What is the difference between Peking Opera Da Er Huang and Xiao Er Huang?

The main difference between Peking Opera Da Er Huang and Xiao Er Huang is the tone and vocal range.

The tone of Peking Opera Da Er Huang is 1, the vocal range is high, usually D key, the singing voice is high-pitched and passionate, and the high and low pitch difference is large, giving people a high-pitched feeling. The tone of Peking Opera Xiao Er Huang is 6, the vocal range is relatively low, usually G key, the singing tone is soft and tactful, and the difference between high and low pitch is small. In addition, Peking Opera Xiao Er Huang needs to be transposed when switching to Peking Opera Da Er Huang, and the transition between Peking Opera Da Er Huang and Peking Opera Xiao Er Huang is transposed.

To sum up, the difference between Peking Opera Da Er Huang and Peking Opera Xiao Er Huang is mainly reflected in the tone and vocal range.

This is determined according to the height and width of the actor's singing voice, so the current Peking Opera actor Da Qingyi sings the Erhuang Adagio and the anti-Erhuang Adagio with a wide and bright voice, and this Da Erhuang is a few centimeters larger than the old-fashioned Jinghu. Then Xiao Erhuang is an old student, with a flower face, an old dan, and a small student, their singing voices are relatively high, and they can use the original size of the general old-fashioned Jinghu. Da Er Huang and Xiao Er Huang are all determined according to what kind of profession and singing style of Peking Opera are.

Erhuang original plate is the basic plate type of Erhuang acoustic cavity. From the analysis of the name of the plate, the original plate is the original, original, that is, the original meaning. The original plate is the basic form of various plate types, and other plate types are based on the original plate and evolved and developed.

The characteristics of the plate of Erhuangyuan plate are: it is the beat of 2 4, and the singing voice of one board and one eye. The first beat of each measure is called the "plate" and the second beat is called the "eye". The clapping board of the Peking Opera vocal cavity also has its specifications, the original board of one board and one eye, the board position is struck with palms, and the eye position is struck with the middle finger of the index finger.

Structural characteristics of the singing cavity: first.

1. The second clause is short, and the line is at the end of the third clause. If the third clause does not use a large cavity, but connects with the first clause of the next sentence with a cushion, this structural form is called a "conjunction".

Erhuangyuan plate is a medium-speed rhythm plate type, about 60-90 beats per minute, not fast or slow, and marches steadily. If the original plate exceeds 90 beats per minute, it can be called a "fast original plate". For example, in the repertoire of "Wen Zhaoguan" and "Erjin Palace", there are relatively fast Erhuang fast original plates.

Erhuangyuan board singing cavity has the law of "board up and down", the singing cavity sings from the board, and the tail note of the singing cavity falls on the board. The singing voice is not in this format, it belongs to the declension form, and the singing voice falls on the eyes.

The upper and lower sentences of the Erhuang Yuan Board: Lao Sheng, Hua Face, Lao Dan and other lines that sing with a big voice, the upper sentence of the Erhuang Yuan Board is "1", "3" and "6" sounds, and the next sentence falls "2" and "5" sounds. Danjiao, Xiaosheng Xingdang's Erhuang Yuanban, the last sentence falls "1" sound, and the next sentence falls "2" and "5" sounds.

About the passage of the Erhuang original board: although the Erhuang original board of different lines has different singing tones, but the melody of the passage used is exactly the same, but the passage of the old Dan line when the Erhuang original board is passed, on the basis of the same structure, there is the characteristics of adding flowers to the melody and changing into its own routine.

Because the melody of Erhuang Yuanban's singing voice is gentle and stable, there are many progressive melodies and few big jump melodies, which is suitable for the lyrical and thinking scenes of people in the play. In addition to the independent singing section of a single plate, the Erhuang original plate can also be used as the main singing section part of the Erhuang complete set of singing cavities, such as the Erhuang guide plate to start singing, and then sing Huilong and the original plate; from the slow board to the two yellow plains; Or from the original plate of Erhuang to other plates, this kind of singing section is the structural form of "plate change, combination".

Peking Opera Erhuang includes the guide plate (inverted plate), slow plate (slow three-eyed), original plate, stacking board, loose plate, rocking plate, Huilong and other plate types. Compared with Xipi, Erhuang is generally more calm and steady, concise and serious. There is also an anti-Erhuang tone, also known as Erhuang anti-tone, which also includes a guide plate, a slow plate, an original plate, a loose plate and other plates, and the melody rises and falls more than that of Erhuang.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Xipi was the main singing voice of the Han tune, and Erhuang was the main singing voice of the Hui tune. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Xipi and Erhuang began to merge, and in the Daoguang period, the two tunes of Hui and Han became the basic singing voice of Peking Opera in Beijing.