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The khuuchir is a bowed musical instrument of Mongolia. Formerly, the nomads mainly used the snake skin violin or horsetail violin. The Chinese call it "the Mongol instrument" or " ''huk'in'' or ''huqin''".Хуучир mongol.undesten.mn
It is tuned in the interval of a fifth and is small or middle sized. The khuuchir has a small, cylindrical, square or cup-like resonator made of bamboo, wood or copper, covered with a snake skin and open at the bottom. The neck is inserted in the body of the instrument. It usually has four silk strings, of which the first and the third are accorded in unison, whereas the second and fourth are tuned in the upper fifth. The more popular of the ''hu'kin'' instruments have only two strings and are called "
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The khuuchir is a bowed musical instrument of Mongolia. Formerly, the nomads mainly used the snake skin violin or horsetail violin. The Chinese call it "the Mongol instrument" or " ''huk'in'' or ''huqin''".It is tuned in the interval of a fifth and is small or middle sized. The khuuchir has a small, cylindrical, square or cup-like resonator made of bamboo, wood or copper, covered with a snake skin and open at the bottom. The neck is inserted in the body of the instrument. It usually has four silk strings, of which the first and the third are accorded in unison, whereas the second and fourth are tuned in the upper fifth. The more popular of the ''hu'kin'' instruments have only two strings and are called "
erhu
The ''erhu'' (; ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a ''Southern Fiddle'', and is sometimes known in the Western world as the ''Chinese violin'' or a ''Chinese two- ...
", which means "two" (of the hu'kin) in Chinese. The bow is coated with horsetail hair and inseparably interlaced with the string-pair. A four-stringed version is called the " ''si'khuu or sihu''", that is "four", also meaning, "having four ears".
The erhu can be traced back to instruments introduced into China more than a thousand years ago. It is believed to have evolved from the ''xiqin''. The xiqin is believed to have come from ancient nomadic ''Hu-people'', specifically the Xí tribe of who lived at the borders of ancient Chinese kingdoms. The name huqin literally means "instrument of the Hu people", showing that the instrument may have originated from regions to the north, west or northeastern extremities of ancient China, generally inhabited by nomadic people on the extremities of past Chinese kingdoms.
See also
*Music of Mongolia
Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle. The music of Mongolia is also rich with var ...
*Music of Central Asia
The music of Central Asia is as vast and unique as the many cultures and peoples who inhabit the region. Principal instrument types are two- or three-stringed lutes, the necks either fretted or fretless; fiddles made of horsehair; flutes, most ...
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