Perhaps because of non-subjective reasons, most of our generation lost the opportunity to marry music, the spokesman of the human soul. We didn't have the money to buy musical instruments, and no one taught us. Even at first, we didn't know whether music was classical or modern except nursery rhymes and national anthem. China, the difference between foreign countries. Like when I was about 14 years old, I asked my mother why no one sang a piano song. These are our tragedies. Although I heard the song "Running Water" at that time, my understanding of China's classical folk music was only an outline and figures. Later, I learned that "Running Water in the Mountains" is based on "Boya Guqin meets a bosom friend", and there are many kinds of music scores. There are two kinds of Qin music and Zheng music, both of which have the same name and different styles. During the Warring States Period, there was a story of Qin Le about high mountains and flowing water, so it was also said that "high mountains and flowing water" was written by Boya. The music score was first seen in The Secret Music of the Ming Dynasty (written by Zhu Quan at 1425). The solution of this score is: "Mountain Flowing Water is two songs, but there is only one. The first ambition is to care about mountains and rivers, saying that benevolent people are Leshan. The ambition of the future is to care about running water, which means that the wise are happy with water. The Tang dynasty is divided into two songs, regardless of section. The highest mountain is divided into four sections and eight sections of flowing water. " For more than 2,000 years, two famous guqin songs, Mountain and Running Water, together with the story of Boya guqin meeting a bosom friend, have been widely circulated among the people.
With the development of Qin's performing arts since Ming and Qing Dynasties, "mountain" and "water" have undergone great changes. The legendary secret score is not segmented, but later the piano score is segmented. Among the numerous music scores since Ming and Qing Dynasties, Running Water, which was adapted by Zhang Kongshan, a pianist of Sichuan School, was included in Tian Wen Song Score (1876) compiled by Tang Dynasty in Qing Dynasty. The sixth paragraph of the technique of "rolling, brushing, dialing and noting", also known as "seventy-two rolling and brushing water", is widely used because of its vivid image and blending of scenes. According to the research of Qin family, before Tian Wenqin's Song Score was published, there was no sixth paragraph played by Zhang Kongshan in all Qin Scores, and the whole song had only eight paragraphs, which was consistent with the solution of the Magic Secret Manual. However, the biography of Zhang Kongshan was increased to nine paragraphs, and then the Qin family followed suit.
There is also a guzheng song "Mountain Stream and Running Water", the music is quite different from piano music, and it is also based on "Boya Guqin meets a bosom friend". There are many genres of music books. The most widely circulated and influential is the Biography of Zhejiang Wulin School, with elegant melody and meaningful charm, which has the appearance of "majestic mountains and flowing water".
Shandong School's "Mountain Flowing Water" is an ensemble of four ditties, namely, Qin Yun, the wind shaking the bamboo, the bell ringing at night and the rhyme of the book, also known as four paragraphs and four paragraphs of brocade.
The Mountain Flowing Water of Henan School is based on the folk song Old Liu Ban, with a fresh and lively rhythm. Folk artists often play this song when they meet for the first time to show respect and make friends. These three songs have nothing in common with the guqin song "High Mountain and Running Water". They are all songs with the same name, different styles and completely different styles.
Running water fully uses the fingering of "overtone, roll, row, row, note, up and down" to describe the various trends of running water and express the meaning that wise people are interested in running water and enjoy it.
Running water: Guqin music, which makes full use of the fingering of "overtone, roll, stroke, stroke, note, up and down" to describe the various trends of running water.
The first paragraph: Introduction. Melody constantly jumps and changes the range in a large range. Virtual nudge refers to the change of tone and real tone, and the melody appears and disappears. I still see the top of the mountain, and the fog is uncertain.
The second and third paragraphs: clear overtone, lively rhythm, like "clank, quiet cold current;" Cold, loose roots. "Calm down and listen, you will feel happy. The third paragraph is an octave repetition of the second paragraph, omitting the tail of the second paragraph.
The fourth and fifth paragraphs: like the melody of a song, "Its rhyme is lingering and flowing."
The sixth paragraph: First, the melody of falling rocks fluctuates, and the rising tone and falling tone increase greatly. Then, the continuous "rolling slow brush" makes the sound of running water, and a rising and falling tone is played on it. The ingenious combination of the two is really like the concept of "extremely boiling and surging", just like the roar of a dragon. Calm down and listen, and take a dangerous boat across the Wuxia Gorge. Dazzling, thrilling. I suspect that this body has gone to the deep mountains and forests, and it is difficult to fill all the valleys. "(See the postscript of Qin Xue Series of Running Water in Qing Dynasty, 19 10).
Paragraph 7: In the high-pitched region, the chord overtone first falls and then rises, and the sound potential is greatly reduced, just as "the canoe has passed, and the sound potential is erratic, sometimes the aftershock shakes, and sometimes it spins slightly." (Postscript to Qin Xuecong and Liu Jiaoshui)
The eighth paragraph: the change reproduces the melody like a song and adds new music materials. The sound of the piano is slightly faster and stronger, and the music is full of enthusiasm. At the end of the paragraph, the sound of running water is restored, which is memorable.
The ninth paragraph: the carol-like melody is from low to high, full of passion. At the end of the paragraph, the seed material of the fourth paragraph appeared again, and finally ended in Gongyin. The eighth and ninth paragraphs belong to the "polyphony" part of Guqin music structure.
The overtone of emotion at the end makes people immersed in the thought of "Yang Yang Hu, sincerely looking forward to the sound of ancient songs".
Source: Liezi Tang Wen: "Boya Guqin is interested in climbing mountains, and Zhong Ziqi said,' Well, I am as tall as Mount Tai.' Regarding running water, he said,' Well, the ocean is like a river.' "。 It's about the Spring and Autumn Period. There was a man named Yu Boya, who was proficient in melody and piano skills. He was a famous pianist at that time. When Yu Boya was young, he was smart and eager to learn. He has learned from others and his piano skills have reached the level. But he always feels that he can't express his feelings about all kinds of things in a superb way. Boya's teacher knew his idea and took him to Penglai Island in the East China Sea by boat, so that he could enjoy the natural scenery and listen to the waves of the sea. Boya looked up and saw the waves surging and splashing; Seabirds are roaring and singing; The lush trees in the forest are like entering a fairyland. A wonderful feeling arises spontaneously, as if the harmonious and beautiful music of nature rises in my ear. He couldn't help playing the piano, his voice turned at will, and the beauty of nature was integrated into the sound of the piano. Boya experienced an unprecedented realm. The teacher told him, "You have learned. "
One night boating in Boya. Facing the cool breeze and bright moon, he was full of thoughts, so he played the piano again, and the sound of the piano was melodious and getting better. Suddenly I heard someone screaming on the shore. When Boya heard the sound, he got out of the boat and saw a woodcutter standing on the shore. Knowing that the man was a bosom friend, he immediately invited the woodcutter aboard and played for him with great interest. Boya played a tune praising the mountains, and the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Majestic and solemn, such as Mount Tai towering into the clouds! " When he played the surging waves, the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Vast and boundless, it seems to see rolling water and boundless sea! " Boya was excited and said excitedly, "bosom friend!" You are really my bosom friend. "This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. Since then, the two have become very good friends.
Metaphor is a bosom friend or bosom friend. It is also a metaphor for the beauty of music. This piece of music has rigidity in softness and urgency in quietness, giving people a sense of calm and concentration, clearly reflecting the tranquility of natural creatures, an isolated fairyland, without any troubles and worries. "The tone of this song is soothing, like splashing water, like running water, and the rhythm is harmonious, as if it were there. Here, I think of the ancient people playing the piano and reciting poems, and drinking wine to sing to the moon, which really moved me deeply.
After listening to this song, I feel not only the loyalty of human beings, but also the enlightenment of a peaceful mind. We are still ignorant before human civilization. When you look up at the stars in the night sky after listening to this song, you will feel that we are even smaller in front of the universe. Therefore, it is the harmonious realm that we should pursue to treat things outside life with a peaceful attitude and get close to nature.
I don't know whether the author needs extraordinary "keen feeling" to achieve the realm of "detachment", calmness, harmony with nature and peaceful coexistence with human feelings in that distant era without too many external temptations, but I dare say that in their era, the contradiction between man and nature is still inspiring, and it is not his deliberate pursuit but the music itself that has made him realize that.
Our society is now shrouded in an impetuous atmosphere, and cultivating harmony with nature and human feelings can only become a wishful dream, or just a distant legend in people's consciousness. "Fast food culture" and "commercial literature" give almost all "works" the impression of "popularity", but for a time we can't find the popularity itself in the popularity.
We are small and naturally lose the potential of "harmony". Our only hope is that in our distant civilization, some people who pursue "peace" and "perfection" have left us with some attempts that we don't know for ourselves or for "enlightenment". I can only say thank you to them and pray that more people will have the opportunity to hide in the corner of the noisy city in the second half of our lives, look up at the sky in the dark and listen to this song "Mountains and Rivers".