Yiyang Ancient Painting and Opera Institute

Yiyang ancient painting drama is divided into four schools: Yiyang Road, Xihu Road, Ningxiang Road and Liling Road. As the main vocal cavity of Changsha ancient painting drama, influenced by xiang opera's high tone, it is characterized by simplicity and roughness. One person speaks, many people help each other, the gongs and drums are connected, the strings are ignored, and the cavities merge, which is basically similar to the high-pitched cavity of a big drama. Represented by four or six tunes, wooden horse tunes, eight-hole cards and herding sheep tunes.

The origin of gong cavity, first, evolved from the light tone of folk songs, with light and warm tunes, such as Youchun Tune; Second, it evolved from folk music such as Nuo opera and religious music, and was emotionally stable when singing, such as "Batong School". Third, it was introduced from other places, such as the "Old Advise Husband Tune" in Jiangxi and the "Old Ancestral Temple Tune" in Hubei Chu Opera. In the development of gongs and drums, some of them were changed to Sichuan tune, and the simple accompaniment of gongs and drums and vocals was cancelled, and they were changed to string accompaniment, so the suona cavity had a fixed string style and accompaniment style. It is a singing method accompanied by drums and suona in ancient paintings and operas, and it is a two-sentence structure composed of singing in the upper sentence and singing in the lower sentence.

Sichuan tune mainly comes from folk songs and is divided into two tune systems: Gong Zheng tune and Shuangchuan tune. Gong Zheng tune evolved from Liangshan tune in Sichuan, including Yiyang Sichuan tune, Ningxiang Zheng tune and Xihu tune, all of which have the embryonic form of plate changes. Shuangchuan tune is a structural form following Gong Zheng tune. Killer tune is gradually developed from feather tune folk songs in central Hunan, including Changsha Shuangchuan tune, Liling Shuangchuan tune and fishing tune.

Positive tuning categories are divided into:

West Lake, with 26 fixed strings, main vocals, authentic Hunan flavor and rich expressive force, is suitable for various occasions and roles. It originated from the labor chant west of Dongting Lake, hence its name. Influenced by xiang opera Nanbei Road (elastic cavity), it developed into a cavity with first-class, second-class, third-class, sad board, adagio, original board, counting board, allegro, alarm board, guide board, scattered board, rocking board, pointed cavity, aria, pocket cavity and fairy cavity.

North West Lake, with 63 fixed strings, is a variant of the West Lake. Influenced by xiang opera North Road, it was named. It was originally created for Bao Gong's performance, commonly known as Bao Gong Qiang, and later developed into the vocals of Hua Lian, Wu Sheng and Wu Laosheng. Singing is high-pitched and passionate, suitable for martial arts. West Lake Plate.

South West Lake, with 52 fixed strings, is a variant of the West Lake. South Road was influenced by xiang opera, hence its name. It was originally written to play Lao Dan, commonly known as "Lao Dan accent". Singing is smooth and dignified. West Lake Plate.

Anti-West Lake, 15 set the tone, and translated the West Lake four times. Sing gloomy.

The West Lake is out of rhyme, and the key is 4 1, which can also be said to be an anti-West Lake and a sad song.

There are also rotten boards and crosses for Dan Jiao. A cross tone made by Liangshan for horn, etc. It is one of the main vocals of Dihuagu, which is divided into three categories: Dihuagu, local folk songs and Sixian minor. Dihua drum has warm tunes and strong singing and dancing, such as "Wang Lang tune". The local folk songs are "songs spoken by women and children in the village", which are lively, clear and lively, such as "washing vegetables". Sixian minor originated in Jiangnan area, with beautiful melody and strong singing, such as Acacia of Four Seasons.

The main accompaniment instruments of Yiyang ancient painting drama are drum, suona and Tanggu, which are collectively called "three major pieces". Since 1950s, some national musical instruments and western orchestral stringed instruments have been gradually introduced. In 1980s, electro-acoustic instruments were added, and the accompaniment was more colorful.