Talk about guqin and music.

Qifengchi

Let's talk about guqin first

On the Lunar New Year's Eve in China that year, Gong Yi, a Chinese guqin master, walked into the Vienna Golden Hall with a guqin used by Li Qingzhao, a poet in the Song Dynasty. He played a song "Running Water", telling people in Vienna, the capital of western art, the story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi's close friends meeting.

In the music, "a trickle, waves coming in the distance, stormy waves lapping on the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow ...", the music vividly shows all kinds of running water dynamics. After that, the master played Pingsha Wild Goose, Fishing Song and so on.

These ancient songs, which represent Chinese civilization, linger in the golden hall of Vienna and are stunned by Europe with big nose, blue eyes and yellow hair.

People who used to listen to the music industry said that westerners said there was no music in China. On a violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers", the patent was also sold to foreigners. In fact, westerners don't understand China at all. Just a song "Running Water" is enough for them to listen to for a lifetime.

Father's master Gong Yi wrote a song "Running Water" that shocked westerners and impressed the world.

There are many kinds of Chinese musical instruments. There were two earliest strings, one called Qin and the other called Qin. The music played with guqin haunts China's 9.6 million land space, with lingering echoes, such as flowing water, plum blossom three lanes, Pingsha geese, dragon vanilla and Xianweng grass, all of which are treasures of China music.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tu Long said, "Qin is the elegant music of the study, and the sound must be clear once a day. The layman tells the past. If there is no guqin, the newcomer must also hang a bed on the wall, whether he can fuck or not. Even if you are not good at practicing, you must have a piano. " In other words, those who can play the piano and those who can't play the piano must have a piano in the room.

Cultural people often say that piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are the necessary accomplishments and qualities of a literati. And how many modern poets, writers and painters really understand music? Most people walk on one leg.

Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty also said, "But if you have fun in the piano, why bother to play on the string?" . Our piano career is not to blog, but to know that the fun of piano is really expensive. If Yasheng misses the past, he will cherish the sages; Ancient bank of communications, talking about the snow window at night, thinking about traveling. Orchid, spring, drums ... "This shows the love of literati and poets in the past dynasties for the Aegean Sea.

After reading these books, I understand the importance that the ancients attached to the piano, and understand the truth of "practicing one thing, cultivating self-cultivation". Literati's "pianist" is forbidden. No evil, no mindfulness, no good thoughts. "Is the root of life. Ancient literati, poets and gentlemen were all masters of playing the piano. According to historical records, Confucius, Cai Yong, Cai Wenji, Li Bai, Du Fu, Song Huizong, Li Qingzhao, Ji Kang and so on. They are all famous artists. I remember the famous sentence "My Fair Lady, Friends of Rabbit" and "I have a guest, playing the harp" in The Book of Songs.

Guqin has a history of more than 3,000 years in China. It is the most famous musical instrument in ancient China. Some philosophers once said that guqin is a kind of philosophical art, or an artistic philosophy.

Guqin is also listed as the first of the "Four Arts of Painting and Calligraphy in Chyi Chin". Guqin is a compulsory instrument for ancient literati, and there are countless famous violinists in history. Guqin is also one of the six important arts for literati to run schools.

Guqin, three feet, six inches and five minutes, represents 365 days a year; The piano face is curved, representing the sky; Symbolically, the bottom of the piano is flat.

Guqin has thirteen emblems, representing twelve months and leap months in a year.

Guqin originally had five strings, symbolizing gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

Zhou Wenwang added a line to mourn the death of his son Boyko. When cutting the week, he added another string to boost morale. Therefore, guqin is also called "civil and military lyre". Therefore, it adds cultural connotation and legend to guqin.

The playing skills of erhu and violin are overtones, which are difficult to master, and the sound produced by operation is very pleasant. It is very good to play timbre in this way. But Guqin has more than one hundred overtones, which is the most overtone instrument in the world.

Gong Yi, a master of guqin, has a guqin that was touched by Li Qingzhao personally, and its cultural and historical value has far exceeded the guqin itself.

Walking into the study of Gong Yi, a master of guqin, he completely entered the "world" of guqin. The elegant room is not big, and there are many pianos in it, so the owner named it "Wuqintang".

Master Gong Yi's "Wuqintang" is by no means arty, and there are five treasures of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing in it. Among them, the most expensive is the guqin that Li Qingzhao touched personally.

Master Gong Yi said: "The ancient sound is tasteless, so it is not called human feelings today." The story of Fengxian Xiao and Cai E in the movie "bosom friend" is also looking for bosom friends! They walked together for "bosom friends".

The theme song in the movie still haunts my mind. The clear spring of music is still trickling on the long river of years, and the guqin penetrates through the ages!

Second, talk about the piano.

Anyone who has heard the violin concerto "butterfly lovers" knows that the long piano sound flowing like a spring will only flow out under the guidance of melodious flute sound. The sound of the curling flute floats in the quiet, empty, clean and profound fairy tale world, and it flows slowly below.

Like the sound of a mountain stream being stirred by a woman with beautiful arms. That string of unbreakable golden notes, like a stream in spring, exudes a spiritual charm. It's like plucking my nerves and flowing through my heart. Very comfortable, very wonderful!

The master's fingers and heart have gradually awakened from the silver flute in the spring breeze. On four metal paths, the light souls of two butterflies are dancing. There is a trickle around, and the sound is purer than the notes. Two butterflies quickly deified the beautiful figure on the flute. Butterflies are reflected in the winding stream, washed neatly, and two butterflies chase, jump and play in tandem, flying quickly into the flowers to find marriage and love in previous lives.

The instruments playing Liang Zhu are violin, viola, cello, bass, trumpet, trombone, horn, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and percussion instruments. It is especially nice to take out a solo from these instruments. But when these instruments are played together, they are not as bright, mellow and loud as elegant sound quality. I like the sound of crickets, especially when I saw a beautiful woman on the stage, running on the vertical string with slender fingers, making a moving sound, which fascinated me even more.

When I heard the sound, there seemed to be a winding river in front of me. The river is clear and bright, making a tinkling sound. Because of my fascination with piano, every time a large symphony orchestra plays butterfly lovers, I want to touch the piano with my own hands on the stage to see what the sound is when my fingers play the piano.

I really tried it once, and the pop-up sound was the same as that of the master, which really excited me. Later, I looked up a lot of information about elegance, and I not only had a deep understanding of elegance, but also had a lot of understanding of its history.

Ya is a plucked instrument of northern minorities in ancient China. With a vertical head and a beard. There are various shapes, such as the angular shape similar to the western musical instrument harp, and the phoenix head and faucet decorated with the piano head.

Elegant and wide range, soft and clear timbre, strong expressive force. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was used in Xiliang, Qiuci, Shule, Gaochang and Koryo music, and spread to Japan. It was rarely used after the Ming Dynasty. 1984, tone sandhi was successfully developed in China. Finally, the Millennium ancient music has become another wonderful flower in Chinese musical instruments. And became an important member of China National Orchestra. /p & gt；

Elegance was originally called looking behind or behind the hole, and there are two types: lying and vertical. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Chu was already lying on the harp. Liu Xiang in Han Dynasty "Shiben? The article says: "the empty climate created by the empty country is also decadent." Out of Pu Shang, take the name of empty country Hou. Pushang, that is, Pushang, is located in the territory of the ancient Wei State, that is, in Puyang, Henan Province. Explain that it has a history of more than 3,000 years. Ying Shao's Custom Yi Tong in the Eastern Han Dynasty said, "When you are free, please press Hanshu? Sacrifice to the suburbs:' Emperor Xiaowu went to South Vietnam to pray for Taiyi and Houtu Ancestral Temple, and began to use musicians to wait for the tune, and made hurdling music according to the piano, saying that hurdling should have rhythm, and the name of the later master was Guan. Or hold it in the air when it's empty. There is no need to wait. " "Historical records? In the Enchanting Zen Sutra, there is a saying: "(Emperor Wu) competed in Nanyue, prayed for Taiyi, and went to the earth. He began to use music and dance to call songs and make twenty-five strings to wait in the air, and the harp began." Sima Qian's account shows that the ancient lying cymbals were stringed instruments with columns. In the Han Dynasty, the couch, as a representative instrument of "China Zheng Sheng", was listed as "Shangqing Music". At that time, there were five strings and more than ten columns, with bamboo as the groove and wooden fingers playing. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was introduced from Persia to the Central Plains of China via the Western Regions. In order to avoid confusion, names have been used since the end of the Six Dynasties to indicate the difference between lying and standing. Lying was once used in Korean music in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, Du You's "General Code" contained: "Elegance, the old system was based on the piano system, but now it is small in shape, with seven strings, like a pipa." Later, it gradually disappeared in our country, so that the musical instrument lost its sound. Instead, they were expressive Qin and Zheng. However, it is circulated in both North Korea and South Korea. It's called Baekje in Japan. Baekje is the ancient name of North Korea. Today, we can see the images of musical instruments from the brick paintings in the Wei and Jin tombs in Jiayuguan, Gansu, the algae well murals in the Northern Wei tombs in Ji 'an, Liaoning, and the murals in the Koguryo tombs in Ji 'an, and get a glimpse of their graceful performance. /p & gt；

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the merchants on the Silk Road, vertical baskets were introduced from Iran to the Central Plains of China via the Western Regions. Sui Shu? "Yue Ji" says: "Today's music is a pipa, with a graceful head and a disciple, and it comes from the western regions, not an ancient instrument of China." As for its shape, Du You's Tong Dian in the Tang Dynasty said: "It's good to be upright and happy, and it's good for Emperor Gaozu Liu Hong." The body is curved and long, and twenty has two strings. Hold it upright in your arms and play with your hands. This is called an arm. "Song Ye Fan's" Were "? The Chronicle of Five Elements once said: "The spiritual emperor loves Khufu ... Huzan, Hudi and Huwu, and all the nobles in Kyoto are vying for it. "This elegant piano with more than 20 strings was very popular in China music scene from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, Wu's Dream of Liang Lu (Volume 3) once described it as: "It is three feet high, shaped like a half-length wooden comb, with a black Qi Diao gold painting pedestal, twenty-five strings, and one person kneels. "This is a big vertical basket, and there is a smaller vertical basket, which is held in the left hand and played in the right hand, which is mostly used for music. Today, although there is no real harp, the image of the harp can be seen in the musical relief of Yungang Grottoes in Datong, China from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the mural of Sui Band in Dunhuang and the relief of Wang Jian's tomb before the Five Dynasties. They are completely lifelike with the harp seen on Assyrian reliefs, and Persia is the birthplace of Assyrian harp.

In ancient royal music, the harp is indispensable and one of the main musical instruments in performance. Because it has a string array, it can not only play melody, but also play chords, so it is superior to other instruments in both solo and accompaniment. The introduction and ending of the violin concerto butterfly lovers are the clear sounds that have been rippling in the music.

Elegance is also common in ancient poetry. In the Han Dynasty, there was a small family, Jasper. Jiao Zhongqing's wife, Liu Lanzhi, was extremely clever and was recited:

"Peacocks fly southeast, wander in five miles, weave in thirteen miles, learn to cut clothes in fourteen miles, play in fifteen miles and recite poems in sixteen miles."

It can be seen that cricket was a favorite musical instrument of women at that time. Li He, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, wrote in Li Ping's poem:

"Wu Si Shu Zhang Tong high autumn, empty mountain setting clouds fall. Jiang Yue wept for Motome's sadness, while Ping Li was playing China. Kunshan jade broken Fengming, hibiscus crying, Xianglan laughing. The cold light melts in front of the twelve gates, and the twenty-three silk moves the purple emperor. Nu Wa makes up the sky by refining stones, and the stones break the ground to stir up the autumn rain. Dream into the holy mountain to teach the gods, and the old fish dance with the waves. Wu sleeps in osmanthus trees and flies barefoot to wet cold rabbits. "

This is not only Li He's masterpiece, but also one of the famous poems describing musical themes in Tang poetry. It takes an autumn rain as a clue, describes the weather changes in a clear way, describes the performance process in a dark way, and writes the audience with mythical characters, which is full of strong romanticism.

With strange fantasy and extreme exaggeration, the poet described the musical power of breaking through rocks and clouds, which made the piano music played by Li Ping, a court instrumental musician thousands of years ago, still shock the readers' hearts.

Han Lian, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote: "The window of an ethereal fairy cloud. Speaking of Suzhou, I haven't broken people's intestines yet. The moon sets with the lake smoke. Wake up Chang 'e, bamboo shoots are slender. Suddenly pipa half forehead makeup. Dial out the lovesickness, twelve and five oceans. Clear your dreams and enter Xiaoxiang. Yu Pei Ming Luan, blowing off the fragrance of heaven. "It describes the feelings of the literati and the graceful and beautiful voice, which is fascinating.

I think the violin concerto "butterfly lovers" is definitely inferior in artistic conception without the introduction of piano and flute. Finally, if there is no murmur of running water, birds singing and flowers dancing, the ending of music will be stiff, and the language of music pictures will not be so beautiful and eternal.

It is elegance that adds many beautiful and magical pictures to the audience's imagination. An Elegance enriched the music with soaring wings, not only flying in this ancient land of China, but also flying over this magical and wonderful music heaven!