泷州歌艺术特征略论

On Artistic Features of Longzhou Songs

泷州歌是分布于广东罗定及其周边县市的一种传统的民歌艺术形式,生活气息浓郁,地方特色鲜明,包含抒情歌、叙事歌、叙理歌三大类,题材广泛,从不同角度反映泷州人民的历史生活、生产劳动、社会交往、伦理道德和婚姻情爱等。其歌词体式类于七言绝句,讲究韵律,且俚语与雅词共存,易学易懂。泷州歌曲调为单声音乐形态,音域不宽,旋律起伏较小,演唱速度较舒缓,表演声腔和音乐语言与泷州方言关系密切,具有较强的吟唱性。

Longzhou song is a traditional folk art form distributed Guangdong Luoding and the surrounding counties,with strong life breath,and bright local characteristics,including three categories of lyric songs,narrative songs,and Xuli songs,etc.The wide range of subjects can reflect Longzhou people’s historic life,productive labor,social interaction,ethics,and marriage and love.The lyrics styles are seven-words in rhyme with the coexistence of slang and exquisite words easy to learn and understand.Longzhou tones are monophony music patterns,narrow music registers,slow melody and the show vocal cavity and music language are related with Longzhou dialect with strong singing value.