民歌的旋律是怎样产生的?——在全国第三届旋律学学术研讨会上的发言

How Were Melodies of the Folk Music Created

在不同文化中,音乐是怎样被创造出来的?这应当成为民族音乐学界研究的一个重要课题。旋律是音乐的灵魂,因此民族音乐学家理应将旋律如何产生作为研究的核心命题之一。笔者根据在我国西北地区采风时所得到的第一手材料,发现当地各民族民歌旋律采用以词生腔、以腔填词、调型节奏、和声进行和动机展开等五种旋律生成方法。文章分析了这些方法,并通过实例进行了说明。

Explaining how music was created is an important topic in ethnomusicological study of different cultures. Melody is the essential part of music, therefore, ethnomusicologists should pay special attention to study how music was created. Based on the fieldwork materials collected in the northeast of China, the authors summarizes five different methods of melody development.