Suona is a traditional musical instrument in my country, but Suona has a very strange description, called "hooligan in the music industry". This may not be a good word in itself. How can it be said that suona is a hooligan in the musical instrument industry? What's going on? The word gangster generally describes some people who are very thick-skinned and unreasonable in what they say and do. If you use this word to describe suona, is suona the same as gangster in the musical instrument world? What characteristics does suona have and what will it get? What about such a title?
Ordinary people’s inherent impression of the suona is that it is reserved for red and white events, just like the erhu is reserved for mourning and music. It can be said to be one of the most humble musical instruments in the public mind. If such an instrument can steal the limelight of all musical instruments, isn't it a gangster? But on the other hand, because of this, the suona's expressive tension is incomparable and unique to most musical instruments.
The sound of the suona is extremely outstanding and the sound is extremely penetrating. Once it sounds, it can compete with the entire orchestra! One suona can compete with the entire orchestra! If you play a piece of music, the suona will act as a With the accompanying music, what the listener may feel is a fat pig nesting among a group of skinny chickens. He is out of place, yet he occupies most of the world. Suona is usually played solo or as the lead performer, and it is impossible for supporting roles to be used as supporting roles. After all, once it hits, the band has nothing to do with it.
The so-called hooligan is just using a suona to blow it until you are the only one in the world. As long as there is a suona from all directions in the piano room, stop practicing piano, vocal music, or violin! You won't be able to hear your own voice at all, okay? As long as there is a suona in a Chinese orchestra, everyone will hear only the suona solo.
Therefore, the suonas in the Conservatory of Music are not always in groups. If there are two suonas in a class, it feels like the world is full of suonas. The suona is full of firepower, but it is very coquettish. As a classic song of "Rogue", "Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" is simply a fancy show off.
The guzheng version of "Guangling San" fully embodies the killing and fighting spirit of the original song. Western music used harp to challenge "Debussy's Arabian Style No. 1" to calm the restlessness. Then the two sides started a melee over "Flight of the Bumblebee". In the end, the suona played "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" which not only metaphorized the wild bees being driven away by the flock of birds; more importantly, in terms of music, there was no matching performance in the Western music camp. Can catch it. No one can match it with any Western musical instrument! It’s impossible to catch it! The suona can play all the joys and sorrows, and can play a person’s life from birth to death.
When you think it can only play mourning music, a song called "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" will make you feel the artistic charm of suona. A song "Jiu'er" (the suona interlude in Tan Jing's version of Jiu'er) will make you feel the suona's artistic charm. You feel the tragedy and solemnity, which makes you feel like you are in the red sorghum. The extremely strong penetrating power and the playing skills of various decorative sounds are not available in many musical instruments. Especially wind instruments. Most wind instruments are fixed-key instruments. It is theoretically impossible and actually very difficult to play portamento. However, the suona can do this easily and can also turn out flowers. Come. The so-called hooligans are those who can do what others cannot.
Some people don’t like Suona. One word is “earth” and the other is “noisy”. But in fact, Suona is awesome. Starting from the 3rd century AD, Suona was introduced to China from Persia and Arabia. Up to now, it has become a folk wind instrument with a long history in China.
In the Chinese musical instrument industry, the suona has also been given a joking name - "the gangster in the music industry". Of course, the "gangster" here is not derogatory, but rather a bit of a joke and ridicule. Why is this? First of all, it can blow you from birth to sending you away. As the saying goes, "Blow life, blow people to death."
Another reason is that once the suona comes out, who can compete with it? As soon as the suona comes out, all other instruments will be eclipsed, all of them! Because no one can compare with it in terms of voice. It is said that the sound frequency of suona is twice that of piano, and the sound frequency is four times that of piano.
In the movie "Flash Girl", at the beginning, the students of the music department who played Western instruments and ethnic instruments were not convinced by each other. They blocked the door and started PKing. The two sides were evenly matched. Until the appearance of Suona. As soon as the suona sounded, the entire tune was carried away until the end. Even the piano, the king of musical instruments, was defeated.
Suona steals the show not only because of its loud sound, but also because of its outstanding timbre, strong image and penetrating power, and the various ways of playing suona. He seizes the spotlight every minute without being able to play a supporting role, which gives Suona a unique "rogue tycoon" temperament. Therefore, it not only occupies the C position in folk weddings, funerals, rituals and music ceremonies, but also beats other instruments in normal performance. Usually, it's Suona's turn, and it's usually like this.
Suona’s inner monologue is: Sorry, you are all accompanists? This is too proud. Because of these characteristics, Suona is widely used in familiar film and television works. In "Red Sorghum", as soon as the high-pitched and loud suona is played, the cheerful and bold temperament of the male protagonist comes to mind. Not only that, as early as 1986, the suona has been inextricably linked with Chinese rock and pop music. Because of this, there are still many folk artists who use suona to play popular music, which has a unique flavor.
In fact, although Suona is "unsophisticated" and "noisy", it is undeniable that it can still make people's ears light up sometimes on certain occasions.
"A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" is a famous suona song. There is also a movie named "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix", which has a Douban score of 8.0, surpassing many big-budget movies. This film uses the rise and fall of the traditional musical instrument suona to reflect the social issues of how folk culture should be passed on.
Some people say that this is the elegy of Suona. In fact, it should be regarded as a transformation. While retaining tradition, it is also important to integrate it. Just like at the end of the film, the background music that combines suona and Western music still continues. Suona must also keep pace with the times, tolerate and integrate with Western musical instruments, and it will be eliminated sooner or later if it remains stubborn. Now, Suona not only inherits traditional Chinese music, but also spreads this charm abroad.
The "big bird" of New York's New World Trade Center is welcoming hundreds of birds. The American Yawen Symphony Orchestra's New Year's Celebration Concert made its debut here. This was the first symphony concert in the new World Trade Center and the first Chinese art troupe to perform here! The orchestra's performance of classic Chinese and foreign famous songs attracted tens of thousands of passers-by.
What belongs to the nation belongs to the world. The suona is said to be the "rascal in the musical instrument world" because it has a loud sound, a high tune, and is unique. It plays an indispensable role in our folk music, and this precious tradition is worthy of our inheritance.