Ask how to sing folk songs in northern Shaanxi

Generally speaking, the folk songs in northern Shaanxi are loud and unconstrained, which is just the opposite of many folk songs in the south. In addition, many northern Shaanxi singers have strong singing skills almost without exception, and spelling aloud has almost become an inherent mode of northern Shaanxi folk songs. So do famous actors and emerging singers. In fact, the world is colorful, and the singing method of folk songs in northern Shaanxi can certainly refuse to be the same.

Everyone has a different understanding of folk songs. Personally, I regard folk songs as an art, so I think folk songs pay more attention to its artistic expression. Leaving aside the original ecology for the time being, since folk songs are an art, the interpretation of folk songs should naturally follow certain laws that conform to artistic expression. We should pay attention to moistening the cavity, controlling the breath and singing folk songs as well as possible. When carving a piece of jade, a jade man must first look at the material, and then his mind will produce various ingenious ideas according to the characteristics of jade, thus creating a perfect work of art. It is impossible for him to carve any piece of jade into the same pattern. As folk songs in northern Shaanxi, Tears of Eggs and Sacrifice Spirit are by no means the same style, and Thirty Lips and Guerrillas Down from Hengshan are also very different. How can you blindly fight for strength?

There are many kinds of beauty in folk songs, such as bold beauty, stretching beauty, sad beauty, gentle beauty, vicissitudes beauty and pure beauty. Although the styles vary widely, they are all beautiful! But it's a pity that the singers in northern Shaanxi don't compete for these, but to see who is stronger. When I chatted with Zhao Dadi that time, he said that it would be natural to work hard on charm in the future. We will wait and see.

Another problem is that men and women are different. As the saying goes, men's work is mainly outdoors, in the wild, between rapids and dangerous roads, so men are mostly masculine. There are many folk songs in northern Shaanxi that are suitable for men to sing, one by one, which makes people feel refreshed. It's really thrilling, for example, it's sonorous, going up the hill and down the beam and Panlong Street. Women, on the other hand, mainly do housework, grinding flour with rollers, sewing clothes and shoes, and managing the livelihood of the family. Therefore, women are characterized by softness, lingering and patience. It's perfect for a woman to sing "Blue Flower" and "Several Guerrillas Coming Down from Hengshan Mountain", because she is affectionate and melodious. I have seen some folk songs in northern Shaanxi classified by a willing heart, some are suitable for men to sing, and some are suitable for women to sing, which makes sense, but unfortunately the information can't be found. Why do you want to score a point like this? It is because men and women are different that men and women sing differently. Now many female singers in northern Shaanxi follow the path of male singers, singing loudly and passionately. I don't think this is good. The gender position is wrong.

Some details that male and female singers can refer to:

1. About the control of breath: the reading of the article pays attention to the meaning group, and there can be a pause at the end of the meaning group, singing, and pause and breath in appropriate places. Hequ New Li Sheng sang "Three Days Travel, Two Days Arrive", saying that a thousand miles of water flows to the sea, and there are five breaths in the middle, but the change is just right, which is very artistic. I don't want you to break up a song for no reason, but I suggest you take this extreme example to find out where the master is carefully. On the other hand, places that should not be disconnected will steal gas, such as Wang Xiangrong's "Such a good girl can't meet", where such a good girl can't meet. At the peak of Miss Wang's life, she sang like this: Sister-take a breath-sigh-from weak to strong-and then raise her breath one by one, and the voice will be closed as soon as it reaches her throat. This is genius, this is the artist's demeanor. Have you noticed? The word "ah" is the key. You sing exactly according to the notes. The whole word sounds the same size, and you can't find anything wrong. But that's why Wang Xiangrong is Wang Xiangrong, and art is art. Unfortunately, I can't find the version I heard now. I was fascinated by the place mentioned above. There was a similar performance in Zhang Lanying, Inner Mongolia, and I let a Shanxi singer listen to it.

2. About tunes and words: Folk songs listen to rhyme, so what is the premise of expressing rhyme? One of the main factors is melody and words. A good folk singer will add a lot of glide and oblique notes to the basic melody when singing. The basis of this sliding sound and leaning sound is the rhyme of folk songs! Why do you advocate using dialects when singing folk songs? That's why. I listened to a song sung by a female singer in northern Shaanxi the other day. As soon as I listened, I acted according to the score. Almost every note falls on the standard sound of the score accurately, without slipping or skewing. How to do this?

3. About Youyou: When singing folk songs, the connection between each note should not be a straight line. In many cases, it should slide from the previous word to the next word. If you don't believe me, just try singing "Up the Hill and Down the Beam" and see what it feels like to sing by the score. Sometimes when you sing folk songs, you can imagine yourself walking alone in Shan Ye, vacillating and having no scruples, and then raising your voice. I think the result will be by going up one flight of stairs. Standing on the stage, you can't swing, but you can swing inside. As a result, you will find the feeling. After that, the teacher said to me: Teacher Guo, this is a military secret, so don't leak it easily. However, I can't help telling you in secret while Miss Li is away.

4. Expression of rhythm and emotion: Every song should have its own rhythm. It is up to you to figure out whether it is fast or slow. For example, the yellow river boatman song should be filmed slowly; "Sacrifice spirit" should be at a medium speed; Shanxi's "Doors Can't Be Opened" should be fast-paced, and paying attention to the rhythm of songs is not a master's work. You should pay attention. As for emotion, you can have a general understanding of the lyrics before singing. However, art comes from life and is higher than life. Although bitter, there is no need to sniffle blindly. Although bitter, we can't directly transfer the sighs in life to songs. There is a limit to everything. Art is not a direct copy of life, but a sublimated art!

5. About the singer's sense of music and mentality: Unfortunately, the sense of music is often innate. However, it is too cruel to deprive singers of their singing skills easily because of their lack of musical sense. I think in order to make up for it, someone should give appropriate guidance and inspiration, or put forward various detailed singing suggestions in the process of teaching songs, so as to improve the singer's lack of music as much as possible. However, the singer's mentality is also a problem. Some people are not good at music, but they are arrogant and feel good about themselves. Some people are condescending and disdain to pay attention to even a little foreign information. This is a problem. This mentality is often fatal to a person who wants to embark on the road of being a master.

6. Songs about folk songs in northern Shaanxi: There are countless folk songs in northern Shaanxi, but people can't jump out in a small circle when singing, which makes people feel that the technology is poor, the old ones are no longer developing, and the young ones are complacent after picking up a few songs. This is sad. Singers should be good at discovering and constantly introducing the beautiful jade in northern Shaanxi folk songs, and it is meaningful to carry forward northern Shaanxi folk songs.