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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.
The most common huqin are the erhu, which is tuned to a middle range; zhonghu, which is tuned to a lower register, and gaohu, which is tuned to a higher pitch. The lowest pitched huqins include the dahu and gehu. The highest pitched huqin is the jinghu, used in the Beijing opera.
A larger version of the Erhu. Either tuning may be considered standard. Diyinruan: 4 strings 4 courses. G 1 D 2 G 2 D 3 ' Contraass Ruan China lit. "low pitched Ruan" Dombra: 2 strings 2 courses. Standard: D 4 •G 4. Dambura, Dumbyra, Tumpyra, Tumra, Danbura North central Asia Domra, alto 3 strings 3 courses. E 3 •A 3 •D 4: Russia Domra ...
Erhu – two-string vertical fiddle, standard erhu D4, A4 tuning. A second erhu is sometimes used, known as fanhu (反胡) or fan erhu (反二胡), meaning "counter fiddle" or "cross fiddle"; it has thicker strings tuned a minor third (B3, F4#) or fourth (A3, E4) below the leading erhu; Pipa – pear-shaped lute with four strings, uses standard ...
A drawback however, is that the locking nut must be loosened using an Allen wrench to tune outside the range of the fine tuners on the bridge (if present). The erhu does not use a hard nut to define the vibrating length of the open string, but rather a qiān jin (千斤), a loop of string, or, less commonly, a metal hook.
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 ...
Dihu – low pitched two-stringed fiddles in the erhu family, in three sizes: Xiaodihu (小低胡) – small dihu, tuned one octave below the erhu; Zhongdihu (中低胡) – medium dihu, tuned one octave below the zhonghu; Dadihu (大低胡) – large dihu, tuned two octaves below the erhu; Dahu (大胡) – another name for the xiaodihu
The gaohu is similar in construction to the erhu but has a slightly smaller soundbox, commonly circular, and is tuned a fourth higher, to G4 and D5. Whereas most huqin are placed on top of the left thigh, the traditional gaohu is played with the soundbox held in between the knees. It has a brighter and lighter tone as compared to the erhu.