Keya Ke, is Kirgiz stringed instrument bow to pull. Chinese language has been translated as Creutzfeldt available. Popular in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Ili Kazak Turks, Zhaosu, Emin and other places.
A musical overview
Two historical retrospective
Long history, ancient Kirgiz folk instruments. 克亚克 and Kazakhs pull stringed Ku Buzi, which are associated with the Qing court appearance Qinglong dance music for stringed Xi Qin pull close, their common feature is the resonance box half exposed, the lower part of the skin. “Lil Lv Zhengyi · The Editor,” “Dynasty ritual schema” and “Qing Dynasty continued Book of General” and other literature are painted with Xi Qin images, and Keya Ke very similar.
Three traditional forms
Traditional Keya Ke, length 62 cm to 75 cm, the shape of the spoon and short alike, piano body with a whole pine or mulberry wood dug from the system (Figure). Resonance box was spoon-shaped, the upper wider cavity exposed, the lower part of Mongolian lamb with a camel or sheep. Headstock simple, flat no ornaments, right and left sides of the home a peg. The neck is short, narrow width, positive for the fingerboard, no taste. Skin surface have the bridge set, Zhang two beams horsetail strings.
4 collection instruments
Art Institute of Music in Beijing, China Institute of Chinese Musical Instrument Museum, displays a Kirgiz Keya Ke. Piano body wood, length 74 cm. Department of resonance box carved with a mulberry wood dug the abdominal cavity, was half pear-shaped, the next big small, piano box length 36 cm, a width of 16.6 cm, width 7.5 cm lower, thick 7.5 cm, 5.5 cm thick under the front upper dew empty, middle and lower face mask with leather as leather side with small nails fixed on the piano back. Headstock, piano bar is made with a pear, long 38 cm. Headstock elongated triangle, positive black and white bone inlaid decorative edge, after opening chord rectangular slots on each side set up a shaft. Pear wooden pegs, the same button shape and violin strings, shaft length 8 cm, flat round shank. Neck semicircular columnar body, before the flat after the round, the narrow width, positive for Anxian fretboard, top with string pillow. Skin surface set wooden piano horse. Zhang two stringed, strings from the string holes piercing chord pillow square, the bottom line on top of leather tied strings. This piano is prepared to make the best folk artists, simple shapes, bold outline. Have been included in “Chinese musical illustrations” in large pictures. ?
5 making reform
Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Backstage reform made Keya Ke, piano box kept the traditional form of facial mask to scale loose sheets, the upper panel opened a style rich clouds shaped sound hole. Zhang two stringed. Fine craftsmanship, sound pure and mellow. ?
6 playing method
When playing the piano box sandwiched between knees, holding his left hand piano Anxian, right hand outside Mawei bow string pull-outs. Keya Ke by four degrees or five degrees relationship tune a stringed instrument for g, c1, or g, d1, range g-g2, there are two octaves. Traditional 克亚克, because Mongolia to film and thick ponytail chord, timbre is more vigorous; reform 克亚克, because Mongolian stringed wooden panels and use, sound soft and beautiful, like a trumpet with a muted. Can be used for solo, ensemble or narrative poem and folk singing accompaniment, played by multi Zilazichang.
7 Traditional Music
Good at playing the ancient tradition is rich in ethnic style music. There are more famous songs, “Rafael Mozart”, “Aola You,” “Hurrah” and so on.
Eight folk artists
The famous folk artist playing violin and there is WUQIA County Matan Koehler and so on. ?
