This is a Guzheng numbered sheet. I would like to ask how to play the part circled in red. Why are there two notes? thanks

Answer 1

I'm not sure which Guzheng numbered sheet music you are referring to because you didn't provide any specific name or information. But generally speaking, the part circled by the red pen usually indicated the notes that needed to be played. According to the habit of playing the zither, these notes usually needed to be played alone rather than together with other notes.

As for why there are two notes, it is usually because in this simplified musical score, the time value of the notes is half-tone, so there will be two identical notes in some positions, but their time values are different, thus forming two notes. In this case, the performer needed to find the relationship between the two notes according to the rules and characteristics of the music and play them correctly.