Performance characteristics of Linxian Sanxianshu

A person plays a play with five musical instruments.

Among the five musical instruments, sanxian is divided into big sanxian and small sanxian, and the sanxian used by artists in Linxian County is small sanxian, which consists of a resonance box, a piano head, a piano stem, a string shaft, a bridge horse and strings. For bamboo boards, the performer chooses four or three pieces to be tied to the left leg with a rope, and slowly shakes and hits with the rhythm. Bamboo board is made of Phyllostachys pubescens as raw material, and bamboo without bamboo joints, splitting and moth-eaten is the main choice. A mallet, also called a wake-up call, and a ruler are rectangular hardwood with corners and edges. The storyteller holds it with his middle finger, lifts it gently, then stops in the air and falls rapidly. A small brass cymbal, a metal disc (made of copper), with a bulge in the middle and a cymbal towel tied in the middle. When playing, hit with bamboo chopsticks. Bamboo chopsticks, that is, chopsticks used for eating, are used to play small brass cymbals.

When telling a story, the performer puts a table in front of him. There is a small mallet on the table, hitting bamboo boards, shovels and black boys, and slapping the table with a book pier (commonly known as a small mallet). One person sings a play with five musical instruments, which is very lively. In order to save money, blind artists mostly design and make three strings, four tones and bamboo boards themselves.

The form of performance is self-playing and self-singing. One person can play and sing, and several or several people can rap collectively. Musical instruments are mainly three strings, and can also be accompanied by dulcimer, erhu and flute. Sanxian is accompanied by the main music. The performer tied three or four bamboo boards with a length of five or six inches in series to the left calf, and the toes rotated to throw out the beat; A small copper shovel with a diameter of 10 cm is tied to the right thigh, and a string is tied to a ball in the copper shovel. Hold the three strings, press the strings with your left hand, pluck the strings with a small bone piece with your right index finger, and put a bamboo chopstick between your middle finger and your ring finger. When plucking the strings, knock the small copper shovel by the way, and the small round balls in the copper shovel will vibrate and hit the copper shovel to make chords.

During the performance, the artist holds three strings, a shovel tied to his right knee and an oar tied to his left calf to match the rhythm. At the same time, he beat the shovel tied to his leg with a drum of arrows at the fingertips of his right hand. Form the effect of a person playing and singing, with various musical instruments. The basic lyrics are seven sentences, with cross sentences and chanting in the middle, all of which are performed in dialects.