scordatura

scordatura

1. His innovations on violin techique include scordatura, which is the mis-tuning of strings to enable the violinist to play in another key without shifting;

他对小提琴演奏技巧的革新有：变格定弦，给弦变调，可以使演奏者演奏困难音程；

2. So he and a number of musical instruments (such as violin, erhu, guitar), the need to keep tuning (scordatura).

因而他和许多乐器（如提琴、二胡、吉它）一样，需要不断地调音（定弦）。