迎猱meeting wide vibrato
Pinyin: yíng náo
Vibrato and glidesA nao that meets the note from above and presses down, connected and lively.
How it is played
After the note, the finger first rises to meet it and then presses down, up and down in a connected, lively way, as if blending zhuang nao with a change of vibrato; it must be done with feeling.
How it sounds
A flowing, expressive rise and fall.
In the classical handbooks
取音如迎上抑下，連活有情，彷彿撞猱換猱換吟也。Gist: The note is taken as if meeting from above and pressing down, connected and lively with feeling, as though combining zhuang nao with a change of nao or yin.
Easily confused with
- 撞猱zhuàng náo· knocking wide vibratoZhuang nao has the jolt of a knock; ying nao is above all connected and flowing.
References
- 管平湖《古指法考》（北京古琴文化研究会 编，中国书店出版社 2019；据 1963 年中国音乐研究所油印本整理，依《琴用指法》《乌丝栏》《太音大全》《琴书大全》考订古指法）Scholarship
- 章华英《管平湖古琴打谱艺术探窥（中）》（华音网，谈杨宗稷一系吟猱的分类）(opens in a new window)Qin community