Song Zi, who speaks drums, speaks drums.

According to the available data, Songzi said that the drum, formerly known as Shuo Gu Shu, evolved from the "flower thorn" in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and gradually formed a form of Han folk rap. During Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty (around 1862), it was popular in Dayanzui, Xizhai and Songzi Paper Mill River in He Jie. Drummers rap along the door for a living. At first, there was only one person playing drums to tell stories, and there was no singing or accompaniment. Due to the influence of simple storytelling, it is gradually declining. Just in time for the Southern Movement of the Northern Song Dynasty, storyteller Zhao Chengyun cooperated with Jiang, a suona player, to transform the storytelling form, changing the hall wood into a drum, adding a northern minor according to the plot change of the paragraph, and adding one or two lines of singing at the end of the commentary, accompanied by suona, which is novel and unique, making the expression more flexible and gradually developing into a duet: 1. Suona Qupai includes "Water Wave", "Six-character Tone" and "Compassion". Music can be divided into two categories, playing brand music and singing brand music.

Drum book rap has undergone great changes through the inheritance and continuous improvement of artists in past dynasties. Especially after the founding of New China, through the unremitting efforts of Quyi workers, rap and even performing accompaniment instruments have been further reformed, rhyming with local southern dialects and paying equal attention to rap; Music absorbs some tunes of Songzi folk songs; In addition to suona, orchestral music and plucked instruments were also added. It combines singing, music and drums, and has become a unique flower of Han folk art, which is deeply loved by the masses and widely circulated in Hunan and Hubei, especially Songzi.

Classic repertoire

Matsuko said that the drum repertoire is colorful and spectacular. Gossip, folk anecdotes, emperors and princes, gifted scholars and beautiful women, drama stories, fairy tales, love affairs, humorous jokes, and life sufferings are all-encompassing.

Such as the Golden Goma Railway, the magnificent "Battle of Hongzhou"; Liu Yin's romance is touching; "Peacock flies southeast" and "Qingfeng Pavilion" are virtuous, loyal and filial, which makes people cry; The hilarious and interesting "Looking for Dragons" and so on. In addition, there are a number of works reflecting different historical stages, such as cattle raising, Hunan women, red media and Shanjiao housekeeper, and now Lao Wang is popular again.

General characteristics

Matsuko said that the songs of drum sets are basically written and sung by performers themselves, and the theme selection is also based on the singer's preferences. Generally, a piece of music is sung for about 10 minutes, and the singer performs with voice and body according to the content of the piece.

Representative figure

The most representative figure of Songzi's drum talk is Shen Xingya. His greatest contribution lies in the innovation of music (orchestration) and accompaniment instruments, thus injecting new vitality into traditional music.

He has created more than 40 performance jokes in his life, among which his representative works are Playing Tiger Up the Mountain, barefoot doctors following the crowd, thrifty aunt, Menstruation, Cousin, Little Escort, etc. Some programs participated in the national Quyi performance, some were hired by provincial radio stations, and some won the first prize.