What do the boards and eyes of opera stand for

In the opera performance, the strong beat in each bar, mostly with the drum plate beat beat, called "plate". The second strong beat and the weak beat, the drum stick or finger beat, called "eye".

The singing of opera has different variations in rhythm and beat. A board three eyes, is four-quarter beat; a board one eye, is two-quarter beat; there are also loose board, the rhythm of free control.

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Importance of Peking Opera Beat

The art of singing in opera. In the long-term development has also formed its own unique style and professional skills. In singing, it focuses on the relationship between words and sounds, sounds and feelings. Clear and accurate expression of the sound and meaning of words is the first requirement of singing, which has resulted in a series of singing methods and techniques.

In the Peking Opera accompaniment, play a commanding role in the drums, in the singing on the board, where the board will hit the board, but in order to sing clearly, generally no longer with a single drum to play the eye, at best, will be in the drag cavity in the eye of the discretionary drums, and a number of drums used in the music of the door, so not as much as the drums of Kunqu Opera as the boards and eyes can be heard clearly and distinctly.

Listening to Peking Opera, according to the rhythm of the hand hit the board, such as a board three eyes, clap the palm of the hand that board, hit the index finger that the head of the eye, hit the middle finger that the middle eye, hit the ring finger that the end of the eye, listen to more thought naturally be able to understand the characteristics of the different boards, in Peking Opera singing need to take into account the board, such as the rhythm of the singing messed up, known as the "board"! "

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