Yi folk music "Guest Tune" from the album "Music Map of China to hear Yunnan Yi Folk music Collection"

Keeping the Guests Tune. Keeping the guests tune

Folk music Nationality: Yi Nationality Region: Chuxiong, Wuding, Yunnan

Aw: Zhang Wenjun

The Yi nationality has too rich folk songs, according to the tunes can be divided into climbing the mountain tune, entering the door tune, welcoming guests tune, staying guests tune, eating wine tune, wedding tune, mourning tune and so on.

This guest tune is played by "Ah Wu", which is a crescent shaped or diamond shaped edge air singing instrument made of clay and mud, like the Xun, spread among the Sama branch of the Yi people and Zijun. Its sound is sad, distant and quiet, like the "whine" of the wind whistle through the hole.

When Yi people are reluctant to leave the guests, blowing Ah Wu, the music is like holding the guests' clothing belt reluctantly, affecting the heart, even if you go far away, it still comes far away, affecting you, retaining you, deep feeling far away.