Editing Guzheng (section)

=== Northern China ===
Northern styles include songs from the [[Shandong]] and [[Henan]] regional schools.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Songs from Shandong include "High Mountain and Flowing Water [Shandong Version]" (''Gao Shan Liu Shui'') and "Autumn Moon Over the Han Palace" (''Han Gong Qiu Yue''). Songs from Henan include "High Mountain and Flowing Water [Henan Version]" and "Going Upstairs" (''Shang Lou'').<ref name=":02" />

According to [[Samuel Wong]], songs from Henan are fiery.<ref name=":02" /> Left hand slides and vibrato are used frequently and tremolo is done with the thumb.<ref name=":22">{{Cite thesis|title=The Development of the Modern Zheng in Taiwan and Singapore.|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11860/|publisher=Durham University|date=2003|degree=Doctoral|first=Shu Hui Daphne|last=Kao}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Han|first=Mei|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1033223795|title=The emergence of the Chinese zheng: traditional context, contemporary evolution, and cultural identity.|date=2013|publisher=University of British Columbia|oclc=1033223795}}</ref> Meanwhile, Shandong songs are "glamorous&nbsp;... melodic lines often rise and fall dramatically&nbsp;... Its music is characteristically light and refreshing.''”''<ref name=":02" /> Slide descending notes are not used as often as Henan.<ref name=":22"/> Glissandos are always on beat.<ref name=":02" />