Ten famous guzheng songs

Guzheng is an ancient stringed instrument in China. Liu Xi, an exegetist in the later Han Dynasty, explained: "The zither is natural because of its high chord." The name of the Zheng is based on its acoustic effect. Guzheng, as a treasure of national music, has simple and elegant appearance and beautiful timbre. Here, I will introduce ten famous guzheng songs to you. Let's take a look!

1, fishing boats sing late

Fishing boat singing late-off 88 best tone series-off 2

Fishing boat singing late is a traditional guzheng solo. Generally speaking, this song was adapted by Lou Shuhua in the mid-1930s based on the material of the ancient song Home.

The title of the song is taken from Wang Bo's famous poem "Preface to Tengyu Pavilion" in the Tang Dynasty: "Fishing boats sing late, making the coast of Peng Li poor." The whole piece of music is very poetic, with smooth melody, first slow and then fast, first loose and then tight, and full of layered feelings, vividly depicting the pleasant realm of lakes and mountains, fishing boats fighting for their return and fishermen singing together in the sunset.

2. High mountains and flowing water

High mountains and flowing water-pure music-Yunzheng's works

Mountain Flowing Water is one of the top ten ancient songs in China. This song was first seen in China's earliest piano music collection "Magic Secret".

"Mountain Flowing Water" is a freehand work with melodious and smooth melody, elegant and fresh style, simple and elegant rhyme and far-reaching artistic conception. The theme of the music is China's famous ancient music story "Bo Ya's broken piano holds a bosom friend", which presents a state of "majestic mountain, magnificent river and sea".

3. Western Western jackdaw is playing in the water.

Water Opera in Western Western jackdaw-Leading Performance to Guzheng

Western jackdaw in the west, also known as Gull Bird, is a famous Zheng Song in Chaozhou, and it is the most poetic one among the ten soft collections of string poems in Chaozhou.

With its unique and elegant melody, fresh style and unique charm, the whole song is lively and ups and downs, showing the leisurely pursuit and frolicking in the water in western Western jackdaw.

4. Autumn Moon in Han Palace

Autumn Moon in Han Palace-Wang Xueqing-Famous Songs of Guzheng Masters in North and South China

Autumn Moon in Han Palace was originally a pipa of Chongming School, with a simple style, which is a representative Shandong Zheng music.

It mainly shows the sad mood of ancient ladies-in-waiting and a helpless and lonely life artistic conception.

5, Bajiao window night rain

Night Rain at Bajiao Window-Lin Ling-China Famous Musical Instrument Collection-Guzheng

Rain on a Banana Window is a guzheng song and one of the outstanding representative works of Guangdong Hakka Zheng School.

Accompanied by the sound of rain beating banana leaves, I feel homesick alone. The charm of Hakka music is everywhere in music, which strongly embodies the connotation of Hakka culture.

6.water lilies

Shuilian-Li Bian-Nanbei Guzheng Famous Music

Water Lotus is a Hakka Zheng Song, also known as Han Zheng Song, which retains the style of ancient Central Plains music.

Someone explained this song and said, "The first performance of music is symbolized by the emergence of red lotus, symbolizing elegance and gentleness." With its melodious melody and the special charm of "emphasizing six tones", the song is pure and clear, and it places people's praise on the noble sentiment of lotus "emerging from the mud without staining, lingering without demon"

7. Qin Sangqu

Qin Sangqu-Qiu Dacheng-Nanbei Guzheng Famous Music

"Qin Sang Qu" is a song written by Zhou in the 1970s, which is based on the popular opera music cavity in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province.

The title of the song borrowed the word "Qin Sang" from Li Bai's "Spring Thoughts": "The grass in your north is as green as jade, and the mulberry here is a green branch". Through euphemistic, * * and * * melody changes, the music describes the passionate women's eagerness to miss their relatives in their hometown and look forward to an early reunion with their families.

8. Donghai fishing songs

Fishermen's Song in the East China Sea is a folk music work composed by Ma Shenglong and Gu in 1959, with the theme of fishermen's working life in the East China Sea. The guzheng music with the same name adapted by ensemble is listed as one of the top ten famous guzheng songs in China.

In the movie Kung Fu, part of the melody of Donghai fishing songs was used twice as part of the film soundtrack.

9. Playing drums in Xiangshan

Xiangshan Shooting Drum-Sun Zhuo-Hometown Rhyme-Guzheng Album of Sun Zhuo, Qu Yun

"Shooting Drum at Xiangshan" is a creative song with the musical style of Qin Zheng, Shaanxi. Author Qu Yun, founded on 1980.

The music adopts the tune of Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago, which fully embodies the musical characteristics of Qin Dynasty. The music shows the empty Sanskrit, ethereal artistic conception, and the lively scene when people hold incense parties in the mountains.

10, typhoon

Typhoon-Xiang-Guzheng Player Xiang

Fighting Typhoon is a guzheng solo by Wang Changyuan in 1965, inspired by the workers' struggle against typhoon.

The melody is magnificent, the music image is vivid, the fast section is intense and intense, and the slow section is beautiful and lyrical. The whole song successfully shaped the dockworkers' fearless spirit and heroic spirit of pushing down all difficulties.

How to buy guzheng

1. Is it necessary to buy guzheng?

The answer is yes. As the saying goes, "If you want to do something well, you must sharpen your tools first", just like you can't drive when you go out for a long trip, and you can't go into battle without shooting. If you want to learn guzheng well, you can't do it without daily practice. Of course, you can also choose to practice in school, but this is not a long-term solution, but you don't have to be too eager to buy it. You will understand after reading the following introduction.

2. When should I buy a guzheng?

Some parents and children have bought guzheng before they start learning, and then their children have learned a few classes and feel uninterested. The guzheng chosen by poor parents is left at home. Here, I suggest that you can follow the teacher for 4 or 5 classes first. If students can persist in their studies and have a certain interest in guzheng, then you can consider buying a suitable guzheng at this time. Then why after four or five classes? Because according to the curriculum of guzheng, after 4 or 5 classes, you may need to learn fingering deeply. At this time, you need to practice and consolidate constantly. According to my investigation, students can persist in studying after 4 or 5 lessons of guzheng, so there will be no situation of leaving a guzheng at home to eat ash.

3. Where can I buy a guzheng?

The purchase channels of guzheng are usually music shops, training courses and online shopping.

The advantage of buying a guzheng in a musical instrument store is that there may be a large number of guzheng objects, which can be selected and purchased. Of course, there are also many guzheng exhibitions in some guzheng training classes now, so that we can really see the workmanship, quality and style of guzheng and avoid uncontrollable factors such as color difference in online photos. And it will be very convenient after sale. If you have any questions, call a musical instrument store. The second is the teacher's recommendation. The advantage of teachers lies in their majors. They can make reasonable suggestions according to the learning situation of different students. Moreover, teachers have a better understanding of brand reputation in the industry. They generally recommend brands with better timbre to students, and buying a piano from a teacher can also facilitate tuning. However, it should be noted that the quotations of some teachers or music shops are too high, which requires us to be more careful, learn to search online and compare the quotations of manufacturers in official website. The third is online shopping. The advantage is that it is really cheap, but the disadvantage is that the risk is too great and the quality is uneven. Some shops sell a lot and get a lot of praise, but they are all artificially painted. Now Taobao's brush list is too crazy, fake and shoddy, and it's really hard to distinguish between true and false. Here to remind you, even if you buy online, you should choose a trusted brand.

What kind of guzheng should I buy for my friends?

Beginners don't have that high demand for timbre, but that doesn't mean they don't have it. A good timbre guzheng is of great benefit for beginners to understand the correct timbre of guzheng and improve their interest in learning guzheng. The price is generally around 2000 or 3000.