The Function of Piano Accompaniment in Chorus Teaching

摘要

Chorus is an omnibus artistic form, containing pure natural human voice, exquisite harmony, consummate conducting and appropriate instruments. It is different from solo that chorus is a vivid and graceful musical works performance that is performed by a group of people who has similar sound ray and timbre, and it is characterized most for its voice unification. Simple chorus can be conducted through two-part canon singing a round or leading singing; complex chorus can adopt multi-voice mixed chorus on a certain basis, which makes music have abundant expressive force and shock power. Meanwhile, the implied emotion in the music can be clearly expressed by chorus; it also shortens the distance between audiences and resonate them towards the music. As an underscore, piano accompaniment is irreplaceable in chorus. In the application of chorus works, the expressive form of piano accompaniment is mainly harmony foil and theme melody.