What are the accents of Chu Opera?

In the course of a hundred years' development, Chu Opera has formed a unique vocal cavity. The tunes of Chu Opera are divided into three parts: banqiang, minor and high notes. The Banqiang Opera includes Yi Opera, Xianqiang Opera, Yingshan Opera, Siping Opera and Ten Fingers Opera. There are ten embroidery tunes, Macheng tunes, begging for money, selling cotton yarn and other tunes in the minor. In terms of high notes, there are Lock the South Branch, Wu Tongyu and Wu Tongyu.

Sudden cavity is the main cavity of Chu opera, which can be divided into four types: male sudden cavity, female sudden cavity, sad sudden cavity and Xipi sudden cavity. Among them, the male cavity is rough and simple, the female cavity is euphemistic and soft, the sad cavity is deep and sad, and the Xipi cavity is simple and strong. The rhythm of the tune is flexible and changeable, which can be both narrative and lyrical, widely used and expressive.

Sad cavity is only female cavity, which is an alternative mode of palace sign. Its melody is sad and euphemistic, and it is good at expressing sadness; The first tune is a mode of alternating solicitation and business, and the tune is either euphemistic or violent, and it is good at expressing passionate and angry emotions; Yingshan tune, originally a tune of Huabu in North Road, has now become one of the main vocals of Chu Opera. Its tunes are lively, fresh, sweet and smooth.

Siping tunes are bright and gorgeous, and are good at expressing cheerful emotions. After the founding of New China, Siping Opera developed into Xipi Siping, and its melody was gorgeous and euphemistic, suitable for fairies, princesses and women with noble status to sing.

Ten Branches of Plum was originally the special tune of Tian Mian's ancient painting dramas "One-sided Ci" and "Ten Branches of Plum", and later became an integral part of the singing of Chu Opera. Its melody is cheerful and soft, and it is good at expressing cheerful or worried emotions.

Chu opera attaches great importance to singing, and rarely says it clearly. Early one-sided word games always sang to the end. Although some plays are self-reports, they still need lyrics to supplement them. Although this feature has changed after entering the city, it is still dominated by singers, and sometimes a lyric can reach 100.

The lyrics of Chu opera have a strong narrative and recitation color. Although some lyrics have two or three crosses, they can still be seen clearly when singing.