1. Sunset Flute and Drum

Origin:

Sunset Flute and Drum in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is one of the representative works of ancient Han pipa music and music, and is also one of the top ten Chinese pipa songs. One of the ancient songs. This song is a major pipa song. The guzheng song adapted from this song is called "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". This song was circulated in the Jiangnan area as early as the 18th century. The author is anonymous.

Appreciation:

"Sunset Flute and Drum" is a lyrical and freehand piece of music with an elegant and beautiful melody. The left hand mostly uses pushing, pulling, rubbing, chanting and other playing techniques to paint a beautiful landscape painting. At the beginning of the music, the sound of drums and flutes rises leisurely and densely; then, the euphemistic and cantabile theme full of Jiangnan sentiment is stated; in each subsequent paragraph, expansion, contraction, shifting of tone areas and "change of head and closing" are used. Variation techniques such as "tail", and timely embellishments with the sound of water waves, paddles and oars, etc., express the distant mood.

2. The Questions and Answers of the Fishermen and Woodcutters

Origin:

"The Questions and Answers of the Fishermen and Woodcutters" is a guqin piece, one of the top ten ancient songs in China. There are more than 30 versions of this song passed down through the ages, some with lyrics. The existing genealogy first appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

The music score of "Qiao Qiao Qiao" was first found in "Xingzhuang Taiyin Continuation" (written by Xiao Luan in the Ming Dynasty in 1560). "The past and present have been ups and downs, but the green mountains and green waters have remained intact. Thousands of years of gains and losses. Right and wrong are just a matter of words." This song reflects a reclusive person's yearning for the life of a fisherman and a woodcutter, hoping to get rid of the fetters of worldly things. The music is vivid and precise.

Impression:

The music adopts the form of dialogue between fishermen and woodcutter, with rising melody representing questions and falling melody representing answers. The melody is elegant and unrestrained, showing the leisurely and contented attitude of the fisherman and woodcutter. As stated in "Qin Xue Chu Jin": "The music of "Qiao Qiao Qiao" has profound meaning and free and easy expression, while the majestic mountains, the ocean of water, the tin dings of axes, and the songs of oars are looming under the fingers. The passage to the question and answer section makes people think of mountains and forests."

3. The Autumn Moon in the Han Palace

Tracing back to the origin:

"The Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" is a famous poem. One of the top ten ancient songs, but the history of the music is not long. Originally a pipa piece of the Chongming School, the theme to be expressed by the music is not very specific. Many related articles have vaguely stated that this song is intended to arouse people's sympathy for the misfortune of the oppressed palace ladies and has a deep artistic appeal. Some articles stated that this song meticulously depicts the infinite melancholy of a palace maid facing the bright moon on an autumn night, revealing her strong desire for love.

Story:

"Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" is likely to have a certain relationship with "Autumn in the Han Palace". "Autumn in the Han Palace" is a drama from the late Yuan Dynasty, written by Ma Zhiyuan. "Autumn in the Han Palace" tells the story of Wang Zhaojun and his wife leaving the fortress. In the early Han Dynasty, most of the founding fathers were from commoner backgrounds, while most of the concubines and maids also came from humble backgrounds. Based on this tradition, there was no insurmountable gap between the maids and concubines of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, every palace maid has a dream, that is, one day she will have the opportunity to be favored by the emperor. However, Wang Zhaojun has lived in the palace for several years, but has never even seen the shadow of the emperor.

4. Yangchun White Snow

Origin:

It is one of the top ten famous ancient songs in China and one of the top ten famous guqin songs. According to legend, this was written by Shi Kuang, a musician from Jin State, or Liu Juanzi from Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. "Yangchun" and "Baixue" in the existing piano scores are two instrumental music pieces. The solution to the "Magical Secret Score" says: ""Yangchun" means that all things know spring, and the wind is gentle; "Baixue" means awe-inspiring and clean, and the snow "The Sound of Bamboo Linlang" is a metaphor for profound and unconventional literature and art.

5. Dahujia

Origin:

Dahujia, famous qin players Dong Tinglan and Xue Yijian of the Tang Dynasty were both good at playing this piece. At that time, it was called "Two Books of Hujia" together with "Xiao Hujia". Zhu Jiasheng and Shen Jiasheng, which were popular in the early Tang Dynasty, are famous for these two songs. Dong Tinglan inherited the tradition of the two families and compiled the genealogy.

Content:

This song is currently included in the "Magical Secret Score", with ***18 sections. The sub-titles of each section are: Beauty Follows the Captive, Thousands of Miles of Darkness, Sadness and Weakness, Returning to Dreams, Sitting on Grass and Water, Looking South to the Big Dipper, Cloudless Evening, Few Stars Falling, Writing a Book with Blood, and Complaining Hu The sky, the water is dry and the grass is frozen, the distant envoys are asking for names, the children are holding clothes, they are drifting apart between life and death, their hearts are in love, the flat sand is looking around, white clouds are rising, and the countryside is half deserted.