Huqin (胡琴) – family of vertical fiddles |
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Erhu (二胡) – two-stringed fiddle |
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Zhonghu (中胡) – two-stringed fiddle, lower pitch than an erhu |
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Gaohu (高胡) – two-stringed fiddle, higher pitch than an erhu; also called yuehu (粤胡)
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Banhu (板胡) – two-stringed fiddle with a coconut resonator and wooden face, used primarily in northern China
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Jinghu (京胡) – two-stringed fiddle (piccolo erhu), very high pitched, used mainly for Beijing opera
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Jing erhu (京二胡) – erhu used in Beijing opera
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Erxian (二弦) – a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It has two strings and is used primarily in Cantonese music, most often in "hard string" chamber ensembles.
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Zhutiqin (竹提琴) – a huqin (胡琴, vertical fiddle) with cylindrical bamboo resonator and paulownia soundboard used in old-style Cantonese opera, both staged (Chinese: gu qiang Yueju, 古腔粤剧) and non-staged (Chinese: gu qiang Yue qu, 古腔粤曲).
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Yehu (椰胡) – two-stringed fiddle with coconut body, used primarily in Cantonese and Chaozhou music
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Daguangxian (大广弦) – two-stringed fiddle used in Taiwan and Fujian, primarily by Min Nan and Hakka people; also called datongxian (大筒弦), guangxian (广弦), and daguanxian (大管弦)
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Datong (大筒) – two-stringed fiddle used in the traditional music of Hunan
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Kezaixian (壳仔弦) – two-stringed fiddle with coconut body, used in Taiwan opera
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Liujiaoxian (六角弦) – two-stringed fiddle with hexagonal body, similar to the jing erhu; used primarily in Taiwan
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Tiexianzai (鐵弦仔) – a two-stringed fiddle with metal amplifying horn at the end of its neck, used in Taiwan; also called guchuixian (鼓吹弦)
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Niujiaohu (牛角胡) – a yak's horn fiddle used primarily among the Tibetan people
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Huluhu (simplified Chinese: 葫芦胡; traditional Chinese: 葫盧胡) – two-stringed fiddle with gourd body used by the Zhuang of Guangxi
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Maguhu (simplified Chinese: 马骨胡; traditional Chinese: 馬骨胡; pinyin: mǎgǔhú) – two-stringed fiddle with horse bone body used by the Zhuang and Buyei peoples of southern China
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Tuhu (土胡) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi
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Jiaohu (角胡) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Gelao people of Guangxi, as well as the Miao and Dong
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Liuhu (六胡) – six-stringed fiddle of Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia
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Sihu (四胡) – four-stringed fiddle with strings tuned in pairs
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Sanhu (三胡) – 3-stringed erhu with an additional bass string; developed in the 1970s
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Zhuihu (simplified Chinese: 坠胡; traditional Chinese: 墜胡) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
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Zhuiqin (simplified Chinese: 坠琴; traditional Chinese: 墜琴) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
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Leiqin (雷琴) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
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Dihu (低胡) – low pitched two-stringed fiddles in the erhu family, in three sizes:
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Xiaodihu (小低胡) – small dihu, tuned one octave below the erhu
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Zhongdihu (中低胡) – medium dihu, tuned one octave below the zhonghu
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Dadihu (大低胡) – large dihu, tuned two octaves below the erhu
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Dahu (大胡) – another name for the xiaodihu
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Cizhonghu – another name for the xiaodihu
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Gehu (革胡) – four-stringed bass instrument, tuned and played like cello
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Diyingehu (低音革胡) – four-stringed contrabass instrument, tuned and played like double bass
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Laruan (拉阮) – four-stringed bowed instrument modeled on the cello
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Paqin (琶琴) – bowed pear-shaped lute
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Dapaqin (大琶琴) – bass paqin
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Niutuiqin or niubatui (牛腿琴 or 牛巴腿) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Dong people of Guizhou
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Matouqin (馬頭琴) – (Mongolian: morin khuur) – Mongolian two-stringed "horsehead fiddle" |
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Xiqin (奚琴) – ancient prototype of huqin family of instruments
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Shaoqin (韶琴) – electric huqin
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Yazheng (simplified Chinese: 轧筝; traditional Chinese: 軋箏) – bowed zither; also called yaqin (simplified Chinese: 轧琴; traditional Chinese: 軋琴)
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Wenzhenqin (文枕琴) – a zither with 9 strings bowed
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Zhengni (琤尼) – bowed zither; used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi
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Ghaychak (艾捷克) – four-stringed bowed instrument used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiang; similar to kamancheh[3]
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Sataer (萨塔尔 or 萨它尔) – long-necked bowed lute with 13 strings used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiang. 1 playing string and 12 sympathetic strings. |
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Khushtar (胡西它尔) – a four-stringed bowed instrument used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiang. |
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Qiaoqin (桥琴) – cello-like instrument with snakeskin resonator) from Shenyang |
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Shenhu (桥琴) – a huqin (2-stringed vertical fiddle with snakeskin-covered resonator) with a distinctive broad, nasal timbre that is used as the primary accompanying huqin (zhu hu, 主胡) in Huju (沪剧), a genre of local Chinese opera (difang xiqu, 地方戏曲) from Shanghai. |
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