Characteristics of percussion music

The characteristics of playing tunes: simple and concise melody, high-pitched and large range.

Chant, also known as labor chant, is a traditional folk song sung in rural areas when picking up the foundation and building dams. Chanting is a tool used when hitting the foundation or piling, usually a round stone or discus with several ropes tied around it. The songs sung by Mianyang have high pitch and strong sense of rhythm. He sang in unison, playing and singing. When people build dikes and dams, they use them to coordinate their actions and relieve fatigue.

Sentence patterns are generally seven words and crosses, and there are also five sentences. Singing at the construction site is similar to pounding the trumpet. Fighting can be divided into lifting and flying. When you hit the ball lightly, you will throw it over your head, also called fly ball, which is faster; The interval between hammering is long. There were four people, eight people and ten people fighting. The lead singer doesn't play when singing, but the masses play when singing.

Mianyang Ci came into being under the special historical background and geographical environment. Mianyang is located in the middle of Jianghan Plain, with more than ten lakes including Dongjing River, Tongshun River, Tongzhou River, Liuxi River, Paihu Lake (called Mianyang Lake in ancient times), Husha Lake, Carassius auratus Lake and Lulin Lake. Because of the low terrain, there are many lakes and rivers.

Therefore, ten years and nine floods often occur, which brings profound disasters to the people. In order to make a living, people often fight floods and build dams every year. In the hard work, Mianyang people created countless anti-torture songs, and Mianyang anti-torture songs came into being.

As a traditional folk art, the lyrics of Mianyang's big-side songs are mostly improvised, and some of them sing historical stories. Tunes often absorb Mianyang folk songs. The singing form of Mianyang Ci is chorus. The lead singer has lyrics and the chorus plays a foil role. There is no actual content, just some exclamations, such as hi, ya, Yang, Hua and so on.

The lead singers are all masters of reciting songs, and their voices are so loud that they can be heard clearly from miles away in Fiona Fang. The people who heard it were really thunderous and refreshed. There is a lead singer and two duets. There is also a "song of throwing the ball", which is more demanding. A pair of eight people take turns to lead the singer and sing while playing, which is very interesting.

The content of Mianyang Ci is very extensive, some of which are based on historical stories and folklore, some are popular lyrics and poems, and more are lyrics from scripts of Mianyang Opera, such as Standing on the Flower Wall, White Fan, Qin Xianglian, Persuading Gu and Debating Marriage.

Another is to test the level of lead singer. It's all improvisation, singing and editing, singing whatever you see and wherever you want. The language is simple and funny, and life is rich.