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二胡 Erhu - Wang Ying's Carmen 王颖 - 卡门 + Aaron Rosand playing Enesco opus9 Prelude unisono

June 7, 2008 at 2:24 PM

Is an Erhu a Chinese violin or a small cello?

And here Aaron Rosand playing Enesco opus9 Prelude unisono
I made this Youtube video of several pictures of Ensco:

From Yixi Zhang
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Erhu, can be literally translated as a foreign (‘hu’) two strings (‘Er’) instrument that believed to be introduced to China from Central Asia more than 1,000 years ago. It’s commonly considered to be a Chinese violin but it is between a Jinghu (higher pitched) and Zhonghu (lower pitched) and a number of other similar instruments. There were a lot heated debates at v.com regarding the Erhu and the western music played by it. You might want to do a search if you are curious about what it.
From Drew Lecher
Posted on June 8, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Great shots and Aaron Rosand is always wonderful to hear.
Thanks,
Drew
From Kelsey Z.
Posted on June 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Bram! I've seen the entire Carmen Fantasy done on erhu before! It's so incredible!
From Nick W.
Posted on June 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM
erhu is neither a vioin nor a cello...
From Ruth Kuefler
Posted on June 9, 2008 at 2:48 AM
I'm just amazed by the range of expression on the Erhu . . . its so captivating. Gives me some ideas for violin, haha . . .

And very nice job with the Enesco video! I liked it.

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