The Jin-style Laoting Dagu in Luannan County, Hebei Province, China

Abstract

This dissertation have objectives were to: The Study the current situation of the Jin-style Laoting Dagu in Luannan County, Hebei Province. The Analyze the music characteristics of Jin-style Laoting Dagu in Luannan County, Hebei Province. The propose guidelines for the preservation and transmission of Jin-style Laoting Dagu in Luannan County, Hebei Province. This study mainly adopted the interview method and observation forms, and collected data through literature review, group discussion meetings, investigation and interviews with three types of key informants (Scholar informants, Casual informants, General informants). The research results are as follows:First, Jin-style Laoting Dagu has experienced the changes of the times, and many books and related works have emerged. The transmission of the fourth generation of inheritors has been completed, and 10 transmission bases have been established. The performance form has developed in the direction of multi-person performance and has begun to become a commercial performance form. Secondly, the musical characteristics of Jin-style Laoting Dagu are rich in melody instrument characteristics, with undulating melody lines and melody lines surrounded by sound patterns. The beats are often changed according to the needs of the song. The rhythm is mainly eighth notes, supplemented by syncopation, dotted and sixteenth notes. In addition, the coordination between Yueyaban and Shugu and the human voice makes the human voice melody stand out or emphasize. The scale characteristics are that the seven-tone scale is mainly based on Qingjue and Biangong. The musical structure is parallel. Thirdly, the guidelines to preservation and transmission of Jin-style Laoting Dagu was formulated. Among them, the preservation guidelines include guidelines guidance, preservation of inheritors, and cultural transmission preservation of education. There are two transmission guidelines. One is to give full play to the role of teacher-student education and pass on Jin-style Laoting Dagu to schools. The second is to spread the cultural field. We will strive to make Jin-style Laoting Dagu active in rural and urban areas.

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