What is the most common way of singing the labor bugle?

The labor call is a folk song produced and applied to labor, with the practical function of coordinating and directing labor. In the process of labor, especially the collective collaborative labor, in order to unify the pace, regulate breathing, and release the pressure of the body weight, the laborers often yell or holler. These yells and hoots were gradually embellished by the working people and developed into the form of songs. From the simple, rhythmic hooting in the initial labor, it developed into a form of song with rich lyrics and complete tunes. The labor trumpet embodies the wisdom and strength of the laboring people, and shows the optimism and fearless heroism of the laboring people through the labor trumpet.

The division of the horn category is mainly based on different types of work and singing environment. From the years have been recorded to the music data, can be roughly divided into:

1. Carrying horn is used in manpower directly burdened with heavy transport labor, such as loading and unloading, carrying, picking, carting and so on. Especially in the collective transport labor, unified pace, regulating breathing, uplifting mood, directly related to the safety and efficiency of labor. At this time, the labor horn has become an effective means to achieve the above purposes. Heilongjiang is China's largest timber reserves in the province, the forest area needs a lot of transportation labor, carrying a lot of horn. These horns have no fixed lyrics, all by the leader, that is, the collective labor conductor improvisation. A person leads the singing, the crowd should be and, sometimes lead and and overlap, the formation of multi-part singing form.

2. Engineering horn. Engineering horn in the tamping, ramming, logging, quarrying and other labor. The intensity and speed of labor, determines the engineering horn singing and rhythm. When the labor intensity is small, the tune of the horn is dashing and bold; when the labor intensity is large, the tune of the horn is rough and heavy. In labor with high intensity and tense rhythm, the bugle music has a fast and powerful rhythm, simple melody, and sometimes even simple hooting. The artistry of the tunes is inversely proportional to the intensity of labor, which is a common feature of bugle music. The ram is a tool used when smashing the foundation or piling, generally a round stone or discus, around the eye tied a few ropes. When playing, several people pull the rope to raise the ram, and then smashed to the ground. Hunan Changde's "hit the ram ram song" loud and clear, the lyrics according to the labor situation improvised singing, both command the role of labor, but also pay attention to the regulation of the mood of each worker to mobilize the enthusiasm of everyone

3. The agricultural bugle is sung during general agricultural labor, such as beating wheat, pounding rice, watering carts, and weeding grass. Comparatively speaking, the labor intensity accompanying the agricultural bugle is not so great, so the rhythm of the agricultural bugle tends to be less heavy, the melody is more beautiful, and the content of the lyrics is richer and more varied.

4. Boat fishing horn. Boat fishing horn in the water transport, fishing, shipping and other labor. Because of the variety of labor on board, waterways and climate change, so many areas are often formed to adapt to different situations, into a series of fishing boat horn. Making a living on the water was risky. Boatmen not only have to overcome all kinds of difficulties and dangers like other kinds of laborers, but also face the threat of death from time to time. Therefore, the shipwrights' horns when they are actually on the boat are quite thrilling, and they bring the various sides of the heroes to life. Generally speaking, when the wind and waves are calm, the horn is more melodious, often showing the boatmen's self-confidence and bold temperament:

The way of singing the horn, mainly "lead, together" type, that is, a person led, the crowd together, or the crowd led, the crowd together. Labor horn singing form of solo, duet, sing, etc., but a leader of the crowd and is the most common, the most typical way of singing. The leader is often the conductor of the collective labor. Leader part is often the main statement of the lyrics of the part of the music is more flexible, free, tune and lyrics often improvised changes, melody often up, or more high-pitched loud and clear, there are call, call characteristics; and sing the part of the part of the mostly liner notes or repeating the lead singer in the fragments of the lyrics, the music is more fixed, fewer changes, rhythmic strong, often using the same musical repertoire or the same rhythmic repetitions.

The labor horn, as a major genre of folk songs, was produced as early as the primitive era when people began to engage in collective labor, and only gradually disappeared until some kind of machine replaced some kind of collective labor in modern society. For thousands of years, it accompanied the laboring masses in the struggle with nature to play a great social function, creating a miracle of human victory over nature one after another. At the same time, the bugle is the earliest spiritual and artistic flower produced by combining and colliding with nature and labor. Therefore, it has eternal historical and cultural value.

The singing form of the labor bugle has the characteristics of majestic, heroic, and able to express the collective strength. The vast majority of the bugle is a combination of lead singing and harmony singing. The fishermen's bugle in Fengnan consists of five sections: "Looking for Fish", "Sculling", "Setting Sails", "Pulling Nets", and "Loading the Cabin", and each of these sections is sung in the form of leading and harmonizing.

The lyrics of the labor horn are mostly not fixed, and are often improvised by the leader of the rammer, who has the talent of compiling lyrics, often with lively, humorous, witty and funny language, which arouses the interest of the laborers to reduce the fatigue of the laborers, and encourages the labor mood and spices up the spirit of the role of the laborer. The tones of the labor trumpets have a strong flavor of life, and most of the melodies are rough and fierce. The rhythm is powerful, reflecting the strong character and brave fighting style of the working people. The old boatmen of Po Town sang the "South Canal Boatmen's Trumpet", with high-pitched and powerful melody, short and fast rhythm, and very tense labor mood, which has the musical image of chopping through waves and going forward without hesitation. But there are also some labor horn, is to lyricism, such as the Cangzhou region of Dongguang popular "flood horn" (drop three sea), "learning Lei Feng" (small ram buds), etc., with a strong flavor of life, its content is humorous and simple, the language is witty and witty, the melody of health and freshness, from the heart of the laborers' song, reflecting the optimism of the laboring people and the spirit of love for labor, love of life, the noble sentiments.