Drum words plum blossom drum

Plum blossom drum, also known as plum blossom tune, is mainly popular in northern China. It began to spread in Beijing and Tianjin in the early 20th century. Qing Kou Drum originated from the late Qing Dynasty and spread in northern Beijing. In the 1920s, most professional artists sang in Cheng Nan, which was called Nanban Plum Blossom Tune. At the same time, Jin Wanchang, the founder of Jinmeihua Drum, and Su Qiyuan, a famous string player, reformed the board, rhythm and tone of Qingkou Drum. In 1930s, Lu, a famous Tianjin stringed player, made another artistic reform on the plum blossom drum, especially enriched the music of passing the door between segments (that is, "going up and down three times"), and taught a group of female disciples to form the "Lu School", also known as the "Flower School". In the 1950s, Bai, a famous stringed instrument player, practiced the piano again, singing, singing and singing plum blossom tune in order to rap new content.

The common feature of plum blossom drum art schools is that they are good at expressing emotions in narrative. Its soft board, medium board and sound cavity are euphemistic and beautiful; Allegro, tight board, lively and powerful; When the beam is closed, the adagio is calm and the reverberation is around the beam. The sentence pattern is basically seven sentences, with three prefixes occasionally, and Allegro sometimes has five sentences. Sometimes music cards with long and short sentences are interspersed according to the content. Individual programs, such as Afraid of Embroidery, are composed of brand songs such as (Taiping Year), (Yinniu Temple) and (Huguang Tune) in addition to singing plum blossom tunes at the beginning and end. Most of the plum blossom drums are sung by one person. Some traditional programs, such as Longevity of Xiangzi, and new programs, such as Qiu Jiang and Zhangyu Cooking the Sea, can also be sung by two people. The actors played drums by themselves, accompanied by instruments such as Sanxian, Hu Si, Pipa and dulcimer. Many traditional tunes of plum blossom drum are based on A Dream of Red Mansions, such as exploring Qingwen, persuading Daiyu, mourning for autumn, burying flowers by Daiyu, and visiting the sick by Baoyu. In addition, there are Biography of Hongyan, Abnormity, Mulian Saving Mother and so on. Newly compiled tracks include Embroidering the Red Flag, Jiang Jie Entering the Mountain, Farewell on a Thousand Li Dike, Banping Mountain, Sad Wedding, Two Springs Reflecting the Moon and so on.