Analysis of erhu playing by novice player - First step to skill learning environment for erhu playing -

Goal of this paper is to analyze novices´ erhu playing. Erhu is a two-stringed instrument created in China. Hair of stick is located between two strings. Therefore the stick motion is much different from other string instruments such as violin. Firstly, we analyzed erhu playing and clarified parameters to generate noises. Then, we analyzed novices´ finger pressures during erhu playing. To achieve this task, we recorded erhu playing by video camera, and measured finger pressures on strings when players are playing erhu. The purpose of the analysis is to examine what kind of errors novice players have, and we will take it into account when we design the learning environment.