Top Ten Famous Pieces for Solo Flute: "Gusu Xing", "Spring to Xiangjiang River", "Joyful Encounter", "Pastoral Flute", "Little Cowherd", "Herdsmen's New Song", "Partridge Fly", "Yellow Warbler Bright Wings", "Five Clappers", "Whip the Horse Busy with Bread".
1, "Gusu Xing"
"Gusu Xing" is a flute player, composer Jiang Xianwei in 1962, a flute song, is a by the majority of the people by the masses of the bamboo flute classic song. It is a classic piece of bamboo flute music which is loved by the masses. The piece is named as a tour of Suzhou (ancient name of Gusu), and the whole piece expresses the beautiful scenery of the ancient city of Suzhou and the pleasant mood of people during the tour.
The piece has a beautiful and friendly melody, an elegant and soothing style, an easy and fast rhythm, and a concise and complete structure, making it one of the representative pieces of the southern school of bamboo flute.
2. Spring to Xiangjiang River
Spring to Xiangjiang River is a famous piece of bamboo flute composed by Mr. Ning Baosheng in 1976, and another guzheng player Wang Zhongshan adapted a guzheng piece according to it. Since its introduction, it has aroused a warm response from the majority of flute players in the country and received special favor from flute enthusiasts for its distinctive characteristics of Hunan flower-drum music and its sometimes passionate, sometimes smooth and elegant melody.
3. Joyful Encounter
Joyful Encounter is a flute solo piece composed by Feng Zicun in the 1950s, with the structure of the piece being a variation of a common folk instrumental piece. It was originally composed as a folk piece in Inner Mongolia, but later spread to the Zhangjiakou area, where it became the transitional music for local operas such as Hebei Opera and Er Ren Tai, and was often used as an accompaniment to the actions of the characters in the operas such as going to the bridal chamber and wiping off the dust.
4, "Pastoral Flute"
"Pastoral Flute" was composed in 1958. It was adapted by Liu Sen from the dance music written by Liu Chih for the duo dance "Pastoral Flute". It expresses the beautiful life of young people in the countryside in the 1950s, and can be called "New Little Cowherd".
5. Little Cowherd
"Little Cowherd" is a Chinese folk instrumental piece. Originally a "Blowing Cavity" piece from the Kunqu opera, it is a representative piece of the southern song flute played by flute soloist Lu Chunling and others.
6, "New Song of the Herdsmen"
"New Song of the Herdsmen" is a tune composed by Jane Guangyi in 1966, using the tones of the folk songs of Ikezhaomeng League in Inner Mongolia as the material. The work is a rich and fresh style of folk music, friendly and touching melody, lively rhythm to show the Inner Mongolia prairie scenery and pastures on a vibrant and happy scene, showing the spirit of the new era of herdsmen.
7, "Partridge Fly"
Partridge Fly is one of the main representative repertoire of the Jiangnan flute, originally Hunan folk music, the sheet music was first seen in 1926 Yan Gufan prepared by the Chinese Yalu Collection, which contains "Partridge Fly" of the solution to the title is: "xiao, small work tune. It is not appropriate to use a flute for this piece; it is better to use an instrument with a lower sound, which seems to be elegant and melodious."
But later the song was popularized in Jiangnan in various forms such as silk and bamboo music ensemble, xiao solo, etc., and the version played with flute instead became such a famous song. The song has been adapted by many masters of folk music, among which the versions adapted by Mr. Lu Chunling and Mr. Zhao Songting are the best, and the version adapted by Mr. Lu Chunling is even regarded as one of the top ten famous songs for the flute.
8, "The Yellow Warbler Shining Wings"
This piece is based on the Shanxi Opera's "The Great Rescue". It depicts a yellow warbler flying freely in the clear sky.
9, "Wu Bang Bang"
Wu Bang Bang is a flute solo piece adapted by Feng Zicun from the traditional folk music of North China, and it is a representative piece of the Northern Bang Bang flute. The original piece is beautiful and bright, enthusiastic and unrestrained, with a beautiful and robust tune.
It embodies people's praise for the good life, and is often used in opera. After Feng Zicun's finishing and processing, the piece is given a rough and bold, enthusiastic personality, and the arrangement and use of the special techniques of the bangdian flute make the piece have a strong local color, and it is widely loved by the public.
10, "Raise Whip and Urge Horse to Carry Grain Busy"
"Raise Whip and Urge Horse to Carry Grain Busy" is a piece of flute solo composed by Wei Xianzhong in October 1969, based on the folk music style of Northeast China. The piece is based on northeastern folk music style and is one of the representative pieces of the new school of flute. The piece is enthusiastic and bright, with vivid and simple musical language, depicting the scene of peasants after a good harvest, driving their grain-laden carts to sell grain to the state in a joyful manner.
The horse's hooves beat the knuckles, the wheels sing, and the happy farmer whips his horse, spreading the joy of the harvest on the path of grain transportation.