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I've created user templates for erhu players to use on their userpages here: Category:Wikipedian erhu players. -- Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 12:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I think the interpretation that the erhu takes its name not from its number of strings but from the fact that it plays "second fiddle" in Cantonese music is a mistaken notion. This explanation should be mentioned in the article as many people believe it, but I don't think it's accurate. Badagnani 08:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I am an Erhu player myself and have never heard of that the name is related to its position in a modern Chinese orchestra. This might come about when people wonder why this particular Hu Qin is call Erhu but not any others although they all have two strings. Gaohu is a rather recent invention, in QuanDong (Cantonese). The name Gao means "high" which as it implies, is tuned higher than Erhu. It is based on Erhu (yes, they call it Erhu back then) and tune it GD instead of DA of the Erhu. The strings are changed from silk to steel at the same time. I think later development have the Gaohu tuned to AE. In fact, Gaohu, Erhu and Zhonghu cover the whole range of the Violin from high to low. Zhonghu is also a later development to give the Chinese Orchestra more low range coverage. My opinion is that Erhu is the original name given to the instrument and all others come later. Hence Er probably refers to the two strings.
If Xiao Baiyong is from Shanghai, then why does he apparently also use a Cantonese spelling of his name (Siu Pak Yong?), and why do websites appear under this romanization in nearly equal proportion to the pinyin romanization? If we are to serve our users properly, we really should give both romanizations. Badagnani 21:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Interesting. It's my understanding that Shanghai and Cantonese music have had a long interrelationship, and that in the early 20th century Cantonese music and the development of the gaohu flourished in Shanghai even more than in Guangdong/Hong Kong. Badagnani 03:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be important to include which clef the Erhu plays in? Considering that it's the 'Chinese Violin' one can infer that it plays in Treble/G clef, however that could be incorrect. [[ Kidalana 02:00, 30 September 2007 (UTC)]]
Yes, since erhu has around the same pitch as violin, it will be tremble clef, which i prefer as an erhu player as opposed to the chinese number system, where the number for each pitch changes for different keys. To play the erhu at an advanced level, you need to learn both equally well —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.92.34.92 ( talk) 04:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Does the erhu also use the same staff as ours? In the YouTube Symphony masterclass (here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6uktGrOSE&feature=channel_page) she used the term "three F's" (Fortississimo). Do they use the same staff as ours?
By the Way, I did see Badagnani's Post. 97.117.238.69 ( talk) 03:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abing. Badagnani ( talk) 03:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
There isn't currently a section on how, precisely, the snake-skin head is attached to the rest of the erhu. Is there a mechanism for adjusting the tension as there is eg. on a banjo? 71.57.172.38 ( talk) 08:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to use violin strings on an ehru? -- m: drini 21:05, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Currently the Play section ends with the sentence "As the instrument has no frets, the tone is slightly muddled, but resonant." [My italics]. Is this a mistake for muddied? 87.81.230.195 ( talk) 20:09, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
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I've created user templates for erhu players to use on their userpages here: Category:Wikipedian erhu players. -- Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 12:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I think the interpretation that the erhu takes its name not from its number of strings but from the fact that it plays "second fiddle" in Cantonese music is a mistaken notion. This explanation should be mentioned in the article as many people believe it, but I don't think it's accurate. Badagnani 08:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I am an Erhu player myself and have never heard of that the name is related to its position in a modern Chinese orchestra. This might come about when people wonder why this particular Hu Qin is call Erhu but not any others although they all have two strings. Gaohu is a rather recent invention, in QuanDong (Cantonese). The name Gao means "high" which as it implies, is tuned higher than Erhu. It is based on Erhu (yes, they call it Erhu back then) and tune it GD instead of DA of the Erhu. The strings are changed from silk to steel at the same time. I think later development have the Gaohu tuned to AE. In fact, Gaohu, Erhu and Zhonghu cover the whole range of the Violin from high to low. Zhonghu is also a later development to give the Chinese Orchestra more low range coverage. My opinion is that Erhu is the original name given to the instrument and all others come later. Hence Er probably refers to the two strings.
If Xiao Baiyong is from Shanghai, then why does he apparently also use a Cantonese spelling of his name (Siu Pak Yong?), and why do websites appear under this romanization in nearly equal proportion to the pinyin romanization? If we are to serve our users properly, we really should give both romanizations. Badagnani 21:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Interesting. It's my understanding that Shanghai and Cantonese music have had a long interrelationship, and that in the early 20th century Cantonese music and the development of the gaohu flourished in Shanghai even more than in Guangdong/Hong Kong. Badagnani 03:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be important to include which clef the Erhu plays in? Considering that it's the 'Chinese Violin' one can infer that it plays in Treble/G clef, however that could be incorrect. [[ Kidalana 02:00, 30 September 2007 (UTC)]]
Yes, since erhu has around the same pitch as violin, it will be tremble clef, which i prefer as an erhu player as opposed to the chinese number system, where the number for each pitch changes for different keys. To play the erhu at an advanced level, you need to learn both equally well —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.92.34.92 ( talk) 04:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Does the erhu also use the same staff as ours? In the YouTube Symphony masterclass (here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6uktGrOSE&feature=channel_page) she used the term "three F's" (Fortississimo). Do they use the same staff as ours?
By the Way, I did see Badagnani's Post. 97.117.238.69 ( talk) 03:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abing. Badagnani ( talk) 03:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
There isn't currently a section on how, precisely, the snake-skin head is attached to the rest of the erhu. Is there a mechanism for adjusting the tension as there is eg. on a banjo? 71.57.172.38 ( talk) 08:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to use violin strings on an ehru? -- m: drini 21:05, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Currently the Play section ends with the sentence "As the instrument has no frets, the tone is slightly muddled, but resonant." [My italics]. Is this a mistake for muddied? 87.81.230.195 ( talk) 20:09, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
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