What are the accompaniment instruments of Henan Opera?

The early accompaniment instruments of Henan Opera include big strings, two strings and three strings. After the 1950s, erhu, pipa, bamboo flute, sheng, stuffy son and cello gradually joined the general literary field. Some add beards, guzheng and so on. There are also electronic organ, violin, western brass instrument and woodwind instrument, which form a band combining Chinese and western.

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The stage installation of the early Henan Opera performance is very simple, only a reed mat and a foil are needed, and a table and two chairs on the stage can start the performance. Those who beat gongs and drums also serve as "inspection points" After entering the city, with a fixed theater, the stage equipment has been improved. Yusheng Theater has adopted some curtains and scenery, and Dan Jiao's costumes pay attention to "Old Danqing, Zheng Danjun, Hua Dan Romantic".

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Due to the differences of pronunciation in different places, Henan opera has formed an artistic school with regional characteristics in music. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Henan operas in Luoyang and other places mostly used the lower five tones, while those in Kaifeng and other places used the upper five tones, which formed a sharp contrast.

Xiangfu Tone, Shahe Tone and Eastern Henan Tone mostly use the upper five tones, while Western Henan Tone mostly uses the lower five tones. Nowadays, the harmony between auspicious symbols and Sha Hetiao has declined, but the tunes in eastern and western Henan have shown tenacious vitality.

There are three types of gongs and drums in the martial arts field of Henan Opera: 1. Playing gongs and drums is mainly prompted by officials, burrs and old people. Second, cooperate with the performance movements to set off the gongs and drums of the stage atmosphere. Most of them are the same as Beijing opera, but some of them are called differently. Commonly used are various forms of one gong, two gongs and three gongs, as well as closing the head, four strokes on the head, emergency wind, battlefield and so on.

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