Music refers to a relatively harmonious and pleasant sound, which originally exists in nature. When people walk into the forest, they will hear birds singing and sing together; When people walk to the water's edge, they will hear the water gurgling and the waves splashing. When people walk into the cave and knock on the white stalactite column, they will hear the tinkling sound echoing in the cave. Su Dongpo recorded this kind of music in nature in his Shi Zhongshan Collection. There are many "gaps" under Shi Zhongshan. When water sets off a shock wave, it will arouse the music like a bell and drum. Between the two mountains, near the harbor, there is a big stone flowing in the middle, which can seat 100 people, and there are many tricks in the air. When it is mixed with geomantic omen, it will also sound the bells and drums of "Gu (653)".
Coincidentally, there is also a spring in Tunisia, which is called "Music Spring". The place where the music spring flows out is very similar to the terrain of Shi Zhongshan. And a hollow rock. When the water flows through here, it will be divided into thousands of streams, colliding with each other, singing to each other and making ever-changing sounds.
Nature's music is far more than that. Birds in spring, frogs in summer and cicadas in autumn are all music. Inspired by these music, our ancestors will naturally sing with the voice endowed by nature. Different from the manual control of sounds by modern music synthesizers, the synthesis of these natural sounds, including human voices, follows natural laws (physical laws) independent of human voices. Its pitch is determined by pitch, and its timbre depends on the composition of harmony. The frequency and pitch of overtones form a certain proportional relationship. The intensity of pitch is the largest, while the intensity of harmonics decreases with the increase of the ratio of its frequency to the fundamental frequency. The frequency of fundamental frequency and the composition of harmonics are not determined by human beings, but are controlled by the physics of vibration and wave, that is, human voice. Singers only control the vocal methods and cannot change the physical laws. This variety of music reaches people's ears, and through the natural reaction of people's hearing organs, people "listen" to all kinds of pleasant sounds. This kind of natural music, as Su Dongpo said in his "Thousand Red Cliffs Fu", is "the voice of the ear", "inexhaustible, is the creator's infinite treasure." However, can human beings only "passively" enjoy the natural music generously given by this natural creation forever? Whatever the reason, in short, our ancestors did not make such a choice, but gave full play to people's unique creativity. While making various labor tools, they also made their own "playing music" tools-musical instruments.
However, is the "musical sound" produced by people through musical instruments completely isolated from nature?
Of course not. Many musical instruments are accompanied by touching legends closely related to natural music. In previous Greek mythology, the flute was caused by the natural ringing of reeds, while in China, there was a story that the flute was caused by the natural ringing of bamboo flute. Legend has it that there is a place called Ghost Country in Jiushi Mountain, Miao Ling. All the children of the Shui nationality here have a good voice and often sing loudly. The old emperor of Ghost Country was named Ben. Because he was born hoarse, he was very jealous of other people's beautiful singing. He ordered all singers to be beheaded. There is a stockade called Nanzhuzhai in the rock head of Jiushishan Mountain. There is a young craftsman named Zhulang in Nanzhuzhai, and there is also a beautiful one.
The country girl's name is Yamei. Both Zhulang and Yamei love singing. They sang wherever they went, regardless of the emperor's ban. One day, Zhulang and Yamei were singing on the slope when they suddenly heard a pleasant noise. Then follow the sound.
Looking around, I found that it was the sound of the wind blowing diabolo. Bamboo waves thought of a fresh way. He took a piece of bamboo, hollowed it out and dug seven holes in it. Bamboo waves play with their mouths and have a nice voice. He can also play different tunes. At Yamei's strong request, Zhu Lang named this instrument the flute.
Although Zhu Lang was later poisoned by the vicious emperor with poisoned wine, Yamei was also killed in the Golden Temple in order to resist the emperor's proposal. The musical instrument "bamboo flute" inspired by natural music has been preserved to this day.
Legend never needs to verify its authenticity, but it always has its "real" core. When we hear the unique, rich and moving bells of the great creative bells of our ancestors, who can draw an insurmountable gap between the craftsman's creation and the miracle produced by "nature" by comparing Su Dongpo's Shi Zhongshan? When listening to folk artists playing all kinds of birdsong in Birds of the Phoenix, who can argue that this music is not from the singing of birds in nature? Ji Kang's Fu Qin once wrote:
Remember those towering trees,
Backed by a towering hill;
Including the alcohol of heaven and earth,
Absorb the light from the sun and the moon
With the harmony between heaven and earth,
Just like this, music is closely connected with nature.