Opera and Quyi Vocal Design

Author: Yang Ruiqing (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Opera and Quyi are two shining gems in China's traditional culture. Throughout the long course of history, the two have influenced and promoted each other, sharing common vocal embellishment content and structural characteristics in many aspects, as well as numerous identical vocal creation methods. This book introduces some of the outstanding vocal excerpts from popular opera and quyi genres. It summarizes the common principles in vocal design through several stages: familiarizing with vocal styles, selecting vocal styles, arranging vocal styles, innovating vocal styles, and enriching vocal styles. This enables creators to generalize and gain inspiration when designing opera and quyi vocal styles. The book is well-organized, concise in narration, features typical musical examples, and is both popular and practical. At the end of the book, there is a special section on "Opera Song Creation" for those interested to refer to.