Xipi
Xipi is a type of opera tune accompanied on Peking opera fiddle(also known as Jinghu; Chinese: 京胡).[1]In traditional Chinese operas, including Peking opera, Han opera, and Anhui opera, Xipi is often used along with Erhuang, another type of Chinese opera tune. In Hunan opera and Guangxi Opera, Xipi is also known as ‘Northern Tune’, while Erhuang is known as ‘Southern Tune’.[2]
Classification[edit]
Xipi is classified into the following types: Leading Beat, Lento, Original Beat, Two-Six, Allegro, Flowing Beat, Free Measure and Winding Beat.[3]
History[edit]
Xipi originated from Shaanxi opera tune which had been passed from Xiangyang, Hubei Province to Wuchang and Hankou, and evolved with the combination of local folk tunes in the late Ming and early Qing dynasty. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Shaanxi opera tune was passed from the West to the East, and it evolved into the Xipi with the combination of Hubei folk tunes.[4]
Xipi and Erhuang, the two most commonly used Chinese opera tunes, have similar forms.They were derived from Anhui opera after about 1750, when it was introduced north to beijing and south to Guangdong. Both types spread to other districts as well, such as Guangxi and other areas of northeastern Guangdong province.[5]
Features[edit]
Xipi is born out of the Clapper opera tune; therefore, the tune of Xipi is relatively vivacity, bright and powerful in aria, intensive in rhythm, which manifests the mood of pleasant, firm and resentful.[6]
The Xipi aria of the Jinghu set is a "6 ~ 3" (la ~ mi) string, which means that the inner chord is a "la" sound with a bass point in the brief spectrum, and the outer chord is a "mi" sound with no bass and high points.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Jinghu (instrument)", Wikipedia, 2017-04-22, retrieved 2018-06-28
- ↑ "西皮".
- ↑ "西皮".
- ↑ Hualing, HAN; Jing, CHEN; Qianli, SUN; Zhongyuan, CHEN; Salem, Alas (2011). "Grain-size distribution and magnetic susceptibility in Faiyum Depression sediments, Egypt and the implication for eolian activity". Journal of Lake Sciences. 23 (2): 303–310. doi:10.18307/2011.0222. ISSN 1003-5427.
- ↑ Jinpei, Huang (1989). "Xipi and Erhuang of Beijing and Guangdong Operas". Asian Music. 20 (2): 152–195. doi:10.2307/834024. JSTOR 834024.
- ↑ "Xipi and Erhuang". www.cncultural.com. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ↑ "Xipi".
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