National Anthem, Military Song of China People's Liberation Army, March of Review, March of People's Navy, Three Disciplines and Eight Notices, March of Rocket Army and March of Aviation.
1999 10 On the morning of June 6th10, with Parade Leader's command, the China People's Liberation Army Joint Military Orchestra 1300 musical instruments simultaneously played the music of China National Anthem, making Tiananmen Square magnificent in melody and military capacity. The United Military Orchestra is presented to the world with its strict military capacity and superb skills.
The best of the three in the United Military Orchestra.
The United Military Orchestra with the strongest lineup consists of 1300 players from the whole army 14 professional and amateur military orchestras. Among them, college degree or above 186 people; 335 professional musicians; More than 200 senior titles; 150 senior colonel or above; More than 90% of the staff have participated in large-scale wind music performances, and many performers have won grand prizes in large-scale international and national wind music competitions, among which there are only three first-class conductors in China. This lineup represents the essence of wind music in the whole army and is unique in the country.
The performance of the highest-level military orchestra in the square is different from that in the theater. It should meet the special requirements of military parade and mass procession and have a strong sense of rhythm. The standing time from admission to appearance is about 3.5 hours, and the continuous playing time is 1 hour and 50 minutes. This requires not only superb playing skills, but also good physical fitness. The United Military Orchestra succeeded in doing this.
The military band with the most tracks
This year, the military band played twice as many tracks as in previous years. Among the 35 pieces of music played, 17 pieces of ceremony music (parade and determinant) and 18 pieces of mass parade music. These music are both political and artistic; It is necessary to set off the grand ceremony, create an atmosphere, and strengthen the national prestige. It is unprecedented in the history of the world that a military band plays so many famous Chinese and foreign songs in more than two hours.
Every note is soaked with blood and sweat.
The square of the United Military Orchestra consists of rows of 1 1, each row has 100 people and is 100 meters long. Such a huge phalanx is rare in military parades all over the world. This not only requires every player to have good military quality, but also superb ball skills.
How to keep the music in each instrument in high harmony is the biggest problem of this huge military orchestra. In order to ensure the uniformity of the team, you can't watch music when performing live. All the actors must recite every tune to ensure that there are no mistakes in the performance. In order not to fall behind, the players memorized the scores day and night until they were completely memorized. Each team regularly checks each player and scores them. Comrades who always join military bands get up at 4 o'clock every morning to recite music in order to master music scores skillfully. Yong Yang, captain of Jinan team, takes the last rest every night, memorizing music with a flashlight. Even when eating and walking, he often thinks in his head, humming in his mouth and beating unconsciously with his hands.
The rhythm of the military parade must be kept highly accurate. The trekking team takes 1 16 steps per minute, and they are marching with the beat of military music. The smallest error in the beat of military music will bring serious consequences to the queue. The military orchestra uses a very accurate "metronome" to regulate the movements of each player and ensure that each player's performance is consistent with the whole.
In addition to music performance training, they also need military posture training, queue training and physical training. The military band plays in front of Tiananmen Square, and the entrance and exit are as required as the military parade. The musical instruments in their hands, like the weapons in the hands of soldiers in the military parade, have the action of getting up and down the musical instruments. A "musical instrument" command, all the players in the military orchestra should press three steps in an instant to complete it uniformly. In order to practice this movement well, the players don't know how much sweat they have shed. They stood at attention, waited and played for a long time from the moment they entered the stadium. The heaviest musical instrument weighs dozens of pounds, so it is impossible without good physical fitness and military posture. Fan Siting, the national second-class conductor, is 54 years old this year. From 196 1, he attended all the National Day ceremonies. He sweated more than anyone else in this military parade. Lanzhou player Alimu Jiang Lai caught a cold and had a fever after the Beijing Olympic Games. Cong Yuzi of the third brigade has bone spurs on her legs, which makes it inconvenient to walk. Even he had to take Mazar to the toilet. The leader visited him many times, but he still insisted.
Commander Yu Hai is the hardest in the United Military Orchestra. During the surprise training, it was the tense moment for him to apply for graduate students in the art department of Peking University. While reviewing his lessons, he participated in the rehearsal of the United Military Orchestra. When the joint training ended successfully, he was admitted to Peking University with honor.
The theme song is "Dedication"
The United Military Orchestra played 35 pieces of military music with the theme song "Dedication". In order to complete the tasks assigned by the party and the state to the letter, each performer made sacrifices to varying degrees.