NAOMI Chinese Erhu Solid Wood Two strings violin Exclusive Engraved Code Urheen Musical Stringed Instruments with Bow an

The erhu also called nanhu southern fiddle and sometimes known in the West as the Chinese violin or Chinese two string fiddle is a twostringed bowed musical instrument used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras It is the most popular instrument in the huqin family of Chinese bowed string instruments together with the zhonghu gaohu banhu jinghu sihu and numerous others Used in both traditional and contemporary pieces it is a versatile instrument Playing technique Tuning The erhu is almost always tuned to the interval of a fifth The inside string nearest to player is generally tuned to D4 and the outside string to A4 This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin Position The erhu is played sitting down with the sound box placed on the top of the left thigh and the neck held vertically Right hand The bow is held with an underhand grip The bow hair is adjusted so it is slightly loose Tension is provided by the fingers of the right hand The bow hair is placed in between the two strings and both sides of the bow hair are used to produce sound the player pushes the bow away from the body when bowing the A string the outside string and pulls it inwards when bowing the inside D stringAside from the usual bowing technique used for most pieces the erhu can also be plucked usually using the second finger of the right hand This produces a dry muted tone if either of the open strings is plucked the sound is