Music is the active emotion of inner world activities that people feel about things. This expression requires our skilled tools, that is, forms of expression.
Introducing this article with instrumental music
Music expression form - instrumental music
Instrumental music is music played with musical instruments. Instrumental music can be roughly divided into symphony, light music, chamber music, folk music, etc. according to the band organization; in terms of genre, it can be divided into sonata, overture, suite, nocturne, etc.; in terms of performance form, it can be divided into solo, ensemble, concerto, ensemble, etc. wait. In order to give everyone a certain understanding and understanding of instrumental music, here I will mainly introduce to you several common forms of instrumental music.
A symphony is also called a symphony. People often compare it to the "sacred temple of the kingdom of music". Its name originates from Greek and its original meaning is "sounding together". A symphony is a grand suite of musical works performed by a large orchestra. It is generally divided into four movements, and different movements express different musical styles, just like scenes of a drama. The symphony orchestra is a large family of instrumental music in the music kingdom. Generally speaking, it is divided into five instrumental groups: string group (violins), woodwind group (winds), brass group (horns), and percussion group (timpani). etc.) and color instrument groups (piano, harp, etc.).
The symphonies created by Beethoven are considered milestones in the history of world symphonic music. His work is an outstanding example of the link between classicism and romanticism. His symphonic works are cleverly conceived, such as: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony "Fate", which is familiar to all of us, is the shortest theme so far. It has only four notes, and this fate motive has always been It runs through four movements. The addition of his "Ninth Symphony" and the fourth movement chorus "Ode to Joy" gave people a strong shock and revealed an extremely lofty spiritual realm.
Light music originated in Britain after World War I. Light music is for "heavy music" - symphony. Light music has a light texture, compact structure, bright rhythm and beautiful melody. It does not have any profound ideological connotation, nor does it want to have such connotation. It just wants to bring people relaxed and beautiful enjoyment. Its main feature is lightness and liveliness. Therefore, it is very appropriate to name this music as light music. If a symphony is like a glass of old wine, light music is like a cool and refreshing drink.
Light music can create a warm and romantic mood, with a casual nature, so it is also called "mood music". This kind of small and exquisite music makes classical music fans feel refreshed and unique, just like changing into casual and natural casual clothes after wearing serious suits for a long time. Light music is generally played by small bands, and it likes to use some folk instruments; ethnic folk percussion instruments; electroacoustic instruments, etc. to enrich the band's timbre and add a modern flavor to the sound. This is used to create a special musical mood and atmosphere, making the sound lively and highly impactful on the senses.
Richard Clayderman's piano piece "Childhood Memories" and Kenicki's saxophone "Going Home" make people feel the romantic, lyrical and easy-to-understand light music. charm. The beauty of "Evenings on the outskirts of Moscow" played by the James Last Band is irreplaceable: several broken chords are gently plucked with the guitar, and against the bright rhythm played by the percussion instruments , the grand piano played the main melody of the song softly and euphemistically. Then, the beautiful mixed chorus sounded softly along with the extension of string strings, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, sometimes far and sometimes near, bringing people into the distant Russian night full of warm and romantic atmosphere. The Bandari Band brings us the most natural and refined music style. It has stunning natural scenery. Either water or mountains, blue or green; it feels very relaxing, very friendly, and very happy. Chamber music originally refers to "family-style" music played in a room, and later extended to music played in smaller venues. It is a small instrumental ensemble form. Among all chamber music ensembles, the string quartet is the most important and representative form of ensemble.
Someone vividly compared the string quartet to a conversation between four people: "The first violin is like a middle-aged talker, he always finds topics to maintain the conversation. The second violin is A friend of the violinist, he tried his best to emphasize the wit in the first violinist's words and rarely expressed himself. When participating in the conversation, he only supported the opinions of others without putting forward his own opinions. The violinist was a dignified person, knowledgeable and good. To be fair, he supported the first violin's opinion with simple but pertinent judgments. As for Viola, she was a kind and somewhat talkative woman. She had no important opinions at all, but she often interrupted. " The metaphor vividly expresses the expression form of chamber music.
The German composer Haydn was the earliest outstanding master of this genre. He wrote eighty-three string quartets and dozens of other forms of ensembles during his lifetime, so that it is generally believed that his quartet creations promoted the widespread development of family music life throughout Europe at that time.
In these two lectures, I only gave a brief introduction to vocal music and instrumental music in the form of music expression. In fact, the form of music expression is very rich and diverse. In the future music appreciation, I will also do Elaborate explanation.