In the early 1960s, in the process of excavation and arrangement, in order to highlight the "Northern Road Tune" with the flute as the main theme. Avoid Peking Opera. With the approval of experts, Xipi (Huang Er) and other tunes have been deleted from the music. It retains the characteristics of Fujian's random play, and the music is lively and hearty, which is easy to be accepted by the audience.
The characters from all walks of life in Shouning North Road Opera all have "Jiaojie" (or "Jiaotou") before singing, such as "Crying Street", "Sighing Street" and "Complaining Street". They all sing in a long voice, without accompaniment, and then turn to sing. Interpretation is used in different occasions, such as crying in court, sighing in vagrancy, reciting poems and reasoning in leisure. Different occupations have different "street calling" tones. In addition, when the generals appear on the stage, they sometimes sing high notes, and the actors sing dry, without music accompaniment, and they assist behind the scenes.
Accompaniment instruments are mainly long-membrane flutes, supplemented by Mahu (Mao bamboo tube as a piano tube, also known as "Dajinghu"), Banhu, Sanxian, Yueqin and suona. Percussion instruments are similar to Beijing Opera.
Shouning North Road Opera is divided into male and female parts, and each line of works has its own characteristics, such as a young student using his throat (falsetto). The timbre is bright and crisp, and the lines are smooth. Martial students who are close to young students use their voices, such as Lu Bu in the White Gate Building and Zhou Yu in Sanyuli. Shi Xiu, who plays martial arts such as Eating Out, uses his own voice.
Tsing Yi, guttural. Traditionally, Tsing Yi is played by men, with a dignified and sad tone and a low and euphemistic voice.
Hua Dan, guttural. The timbre is sweet and crisp, and the line cavity jumps, which is beautiful. There's a voice in my own voice.
Old student, original voice throat (true voice) sound. The timbre is rich and loud, and the line cavity is sad.
The vocalization of macro sound and original sound is also combined with throat cavity, such as Zhao Kuangyin in Long Hudou. Strong sound penetration, rhythmic line cavity, high-pitched, broad and bright.
Big flower, original throat sound. The tone is rich and rough, mainly nasal and retronasal, with occasional sonic boom.
Three flowers, original throat sound. The timbre is clear, the line cavity is humorous and lively, and the line cavity is often read and often white. The band of Shouning North Road Opera is commonly called "backstage" and can be divided into "software" and "hard media". Consists of six people, commonly known as "six chairs". The status of the band is drum board, followed by forward blowing, and it is the main force of Beilu Opera. Besides pulling the handle (mahu), he can also play the flute and suona. The establishment of the "six chairs" seat is as follows:
1. Hard media: drums, drums, gongs, gongs (also the inspection site) and cymbals.
2, soft interface: playing flute, suona, hemp.
The assistant can play suona, Qin Yue or erhu.
Three sticks, one string, three strings.
Shouning North Road Opera sang with the flute (long diaphragm flute) as the main accompaniment instrument, accompanied by hemp. The structure of the flute is similar to that of Qu Di, with a length of 60 cm and a flute tube diameter of 2.5 cm. Play the barrel sound "6" with the right key, and play the barrel sound "2" with the reverse key. The timbre is soft, lively and melodious, which is used for the flat-panel singing and Qin opera of Hokuriku Opera.
Mahu is made of hemp and bamboo. The piano is made of bamboo root, with a length of 600mm, a barrel length of 130mm, a thickness of 10mm, and a caliber of 65 mm It is covered with snake skin and bamboo code. The bow is 760mm long and the silk thread is a string. The range is wide and bright. Shao Heng and Mahu are the main musical instruments with distinctive features in Hokuriku opera.
The accompaniment music of Shouning North Road Opera consists of piano strings and suona playing cards.
Strings with flutes, mahu, erhu and Qin Yue are suitable for students and Dan-character movements. There are mainly "First Offender String", "Second Offender String", "Third Offender String", "Little Pull", "Dressing Room", "Big Eight Board", "Nine Rings String", "One Spring Branch", "One Flower", "Son of Heaven", "Moth", "Wicker Gold" and "Yeqing".
Suona playing cards are used for stories such as going to court, going out to war, celebrating victory and seeing off, including "Clear Water Order", "Drunken Peace", "Full House", "Going to Xiaolou", "Double Noble Son", "Bu Bujiao", "Fish in the Water", "Wind Becoming Pine", "Wandering" and "Drama".
Gongs and drums: The gongs and drums on Shouning North Road can be divided into singing gongs and drums and body gongs and drums. Singing gongs and drums is the leading dish before singing, such as "Gotha" for first offense and "B Da Da Da Da" for first offense. Characters' gongs and drums are used in the plots of characters' going up and down, marching and fighting, such as [Shang Lugen], [cannon], [sudden wind], [pressing], [long hammer], [three blows to the head], [splashing waves], [waves scouring sand], [nineteen hammers] and [Jiuding Ring], which are similar to Beijing opera.