Legend has it that in ancient times, floods were terrible and drowned all mankind. Only two brothers and sisters, Sean and Zhang Mei, sat in the gourd and let them go with the flow, and survived. The two brothers and sisters became husband and wife, thus giving birth to human beings. In memory of their ancestors, their descendant Peng Zu gathered 800 young people to play pipa and sing at the same time. The melody is beautiful and harmonious, which touched the seven fairies in the Heavenly Palace to play the piano and sing every day. Their songs enveloped the whole Dong people, thus teaching the whole Dong family to form such a perfect Dong pipa.
Dong people call the songs accompanied by pipa "pipa music". In the vast Dong area, everyone can play the pipa and sing the pipa song. Pipa is a treasure of Dong culture. It is said that there are more than 100 kinds of tunes, which are divided into major and minor. In addition to traditional tunes, pipa is mostly a lyric song praising love, and the lyrics are mostly improvised according to the tunes. Pipa not only accompanied the song, but also plucked the introduction and the introduction. Although this improvisation can be long or short, excellent pipa players can play extremely gorgeous and moving doors and intros.
When playing the Dong Pipa, people usually sit in a sitting position, with the piano box on their right leg, the piano head tilted to the left, the left hand holding the piano to press the strings, and the right hand holding the bamboo or horn pick. It can also be played on the move. The tune of the Dong pipa is eight degrees higher than that of the big pipa. The pronunciation is bright and round, and the timbre is soft and sweet. It can not only accompany beautiful and lyrical love songs and minor tunes in Pipa music, but also accompany Dong narrative Pipa music, which is deeply loved by Dong youth. Both men and women can play and sing by themselves, which is especially suitable.
Play or accompany a female chorus. It can also be used for solo or accompaniment of Dong Opera. In some areas, cattle leg piano is also used in the accompaniment of pipa to enhance the harmony effect of accompaniment.
Not only should we sing in the karaoke bars, but after dinner, everyone will sit around the gate of the village Committee, and male and female singers will play and sing until late at night.
Classification of Dong Pipa
Due to the different spread areas, the shapes of Dong pipa are not uniform, which are mainly divided into three types: large, medium and small.
Due to the different spread areas, the shapes of Dong pipa are also very different, which are mainly divided into three types: large, medium and small. For the big pipa, the * * * sound box is inverted peach-shaped, and the upper part of the piano head is larger. Zhang Sixian, the middle two chords have the same degree, and the pitch is (d 1, e 1, b 1) or (d 1, e 1, a 1.
The middle pipa is rectangular, inverted trapezoid or inverted peach, with four strings or five strings. The four-string pitch is (d 1, e 1, e 1, b 1), and the five-string pitch (two tenors and tenors have the same degree) is (d 1).
Pipa, about 60 cm long, is mainly used for ditty accompaniment, with three or four strings, with three strings being (f 1, g 1, d2) or (f 1, g 1) and four strings being (f). When playing, the left hand holds the piano to press the strings, and the right hand holds the horn or bamboo stick to play the strings, which can be solo, ensemble or accompanied by Dong people's songs and dances.
Dong people call the songs accompanied by pipa "pipa music", which is a treasure of Dong culture. It is said that there are 100 kinds of tunes. In addition to traditional tunes, most of them are lyric songs praising love, and most of the lyrics are improvised according to the tunes. Excellent pipa players can not only accompany songs with pipa, but also play extremely gorgeous and moving doors and intros.