What are the differences and similarities between erhu, gaohu and banhu in terms of playing techniques? I'm a Grade 7 erhu player and would like to learn to play the gaohu or banhu on my own, but I do

What are the differences and similarities between erhu, gaohu and banhu in terms of playing techniques? I'm a Grade 7 erhu player and would like to learn to play the gaohu or banhu on my own, but I don't know if it's possible. Banhu is hard, soprano banhu has the same range as erhu, erhu has two handles, erhu has a vertical finger, banhu has a horizontal finger, erhu has two fingers in the bow, banhu has one finger, erhu has a rolling vibrato, banhu has a compressed vibrato, and banhu has a very strong stylistic character.

The gaohu is relatively close to the erhu, and the position of the barrel is different, and the style of playing is also somewhat different, it is best to have a teacher to guide the learning, or else it is not like the four!

It is recommended to stick to the erhu, the more scattered the less refined! Recommended Answer 4: Erhu history Erhu began in the Tang Dynasty, and has a history of more than a thousand years. It first originated from a minority group in the northern region of China in ancient times, and was called "Xiqin" at that time. Chen Luan, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, recorded in the Book of Music that "the Xiqin is a hu music also ......", and Cen Sen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote the poem "The Chinese army set up wine to drink for the returning guests, and the huqin, pipa, and qiang flute", which shows that the huqin had already begun to spread in the Tang Dynasty, and that it had been used in the Tang Dynasty for more than one thousand years. It is a general term for both Western and Chinese stringed and plucked instruments.

To the Song Dynasty, and the huqin named "Jqin". The end of the Song dynasty scholars Chen Yuanliang in the "matter Lin Guangji" in this way: JI Qin this Jikang system, so the name "JI Qin". Song dynasty scholar Shen Kuo in the "complementary to talk about music and law" recorded: "xining in the palace banquet, teaching workshop actor Xu Yan play JIqin, square into the wine and a string off, diffraction is not easy piano, only a string end of its song." That in the Northern Song Dynasty has a very high level of performance. Xu Yan for the emperor's ministers to play "jiqin", broke a string, still use another string to play the song. No skillful technique is not done. Later, Shen Kuo in the "Dream Stream Brush Tales" and recorded "Horsetail Huqin with the Han East, the sound of the song is still complaining about Shan Yu. Bow do not shoot to go in the geese, the return of geese now do not send out." It shows that in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was already a horse-tailed huqin.

The Yuan Dynasty "Yuan Shi Rituals and Music Zhi" contained "Huqin system as fire does not think, roll the Gu dragon's head, two strings with a bow twisted, the bow of the strings to the horse's tail," further elaborated on the principle of the production of the huqin. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the huqin had spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River, becoming the main instrument for folk opera accompaniment and instrumental ensembles.

In modern times, the huqin was renamed the erhu. For more than half a century, the level of erhu playing has entered a period of prosperity. Mr. Liu Tianhua, the originator of the modern school, drew on the techniques and skills of Western instruments and boldly and scientifically positioned the erhu in five positions, thus expanding the range of the erhu, enriching its expressive power, and establishing a new artistic connotation. As a result, the erhu emerged from the folk accompaniment to become a unique solo instrument, and also laid the foundation for later entering the grand hall of music and music colleges.

After the founding of New China, the development of national and folk music was rapid, and in order to vigorously explore the artistic treasures of folk artists, the erhu music of Huayanjun, Liu Beimao, and other folk artists was compiled and turned into recordings, so that the art of erhu playing developed rapidly as a result of the rain. In the 1950s and 1960s, a group of erhu educators and performers such as Zhang Rui, Zhang Shao, and Wang B emerged, and under their influence, new erhu performers such as Min Huifen and Wang Guotong were cultivated. Erhu composer Liu Wenjin's "Random Songs of the Great Wall" and other erhu compositions bring the performance of the erhu into overdrive and deliberately innovate, giving the erhu new vitality and color.

Adding -- According to the information provided in "Three Hundred Questions on Chinese Cultural History", the Song Dynasty was the second stage of the development of the fusion of foreign musical instruments with the culture of the Central Plains. During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with the development of opera and song, folk musical instruments developed their own accompanying instruments along with the rise of the "hooks" and "tiles". One of the most important instruments is the origin of Mongolia, the western region of the horse-tailed huqin (also known as the two-stringed zither), left behind by the previous dynasty with the jiqin, rolled zheng fusion, the creation of a novel huqin. This instrument fully marks the maturity of Chinese bowed string instruments. Later, due to the needs of local opera singing styles, the huqin gradually differentiated, appearing with the Qinqiang, Yu opera needs of the Banhu, Peking Opera, Han Opera needs of the Peking Hu, Peking Erhu, Henan Luzi needs of the Pendant Hu, Guangdong Cantonese Opera needs of the Gaohu, Chao Opera needs of the Coconut Hu, Hunan flower drums with the big tube, Mongolia rap with the four hu, Sichuan Opera with the cover of the boards, Henan Viet calls the four strings, Fujian Putian Opera with the pillow qin, Dong Opera with the ox-legged qin, Zhuang Opera with the ox-legged qin, and the four-stringed qin, which is used in the opera. The erhu is a bowed string instrument used in Mongolian rap, Sihu for Sichuan opera, Gepan for Henan Yuejiao, Pillow Harp for Fujian Putian opera, Niuzhu for Dong opera, Horse Bone Harp for Zhuang opera, Erhu for Jin opera, etc. Therefore, the erhu is actually one of these many bowed string instruments, and it got its name much later than the huqin. Therefore, it is inaccurate to say that the erhu began in the Tang Dynasty, and it should be said that the huqin began in the Tang Dynasty.

The structure of the erhu is relatively simple, consisting of a barrel, a pole, a skin, a string shaft, a string, a bow, a jack, a horse and a bow hair. Erhu ministries structure function:

Erhu components are composed of nine main parts, their functions are described as follows: barrel A barrel: is an important part of the erhu, which is through the bow of the push and pull movement, rubbing the strings vibration of the skin pronunciation of the sound of the **** sounding body. The texture and shape of the barrel have a direct impact on the volume and sound quality. Generally made of rosewood or mahogany. Shape has hexagonal, octagonal, round, front octagonal after round, etc., commonly used is hexagonal.