Chapter 107 drum words

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, rap music gradually evolved into a confrontation between the drum words in the north and the Tanci in the south. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Gu Ci became popular in the north.It has become an important rap music in the north, and it can be traced back to Bianwen in the Tang Dynasty and Guzici in the Song Dynasty.The three-stick drum and flower drum popular among the people in the early Ming Dynasty also had a great influence on its formation.Its biggest feature is that the snare drum and clapper are the main accompaniment instruments. In the early days, they were even the only accompaniment instruments, and Sanxian was added later.

Gu Ci in the Ming Dynasty was probably influenced by Bianwen, and the system was relatively large. It reproduced a complete story, like a drama (full version), such as "Da Tang Qin Wang Ci Hua" and "Da Ming Xinglong Biography" handed down. Wait. The diversified development of opera art in the Qing Dynasty led to the transformation of large-scale works into small ones, and the complete operas gradually evolved into "excerpts".The essence of large-scale drum lyrics is also selected for performance, which is the so-called "fold singing", also known as "duanzishu".At the same time, he also specially created many medium-length and short Guci works, which promoted the development of Guci.In the south, there are also Guci, such as the famous Yangzhou Guci.

The performance form of Gu Ci is relatively flexible. Generally speaking, there are talking and singing, and the singing part is mostly seven-character and ten-character, and some are three-character or six-character.