CHINESE TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENT SKIN

Domestic affection is his main subject of this piece of music. The erhu (Chinese: pinyin: èrhú) is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a 'southern fiddle', and sometimes known in the Western world as the 'Chinese violin' or a 'Chinese two-stringed fiddle'. The Moonlight on the Second Spring is created by a blind musician A Bing, which has become a classic performed bymany orchestras. Horse Racing, Moonlight on the Second Springare the top classic Erhu music works. In smaller orchestras, there are usually two to six Erhus in larger ones there are ten to twelve. Erhu is usually employed in national orchestras. As a very expressive instrument, Erhu can play not only melancholy tunes, but also joyful melodies. Besides, it can imitate many natural sounds, such as bird and horse. The tone of Erhu resembles a human voice. By the 1960s, the model of guzheng we use today was set: 160.5 centimeters long and 33.5 centimeters wide with 22 strings. The erhu's range spans over three octaves and the tune shares some features with violin, although it produces a more nasal tone, which is gentle but firm. In the 1950s, the design and manufacturing techniques of guzheng went through a major transformation, highlighted by an enlarged soundbox and the addition of metal strings which enabled the stings to produce a louder sound. The erhu is played by moving the bow horizontally over the two vertical strings.

An erhu player usually sits with the instrument on his or her left upper thigh in front of the left hip. Traditionally the two strings are made of silk, but metallic strings are also used. The erhu bow is placed between its two strings namely the inner and outer strings.

CHINESE TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENT SKIN

This resonator is covered with a piece of stretched python skin that produces a unique ‘whining' tone. There is a vertical post with a fingerboard crosses the sides of a resonator at its base. Capable of making expressive and haunting sound, Erhu is extremely popular in China today as a medium for both traditional and contemporary music as well as plays an important role in both solo and orchestral performances.Īlthough hailed as a Chinese violin, Erhu is quite different from its western counterpart. As one of the most popular Chinese string instruments the two-stringed vertical fiddle has a long history of more than 1,000 years. Erhu, a kind of bowed instrument, is the most representative one in the Chinese traditional folk musical instrument.

Chinese two stringed instrument