| The two-stringed erhu is compared to the violin in sound and status in the music world. |
| Without a fingerboard, the erhu can produce a great range of effects in the hands of a skilled performer. |
| The strings of the erhu, commonly tuned a fifth apart, are stretched over a wooden drumlike resonator covered by a snakeskin membrane. |
| Some traditional Chinese music instruments are the datur, guqin, dizi, erhu, pipa, sheng, suona, yangqin and zheng. |
| They enjoy themselves in singing songs from opera, playing the erhu or practising their calligraphy on the ground with a brush. |
| The erhu, accordion, balafon, flute, marimba, and numerous other cultural instruments, are blended together. |
