An Analysis Of Musical Characteristics And Playing Skills Of The Piano Adaptation "Taiwan Island,My Hometown"

The piano adaptation of Taiwan Island,My Hometown was composed by teachers Zheng Daxin and Gao Weijie using the same name Taiwan folk song and Western composing techniques.The music was born in the golden period of Chinese piano adaptation boom in the 20 th century.The melody of this piano work uses the traditional pentatonic mode,and the melody is graceful.On the basis of the original melody,rich texture and harmonic creation are added.Piano,as a foreign western instrumental music,ADAPTS catchy traditional Chinese folk songs into solo piano works,which makes the spread rate of Chinese piano works higher.Moreover,this folk song is full of strong emotions of missing the homeland under the special background of the time,so the adaptation into piano solo is of extraordinary significance.This paper consists of introduction and three chapters.The first chapter mainly describes the creation overview of the piano solo "Taiwan Island,My Hometown",which is divided into two sections.The first section describes the background of the piano work’s time adaptation and the creation background of the original melody.The second section introduces the creation style of composers Zheng Daxin and Gao Weijie.The second chapter describes the musical characteristics of the piano works,which are divided into two sections.The first section discusses the structure of the trilogy of the works.The second section mainly expounds the musical image of the piano works,which is divided into two aspects: one is the "feeling" in the musical image,and the other is the "scenery" in the musical image.The third chapter is mainly about the performance analysis of the piano work,which is divided into five sections.The first section discusses the practice skills according to the two major texture types of "fluidity" and "column" in the solo,and the second section designs the timbral color and volume ratio of different parts according to the characteristic multi-part melody of the piano work.The volume and tone of the touch key are mainly mentioned.The third section mainly from the change of speed and Chinese traditional music in the special scatter to elaborate.The fourth section discusses the use of the left pedal and the right pedal in the piano works and matters needing attention.The fifth section discusses the author’s experience when playing this piece,and the details that need to be paid attention to in daily practice.To sum up,the piano work "Taiwan Island,My Hometown" by Mr.Zheng Daxin and Mr.Gao Weijie uses the traditional folk melody of cross-strait friendship and Western composing techniques.Mr.Zheng Daxin and Mr.Gao Weijie used rich texture and wonderful harmony to create this piece of work,so that this piece of work shows the beautiful scenery of Baodao and the emotional atmosphere of love for the homeland,this work is worth us to explore its artistic value.