The Playing Techniques of the Erhu have Witnessed Development

With the efforts of erhu performers in history,the playing techniques of the erhu have witnessed great development.The commonly used techniques include bow skills namely bow separation,fast bow trembling bow,suddenly bow, and jump bow,and various finger methods such as rubbing plucking beating tone,and sliding tone.For a long time,the erhu occupied a very important positionin such musical performance forms as ensembles, singing and dancing folk operas,and rap

music,but it was only an instrument for accompaniment. It was not until dramatic reforms made by Liu Tianhua,an erhu master that made the instrument used in solos. In addition, in the course of developing the eriu masters Hua Yanjun,Sun Wenming,and Liu Mingyuan and so on, made lifetime contributions to the great development of the erhu in techniques and artistic standards.Famous erhu music compositions include The Moon Reflected on the Er-quan Spring Listen to the Pine,Guang Ming Xing,and Bird's Singing in an Emply Mountain.