Mark Your Erhu Finger Position Dots | Easy Step-by-Step Guide

[@Виктор-ь2ц8к]

Вы все так подробно объясняете, приятно смотреть ваши уроки. Спасибо!

[@Pepoalbaro]

excelent! please more erhu videos!!!!

[@EightTonesMusic]

More to come!

[@southpark5555]

Excellent vid. A real important question here. For the professionals and gurus and prodigies --- how do they get the correct pitch immediately when they just pick up their erhu and start playing immediately? I have seen most of them just do it. People say 'experience'. But is there an actual 'secret' or technique - such as use the qianjin position (level) as a reference position?

[@EightTonesMusic]

By estimation, listening and experience. The player must have spent some time with the Erhu previously.

[@southpark5555]

@@EightTonesMusic Thanks ETM! Fully agree! But is there an actual procedure used by those experienced erhu players that allows them to put their hand in exactly the 'right' spot each time, so that their fingers can then come down at exactly the right spot every time to generate the correct (eg. concert pitch)? I know that experience counts - but how does the erhu player put their hand on the erhu neck, without being out by say 1 millimetre? There are probably no tests/studies done before on how accurately a professional erhu player can put their hand back on the erhu neck in exactly the same spot (eg. +/- 0.1 millimetre or better accuracy), but just assuming that getting the placement accuracy involves more than just lots of experience and muscle memory. There probably needs to be some sort of visible point(s) of reference for the erhu player to work with. Otherwise having the hand in the wrong spot - even by 1 mm is going to put things out. Thanks again ETM!

[@EightTonesMusic]

@@southpark5555 sorry I missed your message. The ears are very important, players will have to get used to the finger motion while hearing for the notes and have strong muscle memory.

[@southpark5555]

@@EightTonesMusic Thanks for your message ETM! I have seen erhu players release their hand and regrip, and appear to just arbitrarily slide into correct position wirhout looking at the erhu. But it is impossible to understand how someone having no visual que could play the first note with correct pitch. The ear/hearing is important, but the ear/hearing isn't going to help with knowing where to regrip after taking a short rest during an orchestra session, right? Thanks again ETM!

[@EightTonesMusic]

@@southpark5555 this is solely muscle memory, practice practice and more practice.

[@vidigalsilva4796]

😂 bom agora tenho mais noção 🎉

[@EightTonesMusic]

De nada

[@deeprollingriver52]

I’d just be happy being able to make sound on mine

[@EightTonesMusic]

Will upload Erhu tutorials in the future

[@khimum]

Hi, I'm trying to contact your store! No one has replied to the website chat, email, and I'm having trouble calling. Is the establishment still closed for National Day?

[@EightTonesMusic]

Hi, yes we were closed for national day. Have replied you on the chat. Sorry for the delay.

[@EightTonesMusic]

Because there is a lot of enquiries over the holiday period in Singapore, my colleagues will take some time to respond over the email. Sorry for the delay.

[@khimum]

@@EightTonesMusic Thank you for taking the time to do that when you're so busy! I appreciate it.

[@EightTonesMusic]

@@khimum It's our duty! Thanks for your patience.

[@-homerow-]

Haha I hope you are joking about it marking the neck of the Erhu for the video! 😂😂

[@EightTonesMusic]

Some people really do that, but it was so bad for me. Wouldn’t recommend for sure.