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[edit] Taiwanese huqin

I am reproducing the following discussion, which needs attention.

Hi, can you make sense of this discussion regarding use of the "hena" (erhu) by Chthonic (band), at http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:8cR29azZx68J:s8.invisionfree.com/Chthonic/ar/t117.htm+erhu+hena&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us? Someone is giving Chinese characters for "hena," but I can't read them. Badagnani 23:04, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Here is the interesting line:
In Taiwanese, its popular name is 弦仔 pronounced in "han"(弦)"na"(仔) (Stress on "na", but it's just a kind of modal word). Han(弦) means string.
This seems to be true. Google finds the word 弦仔 on 707 websites, almost all of them Taiwanese, so I guess it is only used in Taiwan. Here's what I found until now:
  • The article about Taiwanese opera on the Chinese Wikipedia uses the word:
傳統上以胡琴類樂器領奏，領奏琴師稱為「主弦」、「頭手弦仔」、「頭手」，傳統上有「4大件」：殼子弦、大廣弦、月琴、台灣品仔（台灣笛）和「3大件」：六角弦、台灣三弦、洞簫的說法。
  • This website is selling a box set of erhu music called 戀戀弦琴弦仔套裝 in Taiwanese, and Formosa Mood on Erhu in English.
椰胡的構造與材料簡單且容易取得(在那個年代)。除了硬木做成的軸身及調弦用的「絞止(ká-chí-a)」，再就是產生共鳴的半個椰子殼與檜木薄片，以及兩條絲弦。挨弦仔(e-hiân-a)的部分則是由箭竹與一束馬尾巴(約15~20條)構成。在馬尾巴及弦及椰子殼接觸之處，多塗抹松膠已增加澀度，聲音才會清楚。
  • Another instrument's name has the same characters in it: it is called 鐵弦仔 or 鼓吹弦 (T'ie-hsien zai), and it is described here and here.
Maybe we could ask Taiwanese Wikipedians about it? Mushroom (Talk) 00:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Badagnani 07:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)