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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
A reel of wire records, from the only extant collection of recordings of Abing's music Abing ( Chinese : 阿 炳 ; pinyin : Ābǐng ; 17 August 1893 – 4 December 1950), born as Hua Yanjun (simplified Chinese: 华 彦 钧 ; traditional Chinese: 華彥鈞 ; pinyin: Huá Yànjūn ) was a blind Chinese musician specializing in the erhu and pipa .
A Texas woman is charged with murder after police say she fatally shot her husband, lit his truck on fire and fled the scene in a kayak. Bexar County, Texas officials found the body of Tomas ...
Painting of a Xiqin or Erhu from Yulin cave 10, Western Xia, (1036-1227 C.E.) The xiqin ( Chinese : 奚琴 ; pinyin : Xī qín ) was a bowed 2-string string musical instrument . [ 1 ] The instrument was called xiquin in China, referencing the Xi (the creators, a Mongol tribe) and quin (Chinese for stringed instrument). [ 2 ]
Image credits: thewifeaquatic1 To gain a better understanding of these transitions, we got in touch with PAWS, an animal welfare nonprofit based in Lynnwood, Washington, dedicated to ...