1, high mountains and flowing water
Legend has it that Boya, a pianist in the pre-Qin period, once played the piano in a barren field, but Zhong Zi, a woodcutter, was able to understand that this was a depiction of "lofty ambition in the mountains" and "magnificent ambition in flowing water". Boya exclaimed, "Good, the heart of the child is the same as my heart. After the death of Zizi, Boya lost his bosom friend, broke the piano and never played for life, so there was a song of high mountains and flowing water.
Legend has it that Boya, a pianist in the pre-Qin period, once played the piano in a barren field, but Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, could understand that this was a description of "lofty ambition in the mountains" and "lofty ambition in flowing water". Boya was surprised: "Good, my son's heart is the same as mine." After the death of Zizi, Boya lost his bosom friend, broke the piano and never played for life, so there was a song of high mountains and flowing water.
2. Guangling Sanqin Music
Also known as "Guangling Stop". One of the Danqu tunes of Xiang and Chu in Han and Wei Dynasties. Ji Kang was killed for opposing Sima's dictatorship. Before his execution, he calmly played this song as a sustenance, and the existing piano score was first seen in The Magic Secret Score. Also known as "Guangling Stop". One of the Danqu tunes of Xiang and Chu in Han and Wei Dynasties. Ji Kang was killed for opposing Sima's dictatorship. Before his execution, he calmly played this music as a sustenance. The existing piano score was first seen in the Magic Secret Score: it was originally a folk music popular in Guangling area at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (that is, in Shouxian County, Anhui Province today). He used to play with Qin, Zheng, Sheng, Zhu and other musical instruments, but now only the ancient Qin music is left, and the Magic Secret Music was the earliest recorded. There was no content record in the early days, but now most musicians explain it according to the folklore of Nie Zheng stabbing King Han (which is different from the official history). According to Qin Cao, Nie Zheng was a Korean in the Warring States Period, and his father was killed for casting a sword for the King of Korea. In order to avenge his father, after ten years of hard work on Mount Tai, he changed his voice and appearance, returned to South Korea, and played the piano not far from the palace. His superb piano skills stopped pedestrians and horses. When the King of Korea was informed, he was called into the palace to play. Nie Zheng took advantage of it unprepared and drew a dagger from the belly of the piano to stab the King of Korea to death. In order not to implicate his mother, he disfigured himself.
Later generations have added subsection titles to the guqin song Guangling San, and some of them are named after the plot corresponding to the story. The emotions expressed in the music do have a lot in common with this tragic legend. Guangling San, contained in The Magic Secret Spectrum, consists of (a paragraph), a minor preface (three paragraphs), a major preface (five paragraphs), a correct sound (eighteen paragraphs), a disorderly sound (ten paragraphs) and a post preface (eight paragraphs) * * forty-five. This song has long been a masterpiece, and many musicians translated it after liberation. The tune of the music is special, and the second string is homophonic with the first string, so that the bass melody can be played on these two strings at the same time, and a strong acoustic effect is achieved.
3. Wild geese fall in Pingsha
In the Ming Dynasty, this song was called "Wild Goose Falling on Flat Sand". The melody is melodious and smooth, and the scene of geese hovering in the air before landing is described through the flickering geese. Also known as "Wild Goose Falling on Flat Sand" or "Flat Sand". The authors are Chen Ziang in the Tang Dynasty, Mao Minzhong in the Song Dynasty and Zhu Quan in the Ming Dynasty, and there are different opinions. The musical score of this piece of music was originally recorded in Authentic Ancient Sounds in the late Ming Dynasty (1634). After it came out, it was deeply loved by musicians. It was not only widely circulated, but also developed through processing, forming a variety of versions with different sections, tuning, mode and artistic conception. It is one of the most widely circulated piano music.
For the understanding of Qu Qing, there are "taking the meaning of clear autumn and sparse, geese flying" to describe the autumn scenery; There are "take the autumn air, the wind is calm and the sand is flat, the clouds are Cheng Wanli, the sky is flying, and the ambition of Yu Hong is used to write the mind of Yishi"; There are also Hongyan's "feelings of returning to Xiang to look after, the state of ups and downs, the image of Xiang's later gathering, the god of surprise and recovery", "When you fall, the sand is flat and the water is far away, your mind is idle, your friends have no guesses, and your men and women have a narrative", which sends out feelings that the world is sinister and not as good as that of geese. Now most of them are seven passages, the main tones and musical images are roughly the same, and the melodies rise and fall, continuous and beautiful; The tone is quiet and beautiful, but there is movement in silence. Pingsha written by Zhucheng School adds a scene in which geese are flying and calling each other by simulation under the background of fixed sound patterns, which is vivid and unique.
4, plum blossom three lane
This song is based on the characteristics of whiteness, fragrance and cold tolerance of plum blossoms. In praise of people with noble moral integrity, the exotic tunes in the song are repeated three times in different positions, so it is called "three lanes".
This song eulogizes people with noble sentiments through the white, fragrant and cold-resistant characteristics of plum blossoms. The exotic tunes in the song have been repeated three times in different positions, so it is called "Three Nongs".
5. Ambush on all sides
The music describes the final battle of Chu-Han War in Gaixia in 202 BC. The Han army defeated the Chu army by ambush on all sides. Xiang Yu died in Wujiang River, and Liu Bang won.
One of the traditional pipa music. Also known as Huaiyang Pingchu, the music spectrum was first seen in Huaqiu Pipa Spectrum (18 19). Ming Wangbao (1598- 1662) "Four Zhao Tang Ji. In the biography of Tang Pipa, it is recorded that Tang Ying, a pipa family, once played Chu Han. "Chu a song. When the two armies dueled, the sound moved the heavens and the earth, and if the roof tiles fell, Xu inspected them, and there were golden sounds, drums, gold, swords, people and horses, and they were silent. For a long time, those who have grievances and are difficult to understand are the songs of Chu; Those who are sad and strong are the generous voice and farewell voice of Xiang Wang's elegy; Trapped in osawa, there is a sound of chasing; To the Wujiang River, there was a king's throat, and Yu rode a Wang Sheng. It makes the listener feel excited at first, and then sad, and finally there is no way to cry, and its adults are like this. " The scenes and sounds painted are very similar to today's "House of Flying Daggers". The whole song is divided into thirteen paragraphs, and the titles can be divided into three parts:
The first part:
(1) "Lieying" is a preface to the whole song, which shows the exciting scene of the golden drums and the shouts of everyone before the war. Music has the characteristics of divergence and acceleration, the complexity of modes and their alternate conversion, which further increases the instability of music.
(2) "blow".
(3) The theme of "Dianjiang" is in the form of a series of long round fingering techniques (but round by round) and the combination fingering of "buckle, wipe, play and wipe" to show the mighty style of soldiers.
(4) "formation".
(5) The music of "Walking the Team" has a certain contrast with before, and the brave and vigorous posture of the army is further demonstrated by means of "covering, dividing" and "covering and rowing".
The second part:
(6) Ambush shows that the night before the decisive battle, the Han army ambushed in this place, and the weather was quiet and tense, paving the way for the following two paragraphs.
(7) In the small battle of Jiming Mountain, the two armies of Chu and Han fought hand to hand, with swords and guns hitting each other, and the breath was short, and the music was initially launched.
(8) The Jiulishan War depicts the life-and-death fighting scene of the fierce fighting between the two armies. The sound of horseshoes, knives and knives, and shouts are intertwined and shocking. First, the alternating playing method of "stroke, row, play and row" was used, and then the music was pushed to a climax by techniques such as spelling two strings and pushing and pulling.
The third part:
(9) Xiang Wang was defeated.
(10) Wujiang River committed suicide at first, with repetitive homophones and close-knit hooves, which showed the scene of Xiang Wang and Han Army running after each other. Then there is a tragic melody, which shows Xiang Yu's suicide; After the last four strings "stroke", they suddenly "fell" (also called "stop"), and the music came to an abrupt end.
The original song also includes:
(1 1).
(12) The generals will strive for merit.
(13) Return to camp victorious. Mr. Wei Zhongle's performance refers to "committing suicide", and the last three paragraphs are deleted without playing. Today, most scholars adopt this method.
As far as the whole song is concerned, it also has the layout nature of "starting, bearing, turning and combining" The first part consists of five sections, namely, the starting part and the connecting part, the second part consists of three sections, and the third part consists of two sections, namely, the connecting part.
6. Sunset flute and drum (moonlight on the spring river)
This is a lyrical and freehand Wen Qu with a beautiful and smooth melody. Around 1925, Shanghai Datong Music Society adapted this music into silk and bamboo music.
Moonlit Night on the Spring River. The earliest version was 1842' s "Song of the Sunset Xiao", and 1864' s "Textual Research on Modern Music" was called the traditional pipa "Song of the Sunset Xiao". When 1895 was adapted into "Xunyang Pipa", six paragraphs had been compiled into ten paragraphs, each of which borrowed the titles of Yuefu in the Tang Dynasty. After liberation, the ensemble is divided into ten sections, which are like ten continuous pictures: 1, bells and drums in Jianglou, 2, Dongshan on the moon, 3, the wind returning to Qushui, 4, the flower shadow terrace, 5, the deep water clouds, 6, fishing singing late, 7, patting the shore back to the diaphragm, 8, ringing far away, 9, returning to the boat,
7. Yu Qiao Q&A
There are more than 30 versions of this song, some of which are accompanied by lyrics. The music shows the pleasure of fishing firewood in the middle of green mountains and green waters.
It turned out to be a pipa solo, named Sunset Flute Drum (also known as Sunset Flute Song, also known as Xunyang Pipa, Xunyang jathyapple and Xunyang Song). About 1925, this piece was first adapted into national orchestral music. After liberation, it was reorganized and adapted by many people, which was more perfect and deeply cherished by domestic and foreign audiences. Through euphemistic and simple melody, smooth and changeable rhythm, ingenious and delicate orchestration and ingenious performance, the music vividly depicts the charming scenery of the riverside on a moonlit night and praises the charm of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The whole song is like a long scroll of landscape with fine brushwork, soft color, beauty and elegance, which is fascinating.
The first paragraph, "The Bell and Drum in the Jianglou", depicts the setting sun reflecting on the river and the misty wind rippling. Then, the band played a beautiful theme in unison, and the phrases were connected with the same sound, euphemistically and calmly; The drums roll softly, with profound artistic conception (fragment 1). The second and third paragraphs show the artistic conception of "the East Mountain on the Moon" (segment 2) and "the wind returns to the water". Then, if you see the river breeze blowing gently, flowers swaying, reflections in the water, layers of trance. Entering the fifth stage of "water depth and clouds", the magnificent scenery of "there is no dust in the sky on the river, and there is a lonely moon wheel in the sky" arises spontaneously. The band played in unison, speeding up, just like the picture of white sails, distant fishing songs, from far and near, singing one by one. In the seventh paragraph, the pipa is played with a sweeping wheel, just like a fishing boat breaking through the water, setting off the wave lapping on the shore. The climax of the whole song is the ninth paragraph, "Alas, it is the return to the boat", which shows the artistic conception of returning to the boat and breaking through the water, splashing waves, and screaming "Alas, it is" from far and near. Returning to the boat and leaving, everything is silent, and the riverside is more peaceful. The whole song ends in a melodious and slow melody, which makes people memorable.
8. Eighteen beats of Hu Jia
Music based on a poem of the same name. The theme reflected is "Moon Hee belongs to Han". During the war at the end of Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji lived in southern Xiongnu for twelve years. As the wife of Zuo Xianwang, she missed her hometown very much. When Cao Cao sent someone to take her back to the mainland, she again? I can't leave my two children, and the joy of returning home is overwhelmed by the pain of separation of flesh and blood, and my mood is very contradictory.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yan (Moon Hee), the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous litterateur and guqin, was captured by Xiongnu in the mutiny, and she lived in South Xiongnu and Zuo Xianwang as a concubine, and gave birth to two children. Later, Cao Cao sent someone to take her back. She wrote a long poem about her miserable life and homesickness.
The whole poem is composed of eighteen paragraphs and eighteen complete sets of songs. According to Guo Moruo, the Turkic language calls "first" as "beat", and eighteen beats means eighteen songs. Because the poem was written by her because of Hu Jia's wailing, it was named Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia or Hu Jia Ming. It was originally a Qin song, but it gradually evolved into two different instrumental music after Wei and Jin Dynasties, which were called "Big Hu Jia Ming" and "Little Hu Jia Ming". The former is the direct biography of Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia.
Huang Tinglan, a pianist in the Tang Dynasty, was famous for playing this song well. Li Jie has a poem "Listening to Dong Da's Playing Hustle": "when this melody for the flageolet was made by Lady Cai, when long ago one by one she sang its eighteen stanzas, even the Tartars were shedding tears into the border grasses, Han emissaries heartbroken and returned to their guests." It is a summary of the content of the song. The existing music scores were first found in the book "Magic Secret Score" published in 1425, which was called "Big and Little Hu Jia", and they were all instrumental music without lyrics. The singing piano song "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" was first written in Qin Shi, which was carved by Sun Pixian in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (A.D.161year), and its lyrics are "I didn't do anything at the beginning of my life ...". Music basically uses the method of one word to one sound, which has the characteristics of early songs. From the first beat to the ninth beat, as well as the twelfth and thirteenth beats, there is a same ending, which is influenced by the Han Dynasty and Daqu. The whole song is a six-tone feather tone, and the rising eigen tone (L 5) and the high tone (L 1) formed in the mold are often used as the tone external voice. The mood is sad and exciting, which is quite touching.
9. Autumn Moon in Han Palace
There are two popular forms of playing this song, one is Zheng, and the other is Erhu. According to records, Erhu was handed down by Mr. Liu Tianhua. Autumn Moon in Han Palace is intended to express the bitterness and sadness of the oppressed maids in ancient times and arouse people's sympathy for their unfortunate experiences.
There are two popular forms of playing this song, one is Zheng, and the other is Erhu. According to records, Erhu was handed down by Mr. Liu Tianhua. Autumn Moon in Han Palace is intended to express the bitterness and sadness of the oppressed maids in ancient times and arouse people's sympathy for their unfortunate experiences.
10, spring snow
According to legend, it was written by Shi Kuang of Jin State or Liu Juanzi of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Yangchun and Baixue in the existing musical scores are two instrumental pieces. Yangchun takes the meaning that everything knows spring and the wind cleanses, while Baixue takes the meaning of awe-inspiring cleanliness and snowy bamboo forest.