Top Ten Cantonese Music Songs

Highly characterized by local culture and using traditional Chinese instruments, the sounds of history are interpreted over and over again, and the stories of the past are passed down from generation to generation. Being in the midst of Guangdong music is like going back to that era, and the scene instantly switches into the mold of the last century. So this issue of the national culture, for you to y understand the top ten famous songs of Guangdong music.

"Wenyingying in Liu Lang"

"Wenyingying in Liu Lang" was written in the early 1930s. The lyrical melody and the light and throbbing simulation of warblers' cries depict the natural scenery of willow forests swaying in the wind and birds singing in the branches. After listening to it, one can contemplate the beautiful scenery, birds and flowers in the pleasant scenery.

Pinghu Autumn Moon

Pinghu Autumn Moon, also known as Drunken Peace, is the masterpiece of Lv Wencheng, a famous Cantonese musician. The repertoire of Cantonese music was initially adapted from the "passing music" of Cantonese opera. With the development of the repertoire, it began to be enriched, and the composers began to absorb and apply the local ballads and popular tunes from other regions, and gave it a strong Cantonese color by embellishing the rhythm of the performances, so as to form the Guangdong music repertoire with a unique Lingnan flavor. Guangdong music repertoire has a unique Lingnan flavor. The song "Autumn Moon on the Pinghu Lake" is adapted by the famous Cantonese musician Lv Wencheng from the northern ditty "Dance of the Lady", with a smooth melody and gentle tones outlining the quiet and misty moonlight of the West Lake.

Walking Horses

Walking Horses is an excellent piece of early Cantonese music. It has been adapted by Lv Wencheng from the suona tune "The Great Open Door", but it has not been finalized for examination. Also known as "Walking Horses", the piece has a bright rhythm and a lively melody that expresses people's excitement and high spirits. The structure of the piece is short, with distinct layers. Fixed termination type phrases run through the whole piece. The rhythm has a syncopated effect, which makes the tone of the piece robust, lively and rich, and the happy feelings are overflowing outside the song.

The Widow's Complaint

The Widow's Complaint has been adapted by Yan Laolie, a famous master of the yangqin, into the joyful and lively The Widow's Complaint. The original piece, which is played by suona and can also be sung with lyrics, is a piece in which a widow complains about her heart, showing the sadness of a widow's hard life and discrimination during the feudal era, with a low and mournful tone. The author's adaptation plays on the characteristics of the yangqin's melody, decorates the melody with flowers, sweeps away the feelings of grief, makes the tune bright and cheerful, and expresses people's joyful mood with smooth and lively melody.

"Crows Playing in the Water"

The whole song is characterized by a chic and elegant melody, a fresh tone, a unique flavor, and a bright and fast rhythm, interpreting the scene of cold ducks relaxing in the water and chasing each other to play. The sound color is clear, the aftertaste is long, and the rhyme is euphemistic. The whole piece *** three sections, each section of the music distinctive personality, paragraph boundaries clear, is a typical plate variations. The first section, the head plate (also known as the slow plate) is 4/4 beat; the second section, the copy beat (also known as the copy beat), 1/4 beat; the third section, the third plate (also known as the center plate), also 1/4 beat, faster. The plate arrangement of this piece of music is a typical structural style of the Chaozhou string poem suite. Through enjoying "Cold Crows Playing in the Water", you can appreciate some characteristics of the melodic color and tonal color changes in Teochew music.