古筝有丰富的艺术表现力，而种种艺术表现都是依靠各种基本技法及其组合运用来完成的。
Guzheng has rich artistic expression, and all kinds of artistic expression depend on various basic techniques and their combination.
演奏者以右手的拇指、食指和中指来拨动琴弦，控制节奏音高，奏出旋律；用左手在弦柱左侧顺应弦的张力来控制音色变化，装饰美化旋律，表现风格特色。有时因作品的需要，也以控制琴弦张力的方法改变音高。这样就形成了古筝演奏基本技法的右手技法和左手技法两大类。右手的常用技法有托、劈、挑、抹、剔、勾、摇、撮、刮等，左手的常用技法有按、滑、揉、颤等。
The player uses the thumb, index finger and middle finger of his right hand to move the strings, control the rhythm and pitch, and play the melody; Use your left hand to follow the tension of the string on the left side of the string column to control the timbre change, decorate and beautify the melody and express the style characteristics. Sometimes, due to the needs of the work, the pitch is changed by controlling the string tension. In this way, there are two basic techniques of zither performance: right-hand technique and left-hand technique. The common techniques of the right hand include holding, splitting, picking, wiping, picking, hooking, shaking, pinching, scraping, etc. the common techniques of the left hand include pressing, sliding, kneading, shaking, etc.
在筝的演奏谱中，两手的各种基本技法都有相应的演奏指法符号表示，下面是这些常用技法的符号及演奏动作要领：
In the performance spectrum of Zheng, various basic techniques of both hands are represented by corresponding performance finger symbols. The following are the symbols of these common techniques and key points of performance actions:
l 右手常用指法符号及动作要领
L common fingering symbols and action essentials of the right hand
托└ 拇指向筝外侧方向弹弦
Hold your thumb and play the string towards the outside of the Zheng
劈┐ 拇指向筝内侧方向弹弦
Split your thumb and play the string towards the inside of the zither
挑/ 食指向筝外侧方向弹弦
Pick / index finger and play the string towards the outside of the Zheng
抹\ 食指向筝内侧方向弹弦
Wipe \ the index finger flicks the string towards the inner side of the Zheng
剔 中指向筝外侧方向弹弦
Tick the string and point to the outside of the Zheng
勾⌒ 中指向筝内侧方向弹弦
Tick - middle point to the inner side of the zither
摇彡 弹弦指连续快速弹拨筝弦，拇指则连续托劈，食指则连续抹挑
Shake and play the string. The fingers play the Zheng string continuously and quickly, the thumb supports and splits continuously, and the index finger wipes and picks continuously