National Chamber Music "Galao"
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The work of "Galao" is inspired by the profound impression of collecting folks in Guangxi. "Galao" is the name for the great songs of the Dong people in Guangxi in the Dong language. The author attempts to use the ancient single-line melody of Chinese music to show the unique timbre characteristics of different musical instruments. The middle part is similar to the folk voice, and the duet-style technique has a strong contrast with the musical artistic conception expressed in the statement part of the music. The sound is far and near. , light and dark color space. The title of the piece "Galao" not only expresses the musical characteristics of the Dong nationality in Guangxi, but also traces the ancient Chinese national music culture...

Composer: Jiang Ying Soprano Sheng: Wang Lei Alto Sheng: Hou Yue Bass Sheng: Ma Jiadi Erhu: Yan Guowei Percussion: Yin Fei

Involving the artist

Jiang Ying is a young contemporary Chinese composer, composer-in-residence of the China Symphony Orchestra, and graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Committed to the exploration and innovation of the cause of folk music, his works have won many awards in domestic and foreign competitions.
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Involving musical instruments

High-pitched sheng (pinyin: gāo yīn shēng), a type of modern sheng, has a wide range and complete semitones, suitable for ensembles.
The middle tone Sheng (pinyin: zhōng yīn shēng) is a kind of Sheng, and the most commonly used traditional Sheng is 17 springs. After the liberation, new varieties such as amplifying sheng, plus key sheng, turntable sheng, low-pitched sheng and row sheng were successfully trial-produced, with a variety of reeds.
Bass Sheng (Pinyin: dī yīn shēng), a kind of Sheng, the most commonly used traditional Sheng is 17 reeds. After the liberation, new varieties such as amplifying sheng, plus key sheng, turntable sheng, low-pitched sheng and row sheng were successfully trial-produced, with a variety of reeds.
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.

Involving news

Organized by 辞惘 on 2022-02-21
The number of reeds of the bass sheng has been increased from 13 and 14 to 21, 24, 26, 27, 32, 36 and 51, thus overcoming the shortcomings of the limited range, inability to transpose and inconvenient fast playing. Brings new vitality to Sheng.
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Organized by 线性代数 on 2022-02-21
In the daily performance of Chinese music works, you will find that many of them require the use of bass sheng and bass suona. Nowadays, the establishment of general large-scale professional orchestras is equipped with these two treasures, which makes the bass part of the orchestra unrivaled. less, but also meet the needs of these works.
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