deen the breen Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Does anybody know what the instrument in this video is called? sounds fantastic !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 hey deensure, I can help you out here. This instrument is called er 二胡。why 二胡? That's pretty simple.The instrument has two strings, therefore it is called 二 for "two" and 胡 means string here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforuu Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yea that's correct, and it's more for folk song or something like that. Nowadays not so many people like to listen to it, the music by it doesn't sound so crispy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWL Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 hey deensure, I can help you out here. This instrument is called er 二胡。why 二胡? That's pretty simple.The instrument has two strings, therefore it is called 二 for "two" and 胡 means string here.The erhu and pipa are my favorite classical Chinese musical instruments! I think more people should learn to play them in Europe and the US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Looks like a complex instrument to master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonsiccus Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 My grandfather has, and used to play an erhu. It's a wooden string instrument played with a bow and sounds extremely grating in the hands of a novice (me). In the hands of someone who knows what they're doing, the thing can really create some beautiful music as in the video.One cool thing, the er hu that my grandfather had used stretched snakeskin to cover the body. I always enjoyed looking at that when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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