Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China Reading Time: 3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP ...

Jeremy Moyer discovered the two-stringed erhu on a volunteering trip to Taiwan in 1990. He has just released his third solo album of Chinese stringed instruments and has developed a sound that is ...

It sounds almost like a violin, but not quite. The erhu is a traditional Chinese two-string instrument, played with a bow. Virtuoso soloist Ma Xiaohui demonstrates how to finesse music out of it.

Compared to the guqin, the erhu is a rather new addition to the family of Chinese instruments. Its ancestor, the xiqin , was introduced to China during the Tang dynasty (618 AD-907 AD).

Dubbed the "Chinese violin," erhu is a two-string bowed musical instrument. It is the most popular instrument in China's traditional bowed string instruments known as huqin.Given its beautiful, ...

The erhu was one of several instruments her father presented her with, but she said it was the one she devoted most of her time to. “I have dedicated so much time to my own instrument, and of ...

Allison Hernandez is modest and soft spoken, but when she picks up the erhu, she slips into another world. With a slight smile on her face and closed eyes, she moves with the music, as she draws he… ...

Erhu (pronounced ER-WHO) is one of China’s most well-known classical instruments. Often called the Chinese violin (but more closely related to a fiddle,) the Erhu is a two-stringed bowed instrument ...

Our second stop in China is listening to the sounds of traditional Chinese musical instruments! Mary Clark, from the International Marketplace Coalition, introduces us to the performers, and we ...

The pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion instruments in GarageBand can be played on iPhone® or iPad® using Multi-Touch™, and on Mac through the built-in Musical Typing feature or by connecting a ...