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The structure of the Qiyang ditty
The structure of the Qiyang ditty has a single body and an incomplete structure of the body of the two types of songs, single body that is a song, repeatedly sung the words to tell the story, the name of a song that is the name of a Qiyang ditty. There is a symmetrical structure of two sentences above and below the single tune body, and there is also a short square plastic four phrases for a section of the tune body structure. Although the tune is short, artists use expansion, plus flowers, changes in the repetition and run cavity, plus a variety of techniques, so that you sing and not tired of listening to and not tired of; the other is not complete the structure of the body of the joint quartet, which is neither a single quartet, but also non-quartet linkage, that is, a quartet is the main one, adding more than one quartet or paragraph composition, this declaration material "tune selection This declaration material "tune selection" in the "brother and sister production" is by the "out of the door tune", "to learn money", "Yu Shi Chuan" and other three single song from the association.
The three singing forms of Qiyang Xiaojiao
1, Qiyang Xiaojiao singing form, more often than not, a woman sings, a man accompanied by the form of duet singing. That is, the female hand holding a dish standing, the male sitting and pulling the erhu, the two singing, the movement is not large, focusing on the facial expression of the two. Such as 1956 Qiyang artists Zhu Dunxiang, Zhu Meixiu to Beijing to participate in the National Folk Music, Dance Concert, and into the Zhongnanhai performance of Qiyang Xiaojiao "five more to stay in the Lang" is sung in this form, well received by the masses.
2, the second form of singing is a man holding a flower fan, a woman holding a small handkerchief, the two sing and dance in the form of duet singing, sometimes the male half-squatting under the pile, around the female singing while playing circles, lively and fun.
3, the third form of singing is sitting singing, with a small silk string band accompaniment, the singer sits in front of the band singing, this form of singing Qiyang silk string ditty. 1956 Qiyang 80-year-old artist Yang Meisheng, to participate in the Hunan Provincial Rural Literature and Arts Performance Qiyang ditty "haunted by the five nights," won the Outstanding Performance Award.
4, the fourth form of singing is singing, this form is the seventies after the development of the general performance by 8-12 people, set of singing, talking, counting together, the form of lively, 1976 and 1995, two performances in Beijing Qiyang Xiao Xiaojiao "Barefoot Song" and "Night Song" is sung in this form of singing, very popular with the masses.
Qiyang Xiaojiao is one of the national excellent varieties of music and art, has been "Chinese music and art - Hunan Volume", "Chinese music and art music integration, Hunan Volume", "China's folk songs into a collection, Hunan Volume", "Encyclopedia of China, opera and music and art volume", "Chinese Music Dictionary" and other scientific research projects income. At the same time, because Qiyang Xiaojiao similar to Changsha flower drum opera, not only the local color is rich, and closest to the people's life, so, since the founding of new China, artists in the inheritance of Qiyang Xiaojiao under the premise of Qiyang Xiaojiao, drawing on Qiyang Xiaojiao's material, the new Qiyang Xiaojiao repertoire, which serves the reality of life, the development of Hunan culture have played a very positive role.