There Fuxi Guqin common type of shape, Shen Nong type, Zhong Ni type, Pente type, type falling clouds, wind type, brainwave type, such as banana leaf. Early Ming Yuan are philosophy, according to the Southern Song Dynasty Tian Chi Weng's "Pacific Heritage Music" compiled "too sound Roms", is China's first contains detailed guqin style of ancient books, the book painted guqin style map thirty-eight kinds, later piano more books from book quoted, the Ming Dynasty "wind Xuan Xuan goods", "Wen sheet music hall", "ancient tones authentic" and other books, the piano-style four recorded increases of more than ten kinds, the Qing Dynasty "five known vegetarian tablature" depicted increased fifty-one kinds of styles.
The main difference between these styles are different amount piano body items, waist, tail, etc. line shape. Its meaning can be divided into several categories: one is named after St. Wangxian Jun, to commemorate the sages, enlightened ruler, such as "Fu", "Shen", "Zhong Ni"; one is based on nature's scenery, animals and plants named such as "phoenix potential", "onion skin", "banana leaf", "falling clouds", "bi-monthly"; one is related with the piano man, such as "Kuang", "Xiang teacher", "Lie" "son of", "Lvqi" (with Simaxiangru named harp), "Pente" (Suizhao Qin Li family suspected the bomb waist decorated them with piano chord Pente color, called "Pente", known as "Mr. Pente" ), "Charlie" (also known as "Charlie Liu Zi-hou-style", Liu reportedly related to the harp).
Different styles of piano, the volume of the groove is different abdominal cavity resonance, some large piano body styles, such as Fu, falling clouds, than the relatively simple style, the piano body narrower Zhong Ni type, Shen formula liberal tone number. The general line is not more similar to the style and tone of the relationship. Comparative samples also need to consider the particular musician chop wood and technology level of the material itself, the need for specific analysis of the specific situation.