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Jinghu (instrument)

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has 2 strings that are customarily tuned to the interval of a 5th which the hair of the non-detachable bow passes in between. The strings were formerly made of silk, but in modern times are increasingly made of steel or nylon. Unlike other
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performers in Beijing opera rarely shift into higher positions, and instead choose to compress the
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A blog of another Beijing opera musician, with videos on the Beijing opera and jinghu lessons.
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In Beijing opera, the jinghu often doubles the singer's voice.
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family. The jinghu has a tone similar to a violin but raspier.
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of Wu Ru-Jun (Beijing opera musician who played the jinghu in
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Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Classification
Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Erhu
Huqin
京胡
pinyin
Chinese
string instrument
huqin
Beijing opera
huqin
erhu
gaohu
zhonghu
bamboo
melody
octave
Shinjitsu no Uta
Do as Infinity
Huqin
Music of China
Traditional Chinese musical instruments
String instruments
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