Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Hello all!

Here's information about our songs. Please digest and chew on it (woah haha I like the imagery here). Okay, think about how it relates to our songs, think about what our songs portray, and think about how you want to portray it.


大江东去

　　解释：长江的水往东奔流而去。后借用为词牌名。多表示陈迹消逝，历史向前发展。

　　北宋·苏轼《念奴娇·赤壁怀古》：“大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰。遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人生如梦，一尊还酹江月。”

Explanation of the poem: (important!)
　　大江滚滚向东流，波浪中淘尽千古风流人物。那遗弃了的旧营垒西边，人说是三国周瑜大败曹公的赤壁。四面石乱山高，两岸悬崖峭壁耸人云霄；惊涛骇浪汹涌澎湃，日夜将江岸冲击撕裂；波滔水涡翻滚腾跃，像似卷扬起千堆白雪。江山如图如画，一时引出多少英雄豪杰!遥想当年周郎公瑾，那时乔家小女初嫁归门；他英姿雄健睿智卓越，风度翩翩神采照人。手执羽扇，头著纶巾；从容潇洒笑谈间，八十万曹军如灰飞烟灭。如今我身临古战场，神游往昔浮想万千。可笑我如此多怀古幽情，竟未老先衰鬓发斑白。啊，人生如一场梦幻，还是举起酒杯，奠祭这万古长存的大江明月。

Think about how this relates to the battle of red cliff.

打鬼
(宗教/习俗) - 西藏民族习俗

节奏强烈的主题，展现一种神秘的打鬼习俗，以强烈的节奏和不协调的和声演奏，运用多种类型的敲击乐器。打鬼藏人称为“跳布扎”，每年正月十五喇嘛举行法会，戴上面具扮演诸天神佛鬼怪舞蹈，以敲击伴奏吟唱，来驱邪和祝愿新一年和平。

*这首乐曲运用两个古筝以不同音阶演奏；应用了一些不常见的演奏技法如以弓拉奏古筝、吊钹；定音鼓的滑音；大量运用拉弦的颤弓和颤音等等。 （sounds familiar! :) )


SLs, I'd suggest that you go through this with your section!

Cheers!

(sorry, I realise this post may be quite hard to read. try to paste it onto a word doc or something!)
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