Research On The Playing Techniques And Musical Characteristics Of The Bamboo Flute Concerto "Shaanbei Four Chapters"

Shanxi,as one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization,has a time-honored history and culture,and its music also has strong local features.The bamboo flute concerto “Four Chapters of Shanbei” is created by Cheng Dazhao based on his impression of Shanbei folk songs.The four chapters of this concerto are “Rambles in the Sky”,“Village Theatrical Performance”,“Past Events” and “Celebrations for the Lantern's Day”.This concerto has strong local features as well as spiritual connotation.The research on the performance techniques and music features of the concerto “Four Chapters of Shanbei” should entry from its technical and musical levels.The research on its technical level is mainly the comprehensive analysis on the performance techniques of the four chapters.It's important to analyze the performance techniques of “Four Chapters of Shanbei”because Concertos like this usually require higher techniques.Both the creative and performance techniques are the yard sticks to measure the quality of concertos.“Four Chapters of Shanbei”applies different theories,materials and performance techniques for individual chapters to manifest the composer's ideas,which is one of the research focuses of this thesis.The expression of music relies on performance techniques but goes beyond merely this.The moving music itself contributes more to the success of “Four Chapters of Shanbei”.Chapters like “Rambles in the Sky” and “Past Events” can bring audience into an open,desolate and unrevealing musical sensation.So the other focus of this thesis is about the analysis of its musical expression.Through the analysis of the bamboo flute concerto “Four Chapters of Shanbei”,we can grasp the composer's creative ideas,at the same time,we can deepen our understanding of the local music language of Shanxi,thus to better perform this concerto and understand deeper the music form of bamboo flute concerto.