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The main musical instruments of Jiangnan silk and bamboo

The main musical instruments of Jiangnan Sizhu are erhu, dulcimer, pipa, sanxian, flute and flute.

It is the floorboard of the music of silk and bamboo popular in southern Jiangsu, western Zhejiang and Shanghai. Most of the music comes from the folk music of China wedding, funeral and festive temple fairs, and some of them are classic folk songs that have been circulating in China for a long time. Its repertoire is rich, and its traditional music includes Six Dishes of Flowers in China, Thirty-six Strategies, Walking in the Street, Sihe, Yun Qing and so on.

The musical style of Jiangnan silk and bamboo;

The musical style of Jiangnan silk and bamboo instruments is fresh and lively, meticulous and beautiful, elegant and generous; The tune is beautiful and smooth, soft and euphemistic. At the same time, the traditional techniques of Jiangnan silk and bamboo are: you are complicated and simple, you are high and I am low, adding flowers and variations, blocking and improvising. Gradually form a style of "small, thin, light and elegant".

This technique and style contains profound social and cultural connotations such as mutual humility and collaborative innovation among people. It is rooted in the folk, simple, suitable for popularization, and has important folk cultural value.

Main value:

Jiangnan silk and bamboo music is an important part of Jiangnan people's social life and a special form that reflects their thoughts, feelings and aesthetic tastes.

Its existence is not only of great value for discussing the development and evolution of China folk music, but also of great reference significance for studying the political history, literary language, folk customs and regional environment of Jiangnan from an interdisciplinary perspective.