Erhu Magic

Check out this clip of an erhu (Chinese violin) player named Ma Xianghua. The link is from my mom. (Yes, apparently she's a YouTuber.)


Anyway, everyone's heard the erhu before -- you know, in a subway station or at some Chinese school concert or something. It's incredibly hard to play and therefore a pretty irritating instrument to listen to. Apparently, it can sound really good as well.

If you don't have nine minutes, check out the first minute. It also gets exciting at 5:35 for a few minutes.