Yun From Heart-on The Idea And Practice Of Guzheng Playing From The Perspective Of Chinese Traditional Music Aesthetics

The reason why Guzheng is "ancient" is that it inherited the traditional Chinese music philosophy and aesthetic spirit and was born out of the round,clear,vivid and lingering rhyme.Yun is the soul of the Guzheng art.However,in the modern development of this art,the inheritance of Chinese traditional music aesthetics of Yun is being "deconstructed" and "reconstructed" by western music aesthetics and theories.Guzheng music,on the basis of western music harmony system,is far away from the Chinese phonetic rhyme and poetry rhetoric language,which is called Out of Chinese Style.Therefore,the return of Chinese traditional music aesthetic spirit is the most important thing in the heritage and development of Guzheng art.This paper uses the literature research method,the music comparison method and the music analysis method to take Yun in the Chinese traditional music aesthetics thoughts as the research object.And from the angle of the relationship between Chinese traditional music and Chinese phonetic rhymes,the paper puts forward the concept of Yun From Heart in the Guzheng playing,combined with the psychological experiences of Guzheng player,the artistic characteristics of playing instruments and unique playing skills.Moreover,the paper explores how to exquisitely practise Yun in the singing Guzheng music and title Guzheng music.The article is divided into seven parts:In the preface,the paper shows the background and significance of this research,analyses the domestic and foreign researches on the Yun of Guzheng,and puts forward the logical framework and research method of this paper.In the first part,this paper explores the commonality of Yun in Chinese arts on the basis of interpreting the semantic connotation and development course of rhyme;and explores the musical form featues of Yun through the in-depth analysis of the meaning of Yun on the basis of interpreting the semantic connotation and its development.In the second part,the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese traditional Guzheng art are systematically studied from the aspects of the materials of Guzheng,shapes,strings,temperament,playing techniques,playing styles and so on.The author also points out that modern Guzheng players should focus on Yun and puts forward the new concept of Yun from Heart while playing Guzheng.Furthermore,the players in practice should comprehend the rhythm of natural lives in universe and speechmodality and show Yun according to the tones;make full use of the subtle fingers' changes in trembling,rubbing,slipping and pressing to achive the voice of both hearts and instruments and the integration of music image and mood;condense the understanding of the universe and life experience in the melody,change the technical Yun into the Yun in heart,and ultimately break the simple pursuit of playing skills and music images and artistic conception of the binding,to achieve the playing realm of Heavenly Meaning and Rhythm and the life realm of Union of Heaven,Earth and All Things with Me.In the third part,the paper discusses the understanding and practice of Guzheng playing skills from the concept of Flow Experience on the basis of the idea of Yun from Heart.In the fourth part,taking Shandong Guzheng and the Modern Guzheng Song as the representative,the paper explores the application of the concept of Yun from Heart in the works of singing Guzheng music.In the fifth part,the application of the concept of Yun from Heart in the title Guzheng music is explored in the case of the solo songs,Feng Qiu Huang,Singing in Fishing Boat in the Evening and Iron Horse Song.In the conclusion part,the author summarizes the concept of Yun from Heart in Guzheng playing and prospects for the current development of Guzheng art.