Analysis of Horse Racing (Erhu Solo)

Analysis of Horse Racing (Erhu Solo)

                                                                   By liming Cao

The Horse Racing was created in 1964 by the composer Huang Huaihai, which describes the Racing scenes in a Mongolian festival.

The music consists of 3 parts, the first part is warm and imaginative; the rhythm is created with dotted quarter note and sixteenth note, which shows the feelings of light and powerful. This part shows the scene that the riders are galloped out with the departure order.

The second part uses the Mongolian folk song "Red Flag" as the theme and it selects the sonorous rhythm to show the brave and bold character of riders.

In the last part, the rhythm starts from the bass area and keeps increasing to the vertex. The player is trembling the bow of Erhu to express the momentum. Finally the music is stopped with the steadfast rhythm.

Generally, the music of Horse Racing has the features like the brisk and unrestrained melody; the rhythm of Erhu simulates hoofs and it expresses the live scenes of horses racing and the crowded persons.