Artistic Features And Singing Analysis On MengYong's Vocal Musical Works

Teacher Meng Yong has produced a series of excellent works in recent ten years, among which more than forty songs are sung in singers' matches. Award—winning works amount to forty more. His works such as《Tears of Mottled Bamboo》《Mountain Fastness Sketch》《Water Girls》《Sister Gets Married》《Cried Out》《Hometown, It's you》《Father Mountain, Mother River》《Never Forgetting》have spreaded everywhere. The present writer selects the above eight representative songs, analyses and probes into them from two aspects, artistic features of songs and performance analysis of songs.Artistic features of songs.The present writer composes music from new names of songs and rich materials;using local music;combining lyric with songs perfectly.His skills of composing music are new and unique; Songs are full of new meanings;His music conforms to aesthetic needs of the public.On new names of songs,the composer breaks with convention and names songs with simple,kind and popular words.Materials are rich and lingering charm is distinctive.The composer uses various source materials such as minority nationality music,folk legends,modern life,local operas,etc.At the same time he uses many kinds of local music as source materials such as Hunan opera and Kunqu opera,Miao music in different regions.On combining lyric with songs perfectly,the writer analyses his music works from its tone,rhythm,style and image between lyric and tune.New and unique skills of composing music includes unique structures of songs,rich musical performance means,ingenious design of the melody. Songs are full of new meanings. The present writer probes into his music from stylistic mix of songs and plural mix of inside structures of songs.MengYong's works conform to aesthetic needs of the public.The present writer thinks his works grasp the pulse of the time and people's hearts,conform to people's psychological pursuit,and can express the public's voice.Performance analysis of songs. The present writer describes and studies them form three aspects as follows:Explanation in emotion in Meng Yong's vocal musical works.The use of skills to lubricate throat in Meng Yong's vocal musical worksSinging handling in MengYong's vocal musical works MengYong draws on materials extensively and goes deep into the life.He entrusts new original ideas to his works in familiar music and beautiful melody. He uses musical styles and elements in various peoples and regions, mixes quyi and local music, and produces songs in his unique musical mode of thinking. You cannot notice the trace left when the predecessors created these works in his vocal musical works. But his works can embody romantic charm in folk music. He uses the change of speed, metre, rhythm, mode, quality to compose music, and uses western creation skills to portray new music.His works have general appearance of a picture and praise the scenery of our motherland people's life and elders and folks. His works have strong peoples styles and kind artistic charm. Meng Yong mixes musical lyricism, narrative, dramatics in his folk vocal musical works to make his works have rich artistic expression.The range in his works is broad to or beyond two eight degrees. Singing is extremely difficult. His folk vocal musical works have singers give play to their skills and provide a good medium in order to master songs styles and rich artistic expression. Many of his works are selected and compiled into art institutions of higher learning, and often used as songs in TV matches and concert. His works have great importance on vocal music performance and teaching practice of our time.