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CHINESE FOLK SONGS

CHINESE FOLK SONGSYeh Yung-Ching, EditorWilliam Bellber, ArrangementsLu Yu, AdvisorShiah Mann, TranslationsCopyright 1972 by Art Resources for Teachers and Students, Inc.2nd edition (revised and expanded) copyright 19793rd printing 1986 4th printing 19905th printing 19946th printlng 2004Published by ARTS, Inc. 134 Henry Street, N.Y.C. 10002

CONTENTS1 CLAY DOLL),N. tit! . . . . . . . I2. FENG YANG FLOWER ORUH .ft fl . . . 34.'! . SHAPPY FARMERS l . 75.IF THE RAIN DOESN'T FALL rf9'f 5JI1t1f.3"· l) , GAU SHAN CHING Jl. 9-& . j{ it · :l: t . .11JASM I ME FLO\JER f Jj ti . I)KANG 0 I NG LOVE SONG J,j t If! f,t . . IS6 . IN THAT FARA.WAY PLACE7.8.9 . Ll FT YOUR VEIL tt · I 0. LITTLE DONKEY .J,1 f,! . I 7.t ,Jj . . . . . . . I 9II.LOOKING FOR PLUM BLOSSOMS IN THE SNOW}t)t4ff· 2112.LOTUS PICKING SONG1* lf. . . .2) 1I) .MONGOL IAN SHEPHERD SONGt. 0 k . .14 . PURPLE BAMBOO FLUTE ,JrTIS.IIAINBCN SISTER17. SHA-L 1-I«.JNG-IIA i,\it 19.THE WEST WINO SPEAKS1. . .29fj i . )1 'e.J}r '18 .SWEET BIRO OF YOUTH20. WAGONEER'S SONGt/tJ . . 27 J: -t --16 . SAI - DI -MA - LI - A.f.2S. . . . . 33t* . . )Sfi fo . )7*. t . . . . 39

INTRODUCTIONOF THE 20 SONGS IN THIS BOOK, 15 ARE FOLKSONGS, ANp 5 ARE MODERN CO POSEDSONGS. ALL OF THEM ARE VERY POPULAR AMONG CHINESE PEOPLE IN CHINA ANDOVERSEAS . HONG KONG, S.E. ASIA, AND THE UNITED STATES. MANY OF THEM APPEAR IN CHINESE ANTHOLOGIES FROM TAIWAN AND HONG KONG 1 A FEW ARE WRITTENDOWN FROM MEMORY, HOST OF THEM ARE NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH.WE HAVE SELECTED THESE SONGS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR POPULARITY, AND THEIRMUSICAL INTEREST, W HAVE TRANSPOSED THEM INTO KEYS SUITABL FOR CHILDREN'S VOICES, THE SONGS ARE WRITTEN WITH A MELODY LINE AND CHORDS FORGUITAR OR PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT. THE CHORDS CORRESPOND WITH THE ORIGINALMODAL STRUCTURE, WESTERNIZING THE SONGS AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.THE WORDS ARE IN WRITTEN CHINESE - WHICH MAY BE SUNG IN ANY DIALECT ROHANIZED MANDARIN SOUNDS, AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, WE HAVE TRIED TOMAKE THE TRANSLATIONS AS LITERAL AS POSSIBLE, AND TO HAKE SURE THEY ARESINGABLE.THESE VERSIONS HAVE BEEN USED IN MANY CLASSROOMS IN NEW YORK CITY CHINATOWN, BY CHINESE, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENT , CHILDREN ENJOYSINGING THEH, AND FIND THEH EASY TO LEARN.A CASSETTE TAPE WITH EACH SONG SUNG IN MANDARIN, AND ALSO IN A SIMPLE INSTRUHFNTAL VERSION, IS AVAILABLE FROM ARTS INC.

ROHANIZATION J PRONUNCIATIONTHE WORDS OF THE SONGS ARE ROHANIZED INTO MANDARIN CHINESE SOUNDS.ALTHOUGH MANDARIN IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF CHINA, IT IS A NORTHERNCHINESE DIALECT. PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARTS OF CHINA WILL PRONOUNCE THEWORDS DIFFERENTLY, EVEN THOUGH THE WRITTEN FORM IS THE SAME.SINCE CHINESE LANGUAGES ARE TONAL, THEY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO ROHANIZECORRECTLY WITHOUT USING CODE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE DEVELOPED OUR OWNSYSTEM FOR THE CASUAL READER, USING PHONETIC AMERICAN ENGLISH. AWORD IS PRONOUNCED AS IT LOO S - MORE OR LESS. OUR SYSTEM, WHICHIS BASED ON THAT OF Y.R.CHAO, HAS THE DISADVANTAGE THAT IT IS QUITEDIFFERENT FROM THE PREVAILING SYSTEMSa W DE-GILES, POST OFFICE, ANDNATIONAL ROMANIZATION. HOWEVER, IT HAS THE ADVANTA;E THAT YOU WILLBE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THE WORDS IN MANDARIN CONSISTENTLY AND NEARLYCORRECTLY, WITHOUT LEARNING A CODE.USE THE FOLLOWING VOWEL PRONVNCIATIONSaA E FATHERE HER EVE0 GLORYU RUDE

NOTES ON CHINESE MUSICWESTERN PEOPLE APPROACHING CHINESE MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME OFTEN HAVE THEUNEASY FEELING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TERRIBLY DIFFERENT. ACTUALLY, TRADITIONAL MUSIC IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WESTERN, 80TH IN THEORY AND INITS PHILOSOPHICAL CONCERNS. BUT CHINESE MUSIC SINCE THE 20'S HAS BEENDEEPLY AFFECTED BY WESTERN THEORY, AND HAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USED WESTERNSCALES AND NOTATION. OUR BOOK FOLLOWS THIS PRACTICE.CHINESE MUSIC, LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN CHINESE CULTURE, IS SUPPOSEDTO DATE BACK TO THE YELLOW EMPEROR (2700 BC). IT IS SAID THAT HE ORDEREDHIS MINISTER TO CUT BAMBOO O THE JUN LUN MOUNTAINS, ANO BORE CERTAIN HOLESIN IT, THUS ESTABLISHING THE J\ HUANG JONG, OR FOUNDATION TONE, FROMWHICH ALL OTHER NOTES WERE THEN DERIVED.THE HOST C ON OF TRADITIONAL SCALES WAS THE S-TONE (PENTATONIC). CHINESEMUSIC WAS MODAL, RATHER THAN TONAL AND HARMONIC. THE FOCUS WAS ON MELODY,AND RHYTHMIC PERCUSSION ACCOMPANIMENT. INSTEAD OF USING HARMONY, VOICESOR INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS PLAYED IN UNISON. FOR THESE REASONS, CHINESE FOLKMUSIC IS NATURALLY VERY SINGABLE.OVER THE CENTURIES CHINESE MUSIC WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY FOREIGN STYLES.CONTACT WITH INNER ASIA AND INDIA VIA THE SILK ROAD, AS WELL AS THE MONGOLINVASIONS OF THE 13TH CENTURY, INFLUENCED BOTH FOLK ANO COURT MUSIC, BRINGING MANY NEW INSTURMENTS AND STYLES. THE LAST MUSICAL INVASION OF CHINAWAS, OF COURSE, THE WESTERN. FOUR OF THE HODERN'SONGS IN THIS BOOK WERECOMPOSED !Y ONE HAN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMBINE CHINESE AND WESTERN MUSIC.HUANG TZ Jf tJ , A GRADUATE OF YALE, WROTE "LOOKING FOR PLUM BLOSSOMS INTHE SNOW", "LOTUS PICKING SONG", "HAPPY FARMERS", AND "THE WEST WIND SPEAKS :AMONG MANY OTHER POPULAR AND PATRIOTIC SONGS, BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 19)8.

THE FOL MUSIC IN THIS BOOK REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF CHINA, ANDTHE VARIOUS INFLUENCES ON THEM. AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO INCLUDE SONGSFROM MANY PARTS OF CHINA, AND FROM THE MINORITY NATIONALITIES. IN THEIRHOME PROVINCES , THE SONGS ARE NATURALLY SUNG IN LOCAL DIALECTS, WITH MANYMUSICAL NUANCES CHARACTERISTIC OF EACH AREA. ALTHOUGH THESE LOCAL STYLESCANNOT REALLY BE REPRODUCED IN STANDARD NOTATION, STILL ONE CAN GET ANIDEA OF THE RICHNESS AND VARIETY IN CHINESE FOLK MUSIC.IN CHINA, FOL MUSIC IS MUCH MORE INTEGRATED WITH FORMAL CULTURE THAN INTHE WEST. FOL SONGS, IN STANDARDIZED VERSIONS, ARE THE MAIN MUSIC TAUGHTTO SCHOOL CHILDREN. SIMPLE MELODIC AND PERCUSSIVE INSTRUMENTS ARE SHAREDBY BOTH FOL AND COMPOSED MUSIC 1 THERE IS NO GREAT GAP AS IN THE WEST BETWEEN ORCHESTRAL AND HOME-MADE. FOLK TUNES AND LEGENDS FORMED THE BASISOF OPERAS AND PLAYS. FROM THE TANG DYNASTY ON, CHINESE POETS HAVE WRITTENIN A FORM CALLED Jij TZYH, WHICH MUST FIT THE METER AND MELODY OF SPECIFICFOLK TUNES. THE SONGS THAT VILLAGE PEOPLE MADE UP IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVE SHAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT AND FAMILIAR PART OF THE CULTURE OF All CHINESE FORHUNDREDS OF YEARS.

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