Newspaper Selling Song is a popular children's song written by musician Nie Er in 1930s. The tune of music is simple, catchy, lively and smooth. With simple and vivid language and pungent and humorous style, it profoundly describes the tragic life and the desire for light of newsboys in the old society.
Newspaper song appreciation
The music adopts the typical form of "525" in the national mode. In the melody of the first song Lala, the repeated use of the "emblem" sound in the national mode is emphasized, and then the musical form of the whole phrase is composed of the notes of "35653235", which shows the lyrics "I am a small expert in selling newspapers" incisively and vividly.
The creation of the second sentence is original, instead of using the usual means of "repeating phrases", it directly enters the creation of development phrases. The note "35" in the first sentence has changed into "53" for further development and change, so the lyrics of the second sentence "Don't wait for the newspaper to be delivered tomorrow" use the development melody of "53532 132".
The next creation is more innovative. The note "322" is used in the lyrics "Walking", and "6 12" is used in the lyrics, which seems to echo the melody of "Lala, Lala, Lala" at the beginning of the song, and also seems to be the change form of the song development. If it is a creative echo, the composer skillfully echoes the beginning of the first phrase and the end of the second phrase at an oblique angle, that is, the beginning of the first phrase and the end of the corresponding second phrase, which is unique and refreshing in song creation.
The third phrase in song creation is the most difficult melody to write. Generally speaking, the third phrase should develop melody with climax change. The sentence "selling newspaper songs" is written naturally, and a very coherent and beautiful melody phrase is written perfectly. The climax is repeated, and it is used in the lyrics "Today's news is really good", which is completely different from the first two music sentences. Melody creation is a comfortable, complete and coherent writing form.
Therefore, the creation of the third phrase in Bao Ge is in sharp contrast with the previous coherent phrases, which constitutes the most beautiful melody in the whole song. Due to the excellent completion of the third sentence, the fourth sentence adopts the means of "imitation and repetition" in composition skills, and the composer uses the melody (5323) of the word "true" in the lyrics of the third sentence at the beginning of the fourth phrase.
And repeat the two imitations, and use them in the lyrics of "Seven Copper Coins" and "Just Bought", together with the lyrics of "Erbao", to create a beautiful singing ending sentence, which makes the whole song perfect and beautiful.