"Flying Song" is a mountain song of the Miao ethnic group.
"Flying Song" is a kind of Miao song, popular in the areas of Taijiang, Jianhe and Kaili. The song is most beautiful in the Shidong area of Taijiang. Flying Song" has a high and loud tone, bold and unrestrained, bright and fast, and when sung, the sound vibrates the valley, with a strong infectious force. This song is mostly sung by young women, sometimes, young men also sing, solo less. Whenever there is a Sisters' Festival on the 15th day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar, the Doki Dragon Boat Festival in May, the Miao New Year in October, and Miao marriages and other festivals and celebrations, they usually sing "Flying Songs" to express their joys and celebrations.
"Flying Song" tunes are Hanging Ding, Kaitang, Wanshui three:
1, Hanging Ding Flying Song is popular in the Bala River Basin, the four microtonal folk songs, the character of the robust, bright, enthusiastic, unrestrained.
2. Kaitang Flying Song is mainly popular in Kaitang, Weng Xiang, and the area around the ground Wu, belonging to the four-tone scales of the plumed folk songs, with a melody that is largely the same, the two voices appearing one after the other, and a facsimile of a two-part reprise and chorus. The high register is placed in any extended position, high and bright, cheerful and exciting.
3. Wanshui Flying Song, popular in the area of Wanshui, Wanchao and Fushan north of the Qingshui River, is a four-tone Gongtong folk song. The melody is a continuous four and five degree jump, and the tone pattern runs through the whole song. The music ends on a low note.
Contents of Flying Songs:
Each song is usually around thirty lines. There are often three-word phrases, five-word phrases, seven-word phrases, eight-word phrases and so on in a song, but most are five-word phrases. The tunes of Fei Song have a roughly fixed score, and the length and speed of the beat have a roughly fixed format, but sometimes they can be played on the basis of the original, with a slower beginning in a song, the first line being fast and then slow, with the dragging sound getting higher and longer, the second line being fast and then slow but with the dragging sound getting lower and longer, and then from the third line onwards or from the fourth line onwards, starting to sing at a medium speed and then gradually speeding up, and then using a fast legato when singing the main part of the song. After the climax, a small part of the song is sung with a slow and gradual trailing tone, which is close to the end. Singing to the end, one or two lines, drag gradually low and long, flying song at the beginning of a sentence or two, the middle near the climax of a few sentences before the end of a sentence or two, generally have drag. Singers can drag the sound as much as they want, and the length of the drag is determined by the length of the singer's breath.
Hmong:
The Hmong are an ancient ethnic group scattered all over the world, mainly in China's provinces and regions of Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Qiong, as well as in Southeast Asia's Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and other countries and regions.
The Miao have their own language, the Miao language belongs to the Miao and Yao language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, the Miao language branch, divided into three major dialects: western Hunan, eastern Guizhou and Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan. Due to the long-term interaction between the Miao and the Han Chinese, some of the Miao are fluent in Chinese and use the Chinese language. The religious beliefs of the Miao are mainly nature worship and ancestor worship.
The music of the Miao people is rich and full of the vivid interest of folk life, which is a reflection of the social life of the Miao people, and it consists of two major parts, namely, folk songs and folk instrumental music. According to the social function and genre of the Miao folk songs can be divided into: mountain songs, wine songs, wedding songs, narrative songs and other categories. Mountain song is the most free genre of Miao social life, it can be sung in Chinese as well as in Miao, and there is also a greater degree of randomness in the arrangement and singing. It is a form of singing that is necessary for the Miao to catch up with the market, sing songs, visit friends and relatives, and talk about love, which is widely circulated and has a great influence. In addition to the richness of the Miao folk songs, there are many unique musical instruments and a large number of music. *** with the national character trait of "being able to sing and dance". The most representative instruments are the reed-sheng and suona.