Wang Yongde's "Confused Tunes" Erhu Performance Explained Kong Yanyan Demonstration
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"Fuzzy Tunes" is an erhu tune in the style of Shaanxi music. Mr. Lu Rirong used the local opera Yimeihu in Shaanxi for reference when he created it. Therefore, this piece is also called "Meihu Tunes". Meihu, also known as "fuzzy" or "quzi", belongs to a kind of rap music. The author uses Fufu cappella "Scissor Cut Flowers" and "Slow Xijing" as the music material, with Western music structure, after repeated, Modeling, contrasting, extending, compressing and adding new musical ideas have created this erhu solo piece with bright local colors, strong local flavor, and Shaanxi music style. The music uses the "happy singing" and "bitter singing" in Shaanxi opera to compare, fully expressing people's emotional ups and downs, positive attitude towards life and yearning for a better life in the future. The author's creation is rooted in life and drawn from folk, so the music is simple and easy to understand, and it sounds very intimate. Different regions have created different regional cultures. The birth and formation of a culture are inseparable from its geographical environment, historical environment and customs. Shaanxi is located on a high loess slope, with a vast land and sparsely populated areas, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Under such a difficult living environment, the people of Qin have developed a rough, tough, unrestrained and simple character. A witty musical style.

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Born in December 1945, a native of Shanghai, he is a famous erhu educator, performer, member of the Chinese Musicians Association, executive director of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, and vice president of the Erhu Society of the Chinese Music Association.
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Erhu (Pinyin: Erhu) originated in the Tang Dynasty, called "Xiqin", and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, or Erxian Huqin, also known as "Nanhu" and "Omzi", is one of the main bowed and stringed instruments (wiping strings) in the Chinese national musical instrument family.

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