Music introduction

"The Great Victory" is a representative piece of drum music in northern Shanxi. The music depicts scenes such as the expedition, triumphal return, honorable return and celebration of ancient soldiers. The playing style is rough, powerful and majestic. It is often played at temple fairs, weddings, celebrations and other occasions.

Great victory: Northern Shanxi Drum Music. Popular in Wutai, Dingxiang and Yuanping, Shanxi, the music is booming. It is said that the music represents the scenes of ancient soldiers' expeditions, triumphs, glorious returns and celebrations. The playing style is rough and powerful, the music is booming, and the momentum is majestic. This large-scale suite is often played on temple fairs, weddings, festive occasions and other occasions.

"Blow the general's order and beat the victory drum", this is a summary of the music content of "The Great Victory" by folk artists. The number and order of tunes used in the popular "Great Victory" often vary from place to place. Later, it was adapted by the Tianjin People's Art Theater and the Avant-Garde Song and Dance Ensemble of the Jinan Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The music became more perfect, spread more widely, and ranks among the world's music. Won the gold medal in the 6th World Youth Festival Folk Music Competition.

"The Great Victory" consists of "Guo Que" (also known as "General's Order"), "Crossing the Street Ci", "Quarrel", "Playing with Children", and "Crossing the Drum" (also known as "Liao Zi") "), "The Immortals Crossing the Bridge", "Weaving Baskets" (also known as "Step by Step") and "Two Relatives Scolding" are composed of eight tunes, among which "General's Order", "Crossing the Street", "Playing" "Wazi", "Running Field", etc. are often used as accompaniments for folk arts and acrobatics such as martial arts, stilts, land boats, and floats. Because the structure of the music is influenced by folk literature and art forms, and the performance passion and competitive state aroused by the artists in the joyful crowd, the same song "The Great Victory" has produced rich and varied combination styles.

Another musical feature of "The Great Victory" is reflected in the ensemble texture. During the performance, the sheng and sea flute play a simple basic melody, while the suona part gives full play to the player's strengths, making the melody freely and flexibly rise and fall, stop and continue, and have ups and downs. It is in harmony with other parts in terms of timbre and tone. The contrast and combination of sound range, rhythm and other aspects make the performance powerful and the ensemble sound full.