Biting Chinese characters and singing Chinese songs well (Cultural Eyes)
After more than a century of development, Chinese national vocal music has gradually matured, and many artists who are deeply loved by audiences have emerged.
Facing the future, how can Chinese national vocal music develop better?
The author believes that the key lies in adhering to the national characteristics and styles, reading Chinese characters clearly, singing Chinese songs well, and telling Chinese stories well.
National vocal music tells the Chinese story that happened in the land of China. It relies on the historical inheritance of Chinese people from generation to generation, and serves the Chinese people who were born and grew up in Sri Lanka.
The continuous Chinese civilization is an inexhaustible source of strength for the national vocal music. With the nourishment of Chinese civilization, the national vocal music will be thicker, more charming and more sustainable.
The violin cannot replace the erhu, the ballet cannot replace the folk dance, and the suit cannot replace the tunic suit.
Cultural differences and aesthetic standards between China and the West cannot be confused.
Therefore, national vocal music should be judged from a national perspective, and an aesthetic standard should be established in a way with Chinese characteristics.
Western vocal music can be borrowed or integrated, but it cannot be absorbed or copied in its entirety.
Language and words flow from the blood of the mother tongue. The singing method of national vocal music cannot deviate from the Chinese culture and original appearance. It must be rooted in the land of China, keep up with the development of the times, and develop in the soil of contemporary China. Come up with your own national singing.
We need to learn from the vocal technology of Western vocal music, instead of mechanically learning their articulation.
There are 35 finals in Chinese, including "four tones", "eight tones", "thirteen ruts" and other tones and rhythms, and they need to be rhymed.
The articulation of Western languages cannot bite some of the rhythms of Chinese languages.
Half of the attributes of national singing belong to "speaking".
To sing Chinese songs well, you must first understand the Chinese characters.
There used to be a tendency in the past to pursue vocal skills while ignoring articulation.
For the so-called "scientific" vocal technology, they gave up biting Chinese characters, couldn't hear the lyrics, and made a stereotyped "scientific" sound, which led to a situation where thousands of people could only produce handicrafts, and could never become works of art.
Therefore, the national vocal music of the new era must be judged by the value scale of shaping the soul, and the orientation of "casting the soul" rather than "showing off skills" should be established.
National vocal music is the product of the combination of Chinese history and cultural confidence.
There is no future for "respecting foreign countries", "taking foreign countries as their beauty" and "only following foreign countries".
To make national vocal music more widely popular, there must be national vocal music works that conform to the spirit of the times and a modern image that conforms to national vocal music.
More importantly, while combining the development of the times, adhere to the singing method with national characteristics, express the voice of the nation, and follow the road of the nation.
This is not only a manifestation of Chinese cultural self-confidence, but also a strong voice of the times with national characteristics.
Zhao Yangyang