All About Erhu

[phankao]

peterch:

Check with eason, hope you could get a good advice from them. http://www.eason.com.sg

BTW, I am not related to them in anyway. I bought a piece from them and I'm satisfied with their service.

Their service is very good and I often buy accessories from them, I find the instruments a little too \"mass-market\". I'm sure you can find something within your budget though. I'd advise not to get the S$200 erhu though bc of sound quality, bc Eason does have erhus below S$200 as well.

[Champagne1975]

MrsSeah:

My son is learning 1-1 erhu recently. His teacher said that he can take grade 3 in November liao but he required to buy a GOOD erhu.

phankao:

twilight:

Ah... my ds with his vintage S$500 rosewood erhu is gr 9 and he's been using it for past 3 yrs, I think. So since about the time he was going to do his Gr 5 exam. Before that, he was using an erhu passed to him.

May I know if u r referring to NAFA-China Conservatory exam or NUS exams? How's the grade progression like ie. how long before starting exams, at which grades, any grades that ur child skips and so on? There's very info on Erhu... thanks in advance.

[phankao]

Champagne1975:

May I know if u r referring to NAFA-China Conservatory exam or NUS exams? How's the grade progression like ie. how long before starting exams, at which grades, any grades that ur child skips and so on? There's very info on Erhu... thanks in advance.

Both Central Conservatory-Beijing(administered by NAFA) exams and NUS and even the Shanghai Conservatory exams that can all be taken in Singapore, and all have the same number of grades - 1 to 9, and then diploma.

The exams are only held in Nov/Dec each year. Your child can register for the exams at any point as long as he registers by end Aug. If eg. he just started in May, and teacher thinks he can take Grade 2 exam in Nov that same year - well, that could be done. You can skip any number of grades. Up to you. The only grade you can't skip is Grade 9 - IF, the child wants to take Diploma, as the pre-requisite for Diploma is Grade 9.

You would notice that the techniques required for lower grades of erhu are more advanced than that for lower grades of violin, by the way.

[candy2003]

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Hey, I am now taught by a erhu teacher. Her teaching is quite good and very patient with her students. Her name is 杜老师. She teaches in both 1 to 1 lessons and group lessons. She is both fluent in english and Chinese.

[ccll]

My dd Erhu nus grad 4, I want to buy one Erhu for her. What’s all your recommendtion? Where can we buy the Erhu?

[MrsSeah]

candy2003:

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Hey, I am now taught by a erhu teacher. Her teaching is quite good and very patient with her students. Her name is 杜老师. She teaches in both 1 to 1 lessons and group lessons. She is both fluent in english and Chinese.

Opps... long time didn't come in here. Can you please PM me the teacher contact.

[MrsSeah]

ccll:

My dd Erhu nus grad 4, I want to buy one Erhu for her. What's all your recommendtion? Where can we buy the Erhu?

Sorry no recommendation.

We brought a $300+ erhu and in the end, my ds erhu tutor keep \"critise\" it.

In the end we still buy from the erhu teacher costing $1500. We told her that is our MAXIMUM budget!!

[zrabsolute]

ccll:

My dd Erhu nus grad 4, I want to buy one Erhu for her. What's all your recommendtion? Where can we buy the Erhu?

You can visit Eason music which is located at Bugis Rocher Centre L2. They are selling all ranges of Er hu and accessories. The staff is kind and willing to share their profession opinion to you. Hope this will help

[phankao]

MrsSeah:

ccll:

My dd Erhu nus grad 4, I want to buy one Erhu for her. What's all your recommendtion? Where can we buy the Erhu?

Sorry no recommendation.

We brought a $300+ erhu and in the end, my ds erhu tutor keep \"critise\" it.

In the end we still buy from the erhu teacher costing $1500. We told her that is our MAXIMUM budget!!

How is the difference in tone between the S$1500 and the S$300 erhu?

[davidtanac]

Hi


I am been expose to erhu and Chinese orchestral music since the age of 13.
My advice to parents here is not to be overly concern with the price of the erhu and be overly concern about grading , music should be a form of enjoyment and its helps in developing the coordination and maybe speed reading in some ways. I still have my $450 erhu with me since 2008 and it is still serving me well , even though I am not performing in concert halls now.
Now my erhu is mostly use to play children songs for my 2.5 years old girl in her sing-along session.

I have seen too many instructors trying to mark up the price of the erhu to market it as a premium instrument. The tone quality will also depends largely on the skill of the player,that is the beauty of all bow string instrument be it erhu ,violin , cello.