Tibetan folk songs are loud and sound like a vast plateau and blue sky, with melodious tunes, but they are also dominated by five tones. Song and dance forms are "Guo Hesheng" and "Guo Zhuo" (Guo Zhuang). Some elements of Tibetan music have been absorbed by Han and Western music. Some Han composers imitated the characteristics of Tibetan music and created some songs, such as "Visiting New Cities" and "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau". In recent years, Tibetan songs in Tibet have also incorporated other musical elements. Besides Cai Danzhuoma and Han Hong, who mainly sing Chinese songs, there are many famous Tibetan singers, such as Rongjia, Yadong and Qiongxue Zhuoma.
In the aspect of drama, the traditional Tibetan opera King Gelsall has been excavated and performed. The folk musical instruments of the Shui nationality mainly include bronze drums, big leather drums, lusheng, huqin and suona, which are mostly used for festivals and funerals. Among these musical instruments, the bronze drum is the oldest, loudest and most national. ?
The water area used to be called the kingdom of bronze drums. One quarter to one fifth of families in each village own bronze drums. There are several villages with 20 households near Tingpai Township, each village has 6 to 8 bronze drums, and 30 households in Shuidazhai in Jiuqian area have 13 bronze drums. It is estimated that only Sandu County has preserved more than 300 bronze drums before. This shows that bronze drums are widely circulated among the people of Shui nationality, and there are a large number of them. ? The bronze drums in the Shui nationality area are between 1.5 feet and 2 feet wide, and most of them are handed down from generation to generation without being buried. The drum surface and drum body are mostly Yun Leiwen and geometric patterns, mostly Majiang style and Shizhaishan style. Yi nationality is one of the nationalities who can sing and dance well in China. Yi people have various traditional tunes, such as climbing mountains, entering doors, welcoming guests, eating wine, getting married and mourning. No matter men, women and children, everyone can sing a few songs. Some tunes have fixed words, some don't, and they are all improvisations. Folk songs are divided into male and female voices. The male voice is vigorous and high-pitched, and the female voice is soft and delicate. Local folk songs have their own unique styles, such as the famous songs "Horse Run" and "Guests from afar, please stay". Yi musical instruments extracted from Yi folk tunes include Hulusheng, Mabu, Bawu, Kouxian, Yueqin, flute, Sanxian, Chime, Tonggu, Daping Drum and Kekejue Black.
Hulusheng, Ma Bu, Bawu, Kouxian, Yueqin, Flute, Sanxian, Chime, Tonggu, Daping Drum, Kekejue Black, etc. Single-stringed Qin, also known as musical instrument, is a unique national musical instrument of the Jing nationality. It is simple in structure, beautiful in timbre, rich in timbre, elegant in melody and changeable. When playing, it is very popular with the Jing people, such as hitting the shore, like birds getting up early, like running water in the mountains. The single-stringed piano is made of more than half a bamboo tube (or a rectangular wooden box made of several pieces of wood) and is about two and a half feet long. At one end, a log post at right angles to the piano body is inserted, and at the other end, a handle is mounted, on which a string is tied, and the string is connected to the small post. You can play beautiful music with a small piece of bamboo. Whenever the bright moon is in the sky, the violinist plucks the strings, and the melodious sound of the piano flies into the sky. Everyone is listening to moving music in the evening breeze, which makes them feel interesting. When playing piano solo, you must adjust the rocker from time to time, and you can dial a higher musical tone when expanding the string; When the strings relax, the music becomes deeper. Because the strings are relaxed or unfolded by pushing and pulling the rocker with the left hand, it is necessary to pause when playing, thus forming a short and long pronunciation rule. Usually, the sound duration is short, and the whole process changes from strong to weak, from weak to strong, and constantly changes.
Traditional music played by Dan Xian Leqin includes "Mountain Flowing Water", "Riding Horse" and "Gambling", among which "Mountain Flowing Water" is the most popular.
Daur music
Daur people are good at singing and dancing, and there are many forms of folk music, such as folk songs and counterpart songs and dances.
Quyi music
China is a multi-ethnic country, and the Quyi music of 55 ethnic minorities presents various and colorful characteristics because of their different development history, geographical environment, national culture, language and rhyme, and folk customs. Such as Big Ben of Bai nationality, Gesaerzhong of Tibetan, Lamamani and Zhega, Wuligeer and Haolaibao of Mongolian, Dastain and Laipai of Uygur Manchu, Kesa and Aites of Kazak, Pan Suobao of Korean, Molun of Zhuang, Singh He, Yimakan of Hezhe, Pipa of Dong, Gabaifu and Geha of Miao. Among many kinds of songs, some have a long history and ancient traditions; Some of them developed gradually under the influence of Han nationality or other nationalities.
The folk art music of ethnic minorities has strong local color, mass and nationality. Most of them rap the historical stories of their own nation, and their lyrics are often epic, powerful in tone, clear and steady in rhythm, dignified in color and magnificent in style; Some music comes from ethnic and folk sacrificial ceremonies and wizard activities, which are closely related to local beliefs and folk activities. Their music is melodious and melodious, and their singing forms are often dancing or playing while singing. There are also some songs that rap folk stories, myths and legends, and the tunes are mostly developed from folk songs, which are lyrical and beautiful, subtle and affectionate; There are also some songs whose lyrics are impromptu praises and eulogies. Their tunes are smooth and lively, and some are full of humor, which is deeply loved by the people of this nation.