erhu

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An instrumental rock band, they feature a traditional Chinese instrument called the erhu.

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  • In the end, we found a German girl called Haike who could play the erhu [a two-string Chinese spiked fiddle]. —  Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China
  • Persoalan Cinta is a world music / pop genre which has Oriental sounds, courtesy of the erhu music instrument from China.
  • This 95-member troupe put on a two-and-a-half hour display that combined choreography inspired by Chinese classical dance and music that melded traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu (the two-stringed bowed instrument) with a symphonic orchestra to present vignettes to tell stories drawn from Chinese mythology.
  • Xiaochun Qi demonstrated that the two-string erhu is an instrument capable of producing a sound that is almost voice-like in its richness and flexibility.
  • You can sample new dishes, listen to a two-stringed fiddle called an erhu or even visit a Buddhist temple. —  RutlandHerald.com
 

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