Mongolian tribal chief tune: Wind blows, grass low, cattle and sheep visible, grassland pastoral mood strong, tune long
2024-10-09
The pastures in autumn feel a bit cool and peaceful, but the nights on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia are different. A singing voice glides across the night sky of the grassland, with a low and gentle tone at first, gradually rising and becoming loud and clear, creating a more lively atmosphere for the Grassland Camping Music Festival. This is a Mongolian long tune folk song known as the "living fossil of grassland music". It has a unique listening experience and full of tension, but also requires extremely high singing skills. It is reported that singers need to use their oral and pharyngeal cavities, pharyngeal cavity, chest cavity, posterior nasopharyngeal cavity, head cavity, anterior nasopharyngeal cavity and other parts to produce overall resonance in order to sing long tune folk songs well. The melody of long tune folk songs is rich in decorative elements, including front leaning, back leaning, glissando, echo, etc. The most distinctive feature is the colorful singing style formed by the singing style of "Nogura" (Mongolian phonetic translation, twisted sound or decorative sound). The long melody lyrics are beautiful, using a contrasting technique, and are easy to recite; The melody is long and soothing, and the artistic conception is broad. Singing Mongolian tribal tunes requires a bright, radiant, penetrating, and metallic voice Yang Yucheng, the president of the Inner Mongolia Changdiao Art Exchange Research Association, emphasized in an interview with reporters that only in this way can sound be transmitted further on the grasslands. Changdiao is a free translation of the Mongolian word "Wuritingduo". Wuriting "means" long-lasting "and" eternal ", while" duo "means" song ". Long tune folk songs existed during the formation of the Mongolian ethnic group and have been passed down for over 2000 years. From hunting to nomadism, long tune folk songs have been accompanied by local people for a considerable period of history. The Mongolian female singer Qiqigema, who stepped onto the stage of the music festival this time, said that on the grassland, if the shepherdess does not sing the long tune, the sheep will appear uneasy; Wranglers don't know how to sing long tunes, and their horse riding poles are "short" by half. Long tune folk songs can be further divided into different singing styles by region, such as Xilingol, Khorchin, Hulunbuir, Zhaowuda, Alxa and other styles. For the famous Mongolian long tune singer Tianliang, who was born on the Khorchin grassland, long tune folk songs are familiar melodies that linger in her childhood memories, full of her purest emotions towards the grassland. Since I can remember, my father sang long tunes while grazing, and my mother sang long tunes while brewing milk tea. Standing on the grassland, singing long tunes seemed to be my instinct. Long tunes have no fixed rhythm, and we cannot measure them by the beat of music. True long tunes require life experience to sing well, "said Tian Liang. Mongolian long tune folk songs are mainly passed down through oral transmission. It is understood that the basic themes of Changdiao folk songs include pastoral songs, homesickness songs, hymns, wedding songs, and banquet songs (also known as drinking songs), which are closely related to the social life of the Mongolian ethnic group. Tianliang recalled that the herdsmen would sing when they gathered together, when they worked, when they paid respects to their ancestors, and even sing a long tune to "persuade milk" when the mother livestock did not feed the young livestock. Erduntaogege, a post-90s herdsman born on the grasslands of Ulan Maodu, is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the Khorchin Changdiao. In his opinion, Mongolian long tune folk songs sing praises for grasslands, mountains, rivers, as well as praises for love and friendship. The sky is blue, the grassland is green. Parents' kindness, children's hearts. The sun and moon shine on the earth. Parents' kindness, children's hearts... "Erdun Taogegege sang the long tune folk song" Parents' kindness "to the reporter. He said that no matter how he innovates his composition, he insists on preserving the rich regional style of long notes. "It is green, a harmonious sound dedicated to nature. This is its charm." Some people say that long note folk songs are songs on the grassland and on horseback. Wherever there are grasslands and shepherds, there are long tunes. Under the relevant songs on major music apps and social media, listeners left messages saying that even if they couldn't understand, they felt like they were on a vast grassland, "enjoying this vast and magnificent feeling". In Yang Yucheng's view, grasslands are vast, peaceful, inclusive, and open. Long tune folk songs are presented in a traditional and natural form, providing audiences from all over the world with a profound and touching experience. (End)
Edit：NiChengRan Responsible editor：Chenze
Source：China News Service Website
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