A Study On Artistic Characteristics And Performing Rehearsals Of Yang Chunlin’s National Instrumental Music Ensemble- Cloud

His "Clouds" which was created in 2005 is a national chamber work,and in the same year,it won "Wenhua Award" of the Ministry of Culture.The work "Clouds" is composed of 293 bars of 17 voice parts,its intricate arrangement of harmony,intertwined rhythms,strong and weak undulation presents the audience with a wonderful sound feast and a musical picture full of imagination.But it also brings many difficulties for the actual performance and rehearsals-the high standard training of erhu sound accuracy;how to play with each other when time signatures varies frequently and so on.Many of the problems behind the beautiful melody need to be solved by the conductors and the players.The author,according to his personal performance,rehearsals,competitions,performance practices,visits to national orchestras of five colleges and universities,interviews with outstanding contemporary musicians and his own second creation analysis of the work draws some experience and summaries in order to solve the problems in the process of rehearsal and performance.In my opinion,with regard to the part of stings,the minister of sound should unify the fingertips and changes in advance.In practice,the players are required to correct device sound-by-sentence and practice from slow to original speed,as for the playing techniques of plucked strings,if we should use "pick" or "clamp","roll" or "alternating play" is supposed to unify in advance according to the need of the music;for the breath control of wind,the part of bamboo flute is required to alternate breathing together,the part of sheng should pay attention aspirate earlier when playing dense meters;for the tempo control of percussion part,they should strictly observe director’s directions,the signature of speed in order to understand the performance.And when roll’s rehearsing frequently changing paragraph of time signatures,they firstly need to practice in terms of voice part,requiring each part to play strictly in accordance with the prescribed speed and rhythm and training players to observe the command of the beat,emphasizing that the players to "capture" the command of the strong beat,along with the command of the instructions to adjust the breathing,and so on.Through the solution of this kind ofproblems,the detailed description of the artistic characteristics of the work and the thorough performance and rehearsals of the work,this paper obtains the enlightenment from this excellent work in order to promote contemporary Chinese national instrumental ensemble,and in the performance and rehearsal of Chinese national ensemble,there are still many problems need to be solved in the orchestra composed of young players,such as players feel difficult to play consistently in the frequently changing rhythm,inaccurate control of long span interval and etc.When new works are springing up,conductors and players should take them more seriously and solve the problems that appear in the performance and rehearsals of new works.The author research and study those problems in this paper and strive to improve the practical ability and professional level of the national orchestra of our country.