Tan Dun's Piano Suite "Reminiscences Of Eight Watercolor Paintings" Composition Characteristics And Musical Form Analysis

The piano has been introduced to China since the 18th century and has the reputation of being the king of musical instruments.Piano performance can be divided into solo,ensemble,concerto and so on with strong expressiveness and performance characteristics.With the popularity and rapid development of piano teaching,piano performance techniques have an irreplaceable importance to the performance of music.An excellent piano work is inseparable from the excellent interpretation of music and the creation of piano works.The piano is a performance instrument that is good at playing melody and exquisite emotions.These features and their playing skills are fully embodied in a large number of works in the West and in traditional and elegant folk piano music.These characteristics and their playing skills are fully reflected.Tradition in many of today’s performances is often overlooked.The piano suite "Reminiscences of Eight Watercolors" is a piano suite created by the famous piano composer and conductor Tan Dun in 1988.Mr.Tan Dun is a prolific composer.In many respects,the composer’s unique ideas are highlighted,but behind the tranquil atmosphere,there is a kind of excitement and excitement,which is the enthusiasm and excitement of Tan Chui’s early works.This article takes Tan Dun’s piano suite "Reminiscences of Eight Watercolor Paintings"as the research object,and focuses on the musical characteristics and performance analysis of the works.Therefore,this piano suite is the opening song I used for piano solo concerts.In the daily practice process,I constantly re-examined and tried every detail in various aspects.Each chapter has different characteristics.The music language of the whole piano works is relatively clear and concise,which makes the theme of the music content more intuitive.The content of the theme is mostly Mr.Tan Dun’ s Hunan hometown scenery,characters,or scenery.And the scene of recollection;in terms of structural balance and symmetry,pursuing the structural aesthetics of traditional folk music,some chapters also use the golden aesthetics of music to explain the aesthetic feelings of their piano works.