What are the characteristics of pipa repertoire

Summary: Pipa tunes are tunes played on the pipa, and over the course of more than 2,000 years of development, the pipa instrument has given birth to many classic tunes, and each type of tune has its own unique characteristics, with three main features of granularity, melody, and the combination of rigidity and flexibility, which have been passed down to the present day, and there are many more classic pipa tunes, including Sei Shangqu, Sunset xiaojiao Drums, Ambush from Ten Sides, Overlord Unloading His Armor, Yangchun Baixue, Dawangtaocha, Zhaogun Here is a look at the characteristics of pipa music. First, what are the characteristics of pipa songs

Pipa from Central Asia, through the Silk Road to China, has a history of more than 2,000 years, with the development of the times, the pipa in the long river of history of the washing precipitation, the birth of many classic repertoire, each type of repertoire has its own unique characteristics, such as martial arts music, grand and majestic, literary music, gentle and light, stretching slowly, etc., regardless of which kind of No matter what kind of pipa music, it usually has the following three main characteristics:

1. Granularity

In the pipa's playing process, the player mainly uses the string-tuning technique to break down a piece of music into countless points, and then uses the points to lead the line, which gradually constitutes the pipa's twelve equal-tempered rhythm of a wide range of tones in the playing, which makes the sound strong, but not raucous, and subtle, but not fuzzy, and which ensures that the whole piece can be played. The sound is strong but not noisy, subtle but not blurred, and at the same time, it ensures that the playing effect of the entire repertoire has evenness and unity.

2. Melody

The pipa can not be completed without melody. Syllables, rhythms, and tunes form the basis of the work, and each piece of music contains the author's subjective feelings; in a narrow sense, the pipa is played by plucking the strings, and the expression of melody is especially important. melodiousness.

3. The combination of rigidity and softness

Pipa music includes both strong emotions and soft melodies, which combine to form the unique charm of pipa music. A large part of the pipa music's compositional philosophy incorporates the Confucian aesthetic standard of harmony for beauty, blending the two more extreme concepts of softness and rigidity together to explore a new musical aesthetic.

Two, the classic good sound of the pipa what are the masterpieces

1, Seishangqu

"Seishangqu" is a traditional pipa large set of songs, music through the depiction of Wang Zhaojun's longing for her homeland, expressed the feelings of grief and sorrow, the tune of the gentle and delicate, lingering melancholy, playing on the full play of the left hand, push, pull, chanting, kneading and brio, with a sound, with a sound, etc., in the virtual sound, the sound of different timbre, volume interplay. In the interplay of different tones and volumes, the use of single tones such as playing, picking and panning and the skillful interplay of continuous fingers such as pulling, pushing and wheeling make the melody even more euphemistic and soft, expressing the repressed inner pain of ancient women, and having a strong artistic infectious force.

2, xunyang xiao drum

Also known as "xunyang night moon", "xunyang pipa" or "xunyang song", is a lyrical writing, elegant and beautiful melody. Music to drums, xiao beginning, the theme is rich in the Jiangnan water town mood, and then the use of expansion, tightening, moving the sound area and change the end of the head of the variations and the sound of the water waves, paddle sound and other onomatopoeic musical repertoire in order to enrich the musical ideas.

3. Ambush on Ten Sides

The Ambush on Ten Sides is a famous large-scale pipa piece, and as an excellent masterpiece of large-scale pipa martial arts, its music is magnificent and brilliant, and its style is majestic and peculiar. The pipa piece "Ambush on Ten Sides" utilizes musical means to express the fierce battle situation of the duel at Gaixia, showing the world a vivid and touching picture of the ancient battlefield.

4. Overlord Unloading His Armor

The material of Overlord Unloading His Armor is the same as that of Ambush from Ten Sides, which also describes the battle of Gaixia, and adopts the same chapter-and-chapter structure, but with a different intention. The protagonist of "Ambush on Ten Faces" is Liu Bang, so the music is high and majestic; while the protagonist of "Unloading the Armor" is Xiang Yu, so the music is dull and sad.

5. Yangchun Baixue

Also known as "Yangchun Ancient Song", or "Yangchun" for short, it is an excellent pipa ancient song widely circulated, relying on simple and rich musical language, showing people's enthusiasm, optimism, and the spirit of unlimited affection for nature, it is an elegant and popular ****appreciation of the excellent traditional music.

6, big waves Amoy sand

"Big waves Amoy sand" shows the author's infinite feelings for the uneven world and the attitude towards fate, is a pipa solo piece, the first melody of the piece and the melody of the first of the song of Guangdong music "three pools and the moon" is similar to the melody, may be the author according to the familiar tone of the composition.

7. Zhaojun Goes Out of the Seaside

"Zhaojun Goes Out of the Seaside" is also a piece for solo pipa, which expresses the author's infinite feelings for this historical event by portraying the emotional changes of Zhaojun's going out of the seaside.

8. Haiqing Takes the Swan

"Haiqing Takes the Swan" appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, is a solo piece specially created for the pipa, and the theme is taken from the hunting life of the northern nomadic people, Haiqing, also known as the Haidongqing, is a kind of raptor specialized in hunting animals bred by the hunting people in the north, and at that time the royal family of the Qidan often went out to round up the animals with the Haidongqing, so this piece may be processed and created on the basis of the traditional music of the Qidan people or the female genital mutilated people. The song may have been created on the basis of the traditional music of the Khitan or the Jurchen people.

9, Little Sisters of the Steppe

This is a pipa concerto, by the pipa solo, orchestra concerto, the music depicts the Mongolian girls to protect the collective flock of sheep and blizzard fighting deeds, showing the new Chinese children and teenagers love the collective, defying the storm of the noble style and the spirit of bravery.

10, Yi Dance

"Yi Dance" is a rich flavor of life is extremely lyrical music, with the pipa to describe the picture of the mountains and fields, with a beautiful lyrical melody, rough and tough rhythm, vividly depicts the Yi cottage charming night scenery, men and women enthusiastic young people dancing happy scenes, rich in rich ethnic characteristics.