Classification of singing in rap art

As far as vocal music structure is concerned, the rap of Han nationality can be divided into:

1. Drum words

Drum rap songs, commonly known as drums, are mainly popular in northern China. Such as Xihe Drum, Laoting Drum, Jingyun Drum, Tangshan Drum, JD.COM Drum, Northeast Drum, Jiaodong Drum and Shangdang Drum. In addition, drums are also popular in Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei and other places, such as Changsha drums and Wenzhou drums. The drum is characterized by the singer playing the drum board by himself. Other accompaniment instruments include Sanxian, Erhu and Pipa. Most of the tunes come from folk music all over the world.

Many drums in the north are developed on the basis of local folk songs or market towns. Most of the early drum songs were long stories, such as "The History of the Three Kingdoms" and "Yang Jiajiang", which could be sung for dozens of days. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, the form of "Duan Er Shu" gradually appeared, and the part of speaking was reduced, mainly singing.

Step 2 play the role of a speech

Tanci was a popular rap form in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and then the popular area gradually narrowed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. At present, the popular rap songs of Tanci are Suzhou Tanci, Yangzhou Tanci, Shaoxing Pinghu Tune, Siming Nanci and Guangdong Muyu Song.

The accompaniment of plucked instruments, such as pipa and sanxian, is mainly played by singers. The tunes of all kinds of ballads are different, some are created by artists, and some are absorbed by folk songs, north-south ballads and local opera tunes. Tanci has a strong musical melody, a long story and a sad "opening" paragraph.

3. Daoqing, also known as Daoqing of Fishing Drum, originated from Jingyun sung by Taoist priests in the Taoist temple in the Tang Dynasty, and later evolved into Daoge sung in folk sermons by absorbing the tunes of ci and Qupai. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a Taoist feeling of telling stories, and speaking and singing alternated. In the later development, most Taoist feelings spread in the south became rap genre, while most Taoist feelings spread in the north developed into opera form. At present, popular songs include Hubei Fishing Drum, Hunan Fishing Drum, Guangxi Fishing Drum, Shandong Fishing Drum, four kinds of bamboo harps and Henan pendants.

4. Paiziqu

This is a form of music that combines a variety of tunes to talk and sing and enjoy it. It has existed for a long time in Chinese history, such as Zhu Gong tune in Song Dynasty. Paizi genre often has a large number of music cards, many of which can reach hundreds. There are generally dozens of qupai in common use. According to their performance functions, artists classify these tunes into several categories, such as happiness, sadness, sadness, anger, calmness, excitement, magnificence and so on. When expressing stories or portraying people's psychological activities, there are certain procedures for the linkage of Qupai. There are Henan Major, Danxian Paizi, Sichuan Yin Qing, Qinghai Pingxian, Yangzhou Qingqu, Guangxi Wenchang and Hunan Sixian. Many of the tunes used in these songs are the same as * * *, such as "parasitic grass", "horsehead tune", "cutting indigo flowers", "broken bridge", "Luojiang resentment", "Manjianghong" and "Taiping Year". Some traditional songs with the same theme are mostly accompanied by tambourines. This kind of music is mainly accompanied by three strings in the north and pipa or erhu in the south.

5. Qin books

Qin Shu is a kind of rap music named after dulcimer as the main accompaniment instrument, such as Qin Shu in Shandong, Qin Shu in Xuzhou, Dulcimer in Yunnan and Qin Shu in Guizhou. Besides dulcimer, some people also use stringed or percussion instruments, such as Zheng, Sanxian and coconut. This rap music is lyrical in style.

In the rap forms of ethnic minorities, the types of music are also different: Mongolian people mainly have "Haolaibao". In Mongolian, Haolaibao means "apply for singing". There are four forms of expression: l) swinging on the sea. The number of singers is uncertain and the content is extensive; 2) Houlle Geri Haolaibao. Sing historical anecdotes and allusions in the form of questions and answers; 3) Check Haolaibao for Rila. For the form of antithesis, the content is mostly ironic and humorous. Play and sing, with praise as the main content. The length of Haolaibao ranges from dozens of lines to several days. Artists often improvise lyrics according to the occasion of singing. When singing, you can clap your hands with a wooden stick, or you can be accompanied by four beards. There are dozens of songs of Haolaibao, and they are rarely changed when they are sung, often until a song is sung repeatedly.

There is a rap among Tibetans (Biography of King Gesar). This is a kind of rap music named after Tibetan folk epic (Biography of King Gesar). Its rap style is a combination of 98 rhymes, telling stories in plain English and expressing the dialogues or monologues of the characters in the stories by singing.

Uygur Quyi is represented by "Dastain". "Dastain" means a long narrative poem or epic poem, which is a kind of playing and singing music of Uygur people. It was sung by one person or three people. The lead singer will also play instruments such as Rewap, Tantalum, Plunger and Sattar, and the assistant musicians will either accompany them, or percussion instruments such as tambourines and stone tablets, or they will not help to sing. The vocals are excerpts from ancient Muqam or other folk tones, with rhyming lyrics and lyrical narration.

Koreans are "sentenced to lead the way." Singing is the main part of a sentence, while speaking and acting are complementary. When singing, the actor plays drums by himself, and the accompaniment instrument is Gaya or Xiqin. Singing method is the fusion of witch songs and old folk songs, with elegant and beautiful tunes and great difficulty in singing.

Bai's "Big Ben Zhong Qu" was developed on the basis of folk songs. The traditional form of performance is that two people sit on both sides of the table on the high platform, one is rap, the other is three-stringed accompaniment, and there are handkerchiefs, folding fans, awakening wood and other props. Later, there were duets and chorus forms. The lyrics are in white and Chinese. There are three different schools of singing music: three-cavity leading cavity, northern cavity and Haidong cavity; Jiuban refers to several basic tunes with different functions in Big Ben, such as Ping, Gao, Waiban and Bianban. "Eighteen tunes" refers to zaqu other than the basic tunes, such as (sparrow tune) and (fat girl tune).

Dai people have "Zanha". Dai language calls the singer "Zanha", hence the name. Zanha's singing content includes folklore, fairy tales, carols and teachings in festive festivals. When singing, either one person sings solo and the other person is accompanied by a wind instrument "single"; Or sit cross-legged, cover your face with a paper fan, and sing in pairs. There is also a form of impromptu lyrics. The audience sits on the floor and cheers "water, water, water" when they hear the highlights.

In addition, other ethnic rap songs include Imakan by Hezhe people, Molun by Zhuang people, Bouyei people playing and singing, and Wandering in Brazil by Salar people.