A Musical Aesthetic Analysis Of The Pipa Martial Tune 《BA Wang Xie Jia》

Pipa is an artistic treasure of Chinese national culture.It has a certain drama,and its timbre also has the charm of Chinese classics.It has a long history and has left a lot of classic works.Among them,the Wuqu of Pipa has strong narrative,literary and simulation.It often uses some similar chapter novels to develop the plot of the story.Composers tell historical and literary stories and folk legends through the style of music.For example,the famous Pipa set of martial arts “overlord’s armor removal”is a very excellent and typical traditional music.Whether its playing skills,fingering or the integrity of the music,it can be said to be a superior work since ancient times.This classic music is based on a war between Xiang Yu,the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty,and Liu Bang,the emperor of the Han Dynasty,who competed for feudal rule.It describes the tragic scene of Xiang Yu’s defeat,knowing that the general situation is over and the hero’s end.With its unique musical expression,varied rhythms,sad and sad emotional tone and pioneering and innovative performance techniques,it has become a classic in Pipa music and a successful model of the combination of traditional Chinese music elements and modern creative techniques.In addition,the whole music depicts the complex situation of Xiang Yu who lost the war and the state of sadness and anger in his heart.On the other hand,it also sets off the pity and praise for a generation of heroes.It is vividly interpreted with the historical massiness of Pipa music.The music is sad and beautiful,and the tragic color of heavy and tragic melts through the whole work,.Modern art masters have adapted the music from different angles according to their own artistic realm and their understanding of the music,mainly highlighting the heroic spirit and tragic atmosphere of Xiang Yu,king of Chu.The whole work takes Pathetique as the main line and interprets the style of the music.The whole song is dull,depressed and tragic.The side also sets off the helplessness and sadness of a generation of heroes,and depicts the character image and inner emotion of the overlord of Western Chu very appropriately.This paper will simply analyze this Pipa Wuqu,which is very rich in emotion and techniques,through the historical background,artistic characteristics,music technology analysis and aesthetic perspective of this war style of Wuqu,so as to realize the combination of theory and practice in future performance.