Muqam, Ushjak's Dastain Intermezza
Muqam is a traditional classical Daqu with a unified mode system, which is composed of songs, dances and music. It is mostly used in folk custom festivals, festive weddings and entertainment parties. His lyrics mostly reflect the content of love life, hating the dark forces and pursuing a happy life.Muqam in Uygur can be divided into three types: Kashgar Muqam, Duolang Muqam and Hami Muqam. Because there are 12 sets of Daqu, it is also called "Twelve Muqams". Ushjak Muqam is a set of Kashgar Muqam. This Daqu consists of three parts. The first part is Daqu (namely, Qiong Nai Emai); The second part consists of 3 ~ 4 narrative songs and 3 ~ 4 interludes. The third part is a song and dance suite composed of 2 ~ 7 songs. The narrative song is called "Dastain".
Ushjak Muqam Dastain Intermezza is an instrumental music. It begins with a very short introduction, played by the dulcimer. This was followed by a longer adagio, with a solo by Khusitar. This piece of music seems to be telling a beautiful story, with meditation and longing in it. With the transitional rhythm of tambourine, music enters a warm, cheerful and passionate artistic conception. This piece of music is played with flute, dulcimer, huxital, cello, tambourine and other instruments. The music ended in a happy atmosphere.
Spring in Xinjiang was written in 1956. The music adopts the music language of Uygur music style, which shows the happy life and jubilant optimism of Xinjiang people after the founding of New China. The feelings of the music are optimistic and straightforward, and the music thoughts are unrestrained and smooth. ?
The single trilogy structure of Spring in Xinjiang. The rhythm of the first part of the music changes from sparse to dense, and then it alternates between dense and dense. Its melody uses the method of homophony repetition and progressive, plus the powerful accompaniment sound of the piano and various playing techniques of the violin (such as: connecting the bow, splitting the bow, jumping the bow, decorating the sound, stressing, etc.), which shows a warm, cheerful, hearty and passionate musical mood. In the second phrase, the segmented short sound pattern and the alternating changes of in-situ mi and falling mi are used, thus forming a distinctive flavor. In the second part of the music, the accompaniment rhythm of tambourine in Xinjiang dance is used as the material, and the violin plays a dance melody with two tones: < P > This melody has been shown in D major and A major and then reached its climax. It can be said that the second part of the music gives people a strong impression of singing and dancing and celebrating the festival. After a cadenza (solo by violin), the music enters the third part. This part of the music basically reproduces the content of the first part, but it is different at the end. That is, there is an epilogue at the end. This piece of music is not only in the form of solo, but also in the form of violin ensemble and ensemble.