The Alice Gu-zheng Ensemble\, a non-profit organization\, was founded in 2002 by Alice and her husband\, Kent\, who are the instructors. This ensemble has more than forty gu-zheng enthusiast s\, ranging from ages six to sixty-five\, and has held over three hundred public performances in Washington DC area since 2002. This ensemble was in vited to perform at different universities\, government departments\, libr aries\, as well as shopping centers\, such as Millennium Stage of the Kenn edy Center\, Strathmore Music Center\, National Hall Square of Smithsonian Museum\, Blackrock Center etc. Gu-zheng is a \;Chinese \;plucked& nbsp\;zither. It has 21 strings and movable bridges and date上back to 200 BC. It \;is the ancestor of several Asian zither instruments\, suc h as the Japanese koto\, \;the Korean \;gayageum\, \;and the V ietnamese \;Ä‘à\;n tranh. \;
\nIt is usually made o f phoenix tree wood\, has a rectangle sound box and a surface in a curve w ith tight strings. The strings on Gu-Zheng were originally made of silk in ancient times. \; \;Nowadays the strings are made with metal stri ngs or metal wrapped with nylon. \; \;The common performance techn ique of Gu-Zheng is to pluck the strings with the thumb\, index finger and middle finger of the player's right hand while left \;hand performs d ifferent techniques\, such as slight vibrating\, kneading\, \;skimming \, \;sliding\, etc. \; \;Gu-Zheng allows musicians to \;de pict the subtle changes of human \;feeling. Music produced by Gu-Zheng is considered elegant and romantic. \;
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