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The zhonghu (中胡, pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (432x930, 43 KB) Summary A zhonghu. ...
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Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉è¯æ‹¼éŸ³; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: , lit. ...
A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...
Huqin are a family of instruments used in Chinese music. ...
Side view of an erhu. ...
The gaohu (高胡) is a Chinese bowed string instrument used in playing traditional Guangdong Cantonese music and operas. ...
The viola (in French, alto; in German bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double...
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 or diapente is one of three musical intervals that span five diatonic scale degrees; the others being the diminished fifth, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented fifth, which is one semitone larger. ...
==SeeZhonghu - Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments
Bowed String Instrument The Zhonghu and the Gaohu are common doubles for Erhu players. The Gaohu is higher pitched and the Zhonghu is the alto version. The shape is a little larger than the erhu but he string technique is about the same. The Zhonghu produces music of a lower pitch. The shape of the resonator varies from circular to octagonal. The Zhonghu is a Chinese orchestral instrument and a solo instrument. It functions as a viola. Zhonghu is a Chinese orchestral instrument and a solo instrument. This instrument first appears after 1104 in the Song Dynasty.
Its structure is similar to Erhu. The two strings are tuned to a perfect fifth (G, D) and the size of the wooden drum is relatively larger than Erhu. Snakeskin covers one end of the drum. Bow hair is placed between the two strings. The absence of fingering board allows variety of music effects through variation of the strings' tension. However variations are not as distinct as Erhu and Gaohu due its low and mellow tone.
Zhonghu (two string viola) This middle hu is an alto erhu of large dimensions in the neck and resonator, developed in the 1940s in an attempt to build Chinese instruments in families As in their constructions the two types are similar in performing techniques. Only the alto's strings are tuned a fourth or fifth lower than those of the erhu. As an alto instrument with a two-octave range, the type has a deep and gloomy tone. The zhonghu is commonly used in ensembles and accompaniments, and for solos as well. The zhonghu is tuned as A, E or G, D.
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