The Style of Tujia Music

According to the traditional habits of Tujia people, folk songs can be divided into five types: folk songs, gongs and drums, labor songs, children's songs and folk songs.

Folk Songs Tujia folk songs have two languages: Tujia folk songs and China folk songs. Acoustic cavity has high cavity and flat cavity; There are structural differences, such as "one phonon", "three phonons", "four sentences" and "five sentences" There are love songs, ancient songs, etiquette songs, life songs, bitter love songs and so on. During the Agrarian Revolution, a large number of revolutionary folk songs were produced in the Soviet area of western Hunan and Hubei, which played an active role in the struggle. Four songs, also known as "Four Sentences", are popular folk songs. The lyrics are 7 words and 4 sentences, hence the name. Four Tujia folk songs are popular in Yongshun County, Longshan County, Hunan Province, with a narrow range and multi-level and three-level tones. See the following example: In addition, the tune along the river and Potou tune popular in Baojing county, the Taro folk song in Longshan county and the Maoba folk song in Hefeng Taiping in western Hubei all belong to four folk songs. Five songs are made by inserting a variation sentence between the repeated upper and lower sentences. There are two structural forms: one is five songs popular in Baojing, Yongshun and Sangzhi, with variations inserted between two or three sentences; One is a five-sentence song popular in a remote mountain village in Sangzhi. Its variations are inserted between 3 and 4 sentences, with special techniques and unique style. Lian Ba Sentences are mainly popular in western Hubei. Inserted from the middle of several five sentences before and after, the number of words is regular, and the words are linked and sung, forming an eight-sentence number board. The timbre is coherent and compact, in one go. The form is lively and lively, and the content shows love. One or more people sing in high notes, and the lyrics are fixed. Wearing songs, also known as wearing songs and wearing five sentences, is a kind of high-pitched folk song with complex structure. It consists of "Haoer" (four folk songs) and "Geer" (five folk songs). "Geer" is led by the singer, and "Haoer" is assisted by everyone. The singing method is characterized by singing "Haoer" first, then "Gore", and then inserting 1, 2 and 4 sentences of "Haoer" into "Five Songs" to sing. Coherent and compact, in one go. The form is lively and lively, and the content shows love. One or more people sing in high notes, and the lyrics are fixed. Wearing songs, also known as wearing songs and wearing five sentences, is a kind of high-pitched folk song with complex structure. It consists of "Haoer" (four folk songs) and "Geer" (five folk songs). "Geer" is led by the singer, and "Haoer" is assisted by everyone. The singing method is characterized by singing "Haoer" first, then "Gore", and then inserting 1, 2 and 4 sentences of "Haoer" into "Five Songs" to sing.