Chapter Seventy-Three: Collecting Poetry and Observing the Style

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Zhang Jiaqian just listened to rock and roll, but this song "Little River Flowing Water" made her see some doorways.

This is a typical Yunnan mountain song, the tune of the whole song belongs to the feather tone in the gong, shang, jiao, zheng, and feather pentatonic scale, and the arrangement is also in line with the twelve equal laws, although Cao Wu taught him these basic music theories of folk music when he was a child, but she didn't expect him to be able to use it so well and write such a beautiful song.

She didn't ask much about the origin of this song, and Cao Wu's explanation just by mistake just got to the point.

Folk songs can be traced back to the "Book of Songs" of the Zhou Dynasty, which is different from other types of songs, it is a song composed by a certain ethnic group in ancient or modern times with its own national style, referring to the traditional songs of each ethnic group.

The ancestors of each nation have their own songs since ancient times, and most of these songs do not know who the author is, but pass them on orally, from generation to generation.

Therefore, except for new folk songs created by himself like Master Huo Meng, there is no original author of the ancient folk songs.

Fortunately, Cao Wu didn't say that he wrote this song just now, otherwise Zhang Jiaqian would really have to doubt it.

Like this kind of folk tunes, there have always been musicians to collect and sort out, this kind of behavior is called collecting poetry and viewing style, which is a system handed down from the pre-Qin period.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the imperial court has set up a special music house to collect and compile folk music from all over the world, organize and adapt it, and then train musicians to compose music, sing and play activities, and it reached its peak in the Han Dynasty.

There are still as many as fifty or sixty Han Yuefu folk songs preserved today, and the most famous Yuefu Shuangbi has also been included in the textbook, that is, "Peacock Flying Southeast" and "Mulan Ci".

Ritual culture is an important part of Chinese civilization, ritual refers to various etiquette norms, music refers to songs and dances, and the most important application of ritual culture is sacrifice.

The ritual culture itself originated from the sacrificial culture, and the sacrificial was one of the important means for the ruler to maintain his notification status, so the status of Yuefu in history has not been low.

During the Wei, Jin, and Six Dynasties, Yuefu gradually changed from an organ to a musical poetic name, but this institution did not disappear, but was incorporated into the Ministry of Rites, one of the six departments, and existed until the Qing Dynasty.

Collecting poetry and viewing the style, as the name suggests, is to collect the customs of the Quartet to observe the meaning of the people's customs, and now it is generally called the collection of style.

It can be regarded as an official measure to protect intangible cultural heritage in ancient times, but the main purpose of the government is to observe public sentiment and control public opinion.

You must know that in ancient times, the lethality of folk songs and ballads was huge, and how many uprisings and rebellions began with a small ballad, even our party...... Forget it, it's far away.

In short, since ancient times, there have been special people who collect poetry and wind to collect folk songs and compile them, and such people are called "wind people" or "pedestrians".

In Cao Wuyuan's time and space, the famous western singer Wang Luobin was a collector who wrote countless classic folk songs in his lifetime, but many of them were adapted from the folk songs widely circulated in the border areas.

And the copyrights of these songs are all in his name, and it is not his shameful plagiarism. Rather, it is because the songs he wrote were professionally adapted and compiled by him, and they are the fruits of his labor.

He owns the rights to the adaptation, and the original minor still belongs to all mankind.

The song written by Cao Wu is such a case, and what he gives is an adapted version, which is completely his work.

However, this is what surprised Zhang Jiaqian.

She hadn't heard the original version, but this adaptation had already shocked her with Cao Wu's current level of music.

When he adapted, he obviously upgraded the key, and the long "ah" in the first paragraph alone made Zhang Jiaqian a little doubtful that she could do it.

This kid really dares to write!

Zhang Jiaqian was a little entangled, on the one hand, she was worried that she would not be able to sing, but on the other hand, she was reluctant to sing such a good song.

The cello is the foreshadowing, the drums are set off, and there are five or six instruments in the string part alone, with rock elements added to it, including the drum kit, electric guitar and bass.

He turned this folk song into a big song, so that it can almost be directly put on the stage!

Looking at the score, just imagining the effect of the song in her mind, Zhang Jiaqian was a little excited.

With this song, even if Master Huo Meng makes a move, she has the confidence to fight!

It's just that......

As if seeing his mother's doubts and lack of confidence, Cao Wu sat down beside her with a smile and said, "Mom, don't worry, isn't there still a period of time? ”

Zhang Jiaqian said worriedly: "It's too difficult, it's really too difficult, the eight-beat High D, to sing so long on such a high scale, you can't use a false voice, I'm afraid the vocal cords won't be able to stretch at all." ”

Cao Wu thought about it for a while, and stretched out his hand to play the whole piece on the piano.

Zhang Jiaqian's expression flickered brightly and darkly, on the one hand, she was intoxicated by the beautiful tune, and on the other hand, she shook her head and sighed, feeling that the pitch was too exaggerated.

"I used the mode of weak crescendo and then strong crescendo in this song, and the main difficulty is actually the two eight-beat High Ds, and the rest is not a problem for you, Mom. Cao Wu explained: "Of course, the vocal area of this song is relatively high and the vocal range is also wide, so the whole song must be breathed to support the high and low direction and priority of the sound from beginning to end. In this way, you can't just focus on the resonance of the head cavity, but at the same time strengthen the use of the overall resonance......"

Listening to Cao Wu's explanation, Zhang Jiaqian's anxious heart gradually calmed down, she tilted her head slightly, looked at Cao Wu who was talking eloquently, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She seemed to see a little Cao Wu, who was only six or seven years old, standing by the piano and following her voice.

In a blink of an eye, my son has grown so big, and he can still give me guidance skills, Zhang Jiaqian's heart is only relieved and warm.

"So, the most important thing is the breath. Cao Wu turned his head and saw his mother staring at him, and scratched the back of his head in confusion: "What's wrong?

"Nothing. Zhang Jiaqian shook her head, gently patted Cao Wu's back, and smiled: "I know everything, I will focus on strengthening my breath training during this time." ”

"Mom, you can definitely do it!" Cao Wu clenched his fists and encouraged.

"Of course, for the sake of this good song that my son wrote for me, I also have to take this opportunity away!" Zhang Jiaqian laughed.

"Okay! Then your old man will practice slowly, and the son will retire first!"

"Accurate!"