缓猱slow wide vibrato
Pinyin: huǎn náo
Vibrato and glidesA nao with a broad swing and an unhurried rhythm.
How it is played
Slow the swings and take a large, even swing; the hand should look at ease, never laboring.
How it sounds
Broad, leisurely rise and fall, steady and generous.
In the classical handbooks
音取大而寬和，必要安閒自如之景，方得緩法。Gist: The note is taken large and broadly at ease; there must be a sense of calm leisure to achieve the slow manner.
大寬而和。Gist: Large, broad and at ease.
Easily confused with
- 急猱jí náo· quick wide vibratoJi nao is fast and tight; huan nao is slow and broad.
- 缓吟huǎn yín· slow vibratoHuan yin is narrow and soft; huan nao takes a larger swing.