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The Erhu, A Chinese Musical Instrument |
 | | The bowhair of the erhu is inserted between the two strings and rosined on both sides; this characteristic is shared with most other forms of huqin. |
| | The erhu is presently used in the orchestra of Chinese instruments and also in numerous local opera and ballad forms. |
| | Abing may have applied shifts of left hand position (necessary to produce the higher notes on the erhu) because he had learned some Cantonese music, a new genre of entertainment music that spread rapidly in the early-twentieth century, and in which a higher-register fiddle style was characteristic. |
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