略猱slight wide vibrato
Pinyin: lüè náo
Vibrato and glidesA short, fine but firm nao: strength within lightness.
How it is played
Only a very short, very fine touch of nao, but with the finger pressing firmly; keep moisture within the fineness, and crispness and looseness within the firmness.
How it sounds
A flash of vigorous tremor, clean and neat.
In the classical handbooks
細而堅實，細中有潤，堅中有脆，實中有鬆，則盡其妙矣。Gist: Fine yet firm, with moisture in the fineness, crispness in the firmness and looseness in the solidity: then its art is complete.
Easily confused with
- 略吟lüè yín· slight vibratoLüe yin is an extremely short yin, on the soft side; lüe nao is an extremely short nao and must be firm.