A song "Pingyao Xing" created two different versions performed by the folk song instructor Zhao Zhao and the Manchu musician Ula Dorn. Don't ask which version is the best to listen to, I will only tell you that each has its own characteristics, each has its own style, and after listening to it, there is only one idea - I want to go to the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi to feel the humanistic customs in "Pingyao Xing". I think this is the charm of music, which can sing into the heart and stir up the impulses and desires of the heart.
The first thing I heard was Zhao Zhao's folk song version of "Pingyao Xing", this version of the work I will use touch to describe, but when the flute sounded, goosebumps rose, just want to say that it is too right, at the beginning into the local minor tunes of Shanxi, directly into the play, the taste of folklore comes to the face, completely fascinating, as if in the ancient city, caught in the mottled past, it is difficult to extricate yourself.
This is a city propaganda song specially created by Zhao Zhao for Pingyao, Shanxi, but in its true color, it is not separated from Zhao Zhao's unique folk characteristics, what is important is that the creation method is very special, using the way of folk songs as the tone of the urban propaganda song Is rare, and the uniqueness in the content feelings and musical charm is that "Pingyao Xing" can highlight the "love" point, catch people's ears with moving melodies, and grasp people's hearts with unique feelings. In this regard, it has to be said that the creator Zhao Zhao's musical ideas are particularly bold and have also been put into practice.
As we all know, Zhao Zhao's creation (music) and his singing voice have a strong human touch, and it is this love and taste that gives "Pingyao Xing" the soul and life, he has his unique feelings, but also his self-cognitive feelings. For Pingyao he is a guest, but his expression is not emotional, nor superficial, but through a love story to express his love and thoughts about Pingyao, with his plain and warm voice to tell this emotional story, borrowed the "scenery" of Pingyao to express the "love" of Pingyao, this kind of flesh and blood expression seems to be more touching than the narrative of flat and direct narration like the introduction of scenery, because it is deep in the heart, it is in the depths of the heart to arouse the listener's yearning for Pingyao, It is also quietly injected with emotion into the listener's heart.
In addition, Zhao Zhao's choreography is also very targeted, using flutes, pipa and other folk instruments to set off the "ancient rhyme" of the artistic conception, coupled with his singing of the pronunciation of the rhythm is very exquisite, with a little local dialect flavor, so the appeal of the whole song is very strong, completely immersed in the emotional atmosphere created by Zhao Zhao with simple folk songs.
Zhao Zhao's version of "Pingyao Xing" is in front of him, and there will be preconceived advantages, but after listening to Uladon's interpretation of "Pingyao Xing", he also felt very surprised, which was a new feeling. Or that song "Pingyao Xing", the melody lyrics have not changed, even if the tone still retains the characteristics of folk songs, but there are fewer flutes, pipa and other ancient instruments, the arrangement has a more modern texture and popular tones, simply put, Uladon's "Pingyao Xing" brings a modern, young and international style of Pingyao.
Uladon has a musical talent, which is not only due to her creative ability, but also to her understanding and expression of music. For Pingyao, she is also a guest, this guest is not Zhao Zhao's aftertaste of a love, but the current feeling of meeting and parting with friends, so her singing is not so much sorrow, but more is a kind of remembrance and nostalgia for the good. Listening to Uladon's singing, I feel the shock of the personality and extroversion in her voice, and her voice is flexible and flowing, both delicate and sensual, especially the deliberately elongated "la" tone in the interlude, the tail note is tight and beautiful, it is meaningful and endless, so that the whole song has a flexible temperament like a new poem.
At first, some people may wonder why a song "Pingyao Xing" requires two singers to sing, and also to separate the folk version and the modern version, is this not a superfluous move? What I want to say is that in the cognition of many people, Pingyao is an ancient city with a long history, but do not understand that Pingyao is also a city with young vitality and an international core, it is not difficult to understand, a song is used in two versions, the folk version and the modern version of the intention of the presentation, in short, Zhao Zhao's folk version of "Pingyao Xing" shows the rich historical background of Pingyao, and the modern version of Uladon's "Pingyao Xing" sings the modern style characteristics of Pingyao, and the two versions of the work do not conflict, On the contrary, they can complement each other, presenting a most complete and realistic Pingyao style, which makes people want to go.
The point is that whether it is Zhao Zhao's folk version or Uladon's modern version, it is done very extremely, the perspective is different, the emotional starting point is different, and then the mood is different, and the appropriate description is that Zhao Zhao's "Pingyao Xing" is the heart in Pingyao, and Uladon's "Pingyao Xing" is in Pingyao, so that the body and mind are together, in the same song, you can feel Zhao Zhao's inner corner of the ancient rhyme of Pingyao, but also experience the style of the new attitude of the ancient city sung from Uladon's mouth.
There is a long history and cultural heritage, there is also a young and international style, this is today's Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi, but also we hear and feel in the two versions of "Pingyao Xing" by Zhao Zhao and Uradorn. There is no favorite, because the body and mind have long been integrated, just to yearn for the young and energetic, with a background of the ancient city of Pingyao, even if the body has not arrived, the heart has moved, at this moment more want to swim in "Pingyao Xing".