What are the musical instruments of Jin opera, what are the percussion instruments of Jin opera

The musical instruments used in each drama will be different, so the rendition of the music is also different to be able to form so many dramas. Many people will only listen to the music, but never understand what the instruments that interpret these music are. In this issue of Jin Opera Culture, we take you to understand what the percussion instruments of Jin Opera are.

The musical instruments used in Jin opera music are huohu, two strings, small three strings, four strings, suona, flute, clappers, drums, handboards, large drums, small drums, gongs, cymbals, gongs, hinges, gouwa zi, touch the cup and so on, and the following is an introduction to the various musical instruments used in Jin opera accompaniment:

The huohu, belongs to the stringed instruments. Jin opera with alto huohu, the old silk strings used to use the outer strings, the inner strings with cattle wire strings, now using steel wire strings, stringing for the "bass 6-3" or "bass 5-2", the player's left hand The left hand of the player presses the strings, the four fingers wear finger caps, finger caps are made of stainless steel or raw white iron, the outer set of leather, the range of ten degrees, the tone is clear and bright, suitable for playing the main theme, mostly with the melody of the singing voice.

The two strings, in the Jin Opera to Hu Hu plus flowers to help play the auxiliary instruments, fixed strings for the "bass 6-3" or "bass 5-2", the outer strings with flowers string (with white, yellow), the two leather twisted together. The outer strings are made of flower strings (made of white and yellow leather twisted together), the inner strings are made of ox tendon strings, and now they are made of steel wire strings, and when they are played, the index, middle, and ring fingers of the left hand wear metal finger caps (the caps are not covered with leather), and they don't invert the handles, and the tone is sharp and thin, and there are many slides, which are commonly known as the "wiping" of the artists.

The small three-stringed, generally about ninety centimeters long, the panel to the code frame the three strings, the fixed strings for the "1-5 - treble 1", "bass 5 - bass 6

Four strings, Jin opera plucked instrument, for the octagonal system, the fixed strings for the "2-5", every two strings for the same degree of sound, playing, the left hand's index, middle and ring fingers are wearing metal finger caps, the right hand holding a bone plate knife plectrum "sweeping strings "When playing, the left hand's index, middle and ring fingers wear metal finger caps, and the right hand holds a bone plectrum with a flat knife-like blade to sweep the strings, emphasizing on sweeping, plectruming, rolling and playing. The sound color is bright and fast, and the sound quality is resounding and powerful.

The suona, divided into two kinds of suona and suona, is a wind instrument of Jin opera.

The large suona is the third suona, and before the 1940s, the suona barrel tone was "bass 5", which was used to play most of the tunes, and a few suona tunes, in order to match the strings, were played with the barrel tone "1" as the dominant tone, and after the 1940s, only the barrel tone "1" was used. After the 1940s, only the "1" was used as the main sound of the suona. In addition, the large suona can also simulate the effects of cock crowing and horse neighing, with a range of 17 degrees. The small suona is the fifth suona, which is used to play Kunqu.

The flute, commonly known as the "plum", is a wind instrument for the Jin opera, made of bamboo, with silk strings wrapped around the body, and a soft tone.

The clapper, commonly known as "wood", made of rosewood, mahogany, pearwood and jujube wood, consists of two sticks of different lengths, the long flat round, about 20 centimeters long; the short round, about eighteen centimeters long, a little thin, the left hand to take a flat round wood, the right hand to take a round wood by the vertical board to strike, no fixed pitch, light, heavy, flower hit, etc., to hit, hit, hit, hit and so on. There is no fixed pitch, there are light, heavy, flower playing skills, usually hit the board (strong beat), hit the tone high, solid.

Drums, Jin opera in the command instrument, because and the hand plate used in combination, operated by a person, and thus called "drum plate", the drums with a double drum door hit the drum heart as well as the drum edge, the twentieth century, the 1930s and 1940s, the Jin opera with a large heart drum, the drum heart diameter of eight centimeters, and then changed to drums, diameter of five to six centimeters, the method of playing a single drum door, double drums, roll, and so on. The drums are played by a single drummer, double drummers and rollers, with a bright and brittle tone.

Hand plate, also known as the "clapboard", is the Jin Opera in the section of the musical instruments, it is made of three rectangular pieces of rosewood, pear wood or boxwood, playing the left hand to hit the board, the right hand to hit the drum, the formation of the plate eye rhythm, the hand plate tone is loud and solid.

Hall drum, Jin opera percussion instrument, the traditional form of barrel-shaped, now flowerpot-shaped, with wooden strips of masonry, both sides of the cowhide, playing with a thicker wooden mallets, the sound of the majestic, generally used to sit in the tent, start more scenes and command suona song playing.

Small war drums, Jin opera percussion instrument, barrel-shaped, both sides of the skin, drum surface is smaller, the sound is crisp and loud, playing, it will be placed on a wooden frame, with two small mallets beat, mainly used for martial arts, rendering the atmosphere of the battle.

The gongs are divided into two kinds: the hanging gong and the lifting gong, and the hanging gong is used in Jin Opera. The gongs have a fixed pitch, originally based on the word "work" (3 tones), and now generally used for the word "six" (5 tones), and the sound of the hanging gongs is pure, deep and steady. The sound of the gong is pure, deep and steady, and it is an upper board instrument, which is struck according to the emotion of the music.

The cymbals are made of copper, round, and are played first at the beginning of the piece and at the place where the piece turns, and they are played lightly, heavily, and with different sounds, such as grinding and pounding.

Small gongs, also known as hand gongs, round, with a small wooden gong plate playing, the pitch of the word "on" (1 tone), the sound is crisp. Hinges, soft hinges and hard hinges two kinds of Jin Opera for the soft hinges, ranging copper casting, playing, it and the small gong with the "small furniture" playing, in the "big furniture" and blowing cards, play a role in mastering the board eye.

Dog Wazi, also known as the dog doll, Jin Opera in the small sound gongs, shaped like a small plate, playing, with pepper wood or bamboo small board struck, the tone is sharp and crisp, like a puppy woof woof barking, hence the name, which is mainly used to board the temple, sacrifices, banquets and other occasions.

碰盅, also known as touch bells, is the Jin Opera Festival instruments, copper, a pair of two, with a rope through the even, hit each other to pronounce the sound, mainly used for over the field of silk and string song card playing, touch the cup is always according to the eye to hit, each eye two.

Conclusion musical instruments are often able to contact around us, even if not you to operate, but even if you do not operate to hear the song also contains a variety of musical instruments sound.