"A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" has been processed and adapted many times since it was put on the stage. "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix" was originally circulated among the people, with a loose musical structure and no climax. When improvising, roosters crow, hens lay eggs, and even children cry at will. When A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix was selected to perform in the 4th World Young Students Art Festival, it was handled by Ren Tongxiang, a folk musician, with the assistance of professional musicians. In view of the defects of the original song, the birdsong was compressed, the rooster song was deleted, and a cadenza with special circulation ventilation technique was designed, which extended the allegro ending and made the whole song end in a warm and jubilant atmosphere. Later, he won the silver prize in the 4th World Youth and Student National Music Competition. In 1970s, on the basis of the same performance, an introduction was designed to show the artistic conception of a hundred birds singing in unison, so as to strengthen musicality, expand colorful phrases, and adopt the fast Shuang Tu playing technique to make the music more complete. A long time ago, Phoenix was just a very humble bird with ordinary feathers, which was not as dazzling as the legend. But it has one advantage: it is hardworking, unlike other birds who don't know how to play when they are full, but it picks up the fruits thrown away by other birds one by one from morning till night and collects them in the hole. Some birds said, "What's the point? This is not a money fan, is it a big fool? " Don't underestimate this behavior of storing food. At a certain time, it can be of great use! Sure enough, there was a drought in the forest one year. The birds can't find food, they are so hungry that they can't support it any longer. At this time, Phoenix quickly opened the cave, took out dried fruits and grass seeds accumulated for many years and distributed them to everyone to tide over the difficulties with them. After the drought, in order to thank Phoenix for saving his life, the birds all chose the most beautiful feathers from themselves, pulled them off and made a dazzling bird coat for Phoenix, unanimously recommending it as the king of birds. Every time the Phoenix is born, birds from all directions will fly to congratulate the Phoenix. This is a hundred birds flying to the phoenix.
Appreciation of Suona Song "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix"
Author Li Fu, Liu Ying,
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Suona, also known as trumpet, appeared in China in the 3rd century. According to 1506 records in ancient books of Ming dynasty, suona was widely circulated in China at that time, and it was a kind of playing instrument deeply loved by the masses. It has a large volume, a conical wooden tube, a brass tube with a whistle at the upper end and a brass bell at the lower end. * * * There are eight sound holes, which are played with the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger of the right hand. The playing skills of suona are very rich, and they can usually play Legato, Tongue Spitting, Single Spitting, Shuang Tu, Air Arch, Air Top and many other special techniques.
Besides being used for cheerful, passionate and magnificent music, it can also imitate all kinds of birds and insects vividly, and its expressive force is extremely rich. Because of the sonorous and bright tone of suona, it is also widely used in folk percussion bands or gongs and drums bands for weddings and funerals.
Suona solo "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" was originally a folk music spread in Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Hebei and other places. Its melody is warm and cheerful, showing the vibrant scene of nature and expressing people's yearning for a better life. It imitates cuckoo, turtledove, bighead carp, swallow, owl, quail, leaf warbler, ditch bird, tit, thrush, yellowbird and Qiu Chan in turn, which is a model of "imitation works".
Due to the influence of inheritance factors, the folk performance "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" has different music scores, and even the officially published "Ren Tongxiang Music Score" has different versions.