crazy looking erhu master

[meoweth]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TV0bE9LBbk

As a non erhu player, How is he playing it? Hes using the knuckle right above the fingernail and is pressing up on it, very interesting technique, would love to hear your thoughts on it.

[puerhu]

That's not an erhu, it's a morin khuur. The playing technique is different.

[d̗̰̗͆͘ǎ͔̱͈̰̬̫ͨ̌ͮͥ͗ͭ̕vid]

that’s not an erhu... have you even seen an actual erhu b4? It’s a Mongolian instrument called a morin huur or in Chinese matouqin

it’s not unusual for musicians of bowed string instruments to push up on the string than to push down. the technique exists in other instruments too like the indian or Nepalese sarangi