粤北瑶族民歌《十二月花》的艺术特征

On the Artistic Features of the Folk Song "12-Month-Flower" by Yao people in North of Gugangdong Province

粤北瑶族民歌《十二月花》,采用当地时令花名作歌,按照月份顺序演唱,提示瑶民察看花开时节,用以指导生产劳动。其歌词结构自由,大量运用衬字、衬词;旋律音域较窄,节拍自由,在丰富的装饰音修饰下,具有浓厚的粤北瑶族气息。分析其艺术特征,以期对保护和传承《十二月花》以及进一步研究粤北瑶族民歌有所裨益。

In the north of Guangdong province,the folk song ＂ 12-Month-Flower＂ is created by Yao people according to their local seasonal flowers,and sung in a monthly order in order to remind the locals of working rightly according to the different blossoms.The song is rich in its free structure,various chen-zi and chen-ci,relatively narrow melody ranges,and free beats,developed from the method of extension,and modified by many grace notes,which is clearly full of strong atmosphere of Yao minority.