Analysis of Manuscripts of The Fourth Erhu by Rhapsody Wang Jian-min
The Fourth Erhu Rhapsody!was written by composer Wang Jianmin in 2009.The composer combines Erhu art and techniques based on the melodic features of the Xibei folk song,which represents the cultural style of the western regions,is a model of contemporary Erhu creation.The manuscript records the creative thought process of the artist,and is extremely precious and more authoritative material in the research of music theory.This paper compares and analyzes the two manuscripts of the Fourth Erhu Rhapsody!and the final draft to analyze the composer's creative thinking from five aspects:melody Modification,note addition and subtraction,sentence accompaniment texture change,rhythm combination,paragraph structure and so on.
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