Month: December 2013

Double-barreled , double-barreled one is the Northeast , the Department of the two tubes together side by side tie knot together . Popular in the Northeast, North vast region. Modern twin-tube length by the two , the same pitch pipe tie knot together side by side . Each tube eight holes ( after the first seven ) . Abalone tube has rarely seen. While playing , you can blow the two tubes and can also be separated from the two tubes , each hand holding a pipe , according to the three fingers of each tube at the top of the sound hole , alternately playing short notes to heighten the atmosphere, the music to a climax. Songs of ” rivers of water ” and so on. Another Hmong double tube .

Northeast double-barreled
Production of materials
Dual production of materials to use more old mahogany , brass and south is also useful oak wooden, tin-lead pipe melted bordered by two bilateral prevent cracks. Rarely use bamboo ( because the body is short and easy to crack ) uses the old red wooden double-barreled pure tone made ​​clear that different tube length , tube length between 190-199 cm, 190 cm, 192 cm to 199 cm . Diameter of 10 cm to 13 cm , the tube are seven holes , one hole back , although the length of the caliber double-barreled different ( old artist said about six inches ) but adjustable pitch pipe whistle , whistle and suona oboe different pipe whistle , and coarse and long, its length is 55 cm × 17 cm, tube whistle generally used immature dumb pair reed system, such reed whistle system , not soft noise , single-tube double pipe over the thick and long ( its length is 7 inches to 7.5 inches ) .
Structural features
Double-barreled by the speakers, the sound tubes and reed composition. No waist with a multi- speaker whole gourd production, dig to the bottom of the borehole seeds , gourd stem length Xizhu tube inserted at the mouthpiece . Sound works two different thickness bamboo production, upper left section closed , intermediate transparent, the lower exposure , gourd tied to insert the bottom of each tube is inserted into the root cavity partially lined with a gourd reed , reed copper or copper silver alloy , in the spring tongue carved frame , was 12 ° sharp triangle . Sound works beeswax closed fixed . Thick and long as a competent sound tube , tube length 25 cm to 37 cm, diameter 1.5 cm or so, there are seven open tube body ( after the first six ) round by the sound hole , may issue an octave melody tone ; smaller and shorter vice pipe , just insert the reed , do not open the sound hole , the sound can only be issued cylinder and a piston , no vice tube pronunciation , it can be vice tube blockage. Pitch and tone tube column , and there are differences due to different ethnic groups and regions.
Historical records
Han Xuan Note “Rites of Spring official Little Master “: ” tube such as flute and small, and while blowing the two .” It is obvious that already exists twin-tube type instruments . ” Sui Music ” contains Kucha music in a double wicker horn .伯 孜Creek Caves Turpan northeastern part ( cut in 550-1368 years ) twenty-ninth Cave wicker horn double image , double-barreled side by side, according to the tube body has five holes . Song “Music Book” contains a double wicker horn : “Hu Department Yasukuni double wicker horn instrument , ” Tang music map ” preaching too .” There Shuangfeng tube: ” Shuangfeng tube sound enough to fit two tubes twelve law , the pipe ends Shi return spring , carved phoenix to led so all four orifices .” Since showed double-barreled since Don has been widely applied .
Modern twin-tube length by the two , the same pitch pipe tie knot together side by side . Each tube eight holes ( after the first seven ) . Abalone tube has rarely seen. While playing , you can blow the two tubes and can also be separated from the two tubes , each hand holding a pipe , according to the three fingers of each tube at the top of the sound hole , alternately playing short notes to heighten the atmosphere, the music to a climax. Songs of ” rivers of water ” and so on. [ 2 ]
In our wide variety of folk musical instruments , one of which is played by one person while two wind instruments, wind instruments on which two are collectively referred to as “double wind instruments .” The exact name of each double wind instruments , but also used a wind instrument before it was originally called the crown of a single “double ” word , such as double flute , double suona and so on. Later, around the country to double wind instrument musicians mining , development and achieved gratifying harvest, after these results made ​​public by the music lovers welcome . Dual wind instrument in China has a long history , although it is now time hidden in the literature , but its historical context is still legible . It is like there is an undercurrent of the river , from its source to the estuary of the same process is not interrupted .

Playing skills
Dual range of two octaves . Drum sound is 6, C1 = G2 a hole 7 , two holes are a three-hole 2 , 3, 4 four holes , five holes 4,5 , tin was 6 , back holes 7,1 , seven holes 2 cylinder filling sound high , filling a hole 4 , two holes aerated 4 , three-hole back aerated 5 , 6 four-hole filling , refilling five holes 7
Dual treble when playing with a swallow , chew , bite force three packages teeth buzzer , when the whistle blew bass spit outside , that old artist spoken throughput power . Soft tube whistle , can sound soft, but when you want to lower a treble sound , hard tube whistle , the pitch can be a high one , two degrees , but difficult to control , easy out noise.
Old artist considers single-tube sound more pointed straight , dark -colored , rough lower than the double-barreled a tritone . Dual harmony, tactful . Early drum band who blew two single tube . Voice pitch difficult coordination, drumming on the roof later had a double-barreled blow people practicing . Each double-barreled blow by playing a phrase , the music segments are melody and harmony , tonal accuracy , and good control of dynamics , bass like clarinet, oboe like Alto area , gradually twin widely spread in southern Liaoning in the northeast . [ 1 ]
While playing , the tube body vertical position. Mouthpiece up, with one side of the mouth , according to the back hole right thumb , index finger, middle finger and ring finger by three holes on the front , left index finger , middle finger and ring finger down by the front three holes , the air vibrating reed and two tubes pronunciation , volume small. Luxi area of Dehong Dai popular twin wicker hundred Lang , head of sound as : c1, d1, e1, f1, g1, a1, c2, d2, vice tube sound as a1. Lincang area popular twin wicker Gengma Dai Long hundred , tube sound relationship with the Deputy Head of the tube for the same degree , in charge of the sound as : g1, a1, b1, c2, d2, e2, f2, g2, Vice- tube tone as g1. De’ang ‘s bray , but also because of the different regions and different. Dehong popular in Luxi County Taishan Mirren , deputy head of tube tone with the same pitch back hole competent sound as : e1, f1, g1, a1, b1, c2, d2, e2, also vice- tube tone to e2. When playing , continuous sound like a long ribbon floating high above , so that the melody particularly plump. Zhenkang popular in Lincang area of渥格treasure, not only with the double-barreled shape wicker Lang hundred Gengma Dai similar drum sound its main and secondary tubes are identical. In general, the Lincang area Zhenkang GENGMA area twin wicker Lang hundred pronunciation bright pure, double-barreled wicker Dehong Luxi area Lang hundred pronunciation soft mellow. Wicker Lang hundred head of soft tones and Xianxiu , vice tube under continuous sound off , with a subtle beauty and hazy . In particular, it is blown out of the vibrato shake like silk , elegant and gentle . Therefore, some people mistakenly call from Hulusi ago . Playing skills vibrato , portamento , etc. spit tone down . Commonly used in solo self-entertainment , but also by a few pieces of different sizes ensemble . Good at playing folk songs and performance rich ethnic customs .
Traditional songs are: ” Ma shouted wood ” ( Dai meaning sing folk songs ) , ” blanket little tune “, ” folk tune ” and ” Lo sub- tune” and so on. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China’s national musicians twin wicker Lang hundred reformed . 1958 , Yunnan Song and Dance Troupe first hundred in the traditional wicker Lang on the design have made ​​a two supervisors, no side pipes wicker Lang hundred , fourteen can play sound , range a-c3, up to two more than eight degrees. In the 1970s , has successfully developed twin-tube wicker Lang hundred four degrees . Using copper gourd-shaped speakers, instead of the natural gourd , plastic sound tube , two tube tone four degrees apart , a range c1-d2, another branch range f1-g2, there have been five pairs of tones. Can play a variety of simple and polyphonic sounds and music .

Representatives
After the founding of the Northeast Valley emerged the new good , learning later in life , Lui open rock, Wang Shibin , Liu Baoshan , Jianghong Ru , Song Lichun , Yuan Guoqing , Ren Guan Xi and a number of Woodwind , as well as宋喜平, ROCKETS , Shen statehood and other rising star, they not only proficient in a variety of musical band music , more skillfully played our ancestors passed down pipe music and seedlings songs.

Hmong dual
Miao Miao is a twin-tube gas -ming cluster vertical blowing double reed instrument by two parallel tube body composition. Can solo, ensemble or accompaniment. Popular in western Guangxi Zhuang and Miao Autonomous County of Longlin inhabited areas .
Brief introduction
Miao Ming cluster vertical gas blowing double reed instrument by two parallel tube body composition. Hmong called ” long plot ” ( meaning two instruments ) . Can solo, ensemble or accompaniment. Popular in western Guangxi Zhuang and Miao Autonomous County of Longlin inhabited areas .

Structure
Is composed of two identical twin size bamboo tube body bundled together side by side , into the left tube and right tube , pipe folk called the ” public” , “mother” , length 30 cm . Each tube is equipped with a core body and tube whistle and have a common gas card.
Tube body with a length of about 28 cm , diameter 0.7 cm of thin bamboo pipe production, the left tube opened 8 ( n 7 back 1 ) the sound hole , the right tube has six vents open , back hole Chuzuo tube ( open at sixth, between seven holes ) , each of the sound hole of equal pitch , and the same one to six holes left and right position of the two tubes .
The first end of each tube are left bamboo , festival every small hole drilled in the center . To insert the core . Core plays the role of connecting tube and the tube body whistle , multi- length 2.5 cm , diameter 0.6 cm or more slender bamboo goose tube production. Mounted to the upper end of the tube whistle , the head of the lower end of the tube is inserted in a small hole . Around a common set of two cores on a gas card.
Gas card is made ​​of gourd shell diameter of 4 cm round slices, while playing for boosting the lips , helping luck , and make a lasting force mouth . Whistle with a reed pipe tubing , about 1.5 cm , without any processing, flat mouth to mouth with the whistle blowing .
Playing
When playing the double pipe , tube vertical position. On the left hand , according to the fifth hole and back to seven holes ; hand in the next, according to the first four holes . Mouth with two pipe whistle , press two fingers with the sound hole . Pronunciation pitched bright, melodious tone , with rich flavor Shan , range from the (c2 ~ d3). In addition to play the same degree of two-tone , but also simple two- blowing sound and tone , and can play two voices tunes, have a more abundant expression.
Double tube commonly used in the solo , but also with other instruments ensemble or folk accompaniment. Every traditional festival or marriage Miao people happy occasions , often blowing double-barreled add to the fun . It also often ensemble with gongs , drums and other musical instruments . Add a festive atmosphere .

Wooden bar Nie , also known as tie -year . Tibetans playing stringed instruments . Let its six strings , so called guitar . Popular in the Tibet Autonomous Region , Sichuan, Yunnan , Qinghai, Gansu and other places. According to Tibetan history ” red history ” set, wooden bar imported from China during the Tang Dynasty Nie .

Outline
Sapporo wood Nie Ming Tibetan plucked musical instrument playing . Tibetan ” bundle of wood ” is a voice, ” Nie ” as sweet nice meaning, ” Nie wooden bar ” means sweet piano sound . Said the bar had been translated , the wood Nie , Nie representing wood , wooden bar years . There are six strings because Zhang Han also known as the Tibetan guitar . Popular in the Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan , Qinghai, Gansu and other provinces of the Tibetan autonomous prefectures, counties , especially in Lhasa , Xigaze, Lazi , Sakya and Angren , etc. The most prevalent. According to Tibetan history ” red history ” set, wooden bar imported from China during the Tang Dynasty Nie . Commonly used in dance and playing and singing accompaniment , but also for instrumental ensemble or solo. Mostly solo dance accompaniment tracks , the ” grandmother Le Fire”, ” Dawa male slaves” and “Yeah several long wooden ” and so on .
ZHANG six stringed , a group of two strings , four- , five of tuning up a, d1, g. Reform of the sixties made ​​big speakers , Mongolian python Nie three wooden bar . Treble wooden bar Nie , length 103 , Speaker length 27 cm ; alto wooden bar Nie , length 111 , Speaker length 27 cm ; bass wooden bar Nie , length 126 , length 48 cm speakers .
When playing the piano destroyed in the shoulder, according to the string piano left hand , the right hand horn plectrum playing . Often sit on the grounds of bombs or dance while playing .
2 Structure
Traditional wooden bar NIE by resonance box , headstock , piano bar , pegs , MA and strings and other components , the Tibetan people as well as its commonly known these parts . More use of mulberry wood, mahogany, walnut , sandalwood production, with mahogany products better. Piano body sizes, common person full-length 100 cm – 110 cm . Resonance box ( Tibetan commonly known as ” pond ” below) seems half- gourd-shaped incision , about 27 cm long , with a single piece of wood production, the upper part of a small , hollowed out cavity , the surface was prism, the lower abdominal cavity dug Oval surface with Mongolian goat , river deer skin or skin, 14 centimeters wide and 16 centimeters. Qin Qin skin surface at the top , there is a crescent-shaped opening of the sound hole ( ” Nie wooden bar card ” , meaning ” wooden bar Nie ‘s mouth” ) . Between the inside of the back and abdominal film set a pine frets , piano back surface engraved with seven vertical ridge pattern or stick with thin strips of wood , both aesthetically pleasing at the same position , playing time and avoid sliding piano . Headstock ( “When in ” , meaning ” horse ” ) after先向, then bent forward , semicircular top general without ornaments . And some carved wooden bar with leading Nie headstock carving , folk called “leading piano .” Chord groove transparent, pegs ( “Home cloth” , meaning ” tighten ” ) six points out both sides ( left and right ), the string groove of under Yamaguchi . Slender and hollow piano bar , down the front of the shaft dug empty slot , rod wall thickness of 1.5 cm is appropriate , then stick it on with mahogany fingerboard surface with no taste. Empty wooden bridge set horses, Zhang six gut strings or stringed . Long wooden bar Nie has maintained a rustic style, on some piano or by bonding together the next two parts of a whole inlaid wood , folk also humorously called the mother of the cut , cut under the parent . To maintain the appearance of multi- piano body wood color , and some brown or brown-red paint , coating and more to maintain color or dyed dark green .
3 On the origin of

Historic , investigate its origin , everyone mixed . Some scholars believe : In ancient wooden bar imported from India to Tibet evolved a multi- stringed instrument ; according to some scholars of ancient Tibetan literature “Tibet Wang Tong Ji “, the artist had to play when Gampo Ciyan record instruments , wooden bar was the judgment passed in the Tang Dynasty Tibet from the mainland , dating back more than 1,000 years of history . The relatively large number of Tibetan scholars based on ancient Tibetan literature that : wooden bar from Tibet in the local community, are native Tibetans to create their own musical instruments , about 67 years old. Chinese famous ethnomusicologists , the Central Conservatory of Music Professor Tian Liantao two decades has toured Tibet and other Tibetan areas to conduct investigations. In his ” traditional Tibetan musical instruments ,” the article said: ” Chin barrel , wooden bar , the clarinet , etc. should be created for the Tibetan device itself .” In addition, Tibet and other Tibetan areas of many Buddhist temples , including the ancient temple built in the Tang Dynasty , there are four kings in front of the statue , where the instrument is a hand held wooden bar years . These murals on the temple , both hands pluck the wooden bar , the bow is also useful in playing the wooden bar .
4 History
Sapporo wood Nie : also known as “wood Nie ” or ” Jammu Nie .” Tibetan more ancient stringed instrument . Historic , widely spread in Tibetan areas . Because there are six strings , Han called ” Tibetan guitar .” Timbre rich, loud, Tibet and major classical dance musical accompaniment sac Mary folk dance heap Xie also
For the solo.
Tibet ( sound zang or cang) family is a singing and dancing , as early as 1300 years ago Gampo period , there is a more complete dance . Sapporo wood Nie spread to Tibet from China during the Tang Dynasty , from the ancient murals can be seen pulling both hands bomb Sapporo wood Nie , also useful for bow wood Nie outs of Sapporo .
“Ci Hai “: ” Sapporo wood Nie , …… shapes sizes, piano and wooden resonance box shaped like a gourd cut in snakeskin or sheepskin hooded , long piano bar , no goods, Zhang six strings, with o two strings each as a group, divided into three groups , according to four degrees relationship tune a stringed instrument . ”
From ancient times , Sapporo Nie has remained quaint wooden style . Headstock back into semi-circular curved around each side of the three volumes chord pegs , headstock generally no ornaments , and some are carved into the faucet . Piano bar thin and long , the surface that is Anxian fretboard , connected below half gourd-shaped wooden resonance box . Upper small piano box , showing prism, the lower the larger rounded, with python or Mongolian sheepskin . Zhang six ( three groups ) stringed , is tuned from low to high as (a, d1, g1) respectively . Hold while playing the piano on the right shoulder, left hand piano Anxian , pull the child to play with his right hand , pronunciation deep , loud, and shamisen sounds similar. Previously, only one Sapporo wood Nie , improved , high , middle and bass wood Nie taste Sapporo to meet the performance needs of different music .
Since the 1960s , China’s Tibet and other places of professional musicians , based on the traditional wooden bar Nie , in order to expand the range , had wooden bar chord NIE number and tune a stringed instrument design methods carried out several reforms tests. Meanwhile there have been four strings four syllables , many attempts banjo four syllables , and six- string banjo pentameter six sound like. Tibet Autonomous art school teacher Mr. Phuntsok Dhondup improvements made ​​wooden bar Nie , a total length of 115 cm piano , six-string , six tone. The first chord thickest , tapering in turn , first to fourth string nylon string , fifth string nylon string wrapped around the wire , the smallest sixth strings, steel strings . Six strings were tuned in by four degrees : B, e, a, d1, g1, c2. Mr. Phuntsok Dhondup also draws sanxian playing method , playing the lute and other stringed instruments , on the wooden bar with a change to play Nie , generally three to change position, range B-c3, up to three octaves , and can Transpose playing. Can be used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment, is most suitable for the use of the national orchestra .
5 instrument specifications
Nie multi wooden bar into four specifications , size and purpose are: Nie wooden bar bass , piano and a total length of 126 cm , the resonance box length 48 cm, 20 cm wide . Only for formal gigs ; big wooden bar Nie , piano and full-length 111 cm , length 27 cm resonance box , wide 16 cm . Playing for the usual general ; Nie in wooden bar , piano and full-length 103 cm , length 27 cm resonance box , wide 14 cm . Also used in peacetime general play ; small wooden bar Nie , piano and full-length 81 cm , length 23 cm resonance box , wide 13 cm . Designed for children to play to use. Nie previous wooden bar , multi- produced by Tibetan artisans. After the 1960s, China ‘s many ethnic musical instrument manufacturers have started manufacturing wooden bar Nie , resonance box to use more python hooded , harp back vertical ridge pattern is not carved in wood or stick , easy to slip while playing the piano .
Beijing China Art Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Music Instrument Museum Nie two wooden bar , where a whole body into mulberry wood , length 108 cm . Resonance box was half- gourd -shaped, 30 cm long , thin wooden upper half of Mongolia , in the middle of the crescent-shaped sound hole has opened a hole 11 centimeters long , the lower half of the Mongolian sheepskin , wide 18 cm . After bending arc-shaped headstock . Chord grooves on both sides of the home -axis , rosewood pegs system, cylindrical cone , the top of the shaft spherical . Slender neck , rosewood fingerboard on a stick , no taste, in the middle of an empty tank and through the resonance box . Empty shaped bamboo bridge the bridge . Last column is shorter, on the set of copper tied string , Zhang six stringed . This piano from the Tibetan people, has been loaded large album ” Chinese musical illustrations ” in the . Another wooden bar Nie , also known as Tibetan banjo , piano with a piece of walnut production, total length of 64 cm . Oblate resonance box , dug in the lower part of the whole wood carved abdominal cavity , in front of the Mongolian goat , leather bubble surrounded by two turns of copper nails , piano box 18.5 cm long , 17 cm diameter surface , thickness 4.2 cm . Piano department head carved antelope head for decoration , rough lines , modeling realistic, the lower end of the headstock through a rectangular opening chord grooves on both sides with five pegs ( left right) . Spun pegs made ​​of mahogany , as references to strings button type, shaft length 8 cm , width 2.6 cm handle . Piano bar short and wide, flat front after round, rod length 32 cm , width 3.6 cm on the lower 4.6 cm wide , 3.4 cm thick rod , rosewood fingerboard with positive sticky , thickness of only 0.3 cm, no taste. Qin bamboo Maro , was Sikong bridge . Zhang five stringed . Pronunciation crisp and bright.

6 Production
Mahogany , walnut or sandalwood system , length 108 cm . Speakers for the semi- gourd -shaped, 29 cm long , the upper prism was smaller and lower large oval, Monsanto zhangzi sheepskin or leather . Piano bar slender, fretless fingerboard . Semi-circular curved back headstock , six-axis points out the sides , top or no ornaments carved into the faucet .
7 of artistic expression
Tibet is a ” dance of the sea” , people have time to sing a jump , not only young love dance , is elderly and children are also hi good dance song . Whether in the streets of Lhasa , the rally, or in the harvest season or festive days, even in the Tibetan home , you can see their excellent singing and dancing and moving , sometimes all night long all night lingers . Tibetan music has a fine tradition of seven or eight century AD , had influenced the development of the Central Plains culture to a higher level , Tang sent messengers Tubo was there heard Yanyue Okuma playing. “New Tang Tubo ” in: “Music played Qin Destroys music, Youzou liangzhou , Hu Wei , green waist miscellaneous song , a hundred Kabuki all Chinese people .” Tibetan folk music , rich in content , forms, can be roughly divided into the “Lu “, ” thank ” categories : “Lu ” is a separate singing , beautiful melodies , words and moving ; “thank ” is a form of singing and dancing . In Lhasa, Xigaze , spread cystic Mary , in the majority of towns, villages and pastures prevalent thank the heap . In addition, Tibetan folk songs , dance and pans harp village dance , but also people of all nationalities are familiar and loved.
Sac Ma ( meaning ” the house music” ) is a Tibetan art form of classical dance . Initially popular in Tibet, the upper class , first singing alone , the singer stood among the crowd , only a wooden bar next to the accompaniment Nie , dignitaries sitting around. Later sac Han Ma affected ancient music , it gradually developed into dance , popular in Lhasa , Shigatse , Gyantse and Lazi and other places. Mary sac neat musical structure , contrasting with great appeal. It points songs, dance in two parts, melodious songs quaint , full of lyricism ; dance warm , strong rhythm . Musical accompaniment is also developing flute , wooden bar Nie , dulcimer , glockenspiel ( Tibetan erhu ) , will be Wang ( Tibetan jinghu ) , the root of the card and string of bells and other seven . After the founding of New China , Ma sac band configuration is flexibility and freedom , but still the main wooden bar Nie musical accompaniment , sometimes using two wooden bar Nie played simultaneously .
Heap Xie is widely popular in Tibet, folk songs and dances . Heap is a place where western Tibet , Xie is the meaning of the song , usually a collective dance form . Dance floor often issued to foot tap sound , so Han called tap . Previously heap to the people worship or celebrate the harvest , it is such a song and dance performances . Later by street artists bring it to Lhasa , Shigatse , Gyantse and Lazi and other cities, and make it popular all over Tibet . Xie heap past performances , mostly for street artists from playing wooden bar Nie , from the singing , from the dance , or a young and old together , dance and imaginative enthusiastic. After entering the city , it is more at home on a festive banquet performance nobility officials lost the true nature of folk songs and dances . Heap drop Xie Xie music and feel grateful for the points, the former slow to song -based, melodious lyrics ; latter rapidly , dance and try a warm atmosphere. Xie Nie wooden bar is the main heap musical accompaniment , often use a wooden bar Nie accompaniment, sometimes adding clarinet and horn violin . Big band accompaniment Subsequently , in addition to wooden bar Nie , but also with the dulcimer , roots cards, Glockenspiel , will be busy, flute and string of bells composed .
By pulling Tibetan folk songs known , has vast high plateau folk unique style and rich folk flavor of life . In the past, Tibetan folk songs with a toast to the complaint , the brutality of the slave owners and the people dare to express determination to fight ; Today, sing folk songs of grassland rapid changes, sing beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland .
Wooden bar Nie wide range of applications , except for the folk dance ensemble or accompaniment , the herders often used to playing and singing amused , some places for religious activities. Since the 1980s , there was the new chic wooden bar Nie playin female performances . Improved Nie wooden bar can also be used solo, the music played mostly drawn from the dance music , the more famous songs of ” Grandma Le Fire”, ” Dawa male slaves” and “Yeah several long wooden ” and so on.
8 bass wooden bar Nie
In 1964, the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble Zhao Feng design , Beijing national musical instrument made ​​of wood bass bar Nie developed.
This wooden bar Nie , Nie maintaining the traditional ethnic style wooden bar is almost the original piano -shaped amplification layer and set the film in parallel vertical webs Paulownia resonance box , piano box arched upper prismatic panel , before the opening round of Mongolia to the lower part of the piano box between python , python web and support to the frets , strings tied to orbital variations piano horse, a horse that is ordinary piano legs were pressed flat on two concave on wood, wood is pressure in the middle python and aprons , and move around , the bridge can reduce the pressure on this film to make it free vibration, but also the soul of the instrument such reforms .
Bass wooden bar Nie full length 138.5 cm , 29.5 cm thick resonance box , panel width 26.5 cm , 40.5 cm in diameter coating . Headstock inlay in front of white peony flower bone ornaments , neck sticky surface Anxian fretboard . Posture adopted when playing , played by the resonance box sandwiched between the knees , both plucked playing, but also easy to pull a variety of bowing and chords. Pronunciation uniform, pure, bright treble , bass rich, deep . Reforms to make this ancient folk instrument to get a new life , not only significantly enriches the Tibetan ethnic band’s bass part , but also can be a strong national characteristics , and strong performance of the solo instrument .
” The birds can not live without wings, the Tibetan people can not live without dance .” In Tibet and other Tibetan areas , every New Year , happy , harvest or assembly, the Tibetan people have come to love with the song Manwu express joy in my mind . They bounce wooden bar Nie , danced tap dance , sing the party’s good leadership , praising the new life of happiness. Nie wooden bar piano , singing and laughter of the people , come together to form a symphony of joy .
9 related legends
From time immemorial , the Tibetan ancestors ancient Qiang people will live in the vast Tibetan Plateau , nomadic and hunting . By the early 7th century, when the Tang Dynasty of positive Sui , after ” noted supplement wild” tribal leader Gampo to other tribes merged , unified Tibet , established the Tubo Dynasty , with its capital logic Suo ( now in Lhasa ) . In the long, dark old society, the Tibetan people seriously ridden feudal forces of imperialism and oppression , living in misery , eager to see the light. Tibet’s peaceful liberation and democratic reform in the future , I thoroughly million farmers become their own masters , and began a happy new life.
Tibetan is a singing and dancing , according to Tibetan ” Make a dry cloth ,” a book records, as early as 1300 years ago Gampo period , Tibet will have a more complete dance . Tang Dynasty Central Tibetan contacts with the continuous development of both the Tibetan and Chinese peoples was closely related to fifteen years of Tang Dynasty ( 641 AD ) , Emperor Yang clan woman Princess Wencheng and the Tubo ( ie Zao ) Gambo marriage , for the development of friendly relations between the Tibetan and Han peoples and made ​​important contributions to cultural exchanges . Tangshao Di Tang Long Dynasty ( AD 710 ) , who married Princess Jincheng and Tubo red Dezu praise . So far, the Tibetan people are also widely circulated into the possession of the two princesses accident , there are Tibetan Princess Wencheng to Tibet repertoire before the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa , but also retained the AD 821 years to build the Tang and Tibet monument, which is a sign history Tibetan, Chinese friendly relations witness.
Tibetan folk circulating such a myth : In ancient times, Tibet is a vast ocean , the waves come and go regularly , rhythmic waves transmitted to the distance, moving in rhythm gods ears ringing , so he is happy , dumping it. One day , out of the sea come from a hand-held wooden bar Nie days of wandering woman , while she played the hands of the wooden bar Nie , while dancing and singing . Father ‘s wandering days women are gods , the mother is the sea, her daughter , also known as the sea , not only poetry -loving literature, the art of music have higher attainments , the Tibetan people very fond of her, therefore , wooden bar Nie also loved by the masses .