Su Chang's Guzheng performance in "Falling Curtain" is from the Guzheng ensemble album "Chang Xiang Zheng Group".
Chang Xiang Zheng Group - Guzheng Ensemble Album was officially released by Beijing Global Audio & Video Publishing Co., LTD on June 21, 2022 (Summer Solstice).
Su Chang, associate professor of the Department of Folk Music of the Central Conservatory of Music, is a famous zither performer and the artistic director of Chang Xiang Zither Troupe. The Chang Xiang Zheng Troupe was planned and formed by Su Chang in 2017. The average age of members of the troupe is 18 years old, and the youngest member is 11 years old. It is composed of undergraduates from the Central Conservatory of Music and affiliated High School students. "Chang Xiang Zheng Group - Guzheng Ensemble Album" is a project supported by the Scientific Research Office of the Central Conservatory of Music. It has been published for two years. It is a gift to students on the 5th anniversary of Su Chang Yu Zheng Group. This album, led by teacher Su Chang and 14 students, gathered outstanding composers from all over the country and collected 14 pieces with different styles. It includes traditional music, modern music, transplanted and adapted Western music and original works of students. The Changxiang Zheng Group is committed to carrying forward traditional Chinese culture, showing the charm of the guzheng, and trying to make the Guzheng with a history of more than 2,000 years radiate new style in various forms.
"Falling Curtain", Guangdong music, arranged by Chen Peixin
"Falling Curtain" is a traditional Guangdong music sketch, is also a melodic technique. Inverted curtain melody technique that melody from high and low down, smooth euphemism. The music "inverted curtain" is named after the high and low orderly melody technique of inverted curtain, and applied to the whole piece. The music style is lively and smart, and the melody is fresh and elegant. This version is a guzheng duet based on the original form of the traditional Guangdong music "Falling Curtain". It highlights the sense of "big beads and small pearls falling on the jade plate" by playing the high and low scales in turn between overtones and parts. At the same time, the left hand is rich in kneading, showing the charm of Guangdong music.