The erhu is a family of traditional Chinese musical instruments stringed instruments. Spread so far, about twelve hundred years of history, from the erhu. Tang Dynasty poet Cen Shen has been called “the Army Zhijiu drink to go off, erhu, pipa, bamboo flute” verse, the erhu in the Tang Dynasty began to spread, then west, north and all ethnic groups known as the barbarian, the erhu West, North National Biography into a musical instrument commonly known. In modern times, the erhu was renamed as the erhu.
Named due to inside and outside erxian Zhang. Qin tube, python skin, piano bar, pegs, strings the (stringed or metal strings), jin (also known as the waist Ma), Qin Ma and Bows. Inside and outside two strings by d1 and a1 pure five degrees tune a stringed instrument. Range of up to three octaves, and even more. Bass full and effective; soft Alto area, clear; clear treble, slightly nervous. It suitable for the performance of a deep, plaintive description spectacular mood. Generally speaking, where chord tone plump, soft; outboard sound bright, energetic. Since the erhu bit more, nor fixed grade, it is capable of performing any redeployment, but the most common of G, D tune, tune F, BB tune, C tune. Erhu playing technically complex, rich and expressive, the modern solo, accompaniment and ensemble instrument. Because of the love and attention of the masses of this instrument, constructed and playing technically continuous improvement and improved. For example, recently created a dual-jin erhu, the original the Erhu range bass expansion of a perfect fourth or perfect fifth, and enhance the erhu performance. Due to the birth of this new instrument, but also to create the conditions for the creation of some new songs.
Erhu songs
As an important representative of one of the traditional Chinese musical instruments, the the erhu an excellent representative of tracks artistic conception “Traditional” tearjerker “river water, waves of thoughts” Sanmen Gorge Capriccio, the magnificent Great Wall Capriccio “Pentium passionate “Jockey” Concerto.
Traditional Ten erhu songs: Reflection of the Moon, a wonderful evening, listening to the pines (Song), the Mountain birds, cold spring breeze song, moonlit night, streaming wave song, disease Yin, Sambo Buddha, bright line.
