The Fusion of Chinese and Western Music: Musical Characteristics and Performance Techniques of the Piano Adaptation of "Lan Huahua"

Abstract

Wang Lisan's piano piece "Lan Huahua" is based on the folk song of northern Shaanxi, an independent and complete piano work with a distinctive Chinese style. This work conveys the theme idea of "Lan Huahua" through the piano, which not only applies the form of folk songs to tell the content of the story and the melodic direction, but also boldly draws on the tonal and harmonic relationship of foreign piano music, breaking through the situation of a single mood of the piano work, making the mood of the piano work richer and more artistic. Piano music works adapted from folk song are the artistic crystallization of Chinese composers in exploring the development of the fusion of Chinese and Western music, which can better highlight the color of traditional Chinese national culture and provide more elements for the development of Chinese piano music.