On the basis of the theoretical research results of"melodic tone structure-cavity tone column",the author tries to take Lu Opera as an example to carry out research on the origin of the melodic tone for this kind of opera.From the starting point of the kinship relationship between Lu Opera and local folk music,through comparisons of morphology in terms of the traditional singing of Lu Opera"Er Liang"and the Men Ge,Lu Opera coloratura"tea picking tone"and the Dabie Mountain Songs,the"homology"of them can be investigated from the cavity tone column,the cavity sentence,the tune and other aspects of the melodic tonal structure of music.On this basis,the melodic and tonal characteristics of Lu Opera are further analyzed so as to trace the origin of the me-lodic and tonal structure of this ethnic folk music.
Lu Operacavity tone columnmelodic tonestructureorigin and development