General's Order: a magnificent epic in the famous Guzheng music

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General's Order is a famous Guzheng song full of ambition. It reproduces the heroic deeds of the warriors on the ancient battlefield with its passionate melody and sonorous rhythm. This song is not only extremely demanding in technology, but also rich in emotional expression, which has become a rare classic in traditional Chinese music. Next, we will delve into the artistic charm of "General Order" and the deep meaning behind it.

General's Order: a magnificent epic in the famous Guzheng music

1. Background and creation of songs

"General's Order" originally originated from the music material of ancient folk, and later, after the adaptation and interpretation of many guzheng masters, it gradually became a widely influential guzheng song. One of the most famous versions was adapted by Mr. Wang Xunzhi, a zither master of the Zhejiang School. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he incorporated the characteristics of guzheng techniques on the basis of the ensemble ancient music of the same name, making it one of the representative zither songs of the Zhejiang School.

Second, repertoire structure and performance skills

"General Order" is divided into six paragraphs and epilogue, each paragraph has its own theme and emotional color. The first section, with a large section of finger shaking and the unique techniques of the left hand, shows the battlefield atmosphere of drumming horns and trumpets. The following passages, through rich rhythm changes and the unique trill technique of the left hand, depict the image of a wise and brave general dancing his sword under the moon, and the scene of optimistic confidence and sharpness of the soldiers before the war. The climax of the song uses a large number of rapid techniques, such as the unique difficulty skills of Folie pie, as well as the skills of four points and communication, to push the battle scene to the climax. The final epilogue, with its powerful long shake and full chords, depicts the joyful scene of the triumphant return of war.

3. Artistic conception and artistic value of the repertoire

"General Order" is not only a song describing the ancient general's majestic style of mobilizing troops, but also shows the spirit of the ancient soldiers' battle, bloody struggle and death. The whole song is impassioned, sonorous and powerful, with distinct levels of passages. Through different playing techniques and emotional expression, it successfully creates a magnificent war epic. "General Order" not only has high technical requirements, but also a kind of inheritance and promotion of ancient Chinese culture and spirit.

4. Deduction and teaching of famous artists

Many famous guzheng players have performed "General's Order", including Fan Weiqing, Zhu Xuan and so on. These performers not only gave this piece of music new vitality with their exquisite skills, but also let more people know and learn this piece through teaching videos and lectures. For example, in the teaching video of the famous teacher MOOCs, the teachers analyzed the playing skills of the third part of the General Order in detail, including the fast marching of the left and right hands, the decomposition method of large pinches, and the processing of rhythmic tone shapes.

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Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

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