~peking opera 1
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OperaPeking
•A form of traditional Chinese theatre
•Combination of music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics
•Arose in the late 18th century and fully recognized in the mid-19th century
•Extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty and known as one of the cultural treasures of China
•Performances are accompanied by music - usually played on three types of instrument: wind, string, and percussion.
•The main instruments are Chinese in origin:
Jinghu
•A two-stringed instrument played with a bow
Yueqin
•a four-stringed instrument that is plucked
Sanxian
•a three-stringed instrument which is also plucked
The melodies played by the accompaniment fall mainly into three broad categories.
•Aria▫style that is sung by a young Sheng to indicate
heightened emotion.•Fixed-tune melody or qupai
▫style that indicates a feast or a banquet or the arrival of an important person
•Percussion pattern▫there are as many as 48 different percussion
patterns, each one identifies the entering character by his or her individual rank and personality
Group 3•Par•Chavez•Vistro•Cristobal•Pascual•Balon•Cordero