On the Features of CAO Dong-fu's Head Music and the Formation Causes

CAO Dong-fu, the founder of Henan CAO School of guzheng, was the prominent master of the Chinese national music in the 20 ^thcentury. He made great contributions to the important status of Henan School of guzheng in our country. As a master of the time, he had made great artistic achievements. The head music composed by CAO was characterized by fluency, smoothness, lingering, elegance and local flavor. The formation of such unique features benefited from his rich experience of art, profound accretion and high pursuit of art