Horse head qin is a unique traditional instrument of which ethnic group

The horse-head fiddle is a unique traditional instrument of the Mongolian people.

The Horsehead Qin is a two-stringed stringed instrument with a trapezoidal body and a handle carved in the shape of a horse's head, and is a favorite instrument of the Mongolian people. Horse-head qin is a Mongolian folk stringed instrument. In Mongolian, it is called "Chaoer". The body is made of wood, about one meter long, there are two strings, *** sound box is trapezoidal, the sound is round, low and gentle, the volume is weak.

Methods of playing the horse-head qin:

1, fingering

Left hand tiger's mouth is naturally open, the thumb micro-support pole, in the low handle, with the index finger, the middle finger nail root top strings, ring finger, pinky fingertips using fingertip top strings, pinky finger in the performance of a very important, which is often from the outer strings under the top of the top strings; in the high handle, due to the small distance from the sound position, the fingers are fingertip press strings.

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2. Bowing

In bowing, the bow hairs and the strings should be kept at a right angle. There are many kinds of string setting for the horse-head qin, because the thinner strings are set in the inner strings and the thicker strings are set in the outer strings, so the strings are often set in the reverse fourths as g and c1, and sometimes in the positive fourths as d1 and a, and in the positive fifths as d1 and g.

Horse-head qin's Unique Modeling:

1、Modern modeling

Horse head qin by *** sound box, head, pole, string shaft, qin horse, strings and bow and other parts of the composition, *** sound box was trapezoidal, there are very few made into six square or eight square, qin box box box board more use color wood, elm, rosewood, mahogany or mulberry and other hardwood made of the upper and lower two frames of the board in the center of the holes loaded into the pole, the left and right side of the board were opened on the sound holes.

The headstock and the instrument pole are made of a block of color wood, rosewood, mahogany or pine. The headstock is in the shape of a square column, with the top curved forward, modeled as a finely carved horse head, both the horse head of a galloping horse and the horse head of a standing horse, some of which are carved directly on the upper end of the shaft, and some of which are glued on after they are carved. The string groove is open at the back, mostly with groove cover, and two string shafts are placed horizontally on both sides.

2, traditional modeling

Traditional horse-head qin, mostly horse-head qin player on the ground, homemade for their own use, so the material and specifications are very inconsistent size. Usually divided into large and small two, respectively, for outdoor or indoor performance. The big one, the body length of 100 cm to 20 cm, 26 cm to 30 cm long box, under the width of 22 cm to 28 cm, suitable for outdoor performance.