Huaci Yaogu in Henan province China

Abstract

This dissertation takes Huaci Yaogu as the research object. Objective is: 1) study Huaci Yaogu 's current status and specific production process in Lushan, Henan. 2) Analyze the music characteristics of Huaci Yaogu. 3) Professional training of Huaci Yaogu practitioners and propose methods of spreading. The research results are as follows:

This dissertation rovides a detailed description of the production process of Huaci Yaogu, including the early stage of collecting folk songs and conducting investigations, the selection of constituent materials, model shaping, drawing embryos and grinding, firing the drum cavity, production steps of the finished product, manual craftsmanship, etc. Huaci Yaogu was successfully manufactured, and the production steps were systematically summarized. In Chapter 5, the musical characteristics of Huaci Yaogu were analyzed in detail. Since it is a percussion instrument, it has no melodic nature but only rhythm. Therefore, the characteristics of the musical structure, musical style and musical rhythm of Huaci Yaogu were analyzed, and it was concluded that these characteristics of Huaci Yaogu constitute an important part of the musical characteristics. At the same time, a theoretical description was made on how to play Huaci Yaogu. In Chapter 6, experts were invited to conduct professional training for practitioners and students of Huaci Yaogu, questionnaires were distributed at the same time, conclusions were drawn, and dissemination methods were proposed.

In this dissertation, in-depth research has been conducted on the above-mentioned related work of Huaci Yaogu. It combines the characteristics of the times, adapts to the development of society, and is also combined with the characteristics of Huaci Yaogu. Young-generation personnel are trained and encouraged to innovate. The author has put forward viewpoints that are in line with objective reality, which is also one of the research topics..

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