Qingpu Tianshan Song

Shanghai
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The most distinctive songs of Tianshan singing style are mainly sung in the areas of Liantang, Zhaoxiang, Jinze, Shangta, Zhujiajiao and other towns in Qingpu District, Shanghai. At the same time, they are also derived and spread in Songjiang, Jinshan, Fengxian and other districts, all of which are rice farming areas. The spread areas in other provinces are Wujiang, Jiangsu, Jiashan, Zhejiang and other neighboring areas. Tianshan songs in Qingpu area are led by one person and sung by others in turn when farmers weed and hoe rice. They are also called hawking folk songs, rice seedling songs, and big head folk songs. They are mainly spread in Zhaoxiang, Liantang and other areas in Qingpu District. Its singing form is unique and has its own style. The singing form of Zhaoxiang's hawking folk songs is composed of the following parts: the first song, the front sale, the front loud, the long voice, the old crows, the back sale, the back loud, and the rest voice. Among them, the old crows are driven away and the rest voice is a chorus, while the front sale, the back sale, the long voice and other parts are sung by one person; the front sale and the back sale mean the connection between the previous and the previous. The so-called front sway and back sway refer to the auxiliary words "empty words" that are sung in the previous sentence. The Luoyangge of Liantang is divided into head song, buy song, and sway song. The head song is sung by a soloist, followed by the buy song part by a male chorus; then the sway song part is sung by a female chorus. Repeatedly. The singing form of the big head mountain song in Nanmaobang, Liantang is divided into head song, front shovel, swaying, and back shovel, which are also repeated. The lyrics of Qingpu Tianshan song come from life, reflect life, and are rich and colorful. They have the functions of social cognition, education, entertainment, and aesthetics. Its main content is reflected in labor, life, thought, love and other aspects. It is an important means to observe the social life, customs and folk customs of Qingpu and surrounding rice-growing areas. Qingpu Tianshan song has its unique musical characteristics. Tianshan song has a high pitch and a large melody fluctuation. It often appears in octave jumps, and other jumps such as third and fifth degrees also appear frequently. In addition, since Tianshan song is sung in a loose rhythm, it forms more dragging tunes. The tune of Tianshan Song generally has the regular characteristics of descending at the end of the sentence, and the ending tone of the paragraph generally falls on the tonic of the mode. The texture of Tianshan Song is basically monophonic, but when the sentences are connected, the latter sentence often uses the intrusion method to intrude into the ending tone of the previous phrase, forming the overlap of two phrases, which folk singers call "overlapping". Due to the overlap of the previous and next phrases formed during singing, the harmonic interval effect of the two voices is formed, producing different kinds of harmonic effects such as unison, octave, fourth, and fifth; there are also dissonant intervals of second and seventh degrees, which produces special polyphonic factors. Tianshan Song is a labor song created by the working people themselves. It can express the feelings of the working people, tell their own joys and pains, and cultivate temperament and relieve fatigue. Therefore, Tianshan Song is widely circulated in Qingpu District, and has been passed down from generation to generation in rural areas and has been passed down to this day.

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