Long drum two, one is Korean long drum. Another is Yao long drum. North Korea long drum Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province is prevalent in Korean and other inhabited areas, also known as V drums. Originated in ancient waist drum; Yao long drum in the Song Dynasty have been circulating, and more to swallow fat wood production, sophisticated technology, mainly used for dance accompaniment.
1 North Korean long-drum
long drum, also known as a drum stick, two stick drums. Popular in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province and other areas inhabited by Koreans.
long waist drum drum ancient variant. Sui has been used in court nine, ten in music. The Song “Music Book”: “drum stick, drum, Han, Wei and greater use of watts, while the small wood class, are the first extensive fiber belly..” Shen Kuo, “Meng Xi Bi Tan”: “Tang drum stick, the so-called The ‘two drum stick’, two are with the rod. drum stick today, a pat of the hand. ” Yuan particular detail records, “Yuan Shi ritual”: “drum stick, made of wood for the Marina, waist, take the leather, multicolored embroidered with the facilities, right to stick, shoot with the left hand.”
drum body wooden, cylindrical, both ends of the thick and hollow, thin and solid middle. Full length (70-80 cm, about 40 cm in diameter drumhead. Both ends of the drum cavity sizes, the skin is also different. Thick end of the Mongolian leather, horsehide or pigskin, deerskin thin end of the Mongolian, white skin or sticking, film to hoops as boxes, the thong or rope taut and adjust tonicity. drum body coated with red paint. because Bohou drum cavity size and skin are different, may issue two different tones, thick end of soft deep bass, small end is crisp and bright treble, usually four or five degrees degrees interval relations, and can adjust the pitch when needed
playing, sitting position, set the drum on the shelves;. establish potential, will who played drums hung on the front, the right hand drum percussion whip thin end drumhead, drum with a whip made of bamboo grass strip, about 40 cm long, whip head slightly larger; left thumb on the rough end of the drum rim, with the remaining four refers to the slap. abundant musical skills left a single drum, single flower-point, two-point and boring to spend four drums, hand drums have a single point, single spend, spend double, roll-outs, repetition and other. player often not 10-20 year-old young girl.
2 Yao Long Drum
long long drum drum Profile
Yao, Yao spread in the region waist drums, mainly for dance accompaniment. early as the 12th century. Song Dynasty, Yao people have been able to make a long drum, but not both hands, not sold, and the Walled Village has ancient times known as “cymbals Drum” or “gun drums.” drum cymbals is still the name of Ming and Qing dynasties, has Some yaozhai also called long drum cymbals drum.
Yao long drum production of fine appearance, much to swallow fat wood production, was a long cylindrical drum body, about 83 cm long, with a whole series Wood made car spin, while the solid waist smaller, thicker surface to air at both ends, Mongolian sheep or goat to rabbit. henselae head painted with clouds, sun and moon, dragon, flowers or birds, etc. Figure ornaments, paint bright colors, very rich ethnic style, and some are still at both ends of the drum and 8 small bells tied around his waist.
in Yao folk dance folk dance, “long encouraged” is the most famous. dance will Waist Drum Xiegua hands slap, or left hand drum Central, with his right hand slap, hit the side edge dance, both long drum accompaniment instrument, but also dance props in Yao village, every year it closed on October 16 day, people will jump as much in the long encouraged.
historical legends
long drum Yao called “public broadcasting”, the historic Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing years (1132) issued on May 3 “Twelve people surnamed Yao into the mountains annunciation” set:. “emperor front of the temple, the king gown big sleeves, long waist wooden drum, spotted coat red collar, lute blowing singing” whereby more than 800 years of history, the legendary ancestor of the Yao plate. gourd hunt in the mountains, fallen off a cliff while wrestling with a bison, died on a tree right. they would be hollowed out center of the tree, stripped bovine growth Piemonte drum, day and night offering plate to beat the king.
shape classification
long Drum their shape in small, medium and large drum, also known as long-short three small drums, about 70-90 cm, waist drum diameter of 4-6 cm, 8-10 cm in diameter at both ends of the drums;. long Wong, also known as the long drum or drum drum, about 110-150 cm, waist drum diameter of about 15-20 cm, 25-30 cm in diameter at both ends of the drums; big long drum drum known as race, about 180-240 cm, waist drum diameter of about 20-25 cm, 30-50 cm in diameter at both ends of the drums. Either long drum, by the soft wood trees for materials, cattle, sheep Piemonte drumhead, coated with paint, painted dragon and phoenix patterns.
drumming action
long drum drumming action with 72 units, mostly the performance of production, life content, such as housing estates built, plowing farming, imitating animal movements and so on, vivid, rich Life breath drumming has divided the text message fight martial arts fight soft slow action, martial arts bold outline; There are two people sparring, four sparring, but also large groups of people in a circle playing a lively atmosphere, playing loud drums. are mostly young men, are also a woman beat.
relevant customs
Yao played drums mostly held in long lunar March, June six, August 15, October 16. especially in October 16 Yao, “King Pan Festival” most prevalent “Pan Wang Yuan” three small wish, years a big wish; .. little longer willing to play drums for three days and three nights, big wish is to play seven days and nights of the People Before the founding of the Republic, such activities carried out by the same surname clan organization after the founding of the PRC, then the village as the unit, but not limited to the holidays, National Day and Spring Festival, or to celebrate harvest time, can play a long drum.
