On the afternoon of August 3, the melodious sound of the piano and the laughter and laughter of the audience floated in the Hubei Building located on Zhongguancun South Street in Beijing. The series of activities of the "Popular Dulcimer Art in the New Era" branch of the National Music Education Conference were held here. Beijing "Little Jasmine" Yangqin Art Troupe, the Central Conservatory of Music "Jasmine" Yangqin Ensemble's premiere work, New Era Yangqin Development Roundtable Forum, "Jasmine" Series Bass Yangqin First Show and World Yangqin Frontier Information Sharing / Time and Space Dialogue Douyin Dulcimer anchors have been launched one after another, with splendid performances, insightful insights into the development of dulcimer, sharing of cutting-edge information on international dulcimer art, and live chat on Douyin, making the live piano children, parents and music lovers feast their ears and benefit a lot.

Showing teaching achievements, big and small "jasmine" blooming

At the beginning of the event, the children of the Beijing "Little Jasmine" Yangqin Art Troupe performed "Jimmy, Come!", "Bach Meets Beethoven", "Nursery Rhymes", and "Always Be Together" arranged by young composer Chen Yunyun. "Variations on a Theme of Paganini" (arranged by Liu Li) and other works. The beautiful melody enchanted the audience, and the warm applause continued.

The "Jasmine" Yangqin Ensemble of the Central Conservatory of Music presented a number of original works with superb skills, including the Yangqin Quintet "Silk Road Jasmine" composed by the young composer Zhang Shile, the Yangqin Duo "Libra" composed by Chen Yunyun, and the Central Conservatory of Music. Young composer Li Bochan composed the dulcimer quartet "Running Rain", and the dulcimer sextet "Italian Style" arranged by Sun Xiaosong.

"The performance of 'Little Jasmine' is very imposing, with precise pitch and rhythm, strong and full timbre, and very good breathing coordination. It is hard to imagine that the oldest of these children is only 11 years old, and such a difficult work as "Variations on a Theme of Paganini" They are all performed from memory. The performance of the Yangyin 'Big Jasmine' is exquisite, mature and elegant, fully demonstrating the outstanding teaching achievements of Professor Liu Yuening, the 'Jasmine' Orchestra and the team of the dulcimer Art Education Alliance inside and outside the Beijing school." Watching the performance on the spot Chen Fengling, an associate professor of dulcimer at the School of Music of Capital Normal University, said that over the years, Professor Liu Yuening has trained many young professional dulcimer performers and art educators, and has made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of China's dulcimer career in the new era.

Pushing original and new works to enrich the artistic connotation of dulcimer

Zhang Honghong, deputy editor-in-chief of the Music Department of Modern Publishing House, believes that in recent years, Chinese national instrumental music represented by dulcimer has received more and more attention. In the future, to continue to promote the development of national music, not only the efforts of performers, but also the strong support of professional creative groups is needed. She called on composers to create more good works for dulcimer.

The conductor and composer Yang Chunlin, who has composed two classic works of dulcimer solos "The Dance of the Birds" and "Sky", and Zhang Chun, a professor of the Composition Department of the School of Music, Minzu University of China, said that the dulcimer has a wide range, beautiful timbre, and its shape and size are very suitable for China. People play, and will work hard to create new works for dulcimer in the future.

Chen Jinbiao, a Hong Kong composer who wrote the atonal dulcimer ensemble "Gon Snow", said that in recent years, after coming into contact with Professor Liu Yuening's "Jasmine Flower" Ensemble and "Little Jasmine" Art Troupe, he was not only very surprised to find his superb performance. The performance level is unique at home and abroad. At the same time, I have a deeper understanding of the dulcimer instrument - the dulcimer is very expressive and relatively easy to get started. People of all ages can learn to play and have great potential for development. In the future, I will continue to explore new works of different styles and types for dulcimer.

Develop new musical instruments to promote the development of dulcimer art

Most of the people's inherent impression of the dulcimer's tone is "crisp, clear like gurgling spring water". However, a "Jasmine" bass dulcimer displayed at the event that day has a mellow and deep sound, which amazes the audience, and everyone stepped forward to try it out. . The shape of this bass dulcimer is similar to the two dulcimers of Jelly and Molly. The body is longer and the resonance box is larger; the phoneme arrangement is reasonable, the semitones are complete, and the sound range reaches two octaves. It can be adapted to conventional playing methods. The improvement of the upper strings makes the sound deeper and more resonant. The volume of the double dulcimer is in a harmonious proportion in the combination, not obtrusive, not bulky and bulky, realizing the industry's expectations for the sound effect of the double dulcimer.

"During the development of dulcimer chamber music, we have never stopped exploring the sound of dulcimer, and new products are constantly emerging. For example, the previously developed portable 'Jasmine' series of dulcimers are more suitable for families in big cities, and are very useful for parents and children. Attractive. The patented product 'Jasmine' series bass dulcimer will be launched recently, which is developed by players and manufacturers for many years." Liu Yuening, the first patentee of the bass dulcimer, said that the bass dulcimer is a side-by-side two-pedal system, with a distinctive shape Design and strong professionalism; the action tool (bass bamboo) is currently under development and will be available soon.

Extensive realization of aesthetic education functions with the help of new media

"The seats in the concert hall are limited, but the online live streaming of the concert can reach millions or even tens of millions, and the dissemination power is very strong." Zhou Tingting, a yangqin player of the Central Chinese Orchestra, recently performed on Douyin and the Central Music Chinese Chamber Orchestra. Member Ye Yuzhao cooperated with dulcimer to play dulcimer with four hands. The first live broadcast attracted more than 100,000 viewers. Many viewers left a message online excitedly: I didn’t expect dulcimer to be played like this. I didn’t expect dulcimer to be so good. inherent impression.

Feng Ruyuan, a dulcimer with the Chinese Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music, said that at present, young performers should not only improve their professional skills, but also adapt to the needs of social development and use new media and new languages to spread the art of dulcimer. For example, many audiences have come to know the dulcimer instrument through the movie "Glitter Girl". If you make good use of multimedia such as film and television and online short video platforms to promote the art of dulcimer, it will be both professional and entertaining, and the effect will be very good.

"Over the years, Liu Yuening has cooperated with dulcimer art masters and educators from different systems in Iran, India, Hungary, Switzerland, etc. to hold a series of activities, sharing Chinese dulcimer art around the world, and made a lot of contributions in cross-cultural exchanges." Central Music Zhang Lexin, Deputy Director of the Office of the Confucius Institute for Music Studies, introduced that dulcimer has a natural cross-cultural communication feature - Europe, West Asia, India, China and other countries all have dulcimer. These different types of dulcimer have both commonalities and different personalities. Therefore, Chinese dulcimer has both It can be disseminated vertically to the younger generation, and can also be disseminated and communicated horizontally to the whole world, so as to realize "the beauty of each and the beauty of each other".

Wang Jing, head of the instrumental music teaching and research group of the Children's Palace East District, Fengtai District, Beijing, believes that dulcimer has played an increasingly important role in aesthetic education, and more and more children are learning Chinese national instrumental music such as dulcimer. The art of dulcimer is highly inclusive and can be learned by children of all ages. The earlier the learning of dulcimer the better, it is of great benefit to improving artistic literacy.