What are the nine chambers and eighteen tunes in the duo's repertoire?

Counting the number of songs in Du Ren Suo

Nine songs and eighteen tunes

People often use the phrase "nine songs and eighteen tunes" to describe the variety of songs in Northeast China's Du Ren Suo, so how many songs are there in Du Ren Suo?

The duo-rotary inherits the folk art of Guannai, combines the Northeast folk songs, rice-planting songs and other art forms, and absorbs all the excellent tunes that can be borrowed and used in various local operas and drums across the country, like a hundred rivers converging to form an ocean.

As the sun and moon rotate, everything is renewed, and the performance environment, performance forms, performance methods and methods, as well as the version and structure of the repertoire and songs of the two-people-rotation have undergone radical changes.

(A) Commonly Used Generic Classes

[Hu Hu Cavity]

Hu Hu Cavity is a conceptual word as well as the name of a song. As a conceptual word, it represents [Hu Hu Chamber] + [Great Rescue] + [Playing Jujubes] + [Horn Plaque] and so on, that is, the general name of the prologue part of a two-man-rotating opera. As a song name, it is even more important. In terms of traditional singing, it is the first sound of "good or bad, first listen to the first sound". A beautiful Hu Hu cavity, often can wrestle full applause.

[Hu Hu cavity] can be divided into 1 [head plate Hu Hu cavity], 2 [two plate Hu Hu cavity], 3 [three plate Hu Hu cavity] and that is known as the black, Kyrgyzstan and Liao provinces hybrid, nine corner eighteen plate 4 [big tail Hu Hu cavity]

[Big rescue]

[Big rescue] card as its name, such as thousands of horses in the danger of rescue. It's tight and majestic. The actors sing and write in parallel, the spirit of exhilaration. [Great rescue] is divided into 5 [Great rescue] and 6 [anti-rescue]

7 [beat jujube]

[Hu Hu cavity] and [Great rescue] these two sets of songs down, the actors and the audience are in a state of excitement, very much in need of a beautiful, soothing and relaxing song to ease a little, [beat jujube] did. [The rigor of this piece is top-notch, like a flowing river.

The interaction between the front and backstage is tight and seamless.

8 [Horns]

[Horns] is the "Mu Guiying" of the song, and the battle is not over. [Hu Hu cavity], it for the closing stroke; the main body of the play is everywhere in its figure. It can be found in the two-player turn; it can also be found in the pulling scene; it can be found in the bonus song, and it can also be found in the bitter opera. Not only that, it also has a patent - singing car, horse, most of the time with this song, so [horn plate] is also called [car trips].

9 [wu hi hi]

If we were to comment on which of the two people's songs takes up the most space, [wu hi hi] would be the most popular. The vast majority of duet texts are driven by [wu hi hi], supported by other songs, and ending with [little cartwheel] or [running water]. The [wu hi hi] is sung in a particularly casual manner, with many variations. In addition, its greatest advantage is that it is like water in nature, and can be closely intertwined and combined with all the song tiles.

10 [Dawu Hi Hi]

[Dawu Hi Hi] is the prototype of [Dawu Hi Hi], and is one of the most well-preserved traditional songs. Long ago, there was no orchestra, two people sang in the foreground and their peers sang in the background with their mouths instead of the orchestra -

The foreground sang: "The bright moon"

The background sang: "Ha"!

Front: Shine on the West Wing

Backstage and: Ba-da-yell hey

Front: That beautiful woman

Backstage and: Ha! Therefore, it can use the fluttering cadence of the opera and the fluttering cadence of the [wu xia xi xi]. This song is low and sad, and is mostly used for crying and complaining.

12 [文嗨嗨]

[文嗨嗨] This is a melodious, melodious tune. The song is beautiful and has been recognized as one of the top ten main tunes of the duo. It is often used to express scenes such as "enjoying the garden view" and "the woman sitting in the room".

13 [快文嗨嗨]

[快文嗨嗨] looks like a shortened version of [文嗨嗨], with a faster tempo and fewer notes, and sounds a bit like [文嗨嗨]'s fast-forward playback.

14 [青柳子]

[青柳子]曲牌简单简明，干净利落。 Mostly used to express the character walking, movement used, but also can be used for emotional color is not heavy on the singing.

15 [red willow son]

[red willow son] is the soul of the bitter opera, is also one of the top ten main tunes of the two people turn. This song has a wide range of tones and is beautiful and melodious. Singing method is also various. Can be narrative, can tell the work, can lament, can talk about love ......

16 [leaning against the mountain tone]

[leaning against the mountain tone] is also one of the ten main tunes, and its emotional color is between [WuHiHi] and [red willow son]. Naturally, it has a wide range of uses. It is also called [Poor Stick Tune] because it was first used for Zhang Tingxiu's singing in "The Record of Returning to the Cup". This tune is very strong and powerful, and it is a good choice for actors to show off their voices.

[Newspaper board]

[Newspaper board] is a board style, but it is also a song. Because it sounds like a counting board at first glance, both the 17 [Er Liu] and the 18 [Liu Shui] are in tune. The slower [Er Liu] is, the more slowly it is, the deeper it shows; [Liu Shui] is, no matter how fast it is, the clearer it is, the clearer the words are. As the saying goes, "fast but not chaotic, slow but not constant."

19 [small overturned car]

[small overturned car] The name of this song is really reliable. Imagine a coachman driving a horse-drawn cart and overturning it. This song is mostly used for more dramatic or intense dramas. Such as: "immortal clouds driving mist", "military generals fighting" or a play is about to end the link.

20 [Crying Mizi]

[Crying Mizi] is the most bitter song in the duo, and is mostly used in the sorrowful scenes of parting of life and death. It's not just about people, it's also about flowers and tears!

21 [Hero's Sorrow]

[Hero's Sorrow] is the king of bitter songs. [It is a song of "crying" and "sadness". The shape and spirit of this song are perfect. And one of the best features is that it can be used by both men and women.

22 [Water Delivery]

[Water Delivery] is a folk song. In some areas of the Northeast, there is a custom of "sending water to the river" when an old man dies. When sending water, the band master plays this tune, so it is named [Sending Water]. Although this song is not like the [Crying Mizi and [Heroic Sorrow] as crying and screaming, but it can express the deep sorrow of the soul, more evocative.

23 [漫西城]

[漫西城] is simple, clear, and beautiful. The music is light and breezy, and the singing is full of songs and dances. The singer floats on the water, and the viewer swims in the painting.

24 [saw vat]

[saw vat] This song comes from the two-player drama "saw vat", the song itself has a strong comedic color. Most of the men and women up and down sentence rotation sentence style, humor and fun, interactive.

25 [Sanjieban]

[Sanjieban] This song is known for its "selling flavor" and is one of the typical male and female half-sentence singing styles. It is often performed in the context of events such as "reminiscing about the past", "dressing up", and "accompanying the dowry". It is worth mentioning that there are two very good fluttering accents in [Sanjieban].

26 [Jingdong], 27 [Siping], 28 [Fengpai], 29 [Xihe].

In the duo's repertoire, too many big drums have been absorbed, and some of them have lost their original appearance and essence, and have become a part of the duo's repertoire. For example, as we said earlier, [Man Xicheng], [Heroic Sorrow] and so on, they all come from the big drums. But the [Jingdong Drum], [Siping Drum], [Fengpai Drum] and [Xihe Drum] still retain a large part of their original appearance.

Beijing East Drum is famous throughout the country, naturally needless to say; West River Drum is the existence of the national essence, there is no excuse. Siping drums and Fengpai drums are folk art rooted in the hearts and minds of the people of Northeast China, and are more "grounded" in the world, and the absorption of these songs by the two-man show is the icing on the cake.

In the main theater of Er Renju, the [Jingdong Drum] is mainly used for narration. The other three are more widely used. The [Siping], [Fengpai], and [Xihe] are often used in tandem in longer passages.

For example: "West Wing" in the "listening to the qin" part; "Luo Cheng fortune-telling" in the "fortune-telling" part; "Widow Ma opened the store" in the "three night" part, etc. Most of them start with [Siping], [Fengpai], and [Xihe]. Most of them start with [Siping] to pave the way, [Fengpai] to sublimate, and then [Xihe] to reach the high tide effect. Of course, there are also according to their own circumstances and used separately.

30 [Sheep tone]

[Sheep tone] This tune is not commonly used (Zhang Sheng kneeling, Cui Yingying singing in the West Wing of the book), but it is a beautiful, delicate and long. Not too fast, not too slow, not too proud, not too impatient. Like the spring breeze on the face, such as the rain moistens the heart.

31 [pull the tail of the sheep]

The name of this song is a bit interesting, you go to pull the tail of the sheep, the sheep will scream. Could it be that the pouting accent that describes the second half of this tune is from the sheep that has had its tail pulled? (See "Little Wang playing bird" "swear")

32 [five words Jin]

[five words Jin], the more elegant of the two-people turn song names. When singing, men and women each have half a sentence, and each half sentence has five words, so it is called [Five Character Brocade]. The tune is soothing, melodious and pleasing to the ear, and is mostly used in dramas such as "Pan Hometown" and "Little Two Mouths".

33 [Xikou Rhyme]

If [Guanshan Tune] comes from [Zhaoma Zheng], then [Wu Zi Jin] comes from [Xikou Rhyme]. It can be said to be made from the cocoon of the silk. The tune is quite systematic and artistic. See "Eight Plays" in Shangben Lanqiao (上本蓝桥)

34 [鸯鸳扣]

[Yuanyang Buckle] This is a very good tune, with a lot of emotional coloring that tends to be celebratory. The tune is compact and coherent, a breath of fresh air, and is mostly used in dramas such as raising a child to adulthood.

35 [small sad tone]

[small sad tone] This song, the structure of the distinctive, long and graceful. The emotional coloring of the song is a little sadness, a little grief, so it is named "Little Sorrow"

36 [Downstairs]

The song is dedicated to the performance of the heroine's descent down the stairs. The rhythm is as fast as flowing water, and the sound is as good as seeing the person.

37 [Zi'er Shan]

The song is named after the opera "Zi'er Shan", with strong local characteristics and a strong sense of rhythm. Ms. Bai Ling used it in the west wing, and it is closely related to the [Downstairs] song, which is a perfect blend, complementing each other.

38 [压布升]

One of the most traditional songs. Because in the traditional singing style, each phrase is followed by the words "press cloth rise", so the name of this song is [press cloth rise].

39 [mantle]

The [mantle] tune retains much of the original structure of the clapper band, and is known for its high pitch. It is generally used in the drama of the gods' journey, or with [visiting relatives] and [talking back] in the [Hu Hu Cavity]

40 [Divine Tune]

[Divine Tune] came out of the folklore, and was transformed and processed by artists such as Jilin Yushu's "Laonah" and formally used in the stage of Er Renjun.

41 [Shadow tune]

From the shadow play, so called [Shadow tune]

In addition to the "cold river pass", this song is mostly interpreted with a mythological plot.

42 [Buddha tune]

[Buddha tune] originated from the Buddhist songs, the song structure is basically unchanged. It is used in the repertoire of the duo, and is only used to perform the drama of worshiping Buddha and burning incense.

43 [three incorrect]

As the saying goes, "the name is not correct, the words", [three incorrect] this song is "the name is not correct, the tune is not smooth" song structure against the logic of the music, singing is also not correct, listening is also not correct, so to this day this song is nearly lost. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for the work.

(B) special theater special tunes

We know that the biggest feature of the two-people turn is the diversity and flexibility, so the same repertoire, there will be a variety of different singing, the use of the song is also very different, so there is no set repertoire song?

Of course, there are, for example, some traditional plays: the old version of the "Porky's Arch", "Three Invitations to Fan Lihua", and many recent "spectrum plays"

44 [Yier yell] ～ "Ghost Formation"

45 [Waist wearer] ～ "Ghost Formation"

46 [Spring Brother Going to Work] ～The Two Abductions

47 [Weeping Floor] ～Miss Liu Watching the Stars

48 [Slow and Tight] ～Miss Liu Visiting the Sickness

49 [Playing the Name of a Flower] ～Wang Meirong Watching the Flowers

50 [Playing the Name of a Flower] ～Blue Bridge

51 [Outside the Window of the Veil] ～No.2 Auntie Visiting the Sickness

52 [Advising Sister-in-Law] ～The The Widow Ma Opens a Shop"

53 [Returning the Sun Mizi] ～ "The Bao Gong Reparation"

54 [Er Liu Shui Horn Plaque] ～ "The Bao Gong Reparation"

55 [Little Cowherd] ～ "The Second Mother Visits the Sick"

56 [Wrestling the Mirror Frame] ～ "Returning to Cups"

57 [Yangge Yanagi] ～ "The Bao Gong Breaks the Back"

58 [Stiff-Mouthed Liu Zi] ～ "Bao Gong Breaks the Horse's Back"

59 [Newspaper Plate Cavity] ～ "Viewing the Painting in the West Wing"

60 [Introduction] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

61 [Jasmine Flower] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

62 [Against the West Ranges] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

63 [Stopping the Horse] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

64 [Traveling in the West Lake] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

65 [Sifu Wubian] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

[Shadow Tune] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

66 [Shadow Bang] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

67 [Passing the Order] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

68 [Lotus Flower Drop] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Li Hua"

69 [Eight Unusuals ] ～ "Three Invitations to Fan Lihua"

[God's Tune] ～ "Viewing the Painting in the Western Chamber"

70 [Playing the Toothpick] ～ "The Old Pigs Arching to the Ground"

71 [The Clear Water River] ～ "The New Pigs Arching to the Ground"

72 [The Saree Fan] ～ "Splashing Water in Front of the Horse"

73 [The Prostitute Sorrows the Autumn] ～ "Listening to the Qin in the Western Chamber ...

73 [Prostitutes Sorrowful Autumn] ～ "Listening to the Qin in the Western Chamber ... ...

(C) Outsider Songs

We have said that Er Ren Ren has borrowed and absorbed a lot of repertoire songs from other performing arts, such as various types of drums, and some of them have been completely transformed into Er Ren tunes. Hebei Opera] tune

75 [Henan Luzi] tune

76 [Shandong Lv Opera] tune

77 [Huangmei Opera] tune

78 [Erhuang] Beijing Opera tune

79 [Zhentong] Peking Opera tune

80 [Anti-tongue] Peking Opera tune

81 [Da'an Pan] Peking Opera tune

82 [Da Bei Tune] Commentary Opera Songs

83 [San Dun] Commentary Opera Songs such as this and so on

The above is the compilation of the two-people turn songs made by the editor. However, because of the two-man-rotating song of Bo, miscellaneous, complicated, complex, and incomplete name, incorrect, indecent majority, even if you want to be divided into categories are extremely difficult. Here I sincerely praise the Jilin Provincial Folk Art Troupe, over the years for the inheritance of the Northeast and the promotion of the great contribution made by the two people! From the song plate alone, it can be said that by its source, the meaning, shape and its name. It has removed the dregs, taken the essence, and created a large number of popular and excellent repertoire of songs.

The duet is so broad and wide that the editor's standard is limited. If any of the above content is incorrect, inconsistent, or undesirable, please give your valuable opinions to our colleagues and duet enthusiasts, so that we can correct and improve it in time. Finally, let us sincerely wish: this art of hundreds of years of circulation, in the colorful folk art bushes, blossomed the most gorgeous flowers!

-- Wang Wei