Erhu Practice Day 4

My 4th day with my Erhu that I bought on http://www.eason.com.sg/products/erhu/heh7.jsp, I have no teacher because there are very little teachers in the united states, I play in a freestyle form, this is a way for me to follow my progress with this instrument. I make lots of mistakes :)

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• Erhu
• Chinese Music
• Asia
• Eason
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[sneekyo]

teaching yourself to play violin=futile

[sneekyo]

I don't play anymore, I need a real teacher haha

[JianZhou]

@JianZhou when you want to play the outer string, use ur thumb and wrist to push slightly out to play it. play the inner string by pushing the third and fourth finger in. =)

[JianZhou]

@JianZhou ooh and your bow.. dont tighten too tight, as what you showed in the video. eventually it will be spoilt and that the bow will really become a bow (for shooting arrows!) haha! loosen the bow and place your third and fourth fingers inside the bow, with ur index finger parallel with the wodden part of the bow, leaning against it and with the thumb pressing on the wooden part.

[JianZhou]

you are not holding the erhu correctly. place it in your inner thighs, facing about the same position as you did in this video and that you bow shld rest on the erhu like what@yonarous said. your left hand shld hold the erhu entirely, i.e the part in between your thumb and index finger should be placed on your erhu entirely, with palm facing downwards and not leaning again the erhu. keep up the nice work! =)

need help, feel free to pm me! haha. i'm from sg. =)

[Yonarous]

You're not holding the bow right. it should be leaned on the box and not holded in the air. Keep it up!!

[sasuanime]

WOW! I'm thinking of buying erhu too :)

[DevonWalters1]

4 days? it sounds like u have been playing it for months! im gettin an erhu for my birthday x i wont as good as that in 4 days :)

[Chichiri520]

I have heard that the erhu sounds like a human voice. Indeed, you make it sound like a human voice. It's amazing!