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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 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 ...
Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg huluhu: China: 321.321 Two-stringed, bowed instrument igil: Tuva: 321.321 jing erhu: China: 321.321 kamancheh: Persian: 321.321 kobyz: Kazakhstan: 321.321 komuz [12] [13] Kyrgyzstan: 321.321 Three-stringed fretless lute, made from wood with gut ...
The common Zheng Diao tuning sets "do" to approx. "F 3" and tunes other strings relative to that to give C 3 D 3 F 3 G 3 A 3 C 4 D 4. Gusli: 9 strings 9 courses. Standard/common: E 3 A 3 B 3 C 4 D 4 E 4 F 4 G 4 A 4. Крыловидные гусли Russia Tuning varies; this is a common traditional tuning
Spike lutes are common in West Africa, as are tanged lutes, instruments in which the handle does not extend all the way through the resonator.A hereditary class of West African musicians, griots, play only tanged lutes; but non-griot performers in West Africa play a mixture of both spike lutes and tanged lutes.
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.
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.
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 ]