Overview of Big Ben
Big Ben, also known as this song, is a unique folk rap art of Bai nationality, which was developed on the basis of folk songs. Widely popular in the Bai area around Erhai Lake.
Bai people love Big Ben. In traditional national festivals, such as Spring Festival, Torch Festival, Epiphany Festival and Zhongyuan Festival, folk singers are invited to sing in the village. People usually sing Big Ben at weddings, birthdays and new houses. People get together to listen, often attracted by stories and don't want to leave. Bai nationality music. Popular in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. Based on folk songs, it has a long history. Where is the existing Ming Dynasty poet Yang Guilou? Mountain flower monument? The inscription of this poem is the genre of Big Ben. Bai people sing Big Ben every New Year or when they hold wedding and funeral ceremonies. If you want to sing Big Ben all night on the eve of the funeral, then call it? Hall sacrifice? . At first, Big Ben was sung by one person and accompanied by three strings. Mainly in white, also in Chinese. After the founding of New China, it continued to innovate, focusing on duet and chorus, and added erhu, Qin Yue and other accompaniment instruments. The singer has props such as awakening wood, fans and handkerchiefs. Big Ben can sing anywhere, or build a flower stand (also called a colorful stage) to sing on the stage.
The lyrics of Big Ben consist of three seven sentences and 1 five sentences. Mountain flower body? Most commonly used. In addition, there are several formats with 5 sentences, 6 sentences, 7 sentences and 3 sentences as a section. Most of them are from the south and the north. The southern accent is euphemistic, the voice is flat and black, the crab tone, the old sparrow tone and so on. Nine boards and eighteen notes? ; The northern dialect is relatively simple, with [orthodox], [crisp], [crab tune] and [sparrow tune]? Nine boards and thirteen cavities? . Traditional plays include Burning Song Ming Tower and The Story of White King adapted from Bai folk stories, while modern plays include The Gate of Socialism, Dali is a Good Place, Unforgettable Enjoyment and Hatred.
The Performance Form of Big Ben
Big Ben, also known as Benqu, is a unique folk rap art of Bai people, which is widely popular in Bai areas around Erhai Lake.
Big Ben is a kind of rap art with lyrics as the main part and Daobai as the auxiliary part. Lyrics follow white poems? Three seven one five? The rhythm is that one person sings with a flower fan or handkerchief, and one person plays the three-string accompaniment. A table and two stools constitute a performance scene. This song can sing long stories with different characters and plots. The lyrics are all in white, and most of the poems with white rhyme in the middle are in Chinese.
The structure of "Song Ben" explains a complete story in the way that performers sing a variety of roles themselves. Big Ben has a mature development in music and performing arts, forming a complete sound cavity system, known as? Three cavities, nine boards and eighteen tones? . Three schools: three-cavity general guide cavity, northern cavity and Haidong cavity; Nanqiang music has nine boards and eighteen tones, which are euphemistic and soft; North cavity and nine boards; Thirteen-cavity, high-pitched and thick. Jiuban is a qupai used to express various emotions such as joy, anger, sadness, joy, shock, fear and resentment, such as high cavity, crisp board, positive board, flat board, small crying board, crying board, yin and yang board, side board and punching board. Eighteen tunes are minor tunes interspersed with emotions, such as memorial tune, sparrow tune, flower spectrum tune, Taoist sentiment, herding sheep tune, flower tune, yin-yang tune and so on.
Characteristics of Big Ben Song
The singing form of Big Ben is a sitting performance, usually sung by one person with three strings. Singers only use a folding fan and a towel as simple props, and sometimes they sing alone. Big Ben can sing long stories with different characters and plots. The lyrics are all in white, and most of the poems with white rhyme in the middle are in Chinese.
Singers have props such as awakening wood, fans and handkerchiefs. They can sing anywhere and perform on stage. Big Ben's singing method is divided into two schools: North and South. Is South euphemistic? Tablet? 、? Black net? 、? Old sparrow tune? Waiting for nine boards and eighteen tones; Northern cavity is still simple, right? Positive board? 、? Brittle board? 、? Crab tune? It is equal to nine boards and thirteen cavities. The mountain flower style with three 7 sentences and 1 5 sentences is the most commonly used, and there are several formats with five sentences, six sentences, seven sentences and three 10 sentences as a section [1].
Big Ben has three tunes, nine boards and eighteen tunes, namely, south tune, north tune and Haidong tune. Nanqiang music has nine boards and eighteen tones, which are euphemistic and soft; North cavity and nine boards; Thirteen-cavity, high-pitched and thick. Singing has formed a set of tone series with stable function and combination, including intonation series, which expresses joy, anger, sadness and joy; There is a narrative series, which expresses narration, accusation, figures and remarks. In addition, there are a large number of independent qupai and minor.
What is the main rhyme of Big Ben? Flowers? Flowers? 、? Fishing? 、? Oil, oil? 、? Cui Yinyin? Four major rhymes, each of which is divided into several minor rhymes according to the phonetic characteristics of the Bai nationality. What is the sentence pattern of Big Ben? Three sentences, seven sentences, fifteen sentences? [2] 。
Big Ben is a long story sung with music, certain characters and plot structure in Bai folk art, and each rap book is completed once, which lasts about two to four hours.
Big Ben originated from Duan Zongbang, the emperor who loved the people sacrificed by the Bai people in Three Souls Surrounding. Nanzhao unofficial history contains: Every village in No.71 Middle School has its own team. The leader is two men, * * * holding a big willow leaf, dancing, singing and dancing, entering the lead singer, bowing alone, and having their own songbooks, such as Sighing Five Tables and Cash Tree? .
When singing Big Ben, it is usually sung by one person, accompanied by three strings, sitting at the square table above the high platform, facing the audience when performing, and the props used are a folding fan, a handkerchief and a piece of wood. Because the content is rich and the story is tortuous.