The Musical Features And Singing Interpretation Of The Gelao Folk Song "Love Sister Under The River Washing Clothes"

The Gelao people are mainly concentrated in Shiqian City,Guizhou Province.Their culture has been continuously inherited in the social development and catalyzed the fusion in a unique natural environment.It has been forming a unique Gelao music culture which has become a glorious treasure in China's ethnic culture and art treasure house."Love Sisters Wash Clothes at the Riverside" is a folk music created by Gelao people.Now it has flew out of the mountains and into the world and has been widely sung for many years.Based on the theme of "Lover Sisters Wash Clothes at the Riverside",the author dig deeply and logically sort out the artistic value of Gelao folk songs by accessing to information and combing related content,and also trying to analyze the artistic characteristics and singing of this song.Gelao folk song "Love Sister Washing Clothes Down the River" was selected from the work and life of the local Gelao people in Shiqian County.This song has the structure of traditional Chinese five-tone pattern,the bright tunes,the beautiful melody,the rich emotions and strong style which has described the young Gelao people images.It praised the Gelao people's positive attitude towards life and the courage to open up,and expressed the progressive ideas of Gelao young men and women's bold yearning and bold pursuiting of free love.The Gelao folk song "Love Sisters Wash Clothes at the Riverside”has a strong graphic and appreciation in music and artistic effects.It is a frequent nayional tenor vocal repertoire in the vocal profession and the music stage of colleges,and is widely used in the vocal teaching of nationwide School.This article will focus on the Gelao folk song "Love Sisters Wash Clothes at the Riverside" through three aspects: introduction,text,and conclusion.The introduction introduces the general research direction of the song.The text introduces the ecological background,development and evolution of local folk songs,music characteristics and singing and then conduct analysis.Through a case study of the characteristics and singing of Gelao folk songs,the author boldly expounded some constructive opinions,with a view to fully reflecting the distinctive regional,national and contemporary characteristics of Gelao folk songs and singing and reveals theartistic value and contemporary connotation of Gelao folk songs.