On the 14th, Chen Ze, a reformer of folk music, died of illness in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
On the 16th, this news spread in the Chengdu music industry because of the eulogy issued by the Sichuan Conservatory of Music: "The death of teacher Chen Ze has lost an excellent scientific research talent in the field of national instrumental music reform." ”
It is reported that the Special Committee for the Reform and Production of Musical Instruments of the Chinese National Orchestra Society also sent a telegram of condolences, saying that this is a huge loss in the reform of national musical instruments, "will always remember Mr. Chen Ze's persistent spirit of music reform, and carry out the cause of national musical instrument reform to the end." ”
Chen Ze
Who is Chen Ze?
He is a researcher and master tutor of the Scientific Research Office of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, and has been called "One of the Top Ten Reformers of Chinese Folk Music". On April 14, Chen Ze died at the age of 78 in the Third Hospital of Chengdu City due to ineffective medical treatment.
In the past, when the folk orchestra played Liang Zhu's "Building Platform Society", violins and cellos were added. This is because the erhu has the problem of attenuation of the treble zone, and there is no suitable bass zone in the national instrument, so it can only be played with violin and cello.
However, the complex resonance technology, the high note does not decay, the bass is not blank, so that these two major historical problems can be solved. When folk music players play the "LoutaiHui" with the compound resonance erhu and the national bass instrument La kulei, the erhu sings louder, the bass is longer, the timbre and sound quality are perfectly integrated with the whole band, and the aftersound is around the beam.
At the memorial service held on April 16, The Red Star News reporter learned that Mr. Chen Ze has devoted his life to the reform of national stringed musical instruments, reformed and invented the compound resonance technology, and made outstanding contributions to the reform of Chinese national musical instruments. He has won many awards for his research projects:
"Improvement of the sound quality and volume of the high-pitched area of Gaohu, Erhu and Zhonghu (series)" won the highest honor in the field of musical instrument improvement: the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Ministry of Culture Science and Technology Progress Award, etc. "Double-pipe complex resonator" won the National Cultural Science and Technology Improvement Program, which is a core technical achievement in the field of independent intellectual property rights and musical instrument technology, and has won the national invention patent. The national bass string instrument improvement project "La Kulei" has been included in the national cultural science and technology promotion plan, and the Ministry of Culture organized an expert group to accept the project and ranked first. Chen Ze was awarded the "2016 Top Ten Reformers of Chinese National Musical Instruments" by the National Reform Committee of the Chinese National Orchestra Society.
Professional acoustic test reports prove that the volume of 1.8 compound resonance lakhle is equivalent to the volume of 6 traditional cellos, and the timbre sound quality is better integrated with folk bands. The Central National Radio Orchestra and La kure were well received when they appeared on stage in Vienna's Musikverein, and the national bass finally had its own national instrument.
At the same time, compared with the traditional erhu, the pronunciation of the compound resonance erhu is brighter, stronger, more sensitive, and the penetration has also been improved.
So, how did Chen Ze develop a bass instrument to change the status quo of folk bands that have been using cellos and double bass violins instead of bass instruments?
In 2001, a national development project fell on Chen Ze's shoulders. He led the research group to go through a large number of literature, and finally found a kind of appearance image and body length close to the cello "Sudden Thunder" and "Fire Does not Think", they are the grassland ethnic instruments in the northern region of China, from plucked instruments gradually evolved into bowed string instruments.
Chen Ze's research group synthesized the appearance and shape of these two instruments to become the current overall image, named "La Kulei".
The research group drew on the effective string length, panel length, fingerboard and code bridge, sound column, bass beam and other very scientific acoustic structure and key data of the cello, in addition to the use of new technologies, successfully changed the cello into a composite resonance structure, making the sound more beautiful and beautiful, filling the gap of bass stringed instruments. Truly realize the symphonization of national music This technology breaks through the air and truly realizes the symphonization of national music.
Chen Ziming, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, once said, "This invention can be used by Chinese instruments and promoted in other countries and regions of the world, which is a remarkable achievement." ”
Professor Li Fubin, a famous conductor, composer and educator, also lamented: "This technology has greatly changed the overall sound of the band, which is also a good sound that I have been looking for for many years."
Song Fei, a leading figure in the field of Chinese national instrumental performing arts and a famous erhu player, said: "The compound resonator invented by Teacher Chen is a great blessing for the erhu community and has made great contributions to the development of folk music."
The person in charge of the scientific research department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music introduced to Red Star News that the history of the development of Chinese folk music is a history of the reform of Chinese national musical instruments. On the one hand, in the history of our country, whether it is blowing pipes, plucking, percussion or stringed instruments, it is through improvement and evolution that their expressiveness is getting better and better;
On the other hand, it is inevitable that the composer's newly created folk music will use some new techniques, and some traditional instruments are difficult to perform and must be improved. Chen Ze's scientific research achievements have benefited the development of Chinese music, and this technology is not only applied to folk instruments such as erhu, pipa, Zhongruan, and guzheng, but also widely used in Violin, cello, guitar, ukulele and other Western instruments. It has been used in the Central Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, Sichuan Provincial Song and Dance Theater, Sichuan Provincial QuYi Troupe, Guangzhou Modern Orchestra, Chongqing Datong Chinese Orchestra and other performance groups, and the response has been enthusiastic.
Red Star News reporter Ren Hongwei The picture was provided by Chen Ze's family
Edited by Zhang Chao