It is the most popular of the huqin family of traditional bowed string instruments played in China. This is the sister story of the Aria on G-string on Chinese traditional musical instrument - Erhu. Erhu is a traditional Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument. They all praised him for his superb technique and prompt reaction. The audience did not realize the swift change until Xu finished and told them all about this. Only a Xiqinmaster as experienced as him could accomplish this in such short notice. Suddenly, one string of his Xiqinbroke, which scared the rest musicians: how could he continue his play with the absence of one string? In surprise, before the audience realized what happened, Xu immediately shifted all the tones of his broken string to another string. Once he was invited to perform at an imperial banquet and his wonderful performance attracted all the audience.

There lived one Xiqin(the original type of Erhu) musician, Xu Yan, in the Song Dynasty. Huqindescribed in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) records was the real forerunner of the modern Erhu, having its stem, sound box and pegs made of wood. with Dave Liang on his latest Shanghai Restoration Project album Story of a City and with Guy Trpannier on the. However, have you ever heard of the Chinese Erhuversion of Aria on G-string ?Įrhu, also called Huqin,was known as Xiqinduring the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The famous western violin melody Aria on G-string wins its popularity for its complicated performance on one single string.

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