Chaozhou Song volume

Chaozhou song volume is a kind of representation form of Chaozhou folklore, possess extensive crowd base, literacy women like singing, illiteracy women like hearing, also has professional singer.

Material-choose of Chaozhou song volume is leaderette accord with history chapter novel or sing book in other places and Chaozhou long play. Generally speaking, song volume is decided by Chao drama. According to known, there are 233 different Chaoshan song volumes.

Feature is earthy and easily understood. Jingle and read smoothly, such as come down 《Hundred screen lantern song》in folk : “Watch Sha lantern after watching vivid lantern, first screen watch Zuo Feng and Yi Ting, Diao Chan and Huang Yi play in drama, Lv Bu anger to beat chest. Second screen Qin Qiong inverse copper flag, third Liu Shu shoot gold money…hundred offer birthday felicitations Guo Ziyi.”

Chaozhou big drum

Chaozhou big drum include big drum, small drum, flute drum and Su drum etc.

Big drum

Take beat music as main, drum as command, and equipped orchestral music concert. Suona as rhythm called “Suona drum”; flute as rhythm called “Flute drum”. Big drum has strong vigour and sobriety atmosphere often used in folk spirit and celebration activities. Since 1949, Chaozhou big drum has new development and changes, in order to adapt need of joint performance and visit performance, from square into theater, get great improvement. In 1957, Chaozhou big drum 《Casting net and fishing》gain gold prize on sixth youth festival, famous in and abroad.

Small drum

Is a kind of concert form that derives from half drum and Shu drum. Of course, small drum is not so precise and rich form types of literature, music structure and music adoption. Generally speaking, its musical performance is clear and lucidity, brisk and active.

Shu drum

Gain the name by Shu Luo, Shu Gu, from company form of Waijiang play, having a unique style.

“Suona drum” and “Small drum” is most popular in Chaozhou drum, distribute most widely. Anywhere there are Chaozhou people; there is this kind of drum. Big drum often mention by Chaozhou people means this one. It is praised as “Eastern symphony” by people from music circle, becomes a happy culture art.

Chaozhou chord

Chaozhou chord is the most popular and common music sort. Chaozhou chord music take first chord (second chord) as lead play musical instrument, include Yehu, Tihu, three strings, lute, Zouqin, Yangqin, flute etc, music is very aboundant, most representative is ten Chao song: 《Zhaoqun resentment》, 《Jackdaw paddle》, 《Moon is high》, 《Yellowbird word》, 《Small peach red》, 《Plain sand and falling wild goose》, 《Jade interlink》, 《Increase flower on brocade》, 《Feng seek Hunag》, 《Big eight board》, still folk pop, canzonet etc, Melody of Chaozhou music is very dainty.