Can anyone tell me the difference between Gaojia Opera, Liyuan Opera and Gezai Opera?

I. Music:

1. Gaojia Opera:

The music of Gaojia Opera is sung in both "Nanqu", "Puppet Tunes" and folk tunes, with Nanqu as the main tune, and puppet tunes and folk tunes as well, as well as the necessary reforms in the rhythm of the melodies to make it suitable for the needs of various characters on the stage. Necessary reforms have been carried out to make it suitable for the needs of performing various characters on the stage, and it has a strong local flavor. The singers use their own voices to sing the words in a vigorous manner, but they also have a clear and delicate tone.

2. Liyuan Opera:

The music of Liyuan Opera belongs to Quanqiang, which is a fusion of Nanyin, Cage Blow, Shifan and part of Chaojiao. The lyrics are mostly in the form of long phrases, and the rhythms of the songs belong to the ancient Zhongzhou rhyme, which are sung in Quanzhou dialect. The language is divided into seven tones, i.e., except for the voice, the flat, upper and upper tones are divided into yin and yang. Both men and women sing in the same tone and the same voice.

3. Gezai Opera:

The music of Gezai Opera is divided into two parts: singing and accompanying music. Its singing is a combination of tunes, which can be combined in the same way with the same palace, the same palace with different tunes, the same tune with different palaces, different palaces with different tunes, etc. The singing can be divided into two parts. The singing can be roughly divided into four main tunes such as Seven Characters Chai, Miscellaneous Broken Chai, Selling Medicine Chai, Miscellaneous Numinous Chai, etc., as well as Crying Tune and Tune Chai, etc., and the accompanying music can be divided into String Chai, Blowing Signs and Drums and Drums Jing.

2. Musical Instruments:

1. Gaojia Opera:

The musical instruments used in Gaojia Opera are divided into wenle and wule. Wen music is mainly suona, with a hole xiao, three strings, two strings, and later added pipa, Yangqin, erhu, Zhonghu, violin and cello; martial music has a hundred drums, snare drums, drums, doxa boards, big and small gongs, large and small cymbals, especially ringing janes and small call.

2. Liyuan Opera:

The traditional orchestra consists of five members: the drum master, the assistant drummer, the middle blower, the strings and pipes, and the assistant cage. Instruments include drums, drums, square bangs, gongs, horse gongs, northern gongs, bell gongs, double tones, large cymbals, small cymbals, bowl gongs, ringing janes, small calls, as well as pinyin (flute), ayi zai (small oboe), large ayi (large oboe), three strings, two strings.

3. Gezai Opera:

The main accompanying instruments of Gezai Opera are the coconut hu, the big simple string, the Beijing hu, the suona, the single-skinned drum, the gongs, the cymbals, and so on.

Expanded Information

The content of Gezai Opera is based on the singing of folktales, with representative plays such as Chen San Wu Niang, Liu Xiu Restoration of the Kingdom, The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea, Legend of the Jigong, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, which emphasize loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and are generally not written in a fixed script, and are still performed in the form of "Mr. Opera," who speaks the play and gives a speech on it. Mr. Drama" to talk about the play and assign roles to the performers.

The predecessor of the Gaojia opera was the Songjiang opera, which was mainly based on martial arts, and its sets were mostly adopted from the folkloric "lion fight" (i.e., artists dressed as warriors with various weapons in hand, respectively, fighting with lions). The traditional performances of the "Bao Lion" are retained in the "Cold Frying Plate", "Big Bump Field" and "Phoenix Swinging Tail", and the traditional martial arts performances of the "Bao Lion" are absorbed into the puppetry styles. The traditional performances of the lion are retained, and the martial arts of the string puppets are also absorbed, which is called "Jia Li Ta".

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