Concepts of Music Composition in the Piano Works of Chu Wanghua

Abstract

This paper adopts qualitative research and ethnomusicological research methods.Through interviewing Chu Wanghua and the four informants and collecting information, the data were statistically analyzed. The research objectives are twofold:

1) To analyze concepts of music composition in the piano works of Chu Wanghua.2) To investigate the application of works and Concepts of composing music of Chu Wanaghua for various purposes. The research results of this paper are as follows:

Chu Wanghua uses variations, binary forms, ternary forms and free forms to integrate elements of folk songs, operas and national instrumental music into his works. In his mode concepts, he uses pentatonic scale as the backbone tone to make the music have a strong Oriental flavor. He uses changeable beats and complex rhythm counterpoint to highlight the character of the music.In order to highlight the Chinese flavor, he transformed the traditional western third arranged chords through additional notes, alternative music, ellipsis and other forms. He extensively used the second overlapping interval, seventh chord, ninth chord, non-third overlapping chord to increase the color and harmonic tension of the music, accentuating the characteristics and characters of national melodies. Chu Wanghua's composing concepts fully shows the influence of his learning from Chinese and foreign composers.

Chu Wanghua's piano works have been widely used in concerts, professional competitions, music festivals, major media and other fields, and his piano works have been widely published. His works also deeply influenced Chinese composer. It validates his consistent creation Concepts: the pursuit of flexibility, audibleness and teachable. All these aspects have achieved good social effects.

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