Analysis On The Han Baoli’s Accompaniment Art For Drum Song

In the existing species of Chinese folk art, most of them have musical consistence, namely in the performance of these folk art, vocal singing and instrumental accompaniment mixed in harmony. However, the instrumental accompaniment is not merely "companionship" and "fit", but has its own unique artistic value and significance. For example, in drum song, the accompaniment is a powerful supporting part for the singing. It is closely linked with the singer, both parts condensed into an indivisible whole.Han Baoli is a famous artist of Sanxian in Chinese folk arts troupe of Tianjin, he is one of the few artists devoted in the accompaniment of storytelling in Jingyun Dagu and Meihua Dagu. In his fifty years of artistic practice, Han Baoli not only gained impressive achievements, but also forms his own unique style in the design of singing based on his rich artistic experience. Moreover, he always pays great attention to educating the young potential talents in this field and therefore makes great contribution to the inheritance of the traditional arts. This paper is based on a comprehensive study of Han Baoli’s accompaniment works for drum song. Specifically speaking, this paper analyzes his artistic experience, his characteristics in the accompaniment works and his training of the young artists, exploring his unique artistic skills and style especially in storytelling in Jingyun Dagu and Meihua Dagu. Therefore this paper makes an analysis of his aesthetic pursuit, and points out his significance influence for other accompany works nowadays.In addition, this paper contains two appendices, the first one is a chronology of Han Baoli’s artistic activities, the second one is a list of Han Baoli’s accompaniment works.