The suitable soundtrack for "Man Jiang Hong" is "General's Order".
The guzheng song "General's Order" can be divided into four parts. The first part uses long sections of finger shaking and left-hand playing techniques to show the scene of the sound of drums and horns, and the melody is tense and mysterious; the second part uses the exaggerated chanting and sliding techniques of the left hand to outline the image of a general with both wisdom and courage; the third part uses The continuously accelerating "quick four o'clock" technique shows the soldiers' rapid formation; the fourth part depicts the confrontation between the two armies, the battle on the battlefield, the trumpet blasting, and the victorious return to camp. Very suitable for the soundtrack of "Man Jiang Hong".
"General's Order" is one of the representative pieces of Zhejiang Zheng School. Zhejiang Zheng School not only comes from Hangzhou Tanhuang, Jiangnan Sizhu and other folk music, but also many of them evolved from the Thirteen Suites of String Suo. . "General's Order" is one of the pieces of music recorded in the ancient musical score "Thirteen Sets of Strings". This ancient song shows the majestic scene of ancient soldiers fighting on the battlefield and returning to camp victoriously.
The ensemble score of "General Order" was first seen in "Thirteen Sets of Strings" compiled by Rong Qi in 1814. In 1935, the Hangzhou Chinese Music Society printed the zheng score of the ensemble "General Order" , the use of the "two-handed kite grabbing" technique can be clearly seen.
Introduction to "Man Jiang Hong"
"Man Jiang Hong" is selected from "Dragon Capital - Ancient Rhymes of Lin'an Memories", the immortal poem "Man Jiang Hong" by Yue Fei, the national hero of the Song Dynasty, has been popular for hundreds of years. It is always recited and interpreted through different instruments. This piece of music is adapted from a qin song. The vigorous and tragic melody is different from the expression of the song. The melody is pure and powerful, the rhythm is steady, and it expresses passionate, high-spirited and heroic emotions.
From a musical perspective, "Man Jiang Hong" is a piece of Song poetry music. The lyrics written by Yue Fei can be sung by combining this tune. It is not known what the notes of the song "Man Jiang Hong" were in the Song Dynasty. In the book Jiugong Dacheng, a collection of ancient songs compiled in the early Qing Dynasty, although there are several tunes of "Man Jiang Hong", their moods are relatively soft and delicate. It is obviously very incongruous to match Yue Fei's impassioned lyrics. of.
Later in 1920, another song "Manjianghong" was seen in the first, ninth and eleventh issues of "Music Magazine" compiled by the then "Peking University Music Research Society". "The tune is accompanied by lyrics from "Jinling Nostalgia" by Sadura, a poet from the Yuan Dynasty. The origin of the tune "Man Jiang Hong" has not been confirmed yet, and it is generally called an "ancient tune".