Do you feel confused when you see so many adjectives? "zhongruan is what musical instrument? Who is Liu Xing? What is New Age Music? Never heard of a solitary crane in the clouds! However, from the name, it belongs to the elegant and detached lyric music style. Is that so? "
It is normal for you to have so many questions and guesses, because there is really a lot of knowledge and information behind this song. Thank you for your recommendation. Next, let's talk about the musical instrument zhongruan. In the lonely crane-like world in the clouds, let's take a trip to learn and enjoy.
(1) What is Ruan?
Ruan [ru m 4 n] is short for Ruan Xian. It is an ancient plucked instrument, which originated in the Han Dynasty. In 1 15 BC, Zhang Qian went to Wusun State, and King Kunmi of Wusun State married Han. Before the princess got married, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially made a musical instrument for her, which could be played and sung on horseback to solve the problem of long journey. This musical instrument is Ruan, which belongs to an ancient pipa.
At that time, musicians created Ruan based on instruments such as Qin, Zheng, Xiao and Zou. The structure is a round wooden sounding box with straight handle, with four strings and twelve columns, which is shaped like Qin Yue. Vertical grip, hand play, rich artistic expression. It was called "Qin Pipa" in ancient times.
In the Western Jin Dynasty, Ruan Xian, a famous scholar known as the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", was famous for his wonderful understanding of melody and playing pipa. According to legend, he completed Ruan's improvement, so later people called him "Ruan Xian".
Nowadays, after continuous improvement, Ruan has become a musical instrument with many voices, such as treble, alto and bass Ruan. According to the size and shape, it can be divided into three types: big Ruan, zhongruan and small Ruan. Among them, zhongruan is an alto instrument with quiet and soft timbre, which is very poetic. In ensemble, it is often used to play melodies or sentences, which has a touching effect; As an accompaniment, because of the rich rhythm changes, the alto voice will be more full and imaginative. This is the characteristic and charm of ChinaSoft.
Although Ruan is an ancient musical instrument, it has not really flourished and been widely popular in history, so all the Ruan songs compiled by the ancients have been lost. The Ruan Qu we see now are all new creations without inheritance. The Lonely Crane in the Cloud that we are going to discuss is the masterpiece of zhongruan master Liu Xing.
(2) Lonely cranes in the clouds, why not fly?
Lonely Crane in the Cloud is an organic combination of ancient rhyme and modern elements. In style, it shows a kind of artistic conception that is extraordinary, elegant and free-spirited, and ambitious.
In order to better understand this song, let's watch some pictures while listening to music. Because sound and painting are homologous, a piece of music depicts an interesting and artistic painting, and you can know your friends when you see the painting.
The above are freehand brushwork landscape paintings. Listening to music and looking at pictures, at this moment, we may have a lot of reverie and imagination in our hearts, but we just don't know how to express it at the moment. What the hell were you thinking? Perhaps it is "idle clouds fall in love with rock valleys, and waterfalls fall with the wind." Spring flowers are not delivered, and Sichuan Road is difficult to be poor "; Perhaps "clouds are darkened by the darkness of rain, and streams are pale by the pallor of fog;" When I moved, my soul flew, and suddenly it started to grow. "
We don't need to know whether this feeling is right or not, because music and painting are "speechless". Next, let's add another picture.
Look at the white crane in the painting, how leisurely and vigorous it is when it gallops between heaven and earth, and it is clearly full of great ambition. We can imagine that the white crane rides the breeze, passes through the clouds, crosses the valley, or perches in the lush vegetation, or gallops back between the valleys and lakes.
If the above two paintings are combined with this piece of music, the invisible music seems to become tangible, and a world of "integration of sound and painting" emerges in front of us. Looking up, the scene at the moment may be described as "autumn sunset fragrance, water and sky are one color, blue waves are boundless, and the sun and the moon shine together", which is the most appropriate. She is a pure land, far away from the world, and the grass is growing; She is like heaven, quiet and beautiful, persistent and full of vitality. This is the home of wild cranes, as if we were one of them, elegant and free and easy, galloping in this paradise.
In this situation, the aesthetic feeling brought by music slowly rises and heats up in our chests until the sense of gradual encirclement becomes very strong. This feeling is silent and warm, and it comes quietly without knowing it. Hearing this, our mood will become very different, and we will feel that we have reached a new level. This is the first feeling that music brings us.
How to express this? We might as well look at the meaning of the topic itself.
Lonely cranes in idle clouds, as the name implies, refer to floating white clouds and isolated wild cranes. It is a metaphor for people who are unrestrained, carefree and far away from the hubbub. The language comes from Song Youmao's Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty, Volume VI: "It is difficult to add a state, change a poem, and be alone in the clouds. Why can't you fly?"
The meaning of this sentence is: "I can't add what suits me, and I can't change the poems that suit my descendants." In this case, be a wild crane, be free and live anywhere like a fly. "
How carefree! This is not "Huilian is not my fault, and Shouyang is not my benevolence." Open-minded feelings of "flying freely"? It is probably what Confucius said, "Do it at seventy and don't overstep the moment", which is such a state. Then there is Zhuang Zhoumeng Butterfly, "lifelike butterfly, self-metaphor, not with Zhou", and its realm is estimated to be the same!
This song has a high artistic conception and gives us a very rich imagination space. Look at the mountains and rivers, the fields are silent; Guanshui River surging, clouds steaming Xia Wei; Looking at the mountains and rivers, I feel the vastness of nature, and all the noise in the world quietly disappears here. Pillow stones listen to the current, and lean on pine to see colorful clouds; Falling asleep, the heart is clear. Once we give our hearts to nature, how can all the splendor and impetuousness in the world not be attributed to peace and tranquility?
The elegant and intellectual posture of that little white crane is so carefree. They are the most beautiful scenery in valleys and lakes, and they are the most true wise men in the world. When we quietly feel their free will between heaven and earth with music, how can our hearts be unhappy and comfortable?
"Lonely Crane in the Cloud" is a supporting song, singing ambition. Its main tone is to express a yearning for seclusion away from the hubbub and sparse forests, but it is not completely comfortable in a pure paradise on earth. If you listen carefully, you can feel that besides the main instrument zhongruan, there are harmonies of flute, pipa and flute, and crisp percussion music is added in some transitional places. The tonic and harmony are alternately progressive and distinct, creating an atmosphere that is close to nature and full of passion. In this way, people feel that there is a kind of power that is ambitious, calm and comfortable, and Ying Ying is upward.
In fact, it is not only a common method in literature, poetry and painting, but also an important means for music creators to express their feelings. In this song, the wild crane under the idle clouds is the object of support. Although far away from the hubbub, they are not satisfied with the status quo. Although they are quiet and idyllic, they are open-minded and progressive. Why not fly? This is the emotion and artistic conception that this song wants to express.
I first heard this song 10 years ago. After being recommended by a good friend, I didn't feel very good at that time. Later, the more I listened, the more I liked it. It feels very structured and profound. It is full of calmness and taste, and I can't help but marvel at it. This durable product is a unique beauty, which can only be realized after the test of time. It is like a piece of beautiful jade, although it does not belong to clear ice, but it tastes warm and mellow; It is like a glass of wine. Although it is not heroic or light, it tastes long and simple. Like a wise man who has experienced the world. He has retired from his youth and gained calmness and sophistication. Therefore, its connotation and connotation are rich and tolerant. This year, two friends strongly recommended it. I think it's time to write an article on listening comprehension. To this end, pay attention to many freehand brushwork paintings, try to match them and inquire about relevant information in order to better understand music. The key that it can move people's hearts lies in that it conveys a natural feeling of returning to nature and expresses an open-minded outlook on life that hides Lingyun's ambition in a low-key way.
From the form of expression, the sounds of musical instruments are coordinated and stacked, with distinct levels and progressive layers. The whole school is not simply light, elegant, elegant, elegant, but somewhere in between. In terms of interest and artistic conception, it is not simply far away from the world and does not care about the world; It is more sad than complaining about others, but it is full of detachment, happiness and upward power. It not only contains the seclusion, forbearance, elegance and light rhyme advocated by Taoism, but also is permeated with the charm of returning to nature and surging. Therefore, its style is beautiful and unique, maintaining the ancient style, charm and inspiring soul, which just embodies the concept advocated by the new era music.
(c) What is the new century?
Liu Xing's Lonely Crane in the Clouds is a representative of the birth of China's new era music and a classic. Below, according to the information collected by Baidu, let's introduce what is new era music. In fact, it is around us, but we just don't understand it.
New era music is a new style between electronic music and classical music. Its birth has a theoretical basis. In the late 1960s, with the appearance of electronic synthesizers, some German musicians integrated this concept into acoustic performance or improvisation. Its ideas and actions have inspired many composers, which can be said to be the enlightenment and embryonic form of music in the new era.
1973, at the San Francisco Music Festival, a group of unknown musicians met and suddenly found that they had a lot in common. The starting point of the works is from meditation and mind, and the types are different from any previous ones. Therefore, this non-popular, non-classical and experimental music style was named New Age, which originally meant "epoch-making, new century music".
In the early 1980s, the Canadian pianist Micha Jones wrote a collection of music. The titles of the tracks are all beautiful, like pictures, such as After the Rainbow, Beyond Dreams, Sunshine Valley, Butterflies in Space and so on. It is said that he always dreamed of becoming a music painter in his early years. Later, I really slowly found my own language. From then on, he began to stop pursuing music to describe any image, but just to express a feeling. The feeling of snow falling and touching the ground in the quiet night; The breath of the breeze blowing through the sedge; The crease of lightning in the distant sky; The feeling of the lake beating against the coast in the evening ... these are the sources of inspiration for his creation.
This new music can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category is completely played with traditional musical instruments, such as piano, violin, guitar, oboe and English style. I often hear some folk musical instruments, such as mandolin, accordion and flute. Some players especially like oriental percussion instruments (such as Jason Chung, Gong and Bell). Until now, there are still people who are keen to integrate African war drums into their music. The second category is electro-acoustic instruments. Many new world musicians are computer experts, and their creations pay attention to mysterious and ethereal colors. The third category is a mixture of the first two. They often like to add natural sounds such as birds singing in the forest, whistling and jittery to their music, which is their pursuit.
At first, this kind of music was bland, a bit like modern light music, but it also contained a little classical music style and style; It is popular, but it does not lose its detachment; Easy to pop, but not as turbulent as ordinary pop music. No way, record stores had to list them under the "latest arrival" counter, but this gradually became a climate and began to rise quietly around the world. 1986, in the 29th Grammy Awards, the award of "Best New Century Record of the Year" was added, which was the first time that the new era clearly became one of the music categories.
Ireland is the birthplace of music in the new era, and Enya is the most important representative. Speaking of Enya, many people will be familiar with it. She ranks among the top ten best-selling female singers in the world with a record sales miracle of 80 million worldwide. It is said that her music contains Celtic elements, and magical musical features are the most important essence of New Age.
The greatest charm of music in the new era is to give the audience a great imagination. You can ride freely in the infinite imagination without the limitation of form. 198 1 year, a saxophone player named Poe Venter practiced it: he refused to take a bus, insisted on being a vegetarian, and finally hid in the forest, screaming at wolves with his saxophone, and pursued the harmony between man and nature. Later, he was recognized as the godfather of new era music.
After reading the introduction above, if you think, "I have never heard of Enya or the messy new age music." It's crazy that someone screamed at the wolf with a saxophone. Is this concert good? "
Next, let's mention a well-known name, and you may admit that you are wrong. This is Bandry.
Anyone who has heard of Bandari's music knows that its most fascinating feature is that it is beautiful and quiet, born out of the fairyland-like scenery of lakes and mountains, beautiful and fascinating.
Never think that Bandley is an excellent pianist. This is a music project that originated in Bandari and gathered a group of talented young people. The backbone Oliver Schwartz is versatile. He is not only good at all kinds of musical instruments, but also familiar with advanced digital sampling technology, recording the sound of nature in great detail into a clear and incomparable sound quality. It is said that once members of Bandari begin to plan new music, they will live in the Alps until the master tape is completed. In order to collect the sounds of nature, they work hard and sometimes have to wait for months. Because of this, their unique sound effects can be vividly presented to the world. From this point of view, the guy who screamed at the wolf with a saxophone is not incomprehensible. Although people's initial actions were weird, they were the first to win the reputation of "godfather of new era music".
In fact, Bandari's unconventional music, fresh and natural charm, can not be separated from the credit of electronic synthesis technology. In the simple and smooth melody, they added the intention and popular elements of nature through synthesis technology. They belong to the new era music and are not entirely original by pianists.