Sihu (instrument)

Sihu
Classification	Bowed string instrument;
Related instruments
	Huqin (China);

The sihu (Chinese: 四胡; pinyin: sìhú) (known as a ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠴᠢᠷ / хуучир / khuuchir in Mongolia, where this term defines the whole huqin family) is a Chinese bowed string instrument with four strings.^[1] It is a member of the huqin family of instruments.^[2]

^ Jingfang, Yuan (2023-03-08). Comprehensive Introduction to Chinese Traditional Music. Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 424. ISBN 978-3-99094-097-6. Sihu is a bowed instrument ... it has acquired its name owing to its four strings...
^ Hui, Yu; Stock, Jonathan P. J. (2023-10-06). The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-19-066198-4. Due to their documented origin among northern ethnic minorities, bowed string instruments in China as a group were subsequently called huqin ("instrument of the Hu people" or "barbarian qin").

[1] Jingfang, Yuan (2023-03-08). Comprehensive Introduction to Chinese Traditional Music. Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 424. ISBN 978-3-99094-097-6. Sihu is a bowed instrument ... it has acquired its name owing to its four strings...

[2] Hui, Yu; Stock, Jonathan P. J. (2023-10-06). The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-19-066198-4. Due to their documented origin among northern ethnic minorities, bowed string instruments in China as a group were subsequently called huqin ("instrument of the Hu people" or "barbarian qin").

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