What does Qupai mean?

Qupai refers to the names of tunes, such as "rolling hydrangea", "soap robe" and "a flower".

Qupai is the general name of traditional lyrics and tunes used in music creation. Commonly known as "brand". The creation of ancient lyrics and songs was originally "choosing words and music". Later, beautiful tunes were gradually selected and preserved, and new words were filled in according to the rules of original words and tunes. Most of these preserved tunes still use the original song titles.

Traditional operas formed before the Ming Dynasty, such as Kunshan Opera and Yiyang Opera, and traditional operas developed from popular songs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, mostly take Qupai as the singing unit, which is generally called "Qupai-style" singing. The writing part of Qupai should "fill in the words according to the sound", make more long and short sentences and use less Qi characters. The number of sentences in each song is determined by rhyme (harmony such as "Ye Luo" can be added) and the number of words in each sentence.

Syntax, four tones, etc. There is a certain format. Judging from the poetic style, Qupai is the metrical spectrum of this poetic style. The tune of each Qupai aria has its own musical mode and tonality, as well as the interest of this song. The clauses of each song are read separately, often consistent with the lyrics; The rise and fall of the tune can be changed because of the differences in the four tones of the lyrics and the thoughts and feelings of the lyrics.

Qupai is long and short, and the beat is fixed and scattered, but they all have a beginning and an end. Wang Jide's Qulv in Ming Dynasty said: "Qufu's Qufu is called Zihao. It can be seen that the name "Qupai" has a long history. The creation of ancient lyrics and songs was originally "choosing words and music", and later beautiful tunes were gradually screened and preserved. The new words are filled in according to the rules of the original words and tunes.