![]() ![]() #Chinese two stringed instrument free#The strings are free stopped, i.e., they are not pressed against the neck (and the instrument has no finger board). One end of the bow is held in the player’s right hand the thumb of the left hand is hooked around the back of the neck leaving the other four fingers to stop the strings. The performer holds the jinghu tilted to his left with the resonator resting on the left thigh so that the soundboard is facing to his right. Player - Instrument Interface and Sound Production The bow hair runs between the two silk playing strings of the instrument, which are of slightly different gauges. The bow is made of bamboo with synthetic hair. The top end of the vibrating segment of the strings is articulated with an adjustable sliding nut (called qianjin) of nylon cord the lower end of the vibrating segment is where the strings pass over a small wooden bridge on the sound table. ![]() One end of each silk playing string is attached to and wrapped around a tuning peg, the other end terminates in a noose that is looped over a metal tail pin on the bottom side of the resonator. Two wooden friction tuning pegs are inserted through the backside of the neck near its top end. The short, round, lacquered bamboo neck of the jinghu runs through its bamboo resonating chamber the front of which is covered by a snakeskin soundboard (affixed by glue). The increased popularity of Beijing opera has led to its more prevalent use in these folk genres. The jinghu has also been appropriated by some regional village ensembles for use in opera mimicry and other folk styles of music. For this reason the jinghu is best known as the main melody instrument for Beijing opera (‘ jing’ references ‘Beijing,’ ‘ hu’ means ‘fiddle’). This produces an especially bright and nasal sound considered ideal for theatre music. The jinghu is differentiated from the erhu by its silk, rather than steel, strings. ![]() It is known by the general term huqin or hu ch'in, which refers to stringed instruments in general though most often fiddles. The jinghu is a bowed spike-lute chordophone of the Han Chinese. ![]()
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