Research On Yangko Singing In Xiangyuan

Xiangyuan Yangko is a traditional opera from Shangdang Basin in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province.It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.Xiangyuan Yangko has experienced more than three hundred years of sediment since the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.There have been many achievements.Folk artists also call it "Wuxiang Yangko" and "Xiangwu Yangko".Through continuous development,Xiangyuan Yangko has become a local opera with complete style,high degree of fit with life,beautiful singing,rich content,complete skills and popular with the masses.Article USES the literature material of access and sorting,yangge Xiang Yuan officials and artists for interviews and research methods such as personal learning singing yangge Xiang Yuan for carding and research,mainly for Xiang Yuan yangko,Xiang Yuan yangko music and singing characteristics of the singing and singing yangge Xiang Yuan formation of the cultural basis for systematic study.This paper studies Xiangyuan Yangko singing in four parts.In the first part,it gives a basic overview of Xiangyuan Yangko,explores its historical origin,analyzes its historical evolution and development status.Throughout the formation and development of its singing,further explore the musical characteristics of its singing and singing characteristics;The second part,mainly from the Xiangyuan Yangko singing style,mode,melody,lyrics of the study,and in-depth study of the famous chanting,so as to analyze its musical characteristics;In the third part,the singing characteristics and singing techniques of Xiangyuan Yangko are explored,and the singing characteristics of Xiangyuan Yangko are explored through theoretical combing of its articulation,moistening characteristics and the application of true and false-throat.The fourth part,through the previous analysis,causes the reflection on the cultural basis of Xiangyuan Yangko singing.Firstly,there are many theories about the origin of Xiangyuan Yangko singing.Through the research of music analysis,literature,interview and other methods,it is concluded that Xiangyuan Yangko is probably originated from spinning flowers and flowering tunes.Second,through the analysis of a large number of music,it is found that the melody characteristics of the singing music are distinctive.It adopts the melody characteristics of the wave descending which combines the jumping of the intervals above four degrees,and has a specific rise and fall rule,which is the unique characteristics of Xiangyuan Yangko.Thirdly,in the analysis of its singing characteristics,it is found that the down slide and trill of Runqiang are often used together,forming a unique singing style of northern opera.Fourthly,through the study of the musical characteristics and singing characteristics of Xiangyuan Yangko,it is further concluded that the cultural basis of Xiangyuan Yangko singing is closely related to the geographical environment,humanistic characteristics and dialect characteristics.