Morphological Characteristics of Ashram Funeral Ritual Music in Pengshui in Southeast Chongqing
Pengshui Ashram in southeast Chongqing is a popular folk funeral ceremony in the local countryside,which is always accompanied by singing,speaking and percussion instruments.Ritual music is an indispensable part of ritual.It is of great significance to clarify the specific features and characteristics of ritual music for comprehensively understanding ritual activities.This article,based on interviews with Feng Xiuping,Zuo Qingsong and other ashram masters in Meiziya Township of Pengshui,and the recorded videos about seven days of Ashram Ritual procedure,notates 86 songs score and 9 kinds of main plate of percussion,summarizes the categorization and stylization characteristics of ceremonial music,as well as song melodies main based on repeat and variation development techniques,preliminary presents its basic features and characteristics of Ashram music.
PengshuiAshram funeral ritual musicmethod of musical development