Ruan Xian’s Development In National Chamber Music

Ruan,also known as "Ruan Xian",is an ancient Chinese plucked plucked plucked plucked musical instrument.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,with the unremitting efforts of numerous Ruan musicians,educators,and instrument makers,this instrument with a long history gradually developed into a series of Ruan ethnic instruments with an effective range of 5 and a half octaves,capable of playing rich chords.It has shown a good development trend in solo,ensemble,or folk chamber music.So,how did Ruan Xian’s application in ethnic chamber music develop and evolve over the past 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China? In today’s national chamber music,what musical role does Ruan Xian play? The author’s ethnic chamber music work "Purple Bamboo Diao" from the 1950 s and the most representative application of Ruan Xian’s ethnic chamber music work in recent years,"Duke Zong",as an example,analyze Ruan Xian’s development in ethnic chamber music from multiple perspectives and dimensions,such as performance skills,sound,and music expression,and summarize Ruan Xian’s development in ethnic chamber music.