The following is a section-by-section explanation of "Overlord's Armor Removal".

(1) Camp Drums

The rumble of drums wakes people up from their sleep. The horn whined. The officers and soldiers in the military camp were nervous and busy doing various battle preparations. Finally, the tone changes from complex and changeable to a regular and gradual rise, symbolizing the gradual preparation. The rhythm and fingering at the beginning of the music are similar to "House of Flying Daggers". However, the starting notes of "House of Flying Daggers" appear in the high and exciting high-pitched area, while "The Overlord Disarms" uses a solemn bass, which indicates the tragedy of the story.

(2) Raise the account

The tune is powerful and domineering, symbolizing the appearance of the overlord.

(3) Pointed Generals

The same sound pattern appears at different pitches, showing the scene of generals accepting combat missions in high spirits.

(4) Team up

The melody of this section is roughly the same as (2), but the speed is faster than (2). Show the scene of organizing the team.

(5) Arrangement

The tune is the same as (3), but the ideas are denser and the momentum is stronger.

(6) Going out into battle

The rhythm is relatively brisk, like the vanguard attacking with light cavalry.

(7) Fighting

The rhythm suddenly slowed down, and the right thumb vigorously hooked the thickest string, making a heavy fighting sound. Then

change the fingering one by one, speed up the rhythm, the music becomes more and more tense, and finally use the sweeping wheel fingering to make a stronger sound

symbolizing the increasingly fierce battle.

(8) Fierce War under Gaixia

Sweep all four strings of the pipa extensively, describing the fierce war with strong rhythm and dense ideas

scene. The pitch gradually rises, falls, and reaches its climax.

The above is the first half of the music. As a piece of music describing war, this part is indispensable

. However, the tunes of these passages are very similar, and they mainly rely on changes in rhythm and fingering to express different plots. The performer knows it well, but the listener may not understand it and may find it monotonous and lengthy. Therefore, contemporary

performers often simplify and shorten the first half. My plan is to connect the first half of "point general" with the second half of "formation", delete "whole team" and "come out of formation", and compress "engagement" by half. This way of processing

No traces can be seen in the music, and there is no feeling of incompleteness.

The second half of "The Overlord Undresses" focuses on the emotional description of the characters, which is the unique feature of this song.

It can be compared with such a wonderful "House of Flying Daggers" The reason for rivalry. Now let’s analyze the second half.

(9) Chu Ge

Silent night. Faintly and vaguely, bursts of Chu singing came from the Han camp. Listen

Listen, the singing is getting clearer and louder, and almost the entire Han camp can be heard singing Chu songs. The soldiers in Chu camp began to panic. This whole section uses long wheels, and the changes in music are all expressed by the skill of the fingers.

(10) Farewell My Concubine

The Overlord also heard the Chu songs coming from the Han camp, thinking that Liu Bang had conquered all the territory and his defeat was certain,

Then he stood up and said goodbye to Yu Ji. The strong "sweeping wheel" appearing in many places in the music makes people feel a heart-breaking sorrow and despair. The sad and gentle descending "long wheel" is like Yu Ji's whimpering. . The melody was high

as if asking the sky, "Why did you kill me?" Then the atmosphere became tense, and the Han army came in.

(11) The sound of drums and horns

The drums, trumpets, and shouts of the Han army outside were approaching one after another, which was terrifying. Later, even the sound of swords

colliding with armor could be heard.

(Twelve) Breakout

Pipa's unique "clip sweep" and "clip bullet" with a strong sense of rhythm vividly express the cavalry team

Galloping scenes. At the end of the section, the two strings are twisted together to create a double string, which gives people the feeling of "an unstoppable surge"

(Thirteen) Pursuing Troops

Another burst of "sweeping" played a high-spirited tune, showing that the Han army was pursuing victory.

(14) Chasing the Cavalry

Another burst of "clamping ammunition" that is exactly the same as the "exiting the siege" shows that the Han army's cavalry is passing along the Chu army

Road chase. It is a twisted string again, not only using a "wheel", but also using a double string clip to produce a shattering sound

. This sound gradually weakened, symbolizing Xiang Yu's end. The following "hook wheel" that gradually fades away symbolizes the end of the war.

(15) The troops return home (End)

The battle was defeated, and the soldiers returned to their hometowns one after another. Although the incident has passed, I can't help but feel

so many emotions and sighs. Why? It has been analyzed before and will not be repeated.

The melody of this section is a variation of the melody that has been repeated many times before. The fingering used is long wheel.

If this tune is slower and darker, it will produce the effect I advocate. If the tempo were a little faster

, the timbre a little brighter, and the dynamics a little stronger, it would become a triumphal song. However, it is marked in the publication as

The latter, the intensity is ff and the speed is 90 beats per minute. But I won’t give up my opinion, based on the following reasons: first

, "The Overlord Disarms" shows the Chu army, and it is a tragedy that should not have such a glorious ending;

Second, the title at the end is "All the troops return home." "Li" means hometown, and "return to home" means returning to hometown

It does not mean "returning to camp after victory."