èrhú - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

The solo piece Etude for a Single String was composed for this instrument by Liú Tiānhuá (“lyoh TYEN-hwah”). For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this mid-range instrument in the húqín (“hoo-CHEEN”) family that is traditionally made of python skin. This two-stringed instrument is often described as a “Chinese violin” in the Western world.

ANSWER: èrhú (“AHR-hoo”) [prompt on spike fiddle or southern fiddle]

[10e] The èrhú is traditionally held vertically and played in this manner. The Italian term arco instructs the musician to play in this manner, unlike pizzicato which requires plucking the strings.

ANSWER: using a bow [or bowed]

[10m] Modern Chinese orchestras often feature the èrhú as well as several varieties of dízi, which are this type of instrument with Hornbostel-Sachs number 421. The bansuri is an instrument of this type in Hindustani music.

ANSWER: flutes [or transverse flutes; or side-blown flutes; prompt on woodwinds or aerophones]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	1	10.00	0%	0%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	13.33	89%	0%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	16.25	88%	38%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	15.56	78%	56%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	22%	67%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	11.25	88%	0%	25%

Data


Cornell C	Cornell D	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	Indiana	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Illinois A	10	10	0	20
SIUE	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
Iowa B	Notre Dame A	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame C	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	WashU B	10	10	0	20
Purdue C	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B	Bard A	0	10	0	10
Fordham A	NYU A	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Lehigh A	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Columbia J	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Rowan A	Princeton A	0	0	0	0
Rutgers A	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Jefferson County Scholars	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
West Virginia A	CWRU C	0	0	0	0
Miami B	Miami A	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
West Virginia B	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State C	Miami C	0	10	10	20
Michigan D	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
UW Pride	UBC A	0	10	10	20
Alberta	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	UW Chastity	0	10	0	10
UW Lust	UW Sloth	10	10	0	20
UW Greed	UW Wrath	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Furman	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Emory Oxford	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
UW Gluttony	UBC B	0	10	10	20
Duke A	Duke B	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Appalachian State A	0	10	0	10
Virginia	James Madison A	0	0	0	0
VCU	NC State	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	UNC A	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	UNC B	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	William & Mary	0	10	0	10