Zheng music "Fishing Boat Sings Evening"
Zheng solo music was developed by Lou Shuhua based on the ancient song "Return". It is also said that it was written by Jin Zhuonan based on Shandong's traditional Zheng music "Return". Adapted from "Double Board" and so on. The first half of the now widely circulated Lou version is the same as the Jin version, while the second half is unique to Lou version. The music begins with a beautiful and elegant melody and a soothing rhythm, depicting a picture of the setting sun reflecting on the vast expanse of blue waves. Then, using 66 116 as the seed material, the music is descended layer by layer, making the music lively and interesting. When it changes and repeats again, it adopts the gyrations of the pentatonic scale, surrounding 3561 55 2356 33 and falling layer by layer. This melody is not only very stylistic, but also very beautiful and beautiful, and it really has the feeling of "singing late". Finally, the melody that first ascends and then descends is combined into a loop, repeated many times, and the speed is gradually accelerated, showing the scene of the happy fishermen leisurely and contentedly, white sails drifting with the current, and the fishing boat returning with a full load. This poetic and picturesque Zheng music has been adapted into Gaohu, Guzheng duets and violin solos. This song can be found in most music textbooks.
The guzheng solo piece "Fishing Boat Sings Evening" is a famous northern guzheng piece. The title of "Fishing Boats Sing Late" is taken from the four words "Fishing Boats Sing Late" in "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" written by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo (649-676): "Fishing Boats Sing Late, the sound is poor at the shore of Pengli". The poem vividly expresses It brings back the touching scene of the ancient Jiangnan water town in the evening scene with the setting sun, fishing boats returning one after another, and singing on the river. ?
As for the origin of this piece of music, a common theory is that it was adapted by the guqin player Lou Shuhua in the mid-1930s based on the material of the Shandong ancient song "Return". Another theory is that Shandong guqin master Jin Zhuonan adapted it from the traditional folk zheng music "Double Banner" spread in Liaocheng area of ??Shandong Province and its two evolved pieces "Three Rings Set the Sun" and "Flowing Water Stimulating Stones" in the 1930s. In the 1960s, Jin Zhuonan passed this music to Lou Shuhua. When Lou Shuhua further adapted it, he made full use of the "flower finger" technique of the zheng in the second half of the music, making the musical conception more vivid and vivid, thus making this zheng music widely circulated. . ?
The current score is selected from "Guzheng Playing Method" compiled by Cao Zheng and published by Music Publishing House in 1958.
This piece of music has been adapted into various performance forms. Li Guoquan once adapted it into a violin piece based on the zither piece of the same name.
2. About the author
Lou Shuhua (1907-1952) was a zither player. A native of Yutian, Hebei Province. In 1925, he studied zheng in Beijing with Wei Ziyou from Henan Province. In 1935 and 1936, he went to various European countries with the Chinese music tour group to introduce the Chinese zheng art. In the same year, he recorded Zheng solo music records such as "The Great Harmony of the World" and "Guan Ju". Lou Shuhua has been teaching Zheng for many years and has changed the traditional notation method of Zheng music to make it easier to perform according to the score. Compiled 21 Zheng etudes and "Selected Zheng Music".
Cao Zheng (1920— ) is a zither player. Born in Xinmin County, Liaoning Province. When he was young, he was accepted as a student by Lou Shuhua and taught ancient songs such as "Fishing Boats Sing Evening". In 1947, he taught zheng at Xuzhou "Xun Kite Society" and held a zheng solo concert. The recordings "Fishing Boats Sing Evening" and "Mountains and Flowing Waters" were circulated overseas. In his early years, he designed the fingering symbols for playing the zither, and translated Gongchi music notation into simplified musical notation and five-line musical notation.
3. Music Analysis
"Fishing Boats Sing Evening" uses a singing melody to vividly depict the setting sun, colorful sunset, fishermen's songs everywhere, and the joyful scene of fishermen carrying a harvest, which expresses the author's affection for the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland. Praise and love. In the first half of the music (the first section), the phrases and phrases are basically in a "confrontational" structure with up-and-down responses, giving people a sense of regular structure; in the second half of the music (the second and third sections), ascending and descending are used The melody and the gradual development of speed and intensity changes express the enthusiastic scene of a hundred boats returning home.
The whole song can be roughly divided into three sections.
The first paragraph, Adagio. This is a melodious, smooth and smooth lyrical passage.
In conjunction with the left hand's rubbing, chanting and other playing skills, the music shows the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains - the setting sun gradually setting in the west, the slowly moving shadow of sails, the fishermen singing softly... It gives people the meaning of "singing late" and expresses the author's feelings. Inner feelings and appreciation of the scenery.
In the second section, the music speed increases. This melody developed from the previous piece of music. From the perspective of the whole song, the "Zheng" sound is the central sound of the melody. Entering the second section, the voiceless corner sound "4" appears, causing the melody to temporarily leave the key and switch to the subordinate key, resulting in Contrast and variation. This piece of music vividly expresses the joyful mood of a fisherman rowing back to his boat and riding the wind and waves.
The third paragraph, Allegro. In the progression of the melody, a series of sound pattern modeling and variation techniques are used. The sound of rowing, swaying and splashing of waves is vividly depicted. As the music develops, the speed gradually increases and the intensity continues to increase. In addition, various pressing and sliding methods unique to the guzheng are prominently used, showing the lively scene of fishing boats approaching the shore and fishermen's songs flying.
After the climax suddenly cuts off, the ending slowly flows out. Its tone is the contraction of one phrase in the second paragraph, and finally ends on the palace note, which is unexpected and intriguing.
4. The music most familiar to 1.3 billion people
[1] The music most familiar to 1.3 billion people, the background music that has remained unchanged for twenty years, is the background music of CCTV weather forecast - "Fishing Boats Sing Evening" ”, it is perhaps the longest-running background music of any television program in the world.
This song is adapted from the Zheng song "Fishing Boat Sings Evening" of the same name. It was adapted and performed by Pu Qizhang, a well-known electronic keyboard player in Shanghai, based on the national music of the same name. She was originally a soloist of the Shanghai Orchestra and graduated from the "Little Star" Art Troupe. She has made great achievements in art. She has collaborated with the Shanghai Light Music Orchestra on many popular songs, such as "Happy Dai Township" and so on. . Tu Bahai in the music industry often collaborates with her. After the completion of this piece, Pu Qizhang retired from the music industry. In 1984, CCTV selected the section from 1 minute 33 seconds to 2 minutes 42 seconds from "Fishing Boats Sing Evening" adapted and performed by Pu Qizhang and made a seamless connection. From then on, this adaptation of the famous song has become a companion for us. The CCTV weather forecast background music for 20 years has been loved by the Chinese people. When Pu Qizhang adapted and played this piece of music on a "Yamaha" three-row keyboard concert electronic keyboard, he never thought that this piece would become the golden background music of prime time programs, let alone that it would affect so many people in the country.
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