What is the difference between Jinghu and Erhu?

Difference in appearance

Beijing Hu: Because singing Beijing opera to transport gas to the dantian, send false voice on the high-pitched, so the predecessor invented the Beijing Hu. To be high-pitched must be short string short vibration frequency is high only out of the high sound, but to sound must be thin snake skin, but also tightly masked, the code to be small to empty, bow hair to use the real horse horse tail, only to increase the friction. Therefore, the barrel can only use natural bamboo tube, because the cylinder diameter round and smooth, in order to increase the cylinder rod **** Ming, the rod is also made of bamboo, the bow rod are made of bamboo, but shorter than the bow rod of the erhu.

Erhu: the construction of the erhu whole body wood, high-grade piano whole body are concerned with the old redwood rosewood, etc., with the piano maker's technology continues to improve, more and more attention to the hard texture of the wood, in order to further improve the piano skin and the barrel to produce a more harmonic *** vibration **** song, so that the sound is more rounded and brighter high-pitched, which is to increase the cortical This is to improve the leather's thickness and refinement process.

Good piano skin are imported python skin anus 1 meter in front of the scale skin thickness is moderate, scale pattern symmetrical pieces, because the erhu barrel is larger than the Beijing hu, the barrel area increases the skin should be thicker than the Beijing hu skin, so that produces *** vibration of the large bass is thick and deep, erhu tone high-pitched especially as a soprano, thick and deep, especially as a baritone, the erhu is suitable for a wide range of musical performances. The material and cylinder diameter of Jinghu and Erhu are different from each other in terms of tone and volume, and the beautiful melodies they produce are different from each other.

Playing difference:

Jinghu: The playing of Jinghu is different from that of erhu and gaohu, and the masters take the driving-legged style, with the left leg driving to the right leg, thus raising the height of the barrel to facilitate the close manipulation of the instrument with both hands, and placing the Jinghu on the middle of the thigh in front of the left hand, and slanting it to the left to a 45-degree angle, and why? In order to bow hair and strings at an angle of 90 degrees to shorten the distance with the piano code out of the sound real and not false, so the right hand must hold the bow to the right at an angle of 45 degrees to the right to push and pull.

Beijing Opera is such a complex melody that the Jinghu is rarely changed, how to pull it? Jinghu playing the score are high octave and low octave, the inner strings do not have the sound on the outer strings pull, will not sing Beijing opera people do not understand what melody pull, but it and the accompanying instruments singing to form a completely harmonic harmony, extremely beautiful and beautiful.

Erhu: The erhu has a long string spacing and can be replaced by five traditional handles, adapting to the chordal playing of all instruments. The erhu's articulation resembles the human voice, so it plays the leading role in backing vocals, solos, and ensembles. Especially when playing the lyrics of Peking Opera, the player adopts various techniques such as up-sliding and down-sliding, up-sliding and down-sliding, so that the erhu's gentle pronunciation is close to the human voice. The natural overtones of the erhu can emit a loud whistle, high and transparent, adding a poetic touch to the depiction of a beautiful scene. Erhu enthusiasts have a large group in the country, and the sound of the erhu can be heard everywhere you go, which is the charm of Chinese culture.

The erhu is a stringed instrument. There are two strings, the modern erhu to pure five degrees fixed string, in the huqin among the middle and high range instruments. Nowadays, according to the conditions of need, each place independently develops different shapes of bowed string instruments, such as gaohu, jinghu, banhu, erxian, trumpet strings and so on. In order to meet the needs of the symphonization of Chinese music, according to the system of the erhu, the zhonghu was also invented separately.

The luthier usually makes the erhu out of wood, such as mahogany, rosewood, ebony, chicken-winged wood, blood sandalwood, big-leaf sandalwood, African safflower pear, African sandalwood, and so on, and there are some luthiers who make the erhu out of materials such as ivory, jade, and plastic, as they have considerations other than acoustics. One end of the barrel is covered with snake skin, which is the source of the erhu's unique sound, and some high-grade erhu use python skin. Whether from wild or captive snakes, it is increasingly expensive to collect the skin.

And since CITES restricts the import and export of adamantine snakeskin by its participating organizations, in recent years alternative materials have been developed to mimic the sound of snakeskin. Steel, nylon, and silk strings are commonly used, and sheepskin strings have been rarely used. To summarize, this has led to a decline in the number of erhu's made from the raw material along with it, replaced by alternative materials.

Reference links ? Baidu Encyclopedia ? Erhu