略吟slight vibrato
Pinyin: lüè yín
Vibrato and glidesShorter than shao yin: a single light touch of yin, about “half of a half yin”.
How it is played
After the note, make only the briefest flicker of yin, almost in passing; otherwise as for yin.
How it sounds
A mere thread of tremor in the ring, barely there.
In the classical handbooks
如半吟之半也。亦如前說。Gist: Like half of a half yin. Otherwise as above.
Easily confused with
- 少吟shǎo yín· half vibratoShao yin is about half an ordinary yin; lüe yin halves it again.