Pipa Song of Hongzhou Pipa Song

The Hongzhou Pipa Song of Pipa Song Liping arose during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and was named Hongzhou Pipa Song in 1952 after music workers from the Guizhou Provincial Culture Department discovered it and selected it to participate in the Minority Cultural Performances, which were later recommended to be performed in Beijing. Hongzhou Pipa Song is the only pipa song sung in soprano falsetto. With its beautiful and pleasant tunes, wide and open sound range, melodious melody, emotionally stirring sadness, and unique singing style, it has been highly evaluated by the music industry, and has been called the American singing of the Orient, and the American singing of the Dong Songs. There is a beautiful legend about the formation of this unique folk music: there are two young men and women, love each other in the moon hall, the man played the pipa female song, deep love, in order not to wake up the old man at home, do not let the family find out that the two sides are using a fake voice shallow singing, with the passage of time, this kind of singing into a style - fake voice, thus formed a singing style in which both men and women sing in falsetto. Hongzhou pipa songs have a unified tune and occupy an important position in folk music. It is the best of the Dong pipa songs, a genetic inheritance of ancient folk songs, and has been listed in the first national intangible cultural heritage protection list.

Hongzhou pipa songs are popular in Pingjie and Yangchong of Hongzhou Town and many nearby Dong villages. Hongzhou Pingjia Pipa Song, named because it is sung in Pingjia Village, Hongzhou Town, Liping, is an artistic wonder unique to the Dong region of China, and its unique artistic color is irreplaceable by any other ethnic folk music. Its unique artistic color is irreplaceable by any other ethnic folk music. It is sung in a clear, melodious and melodious voice, like a long wind, like a spring in the mountains, like a gurgling river, like the singing of cuckoo and cuckoo bird, and has become a fine piece of folk music in the world. Pipa songs cannot be sung without the instrument pipa (i.e., a small wooden pipa with three strings), and without the pipa, no song can be sung, and pipa songs must be accompanied by the pipa. The accompaniment must be more than two people, up to more than ten people, the number of people singing solo, mostly chorus, the number of people can be as many as dozens or even a hundred people.

The three-stringed small pipa is usually made of cedar wood, and people who can sing pipa songs usually repair the pipa themselves, and there are also craftsmen who specialize in making pipas, which is called "Pipa Heung" or "Heung Pipa" in the Dong language.

Hongzhou pipa songs have been handed down in the form of ancient songs, narrative songs, love songs and songs of filial piety and respect for the elderly, etc. The ones that have been handed down for the longest period of time and have been sung for a long time are "The Elderly Should Be Honored by Their Generations", "December Love Song", "Song of the Opening of the Sky and the Earth", "Song of Filial Piety and Respect for the Elderly", etc. The songs are also called "Piping Pipa" in Dong language.

Pingjie Pipa Song in the range, there is no 4, 7 tones, singing, whether it is the score or over the door with the pipa tune harmony and synchronization, in the use of six in seven of the nine changes in the music to group the musical tone, so that the song is clear, gentle and melodious.

The Pingjia pipa and the Yangchong pipa, collectively known as the Hongzhou pipa, are divided into the pressure strings (for the outer strings to set the tone), mostly used to accompany the singing of narrative songs and male-female duets, with three strings, and the sound is melodious, deep, exciting, and mellow. The sound is deep, stirring and mellow, and the pitch is 5, 6 and 3 (i.e., the inner string is 5, the middle string is 6 and the outer string is 3), and the total pitch range is 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 and 5, with no 4.

The Hongzhou pipa song and the big pipa song are played in much the same way, with an interlude (i.e., a passage) after each two lines, and the pingjia pipa song is characterized by its clearness, twang and melodiousness, which the listener accepts with joy, and it is the most influential folk music. It is the most influential folk music. A famous brand of music, the cultural life of the Dong family in the three provinces under the slope, the pipa song is the core content, is an important carrier of cultural life, only through the song, through the Hongzhou pipa song can enter the cultural life of the Dong community in the three provinces under the slope.