The Inheritance and Development of Opera Music

1. Inheritance of Opera Music

(1) Popular Opera Music and Basic Opera Music Education

Traditional Chinese music culture is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Chinese nation. In the process of long-term historical development, traditional music has distinctive national characteristics both in the form of musical expression and the use of musical vocabulary. It is not only a musical phenomenon, but also reflects the political, economic and cultural conditions as well as the folklore, language and aesthetic views of various places in various times. Adopting such traditional music culture in school music education has far-reaching significance for the inheritance of traditional culture, the promotion of national spirit and the enhancement of the exchange of world music culture.2 For school opera music education, it is possible to clarify the teaching concept of traditional music culture education and train teachers with traditional music literacy, which is of great significance for the mobilization of all resources and the effective development of teaching.

(2) Cultivation of Professional Opera Music Talents

China has not specialized in cultivating opera music talents in schools and professions until now. On the one hand, the status of music in opera is not enough attention, on the other hand, the investment in music is not enough. If there is no musical talent to take over a theater, the future of this theater is worrying, so the construction of the opera music creation team is urgent.

The heritage of opera music cannot be separated from the development, and the development cannot be separated from the inheritance, and the inheritance must have new creations and breakthroughs. Development should be based on tradition, retain its characteristics and essence, the spiritual significance of traditional culture. Sorting out the vein of traditional inheritance is the foundation of inheriting tradition and the prerequisite of promoting tradition. Facing the era of cultural fission, opera music must seek development. The only way to develop is to innovate on the basis of inheriting tradition.

2. Diversification of creative thinking

(1) Combination of inheritance and openness. On the basis of not damaging the aesthetic concepts of the nation and not losing the musical characteristics of the genre, the modernization of opera music can be explored in greater depth in the form of singing, singing style, orchestra composition, and compositional techniques such as harmony, tune, polyphony, orchestration, etc..3 In addition, the combination with other art forms, such as with animation. It is possible to retain the classical singing, compress the lengthy parts, add appropriate modern elements in the soundtrack without affecting the classical singing and inherent melody, and compose and record in second degree, which are the creative techniques in the combination of opera music and animation. The animation makes the opera more energetic and dynamic, and the advanced multimedia technology makes the combination of the two have infinite charm. Breaking the traditional orchestra as accompaniment for creative innovation, joining the orchestra accompaniment and other means, at the same time, the characteristic instruments of opera music, the use of percussion to be retained. In the singing, chorus and backing singers are added to the opera pieces, so as to strengthen the expression of the characters and the power of rendering in the opera.4

(2) Combination of vertical and horizontal. "Vertical" refers to the inheritance of the excellent tradition of opera music itself; "horizontal" refers to borrowing from many sources and collecting from a wide range of sources. As a matter of fact, the combination of vertical and horizontal thinking in the creation of Chinese opera music has a long history and has made brilliant artistic achievements. For example, Mei Lanfang, the master of Peking Opera, also inherited the music of Peking Opera vertically, and borrowed horizontally from the essence of [South Bang Opera] and [Siping Tune] in the music of Chinese opera, which enriched the music of Peking Opera; Cheng Yanqiu even borrowed the singing of the famous American movie star Jenny Mae Donna in Peking Opera's , which can be regarded as a model of horizontal borrowing.

(3) The combination of macro and micro. Macro and micro combination of creative approach in the opera music creation, both can be high overall view, control the momentum, but also to seize the links between the various chains, from the local strengthening of their respective strengths.

3. Diversification of creative methods

(1) Innovation of creative techniques. The innovation of opera music is a complex and challenging task. If the innovation of creative thinking is the "software system" in this systematic project, then the innovation of creative skills is the "hardware system" in this system. In other words, the innovation of thinking is invisible, while the innovation of skills is tangible, is the concrete implementation of the innovation of thinking and effective carrier specifically, the innovation of the creative skills of opera music, mainly from the innovation of the melody, the use of sound and the use of orchestration to reflect.

(2) The innovation of singing melody. Singing is the main body of opera music, and the melody is the soul of the singing, but also the most important means of musical expression. The melody of the high and low, different lengths of music according to a certain rhythm, beat, modulation, tonal relationships organized, shaping a touching and moving musical image, to express a specific ideological content and ideological feelings. Singing melody is specifically manifested in the innovation of melodic factors, the innovation of the plate pattern, the innovation of the genre and so on. In opera music, the innovation of singing music is the key to the creation of opera music. It can be divided into the following aspects: the innovation of melody, the innovation of dragging cavity, the innovation of plate style and rhythm, the innovation of tune and tonality, the innovation of plate structure layout, the innovation of the conversion of different singing styles between different trades, the innovation of the singing form and accompaniment form as well as the innovation of the accompaniment instrument, etc.

As a matter of fact, the reason why opera music has developed to such a far-reaching influence today is that it is the result of inheritance and continuous innovation. No matter which kind of local opera music is, it grows and develops by constantly absorbing the essence of other kinds of opera singing. Therefore, in order to carry forward our country's opera music, for the masses of people love, we must inherit the tradition in the development, in the innovation and development.