The erhu, accordion, balafon, flute, marimba, and numerous other cultural instruments, are blended together. |
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They enjoy themselves in singing songs from opera, playing the erhu or practising their calligraphy on the ground with a brush. |
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The two-stringed erhu is compared to the violin in sound and status in the music world. |
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Without a fingerboard, the erhu can produce a great range of effects in the hands of a skilled performer. |
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He joined the Shenyang Music Conservatory and in 1991 won a prize for erhu with distinction. |
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Gan started learning with his father Guo Junming, a famous Chinese erhu soloist, and he also learnt the violin, cello and piano. |
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This year's closing festival of Edmonton's busy summer will unite the orchestra with the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese fiddle which is played somewhat like a small cello. |
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Some traditional Chinese music instruments are the datur, guqin, dizi, erhu, pipa, sheng, suona, yangqin and zheng. |
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The strings of the erhu, commonly tuned a fifth apart, are stretched over a wooden drumlike resonator covered by a snakeskin membrane. |
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The wide-ranging program includes operatic excerpts, concerto movements for violin, flute and clarinet by Vivaldi, Seitz, Quantz and Weber, a word for erhu and strings, and Edith Piaf's Non, je ne regrette rien! |
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In performance the erhu is held upright on the performer's thigh, and the tautness of the bow strings is determined by the pressure of the performer's hand. |
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From the tranquil beauty of the zheng, to the rich textures of the marimba, and the soaring splendor of the erhu, they present a beautiful blend of musical techniques and styles. |
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On tour the orchestra consists of 20 musicians from the Massy Opera Orchestra, and 3 musicians from Reunion, including the Chinese erhu soloist Guo Gan. |
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Chou studied violin and erhu and tried to emulate his second brother by dabbling in the harmonica, mandolin, xiao, and the musical saw. |
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He plays just about anything with strings including the traditional fiddle, Chinese erhu, Appalachian dulcimer, mandolin and six and twelve string acoustic guitars. |
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