Chinese National Instrumental Suona Solo Famous Song "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix"

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The famous suona song "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" is a very representative piece of Chinese folk instrumental music. "Hundred Birds Chaofeng" is a folk wind and percussion ensemble known as "Drumbling Music" or "Drum Music". It was first popular in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Anhui and other places. The sound of birds and chirping sings praises to the beauty of nature, giving full play to the speciality of suona's good imitation. Its popular area is very wide, and there are different versions in Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Hebei and other places.

Chinese National Instrumental Suona Solo Famous Song

"A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" is a rare piece of music in the folk instrumental music solo, and it is also a milestone piece in our country's national instrumental music. This tune is beautiful and familiar to the public. In the process of playing, a lot of imitating the sound of birdsong. Using a lot of suona playing skills, it vividly depicts the scene of a hundred birds contending and singing in unison. There are birds singing and swallows dancing in the sound of the music, birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, a vivid natural scene. You can hear the yearning and pursuit of a free and beautiful life, and you can also feel the lively and rough life atmosphere.

"Hundred Birds Chaofeng" uses the unique pronunciation, portamento, tongue twist, finger flower, vibrato, as well as swallowing, spit, padding, hitting, wiping, pressing, etc., as well as tongue punching, air punching, etc. , rebound sound, anti-double spit, continuous sound, air lip and vibrato, finger air and vibrato and other difficult skills.

Chinese National Instrumental Suona Solo Famous Song

Since the "Hundred Birds and the Phoenix" was put on the stage, it has been processed and adapted many times. The original "Hundred Birds Chaofeng", which was circulated in the folk, has a loose structure and no climax. When improvising, the rooster crows, the hen lays an egg, and even the cry of a child is added at will. In the spring of 1953, the representative team from Heze Special Area of Shandong Province participated in the national performance as a suona solo and was warmly welcomed. When "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix" was selected to participate in the 4th World Youth Festival, it was later performed by Mr. Ren Tongxiang, a suona performer, and recorded by Mr. Chen Jiaqi before the popular version. Aiming at the defects of the original song, the bird calls were compressed, the chicken calls were deleted, and a splendid phrase was designed using the special cyclic ventilation method and the long tone technique. Afterwards, he won the silver medal in the Folk Music Competition at the 4th World Youth Festival. In the 1970s, on the basis of Ren Tongxiang's performance, he designed an introduction to present the artistic conception of a hundred birds singing in unison to enhance the musicality. He also expanded the cadenza phrases and used the quick double vomit performance technique to make the music more complete.

"A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is not only a suona song, but has also been adapted into guzheng, accordion, piano and so on. In the 1970s, Wang Jianzhong, a famous Chinese composer, composed a piano solo of the same name based on "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix". On the basis of retaining the characteristics of the original suona music, Wang Jianzhong combined the aesthetic methods and creative techniques of Western music to make adjustments to the melody and paragraph structure of the original music that are suitable for piano playing techniques. While absorbing the characteristics of suona playing, he also applied The development method of traditional Chinese music has been simplified and unified, and the harmony that is rich in national colors has been added.

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Suona (pinyin: suǒ nà) is a Chinese double-reed woodwind instrument. Also called Suannai, trumpet, advocacy. The traditional suona is composed of five parts: whistle, air card, intruder, rod and bowl.

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