Liuqin Opera with Unique Singing Style

In ancient times, there were not as many means of entertainment as there are now, and opera, as one of the few forms of entertainment, skills and other forms of performance, widely existed all over the country, and each place had its own local characteristics, so the representative drama in Shandong culture was Liuqin Opera. Let's walk into the Liuqin Opera together.

Liuqin Opera is one of Shandong local operas with strong local characteristics, which is mainly popular in the vast areas of Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Henan provinces. Liuqin opera was called "elbow drum" and "small play" in the early days, and it was very popular because of its thrilling singing. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), according to its main accompaniment instrument is Qin Liu (a plucked instrument shaped like a willow leaf), it was officially named Liuqin Opera.

First, the original tone from life

Liuqin Opera is a kind of drama evolved from the local dialect. Therefore, the local dialect endows Liuqin Opera with unique local color and strong local style with its unique four-tone rhythm. Liuqin Opera fully absorbed the musical elements in the local dialect, which also constituted the original tune of Liuqin Opera. This kind of local accent has gradually evolved in people's daily life, even in the language used in famine and begging in their hometown, and these melodies can be seen in many traditional plays of Liuqin Opera.

Second, the basic cavity of Liuqin Opera

The aria tunes of Liuqin Opera include harpsichord, starting board and guide board. In addition, there are other folk words, such as crossing the river, catching feet, sending lang, etc. The forms of Liuqin Opera can be roughly divided into adagio, andante and swallow board. The current Liuqin opera is basically the same in tone except for the "Adagio". The biggest difference is speed.

Third, the color cavity of Liuqin opera

The color cavity of Liuqin opera is generally short, sometimes just one tone, sometimes just two small phrases. Although the color cavity of Liuqin Opera is relatively short, it also has a unique style. Generally speaking, the rhythm of color cavity is fast and slow, and the timbre is quite straight.

Although there are various color cavities, they cannot exist independently. They are usually placed at the beginning and end of the basic cavity, or inserted in the middle of the basic cavity. The main feature of the color cavity is to adjust the rhythm change of the basic cavity, or to create an atmosphere in front of the basic cavity plate, or as a transition of the basic cavity plate change. The application of color cavity not only enriches the color of basic cavity, but also enhances the expressive force of basic cavity.

Fourth, the singing of Liuqin Opera is more casual.

In traditional singing, the singing of Liuqin Opera is amorphous. Even if it is the same type and the same paragraph of lyrics, because each singer has his own characteristics, it is difficult for even the same actor to fix the singing method. Therefore, the tone of Liuqin opera is also called "Yi Xin Diao", which has great randomness. Generally speaking, the singing characteristics of Liuqin Opera are mainly reflected in melody modification and phrase combination.

Five, the fixed factors of Liuqin opera singing.

Frequent and comfortable palace tone conversion. Constantly tuning is an important feature of Liuqin Opera. Liuqin opera often uses two modes: Gong mode and Hui mode, of which Gong mode is the main mode and Hui mode is the auxiliary mode, which is used alternately. In the singing of Liuqin Opera, the frequency of big jump intervals is very high, and the intervals of fourth and fifth degrees are widely used. It also formed the rough and bold singing characteristics of Liuqin Opera.

Syncopation often occurs. The whole melody of Liuqin Opera is ups and downs, the rhythm is full of vitality, and the singing is fresh and lively, giving people a feeling of easy jumping. Pull out the cavity. La Opera has become the symbolic feature of many operas in La Soul Opera.

Sixth, the rhythm of Liuqin opera singing.

The singing rhythm of Liuqin Opera is also quite noticeable. The general feature of Liuqin Opera is the use of backstop singing and syncopation rhythm. After the board is played, it falls on the board, usually starting from the second half beat, and then using more than two syncopations in succession, and the sentence ends in the first half beat.

This also makes the singing of Liuqin music have regular rhythm characteristics, and many rhythms of Liuqin music belong to this characteristic, which leads to the rhythm of Liuqin music from stable to unstable, and then to cycle. Because the accompaniment of Liuqin opera has a great degree of improvisation, it is more flexible in the change of singing. In order to make the whole rhythm more smooth, singers often add flowers and variations on the basis of the singing trunk.