问:二胡是一种什么样的乐器？
答:二胡是中国民族弦乐器，是中国民族乐器中的主要乐器，深受广大人民群众的喜欢。它声音持续不断，强弱变化非常自然，表现力特强，最接近人声。
问:为什么起名叫二胡？
答:二胡是因为有两根弦，相传是古代胡人的乐器，所以才叫二胡。而在内蒙古流传的四根弦的胡琴就叫四胡。
问:二胡已有多少年的历史了？
答:二胡大约有一千多年的历史了。
问:二胡是由什么组成的？
答:二胡的结构主要是由琴筒、琴杆、和琴弓三部分组成的。另有琴头、琴轴、千斤、琴皮、琴托、琴弦、等部件共同构建成一把完整的二胡。
问:什么年龄可以开始学习二胡？
答:5岁开始都可以。
问:什么是二胡的定弦？
答:二胡的定弦是指内外弦音程关系的确认。二胡通常使用的是五度定弦，也有四度定弦但较少用。
问:什么是弓法？
答:右手的各种运弓技术及方法统称弓法。主要项目：长弓（规范运弓动作、提高声音质量）、分弓、连弓、快弓（重在发音质量及两手配合）等。
问:二胡左手指技能训练有哪些主要项目？
答:主要项目有：按指（提高掌指关节机能，手指击弦有力）、指序（指与指的独立性）、音型摸进（熟悉各把位不同的指距关系）、换把（培养大臂准确的把位概念）、音阶与音准（提高音准能力）。
问:什么是有效练琴？
答:练习一种技巧要由慢渐进地进行，尽量减少出错的发生次数，以便形成正确的动力定型。
问:为什么练习不能盲目追求速度？
答:在练习中盲目追求速度、反复发生错误就会形成错误的动力定型。一旦形成错误的习惯，纠正起来就相当困难了。
Q: What kind of musical instrument is Erhu?
A: Erhu is one of the most popular bowed string instruments in China with a continuous sound closest to the human voice. And it has a strong expressive force since it can change its sound naturally.
Q: Why it is named as Erhu?
A: Because it is said that Erhu is invited by the ancient Hu people with two chords just like that Sihu is a four-chord musical instrument passed on in Inner Mongolia.
Q: How long is the history of Erhu?
A: It has a history of over one thousand years.
Q: What does Erhu consist of ?
A: Erhu is made up of three main parts, a canister, a pole and a bow along with a neck, a scroll, Qianjin, skin, strings, etc.
Q: When can we start learning Erhu?
A: From 5 years old.
Q: What’s the tuning up of Erhu?
A: It’s about the intervallic relationship between the inner and outer strings. And the range of Erhu is normally five octaves, and sometimes four in special cases.
Q: What’s bowing?
A: The different kinds of bowing skills and ways on your right hand are all called bowing, including long bowing (standard bowing skill which can increase the quality of the sound), bowstring separation, legato, fast bowing (which emphasizes on the quality of the sound and the coordination ability of both hands), etc.
Q: What are the main skill trainings to our left hand?
A: Finger pressing with power (improve the function of the metacarpophalangeal joints), the sequence of fingers (refer to the independence between the fingers), the groping of musical scale (be familiar with the different span of fingers), position shift (cultivate the correct concept of holding position), musical scale and sound accuracy (increase the sound accuracy).
Q: What’s the efficient way to practice playing the Erhu?
A: When you want to master a skill you need to practice it step by step with patience, and try your best to avoid the mistakes so as to form a right dynamic stereotype.
Q: It is said that we should not blindly pursue the speed to master a skill in the practice. Why?
A: Just as the saying goes,“haste makes waste”, the mistakes repeatedly made in the practice will form a wrong dynamic stereotype which is not easy to correct.