"The Moon is High" Li Yansong's Silk String Pipa Play

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"Moon's High" mainly describes the process of the moon rising to the west. There are vast sea waves and trickling streams; there are quiet courtyards and vast fields; there are clear blue sky, little stars, rushing rivers, and cool winds; there are exquisite descriptions of the real world. , and a beautiful imagination of the world in the moon. The whole picture is scorching silver, poetic and hazy, intoxicating. The whole song is divided into twelve sections.

In the first paragraph, the slow-moving melody ascends layer by layer, like a bright moon rising from the sea, bringing people into a hazy and changing artistic conception. The second melody is like a song, decorated with the fingering of "chanting, kneading, pushing and pulling" with the left hand, which is very charming and reminiscent of the graceful dance. In the third and fifth stanzas, when the melody is repeated, the expanded musical material that grows up is inserted after the first sentence, so that the music develops. When the second melody is reproduced at the end, the fifth stanza is doubled down, and a "tail" is added, ending on the feather sound. The fourth paragraph makes structural changes and expansions in the introductory sequence of the first and scattered plates. The sixth to the ninth stanzas are free variations of the singing theme in the front, the speed is increased, the rhythm is changeable, the melody is lively and jumping, and it has the characteristics of traditional singing and dancing music. The music presents an obvious layered development, just like a lively dance scene with rolling sleeves and flying steps. From the tenth to the twelfth stanzas, the melody is raised broadly and played with the "long wheel" fingering. Then use the "Tang Dan" technique to play a brisk and fast tone, which is full of life. In the last paragraph, a microcosm of the first paragraph of the introduction material is presented, followed by the repetition of the sound pattern with variable speed, which is full of drama. Finally, the first sentence of the whole song is used as the ending phrase of the whole song, which describes the jade rabbit sinking to the west, and the surrounding is quiet.

The whole song is simple and moving, euphemistic and lingering, elegant and gorgeous, with strong dance, quite the charm of the Tang Dynasty.

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Li Tingsong was originally from Suzhou, Jiangsu. In his youth, he loved folk music. He studied from the famous Pipa master Wang Yuting, and was highly valued by his teacher.
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Pipa (pinyin: pí pa), the first plucked instrument, is a traditional plucked instrument in East Asia, a plucked stringed musical instrument. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is half-pear-shaped and has four strings on the top. It was originally made of silk thread, but now it is mostly made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon.

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