"Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmei Tune and Tea Picking Opera, originated in Huangmei, Hubei, and developed and flourished in Anqing, Anhui..."
Huangmei Opera is one of the "Five Major Chinese Operas," along with Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Ping Opera, and Henan Opera. It is also the main local opera in Anhui Province. Professional and amateur Huangmei Opera troupes also operate in Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and are widely popular.
"Huangmei Opera's singing style is simple and fluent, known for its bright and lyrical expression and rich expressiveness; the performance is simple and meticulous, known for its authenticity and liveliness..."
As the saying goes, every profession has its own expertise. Lu Yan is a professional Huangmei Opera actor, so naturally she has a thorough understanding of Huangmei Opera.
But she is really not suitable to be a teacher.
After talking for a long time, we still didn't get to the point.
Tang Xiaobao couldn't help but coughed and said, "Sister Lu, can we speed up a bit?"
Lu Yan was stunned.
"What I mean is, could you please teach me how to sing Huangmei Opera? For example, what should I pay attention to when singing, how to recite the lines, etc. I keep listening to these origin stories, but they're not very useful. Time is running out."
Tang Xiaobao said with a smile.
Lu Yan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
This is like wanting to learn to fly without even having any basic training.
You don’t even know anything about Huangmei Opera, but you want to learn how to sing?
Well, let's try it out.
Lu Yan said: "Okay, then I will tell you about the singing style of Huangmei Opera. The singing style of Huangmei Opera is a kind of rhythmic variation, which includes three major singing styles: color tone, color tone and main tune. Color tone is mainly used for small operas. The tune is healthy and simple, beautiful and cheerful, with a strong sense of life and the color of folk songs. Color tone has a cheerful tune and was widely used in color tone small operas. The main tune is the singing style commonly used in traditional Huangmei Opera. It is divided into Pingci, Huogong, Erxing and Sanxing. Among them, Pingci is the most important singing style in the main opera. The tune is solemn and beautiful. Huangmei Opera is characterized by expressing emotions. The opera is characterized by its rich emotional appeal and rich rhythm. Its singing style is simple, fresh, delicate and moving, and it is known for its bright and lyrical expression. It has rich expressiveness, is easy to understand, and is easily popularized, making it deeply loved by people everywhere. In terms of musical accompaniment, early Huangmei Opera was performed by three people playing percussion instruments such as drums, cymbals, small gongs, and large gongs, and also joined in the singing, known as "three beats and seven sings"... Huangmei Opera singing is gentle and fresh, and is divided into two categories: coloratura and flat lyrics. Coloratura is mainly used in small plays, and is full of the flavor of life and folk songs. It often uses "filling lyrics" such as "hu she" and "wei que"...
"Stop, stop, stop"
Tang Xiaobao couldn't stand it anymore and called for a stop again.
Lu Yan frowned: "What's wrong?"
"I don't think this will work. It's too boring and not intuitive at all. I can remember what you said, but it's useless. How about you sing a song for me to listen to?" said Tang Xiaobao.
sweat……
Lu Yan was also extremely depressed.
If it wasn't Tang Xiaobao, if it was someone else, she would have kicked them out long ago.
Are there such students?
You are not serious at all, and you keep saying that you can remember it. It’s strange that you can remember it!
She didn't believe that Tang Xiaobao could remember it.
Knowing the relationship between Tang Xiaobao and Lang Kun, and knowing that whether she could attend the Spring Festival Gala this time really depended on Tang Xiaobao, Lu Yan could only teach patiently.
"Okay, then I'll sing a song about picking pig grass. Listen to it."
After saying that, Lu Yan began to sing.
"My surname is Jin, Ziyizi. My nickname is Yihe. I have to watch over the bamboo shoots every day, to prevent pigs from entering the bamboo forest, Ziyizi. Yiyizi, to prevent pigs from entering the bamboo forest, Ziyizi. I hurried along, Ziyizi, and came to the bamboo forest, Yihe. I sat down under a tree to meditate, Hehe. I have to be careful when watching over the bamboo shoots, Ziyizi. Yiyizi, to be careful when watching over the bamboo shoots, Ziyizi..."
“It sounds good, it sounds good!”
Tang Xiaobao praised sincerely.
Lu Yan asked: "Is this all right?"
Tang Xiaobao touched his nose and said, "How about we watch a video first?"
"Watch the video?"
"Yes, search for some Huangmei Opera videos online, and I'll hum along a few times, and maybe I'll be able to do it." Tang Xiaobao said confidently.
Lu Yan almost fell down.
Do you think you are singing popular songs?
Will you be able to do it after humming it a few times?
If this is really the case, why bother setting up a professional Huangmei Opera school? It's very professional, okay? The pronunciation and articulation are very particular, okay?
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lu Yan asked.
Tang Xiaobao nodded: "Yes, this is faster."
"All right."
Lu Yan took out her notebook and searched online for several Huangmei Opera videos.
Tang Xiaobao watched very carefully, listening to the lines while observing the actors' mouth shapes and vocalizations.
This process lasted about an hour.
Seeing that Tang Xiaobao was fully immersed in it, Lu Yan quietly stood up, went to the kitchen, cooked some dumplings and brought them out.
"Come, have something to eat."
Tang Xiaobao said "oh", picked up the spoon, and put it to his nostrils.
Suddenly, he almost jumped up because of the heat.
Lu Yan on the side couldn't stop laughing.
"You really are serious."
Tang Xiaobao smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, the glutinous rice balls are delicious."
"You haven't eaten yet."
"Oh, let me try it."
Tang Xiaobao was really embarrassed.
After eating the dumplings, Lu Yan went to the kitchen to clean up, while Tang Xiaobao continued to replay the video, muttering to himself.
After a while, Lu Yan came out.
"Sister Lu, I seem to have some feelings. How about we try singing a song?" Tang Xiaobao's eyes lit up.
Lu Yan smiled and said, "Really? Which part do you want to sing?"
"It has to be a duet, or how about 'Yellow Orioles Singing in the Trees'?"
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