China's top ten famous brand erhu ranking

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Just a ranking of erhu brands in China.

The erhu began in the Tang Dynasty, called Xiqin, and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, or two-stringed huqin, also known as nanhu and buzzer, erhu is one of the major bowed-string (rubbing-string) instruments in the Chinese musical instrument family.

The basic structure of the barrel and skin

The barrel

The barrel is an important part of the erhu, which vibrates the skin of the instrument through the pushing and pulling of the bow and the vibration of the strings to pronounce the sound of the ****ing body. The texture and shape of the barrel has a direct effect on the volume and sound quality.

Generally made of rosewood or mahogany. The shapes are hexagonal, octagonal, round, front octagonal and back round, etc. The commonly used shape is hexagonal.

There is a sound window inlaid behind the barrel (usually a carved wooden window), which not only plays a decorative role for the barrel, but also has certain benefits for pronunciation, sound transmission and sound filtering. The barrel is the erhu's *** sounding tube, generally made of ebony, mahogany (rosewood is rare), there are also made of rosewood or bamboo, in the 1970s and began to use low-foam (ABS) material molding.

The shape is mainly hexagonal, 13 centimeters long, the diameter of the front mouth (opposite side) 8.8 centimeters. In some areas, they are made round or octagonal. Cylinder waist is slightly thin, the back of the cylinder open mouth or device open with a variety of styles of holes in the sound window. The barrel of the instrument plays the role of expanding and rendering the vibration of the strings.

The skin

The barrel of the python skin in front of the mouth, called the skin, also known as the membrane, which is an important device for the sound of the erhu. Generally python skin, snake skin is the lowest level of erhu skin. Snake skin scale pattern is fine, grain arrangement rules, and rich toughness, but the texture is thin.

The sound quality is easily affected by climate, room temperature and other factors. Python skin scale pattern is thick and flat, color contrast coordination, thickness is appropriate and flexible, not easy to be moth-eaten, pronunciation **** sound better. Python skin and to the anal area of the place of the most ideal, this place of python skin adaptability, pronunciation of thick round, and stable performance.

Newly purchased erhu either snake skin or python skin, pronunciation is often empty and sand, and hold the upper and lower ends of the volume disparity is large. This is the cause of the skin vibration is not coordinated enough, need to be played after a period of time, the skin vibration may gradually become the norm.

It is an important articulating body of the erhu, and also the key to the vibration source, which has a direct impact on the sound quality and volume. The larger the scales of the python, the better the tone.