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The zhonghu (中胡, pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The banhu ( 板胡, Pinyin: bǎnhú is a Chinese traditional bowed String instrument in the Huqin family of instruments The erhu ( also called nanhu ( 南[[wikt 胡|胡]] "southern fiddle" and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese The gaohu ( 高胡; Pinyin: gāohú Cantonese gou1 wu4 also called yuehu 粤[[wikt 胡|胡]] is a Chinese Huqin ( 胡琴; Pinyin: húqín are a family of bowed String instruments used in Chinese music. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The Music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artefacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs It is a member of the huqin family together with the erhu and gaohu, and was developed in the 20th century as the alto member of the huqin family (similar to the European viola) to be used in orchestras of Chinese traditional instruments. Huqin ( 胡琴; Pinyin: húqín are a family of bowed String instruments used in Chinese music. The erhu ( also called nanhu ( 南[[wikt 胡|胡]] "southern fiddle" and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese The gaohu ( 高胡; Pinyin: gāohú Cantonese gou1 wu4 also called yuehu 粤[[wikt 胡|胡]] is a Chinese The viola is a bowed String instrument. It is the middle voice of the Violin family,
The zhonghu is the same as the erhu but is slightly larger and is lower pitched. Its body is covered on the playing end with snakeskin. The instrument has two strings, which are generally tuned to the interval of a fifth, to A and E or to G and D (this latter tuning equivalent to the violin's lowest two strings). The perfect fifth ( is the Musical interval between a note and the note seven Semitones above it on the musical scale
External links
Video
- Video of Xiaohui Ma playing zhonghu (click "Video: Ma XiaoHui Tells the Story of Her Erhu" to watch)
See also
Huqin ( 胡琴; Pinyin: húqín are a family of bowed String instruments used in Chinese music. The Music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artefacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as Traditional Chinese musical instruments comprise a wide range of string wind and percussion instruments A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-SachsDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic