: Why does each key have different fingering on the erhu? Why does each key ...playing the erhu have different fingering ? Is there a way to understand why and if I understand the logic, I might be able to figure out what fingering

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First of all the ehru is not a western instrument so I'd as are you playing western scales on it, Major etc? Or eastern scales which may be different.

The thing that is constant in western music is the steps in the scale. For the major scale starting on any note you progress by steps as follows: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. Where the steps are taken from the last note played and a whole = 2 halves.

I'd point out that even on the guitar the open string scales each have different fingering, the fingering only becomes "standard" in a sense when you move up the neck. I am not sure this applies to your instrument. But I hope it helps.