The following is what I have compiled for you. How to choose suitable background music for tea tasting? I hope it can help you.
1. Chinese Classical Famous Songs
Most of the famous Chinese classical music are performed solo or in ensembles with musical instruments such as guzheng, pipa, guqin, flute, dongxiao, and cucurbit flute. Chinese classical music that can be used as background music for tea art performances can be roughly divided into four categories: reflecting the beautiful scenery under the moon, reflecting the sound of mountains and rivers, reflecting the feeling of longing, and imitating the sound of birds.
2. Music composed specifically for tea appreciation in modern times
In order to make the artistic conception expressed in the background music closer to the theme of the tea art performance or to directly highlight the theme, modern composers specially composed it for tea tasting. Composed some music over tea. Such as "Listening to Tea in Leisure", "Fragrance Floating in the Water and Clouds", "Tea Poetry", "Osmanthus Longjing", "Fragrance Full of Moon", "Tea Rain", "Eight Oolong Immortals", "Listening to the Pot", " A Basket of Tea and a Basket of Songs", "Tea Zen Yiyi", "Serving Tea", "Orchid", "Bamboo Music", etc.
3. Carefully recorded sounds of nature
Mountain springs and waterfalls, small streams, rain hitting banana trees, wind blowing in the bamboo forest, autumn insects singing, birds chirping, and pine waves The waves and so on are all extremely beautiful music carefully recorded, which we call the sounds of nature. If you are performing a tea art performance in a scene with a landscape as the background or just between the mountains and rivers, carefully recorded sounds of nature are the best choice.
IV. Modern and contemporary music
The background music in the tea art performance only needs to be consistent with the surrounding environment, the design of the tea banquet, the form and content of the tea art performance, and the spirit conveyed by the tea art performance. Therefore, modern and contemporary music can also be used as background music as long as it is suitable.
Principles for selecting background music
1. According to the surrounding environment
The surrounding environment of the tea art performance includes outdoor environment and indoor environment. If it is outdoors, you should also consider Whether it is in an open place or a crowded place, or in a natural landscape, are there mountains, running water, birdsong, quaint buildings, etc. around? If it is indoors, you should consider whether it is in a modern environment. In a contemporary interior or in a classic interior.
2. According to the performance form
For a simple tea art performance, you only need to consider the surrounding environment, the type of tea art performance, etc. when choosing background music. However, if you are doing a tea art performance, If there are calligraphy performances, painting performances, dance performances or drama performances interspersed at the same time, you should also consider whether the background music is suitable for calligraphy, painting, dance and drama.
3. According to ethnic customs
Folk tea art performances have their own characteristics, such as Hakka Lei Tea, Sichuan Tea, Guangxi Liubao Tea, Tibetan Butter Tea, Mongolian Salted Milk Tea, Miao Tea Camellia oleifera, Bai three-course tea, Feng bamboo tube tea, Wa roasted tea, etc. In order to ensure harmony and unity while reflecting national characteristics, the selection of background music can be music with national characteristics played by musical instruments that represent national characteristics.
IV. According to different tea types
Since different tea art brewing methods have their own characteristics, during tea art performances, the appropriate tea properties and brewing methods of different tea leaves should be selected. background music.
Green Tea Tea Art
The background music selected in the green tea tea art performance should reflect a bright and elegant feeling, and its rhythm should also be distinct in speed and slowness. Guzheng music and flute music can better demonstrate the characteristics of green tea tea art performance. Such as "Travel to Suzhou", "Mountains and Flowing Waters", "Autumn Moon on Flat Lake", "Moonlight Night on Autumn Lake" (Yu Xunfa), "Water Lotus", "Green Bamboo Swirled in the Wind", etc.
Suitable background music for different teas
Black tea tea art
In the black tea tea art performance, "Red Lotus", "Three Plum Blossoms", etc. can be used as the background music.
Oolong Tea Art
Oolong tea art performance comprehensively considers the performance nature, performance movements, cultural heritage, etc. "Spring River Flowers Night Moon" is more suitable.
Scented Tea Art
In the scented tea art performance, the guzheng song "Jasmine Fragrance" can be used as the background music.