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Erhu sound. The erhu (Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a southern fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle.
Min Huifen in her childhood. Min was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1945. [3] Her father began teaching her to play the erhu when she was eight. [1] She studied at the Affiliated High School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and then at the Department of Traditional Chinese Music of the Conservatory.
The zhonghu is analogous with the erhu, but is slightly larger and lower pitched. Its body is covered on the playing end with snakeskin. The instrument has two strings which are generally tuned to the interval of a fifth, to A and E or to G and D (this latter tuning equivalent to the violin's lowest two strings). It has a deep, mellow sound ...
The bowed strings section of the modern Chinese orchestra includes the gaohu (高胡), erhu (二胡), zhonghu (中胡), cello (大提琴) and double bass (低音提琴 or 倍大提琴). Certain compositions are scored for gehu (革胡) and diyingehu (bass gehu ; 低音革胡) in place of cello and double bass respectively; however, the adoption ...
Germany's Donaukurier captured the artist's essence: "Ma Xiaohui proved to be a magnificent Erhu player who, as if by magic, produced out of the two strings fantastic sound effects. The fantastic virtuosity and musicality of the soloist unified the poetic imitations of singing birds, subtly drawn and melodious bows, elegiac songs, and comedian ...
It is the tenor member of the erhu family (the erhu being the soprano member and the zhonghu being the alto member). The zhongdihu (中低胡, pitched one octave below the zhonghu, (tuned G-D, as the middle strings of the cello). It is the bass member of the erhu family.
Erhu, chinese version of the Khuuchir Sihu (Four string). The khuuchir is a bowed musical instrument of Mongolia. [1]The mongolian Khuuchir (also Huuchir) is considered the predecessor of chinese instruments like the more popular of the hu'kin or Huqin instruments, the "erhu", —er meaning two in chinese, referring to the two strings of the instrument, and Hu meaning foreign, or barbarian.
A scene from the movie, including "March of the Volunteers". The theme song of the movie, "March of the Volunteers", was sung by Gu Menghe and Yuan Muzhi. The song was released as an album by the Pathé Records label (which later became part of EMI in 1935). It was selected as the provisional national anthem of the People's Republic of China in ...