Title: Ancient Melody of Yingzhou (2)
Pipa performance: Vivian Liu
Music Recording: Joseph Ma
Mixing: Joseph Ma
"Ancient Melody of Yingzhou" is an important pipa score in modern times and a representative piece of the Chongming pipa school. Chongming Island was called Yingzhou in ancient times, and "Ancient Melody of Yingzhou" refers to the ancient songs that circulated in Chongming. It could date back to the Ming Dynasty.
"Yingzhou Ancient Melody" combines the strength and majesty of the northern school pipa with the graceful softness of the southern school pipa, forming an elegant, tranquil, fantastic, and beautiful music style.
"Ancient Melody Of Yingzhou (2)” performed by Vivian Liu consists of the following three ditties:
00:00-2:22 "Dragonflies Skimming Water": This song vividly depicts the scene of dragonflies hovering and dancing on the pond surface.
02:24-4:02 "Naughty Child": Also known as "Post Little Silver Spear," this song depicts the scene of farm children wielding little silver spears while playing and having fun during the harvest season.
04:07-6:01 "Lions Sporting With an Embroidered Ball" depicts the scene of people performing the lion dance.
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