Guangdong Ballad Singing

Guangdong ballad singing is the general term for ballad chanting, story telling, comic dialogues, clapper talks, cross talks; specifically it includes several forms of talk and singing in Guangdong dialect, muyu, longzhou, nanyin, Yue-ou, and banyan. Muyu (wooden clapper) was formed by Buddhists chanting “Sacred Sutra” integrated with local folk songs. The masterpieces are “Longjian Story”, “History of the Lotus”; Longzhou is of the style of ballad of the boat folk. The tone and voice is low, with small gong and drum for interlude; nanyin came from muyu and longzhou as the base, absorbing the music of Yangzhou tanci (storytelling to the accompaniment of string instruments) and nanci. The masterpieces are “Autumn Melancholy on the Journey”, etc. Yue-ou is a form of talking and singing, developing from myuy and nanyin as a base, just simply chanting or singing with string and blowing accompaniment. The existing works is “Yue-ou” by Zhao Ziyong. Banyan, similar to nanyin, is sung in seven words with narrow segment, almost like talking. The master works is “Watch Lanterns”. Yuequ is the main form of Guangdong ballad and singing. Yuequ is of strong musical nature, the singing is devoted to the art of voice tone, and the art of singing.

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