger to pluck two strings quickly, in an opening motion.
