Basic introduction Chinese name: Yangko Pinyin: yáng ge Basic explanation: The meaning, content and characteristics of a folk singing method in Hubei, the singing method of songwriters, personal information and experiences, the meaning refers to field singers, such as Yulin, Stone Monument and Cold Water in ancient Zhong Ying (now Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province), which people regard as "cold water". There are several singers such as "Loud Voice", "Three Waists", "New Ballad" and "Old Ballad". It refers to people who sing "brand names", such as "Cao Cao Ge" in Honghu, "Playing gongs and drums" in Suizhou, "Cao Cao Gong and Drum" in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Badong in western Hubei. In gongs and drums written by Jingshan (also known as He Gong and Drum) and storytelling and gongs and drums written by Hefeng, it is not called "Yang Tone" or "Yang Harmony Tone". In fact, they are all "one thing with many names", with different names but the same name. The content and characteristics of singing are large-scale singing activities with "head", "body", "tail", "poem" and "divertimento" as the main contents. Singing songs with different contents with different labor "time sequences". As the "mouth" of singing, yangko is mostly used in a relatively fixed time sequence and has a relatively "stable" content. Most of them appear in the form of "songs" in different working periods such as "first break", "second break", "last break" or "call it a day". The most common thing is that in the morning, before going to the fields, "singers" who specialize in drums, gongs and suona will stand by and shout "morning songs" in the fields. This is a kind of "calling" of "speaking with songs", which helps the author to get ready before going to the field, and it is also a "prelude" to singing activities all day. After "singing early", you should change your singing method and pick up other songs. This is just as the singer sang in "Morning Song": "When the song has been sung, mention the song". As soon as "singing early" is over, people go into intense field work with the singer's "conversion" of songs and the rhythm of gongs and drums. The content of "singing early" is: 1. The improvisation that the singer saw on his way to work in the morning; The second is the singer's words of "self-modesty", and the third is "worship" and "pray for God". People who talk about what they see and hear in the morning are called "dew words" or "dew songs". For example, they go out of the slope at five o'clock, the dew is like silver, the sandals are tied, and they simply walk barefoot. I came early in the morning and the dew wet my waist. I'm afraid I have the wrong number, so don't laugh. The theme of "praying for God" is called "offering sacrifices to God", which mostly includes praying for the five gods such as "Oriental Lady" and "Nanding Binghuo" and describing the ceremony of "camping". The content of praying to God and worshiping Buddha is rare in Tian Yang's songs. Only a few old singers remember. Singing is not only a "prelude" to a day's work, but also can be used after lunch, before going to the fields and at the end of a day's work. The songs used after lunch and before going to the fields are called "Noon Yangko" and "Zhengyang Song". For example, after lunch, you should put the song on the stage. Master Qiu Yiji, I give you the yangko. Liang Shanbo Zhu Yingtai, take Young there. ..... When the day's work is coming to an end, the singer will shout "Sing at night". The songs sung in the evening are also called "songs for rest" and "songs for rest", which is the "end" of this large-scale singing activity. Its contents are mostly "thank God" and "thank Grant". Among the Xie gods, the most common one is Xie's "Sun God", followed by Xie's "Ge Lang". "Grant" is the "commander" and "total height" of field work. Can sing "ancient", can sing "today", is knowledgeable, and can also "subdue demons and catch monsters". Ge Lang may be the inheritor of ancient witches, so Ge Lang has a high position in people's minds, and Xie Ge Lang also contains the element of thanking God. Yangko belongs to the category of "folk songs and firewood singing", because it is sung in the field when the seedlings are divided and the grass is cut, and its tone often rolls with the singer's mood, which is quite arbitrary. However, despite its unpredictable tone, people can still recognize it in many Shan Ye songs. This is because, first, it occupies the position of "song head" and "overture"; The second is its specific content; Third, there is a relatively fixed "word case", which always maintains a unique musical form, with long tones and rough temperament; The fourth is to use "scattered singing"-that is, "scattered board". It is because of the free "singing" that "singing songs" has another name. Yangko, although it has gone through a long time, has always maintained its distinctive "style characteristics" and its "identifiability". Profile of songwriter Yang Ge Yang Ge, formerly known as Liao Yibo, born in Anyue, Sichuan, 1956, songwriter, freelance writer, member of Chinese Music and Literature Society. Worked as an educated youth, a worker, a teacher, an accordion soloist of a literary and art group, etc. Masterpiece: The Dream of First Love. Experience ups and downs, fate ups and downs. In his early years, he was engaged in the creation of poems, novels and stories and made some achievements. Later, due to a special emotional experience and embarrassing life, I wrote for nearly 30 years. In 2003, because of an earthquake in my life, I reflected on my life. Therefore, revive Su Zhi and rise again. In recent years, I have composed music for hundreds of well-known Tang poems, Song poems and Yuan songs, and even "chorus of famous ancient poems and sentences". His songs (ten songs) of "Navigation of Marriage" are based on love, marriage and married life, with unique materials and novel angles, which have very profound practical significance. He has a unique view of literature, a natural understanding of music, profound lyrics and accurate melody creativity. The most important thing is that he creates with the sense of responsibility and spiritual feelings of a cultural person, rather than just pursuing skills and external splendor. He hopes that his works have the universal significance of human life and are the guardians of pure culture and green music. His masterpiece "The New Graduation Song", as the horn song of China's rejuvenation, is highlighted by selected lyrics. (See Selected Lyrics on the back cover, issue 2, 20 10). His song "The True Feelings Know Each other" won the first prize in the "Touching China" National Song Competition. "Thank Your Wife" won the gold medal in the national folk song contest. "Ancient Rhyme New Clothes Reflect the Year of China" won the Excellence Award of China Phonetic Cooperative Words.