Chapter 262: A Combination of East and West
The pretexts that the Grandmaster just said were pure nonsense. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Where has he heard a storyteller sing a little song in Jinling, he is purely to make excuses for carrying this famous folk music by himself.
In the previous life, the folk music of "Liang Zhu" was definitely a classic Chinese folk music, and its status and popularity were not even lower than the "Jasmine" that was abbreviated just now.
In the previous life, the story of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is a fairly widespread folk tale in China, and together with "The Legend of the White Snake", "Meng Jiangnu Crying on the Great Wall" and "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", it is known as the four great love stories in China.
At the same time, "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is also known as the "Romeo and Juliet" of the Oriental world, and you can imagine how widely this story has spread.
In the previous life, there were many repertoire changes based on this poignant story, but the most classic one is the violin concerto "Liang Zhu", which was jointly arranged and adapted by the famous musicians Mr. He Zhanhao and Mr. Chen Gang.
In fact, the melody of "Liang Zhu", which was familiar to the Chinese people in the previous life, came from the "Liang Zhu" violin concerto by these two composers.
However, in this world, although there is the story of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", and it is also a love story familiar to the people of Dahua, there is no folk music about this story. Even if there is, it's just some small songs, where will there be such a classic song as "Liang Zhu"?
Therefore, when these old experts heard that the grandmaster would compose a folk music for this well-known story, where could they not care?
The old fellows gathered around again, but their brows furrowed when they saw the score composed by the Grandmaster.
"What the hell is this little sect doing? Isn't it writing folk music? How did it become a symphony? ”
These old men are all experts in music, although they are engaged in folk music, but this does not mean that they do not understand Western music.
The score that the Grandmaster is writing now is obviously the total score of the symphony.
However, although these experts were a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they saw that the erhu figure appeared in the general score written by the grandmaster, and the weight of the erhu performance was obviously very sufficient, so these old experts realized something, stopped complaining, and began to watch carefully again.
This classic violin concerto from the previous life was a long piece of 26 minutes, and its length was the length of a real symphony.
Of course, it is impossible for the Grandmaster to write down all the scores that long, and if he did, he would have to write at least sixty or seventy blank sheets of paper.
Therefore, the grandmaster just wrote down the most classic and popular passage in "Liang Zhu".
But even so, this general genealogy grandmaster wrote eight blank sheets of paper.
When the grandmaster put down the pen, several old men couldn't help but ask.
"Xiaozong, this is the folk music we want to compose, how did you come up with a symphony?"
"Yes, although your score looks like an erhu concerto, it's not a category of folk music after all."
"Xiaozong, I see that your score doesn't seem to be completely written, is there still one?"
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These more than ten old men asked questions together, and the grandmaster who really asked didn't know how to answer.
In the end, it was Wu Lao who clapped his hands and stopped the old guys from asking questions.
"I said, old guys, don't ask yet, let's let Xiaozong say it himself, and ask if there is anything you don't understand."
The Grandmaster gave Wu Lao a grateful look, and then he calmed down and said, "Seniors, the first thing I want to say is that this piece is not very complete yet, although I already have a general framework in my mind, but if I write down this score completely, it will take at least several hours, because in my mind, this piece is a long piece of almost twenty-five or six minutes. ”
"Hiss......" Hearing the Grandmaster say this, several old experts all gasped.
They certainly know what that length means.
The grandmaster smiled and continued: "Originally, this piece was supposed to be a violin concerto in my conception, but today I suddenly discovered that in fact, there are many things that the violin and our erhu are very imaginative, such as timbre, such as playing skills, so I wrote this piece directly as an erhu concerto here." ”
"The reason why I wrote a concerto is because in my understanding, this piece should be a poignant but gorgeous piece, and this concerto form can express the overall mood of this piece."
In the previous life, "Liang Zhu" was an out-and-out violin concerto, and the general single-pipe orchestra could not interpret the content of this piece, because there were many instruments needed in this piece, and the ordinary single-pipe orchestra could not complete this piece.
Of course, when this piece came out, it immediately swept the whole of China, and then the east wind spread to the west, and even many musicians from Western countries began to perform this song.
In previous lives, this violin concerto has been adapted into countless versions, including solo piano version, violin solo version, of course, erhu concerto version, and pure ethnic instrument ensemble version.
Because this piece is so suitable for adaptation, no matter what version it is adapted into, its beautiful melody can touch countless audiences.
In fact, although this piece can be performed in the form of an erhu concerto, with a little adaptation, it can be performed in many different versions. For example, we can adapt the flute into our own flute, and the harp part into our own guzheng, and here and here, we can completely replace it with our pipa, so that a little adaptation can become an ensemble version of the guzheng, pipa, bamboo flute, and erhu. ”
Hearing the Grandmaster's explanation, these old experts all began to make up their minds, and soon, a satisfied smile appeared on their faces. Obviously, this adaptation proposed by the Grandmaster is very much in line with the standards of folk music in their minds.
The Grandmaster smiled and said, "Actually, what I want most is this erhu concerto version. As you should all know, although our Dahua folk music has been working hard to export it over the years, the effect is not very ideal. So I've been thinking, why don't we do it the other way? For example, we can integrate our national instruments into Western symphony, and such a combination of Chinese and Western music should be more acceptable to Western audiences. So, I'm ready to try it. If this piece can be accepted by the Western public, then our erhu can be unconsciously accepted by the vast majority of the Western public. ”
As soon as the Grandmaster said this, these old experts suddenly realized, and Wu Lao clapped his hands with a smile and said, "This idea of the little sect is too good!" This undoubtedly opens up a new path for us. Tsk, we have always advocated the combination of East and West, but how many can really do it? Today, Xiaozong has given us a living example! This "Liang Zhu", is it a typical combination of Chinese and Western? With this piece as a benchmark, then our thinking can be expanded wider in the future, and we may be able to promote more folk music instruments to the Western world! ”
After a pause, Elder Wu affirmed very excitedly: "Compared to some of the things we are pondering now, this idea and practice of Xiao Zong is undoubtedly closer to reality and more implementable!" Xiaozong, you have made a great contribution today! You have found a wider path to the Western world for our Dahua folk music! ”
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