Music starts from the preparation stage of the war (from the camp to the team), the rhythm gradually increases from slow to fast, and the drums are simulated with pipa, which is magnificent; Then there is a percussion music, in which all the fingers are used to play the simulated horn sound. Then formation, sequencing and so on are all essential contents in ancient wars.
What is really exciting and intense is the fighting part (from ambush to Jiulishan War): the ambush shows the scene of heavy ambush and siege of the Chu army, followed by small-scale fighting in Jiming Mountain, and Jiulishan War is the climax of the whole song.
Using the superb and complicated twisting skills of the pipa, the tragic war is truly reproduced: Ma Si, sword slapping, horse crying, shouting and so on, which is soul-stirring. A long pipa wheel in the middle simulates the sound of a flute, vaguely revealing the news of Xiang Yu's defeat.
The final outcome (Xiang Yu lost to the end): Xiang Yu committed suicide, and Liu Bang won a great victory, which made him extremely sad. The whole song is magnificent, full of the chilling voice of Jin Ge Tiema.
General situation of circulation
Among the existing materials, the earliest recorded pipa scores of House of Flying Daggers are Huaqiuping Pipa Score (first edition 18 19, full name "The True Story of the Pipa Score of the North and South School") and Jushilin Pipa Score (Jushilin Score for short). Followed by Tan Cao Ji (1842 transcript), Chen Pipa's score, and Pipa's score (first edition 1895, full name "New Pipa Score of the Thirteen North and South Schools", referred to as "Li Pu");
Then, Yingzhou Ancient Tune (19 16), Pipa Book of Yangzhengxuan (first edition 1926) and Pipa Book of Wang Yuting. Among the above-mentioned pipa music scores, there are Ju Shilin's Pipa Music Score, Chen's Pipa Music Score and Yingzhou Ancient Tune.
Ten Faces is referred to as Huapipa and Yangpipa for short. Some renamed Huaiyin Pingchu, such as Li Fangyuan's Pipa Spectrum and Wang Yuting's Pipa Spectrum (after renamed Huaiyin Pingchu, the words "flying daggers" were added to the title).
Different schools of House of Flying Daggers have different notation and performances. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were different performances and biographies of Wuxi School, Pinghu School, Chongming School, Pudong School and Wang School. Among them, Wuxi school is based on Fahrenheit spectrum, Pinghu school is based on Lee spectrum, Chongming school is based on Yingzhou ancient tune, Pudong school is based on Jushilin spectrum and Yangpu spectrum, and Wang school is eclectic with Pudong school.
However, after the 1970s, music mostly adopted the music score of pipa player Liu Dehai. There are two versions of Liu Dehai's grades: 1976 is shorter; 1982 has been sorted out and adjusted in some paragraphs.