Players adjust music intervals by the use of ji (bridge) and play it by plucking strings with picks (giko - tools put on the fingertip to pluck the strings) put on the fingertips of the right hand.
柱（じ）を用いて音程を調節し、奏者の右手に嵌めた爪（義甲）によって絃をはじいて音を出し演奏する。