one dozen beautiful women playing traditional chinese musical instruments

One dozen beautiful women playing traditional Chinese musical instruments

traditional Chinese musical instruments

An Interview with Liu Fang

Enjoy beautiful classical music

following LiuFang

&

learn a lot about the characteristics of Chinese classical music

Part1:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part2:_____________________________________________________________________________

Part3:___________________________________________________________________________

It introduces Liu Fang as well as her musical training and background and the challenges of playing the pipa and the guzheng.

It tells about Liu Fang’s musical influences and characteristics of Chinese classical music.

It is about Liu Fang’s love for performing liveand her goals as an artist.

The main idea of each part

career year of birth hometown the place she is living now

graduation school

the first person who taught her LiuFang’s opinion on thebiggest challenges of playingthe pipa and the guzheng :

a pipa soloist1974

Kunming

Canada

Shanghai Conservatory of Music Her mother, who is a Dianju actress

Come close to LiuFang

Good enough technique;

Respect the traditions but to add my own style

Characteristics of Chinese classical music : Firstly, Chinese music is _________ the Chinese languages. ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________.

The same is true for music.Secondly, classical Chinese music is _____________

___Chinese poetry and most classical pieces have very____________.

similar to

closely connected

poetic titles

In Chinese, the same pronunciation

with different tones has different meanings

to

Thirdly, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are like twin sisters. Why?

Characteristics of Chinese classical music : Firstly, Chinese music is _________ the Chinese languages. ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________.

The same is true for music. Secondly, classical Chinese music is _____________

___Chinese poetry and most classical pieces have very____________.

similar to

closely connected

poetic titles

In Chinese, the same pronunciation

with different tones has different meanings

to

Thirdly, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are like twin sisters. Why?

What’s Liufang’s goal as an artist?

LiuFang hopes/wishes /wants to ……Her wish/Her goal is to……

*________with many composers;

*________working with maser musicians and be able to _________her own music, using elements from different cultures;

*________ classical Chinese pipa and guzheng

music to every corner of the world

introduce classical Chinese pipa and guzheng

music to every corner of the world

work

continuecompose

introduce

Music is more than just sound --- it is a way of thinking!

Music is a common language of the whole world.

1. Traditional singing is _____________?

(a) the most important influence on Liu Fang’s style

(b) not such an important influence

2. When people listen to her playing, ______? (a) they also hear her singing (b) they think they can hear singing

3. Liu Fang thinks that _____________. (a) Chinese music is like the Chinese language (b) Chinese music and language use the same tones

Who can think faster?

4. Chinese classical pieces often have poetic titles_____________. (a) which is understandable (b) which is very surprising

5. Empty spaces in Chinese paintings_____________. (a) are like the silent parts of Chinese music (b) mean the pictures have no life

LiuFang ‘s life experience, musical

training and background, musical

influences,

Face to face with LiuFang :

LiuFang ‘s opinion about the characteristics of Chinese classical music,

LiuFang’s goals as an artist

audienceLiuFang

Face to face with LiuFang

hostess

Assignment:Please write a short passage of 120 ~ 150 words to give a brief introduction of your favourite musicians.

琵琶行

大弦嘈嘈如急雨，

小弦切切如私语。

嘈嘈切切错杂弹，

大珠小珠落玉盘。

春江花月夜

In Chinese art, there are some____________,

Which are very important. They___________

the whole painting and they allow people to

__________ the picture, like a dialogue.

There are_____________, and people say that

_______ is full of music. The pipa sounds and

the pauses _____________________________.

It’s the same with classical Chinese music.

empty spaces

give life to

come into

empty spaces

silence

combine to make a poetry of sound

flute