Big wide chord , in Taiwan, the Chinese southern region of the violin class of popular folk instruments , commonly used in two places ketzai rap and opera musical accompaniment .
Brief introduction
Big wide chord is our ancient stringed instrument , belonging violin class , originally popular in southern China ‘s Fujian and other places , for playing folk songs, songs, folk art, such as Kam Taiwanese songs , etc., Taiwanese opera became one of the main musical instrument .
Big wide chord in the southern region , southern Taiwan and Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia is dispersed widely residence kicking a stringed musical instrument , at the local opera, folk b instrumental music and other traditional art forms are widely used.
2 shapes Specifications
Big wide chord from the Qintong , piano bar , piano shaft , strings, bows and other components. Making big wide chord is the material of choice Qintong pandanus tree roots in Taiwan . Big wide chord shape characteristics resembles Fujian Erxian , simple cylindrical piano , piano bar bamboo , the roots up, pegs gourd -like, except that Qintong bigger, thicker piano bar , pegs is inserted .
According to the internationally accepted ” Huo a Bodhisattva musical instrument classification ” is a ” Spike tease tailpiece side of musical instruments .” 1993 published ” Chinese Dramas Fujian volume” records: ” big wide strings, piano Jane sisal or palm roots in the material .
Surface for the Indus pull , fifteen centimeters in diameter , bottom diameter fourteen centimeters , rod length eighty-six cm . ” According to my understanding , the actual use of the big wide chord sizes and less consistent . I recently measured Xiamen, Zhangzhou professional theater , folk artists and luthiers in the hands of a few of the piano
In addition to piano Jane basically the same length , the remaining figures are there are some differences . The reason for this form , in addition to the instrument specification is not yet standardized , the producer according to the individual likes and for the others ( such as the length of the piano bar ), more important is that the instrument’s sound box ( piano reduction ) of determined by the material used ( table No. 1 piano brown wooden structure , 2,3,4,5 numbers are agave roots by the system ) , which is from the author of Zhangzhou City Vocational luthier interview with Wang Chung can be clearly seen in the . Master Wang Qin Jane’s material for the production of three ways: agave roots, palm heads, Egi . Produced by Egi simple piano chord shapes big wide regulation and production characteristics of grid fairly consistent , but with roots or palm head made of agave piano Jane then there exists a significant difference. Visible not that I do too, was not the ear . One reason will be produced in the following section in detail.
3 craftsmanship
Big wide chord of the production process is not complicated, many professional musician , folk artists and amateurs can be made , which are more characteristic lies Qintong material selection and processing .
Big wide chord Qintong some places in southern Fujian also known as ” string up “, because the amount of rice shaped like a traditional utensils ” l ” and the name . Existing literature on the record for making big wide chord Qintong are made of agave roots, sisal or palm roots, sycamore and other claims .
Because the use of a natural material – natural agave dried rhizome housing formed ( a thickness of only about 0.3 cm o.5 ) , so only the amount of material may be used , and can not be produced according to a fixed size . Palm roots in the material also exists the problem : palm roots , although solid, but can be used only near the housing parts, so it is difficult to consistent specifications . Only paulownia wood or other large materials Egi is possible in full accordance with people’s subjective intention random process , and sizes so completely unified.
Widely used for the production of large chord Qintong of a variety of materials in order ” that cast ” ( ie, Fan Ma ) is the best, followed by sisal, palm tree roots , paulownia wood , etc. are poor. With “That vote ” for the big wide resonance box chord sound mellow out sound clean, unique charm , other materials were unable to achieve such results.
4 Revelation
1 Any cultural products ( whether spiritual or material ) are inseparable from the production environment they rely , as materiality of music and cultural products – instruments the same way.
Famous French philosopher Taine had a famous saying : “spiritual civilization of the product and the product of the plant kingdom , can only be explained by their environment .” ( Taine ” Philosophy of Art ” , People’s Music Publishing House, 1986 , p 9 page ) in the environmental impact on the culture , the natural and geographical conditions is undoubtedly an important factor. With agave roots and bamboo as the main material of the big wide chord appears in Fujian and Taiwan perhaps with some sort of chance, but it produced in the warm and humid , lush natural vegetation , rich in bamboo and agave in the subtropical southern China due to the region is inevitable. When six to bow celebrate 56 plug change control A dug love . North 1f A 6F Yi Ma tube were very similar , someone will try to use . To obtain good results in the test case , its popularity spread quickly get things that are a matter of course . In the spread of process, people and constantly test them , improve, so that gradually formed today’s appearance. This process not only embodies the natural geographical environment important impact on musical instruments , reflecting the people in the production of musical instruments to local conditions, local materials, creative intelligence , from which we can explore a musical instrument in the dissemination process occurs variety Evolution context of the tracks .
2 In the research environment for people to make a cultural choice provisions , the impact , the social and economic development is also an important water pawn important viewing angle .
Southern region of the narrow and crowded places contradiction has always been very prominent , combined with the landlord class exploitation , the government ‘s exactions , the underlying cause is extremely ordinary people’s lives . Account for the survival , many people had to leave their homes to seek a new life overseas environment, history appear on the ” Tangshan to Taiwan ” phenomenon that is thereby largely occurred . When our ancestors in Barren sell clothing foot, blazing pioneering manner , its economic situation constraints can be imagined. In this case, the villagers are less likely to spend more money to buy for them to belong to the ” luxury” price is relatively expensive other instruments. At this point , easily obtained , the production process is simple, almost no money can be made of the big wide chord entertainment life when they call the main instrument , the same as in the social base of the big wide chord become entertainment life when they call the main instrument , also at the bottom of society involves singing artists ( mostly house artist ) also chose it as a tool to make a living is the natural thing. I believe that this is the reason why people choose agave root shell instead of other materials as the big wide chord Qintong , and can be obtained locally developed rapidly widespread important reasons.
3 Instrumental Performance person ‘s thoughts and feelings as one of the tools , both with the material conditions , but also with spiritual culture are inseparable.
Agave roots in the big wide as Qintong chord sound thick , rough , even slightly sandy tones ( black horse tail pull-outs with more obvious when ) , which in some scholar or scholars who may find it vulgar ears , vulgar, and their advocates elegant , subtle , delicate and exquisite , delicate and far from dismissive . But in the heart of ordinary people , this pristine sound is imbued with a strong flavor of rural life , with the local population , cheerful, straightforward personality temperament is very consistent , very suitable to express their emotions and feelings .
