Chinese Folk Songs

For String Quartet

Zhou Long, arr.

Lan hua-hua Shaanbei

[ ? C C C C C C C
Moderato
C C C C C C C C O C- C g CO C C C C C
Violin 1 ! Y 24 _ à _C C C CO
C B
f ?_ p mf p
g U g C C C
Violin 2 ! Y 24 C C C C C C C C C O TYC O TU TU C C C C C C B
f à p mpg B p
mf
C C C C C C C _ C? g
Viola " Y 24 _ à C O TU C O TU B Q Q Q Q
f p mp mf
C C C C C C C C? g U g
# Y 2 Cg _ TU B Q Q Q Q
Cello
] 4 CC à C O T C O
f p mp mf
[9 C C C C C C C ?C C O C- C C C w T U C w w C T U wC wC T U wC C C C
g
C C C C C
C CO C jh T U C C C C C
C
! Y : h TU TU UT C
mf à mp K
G G G G G G ? g - - C C C C C C C C C C
! Y : C C C C C C C C C C C C CC C C C C C C C C C T B C C C C
pp à B mp
C C C C C ?
" Y : C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C T B S C CO C C C BB
h B
ppG G
G G G G à mp
?t pp
C C C C C C C C C O C- C C C C C C C C C g
C C C C C
# Y : C CO C C
] à h
mf mp
t C C C C C C C
[
16
? g g C C C C B B B
C
B C C
! Y TU C C TU C C TU C C C C C T C T TU C C C C G G
p I pp mf
? I C C Bt B B C C C C C C C
g g C C C
! Y B U U
T C C T C C TWC C C C U C T C T TU C C C C C C
p G G pp mf
C C C C C C C C
? C C C C C C C C C C C C C C g
" Y BB C C C C C
g
C C C C
C B

mf C C mp mf p mf
# ? C T S pizz.
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
Y C C C C g T S h T h T C C C
] C C B C h p
p mf p mf
Slow
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25 C C C C C C C C rit. C C C C C C> O C C C C C C
C ?C
C C C C C C C C
C C __ __ - -
! Y
h
: TU C C T C TU C C T C
h
p f ppp h mp
?C
C C C C C C C C C C C g _ C> O C C C C g
! Y C C C C _ : C C C __ T U C C- T C T U C C- T C
g YB CO
h
C
p f ppp mp
pizz. C C C C C C C C
C C C >C T " ?
C arco C - g
UT C C T C C C C
C C T C -
" Y T C ! : C C C C C __ C TU C C h !
ph mf ph f ppp h mp
C
C C arco g
C C C C C C C ?
_ C TU C C O C C C C B g
pizz. arco
# S
Y C C C B : C
C
C C C C C
] p mf p C ppp mf mp C
f mf
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Very slow
>C C >C > a tempo
34 Bt C C C C C C C Bt B C C OC C C C C C C C C rit.
[ C C C C C C C t
C B C S
! Y
f pp
C C C >C C >C > t
C C C C C C Bt wC C C C C C C OC C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
! Y B C S
f pp
t wC C C C C C C C C C >C > t
Y B B C C C C OC B B " B C S
! > C
f pp
pizz. C arco
>C C >C >
C C OC G C CË
# Y C C C C S Q " C B B S
] C C C C
.C f C
pp

Driving the mule team

Shanxi
Moderato ($ = 83)
ËË ËË ËË ËË ËË ËË ËË ËË wC
CC> >C CC CC> >C CC CC> >C CC CC> >C CC w Cw wC wC
[ W C C C C C w w Cw
Violin 1 ! W 24 : T h h h h h h h T h T h T C T C T h T h T h
p pp > h h
> >C >C C> C> >C >C
W W 2 pizz.T C T C T C C C C C C C C
Violin 2 ! 4 : C C C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C T C
mp p
pizz.
C> C >C C >C C C> C >C C C> C >C C >C C
W C C C
Viola " W 24 : C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
mp p
g B
Ë B B CO g B
Cello
‚
# WW 2 : C T " Cg C C C CO C C C C C C
] 4 mp pp mp p

Cw Cw Cw wC wC wC
[
9
W Cw Cw wC wC wC Cw
C C C C C C C C C
! W T h T h T h T h T h T h T h T T h T h T h T h T h T h UT U C C C C C
h p
W W T C> C T >C T C> T C> C > C >C C> >C C >C C C> >C C> arco g
! C C C T T C T C T C T T T C T C T C C C T C C C
B
C C C C C ph
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
" WW C C C C C C C C C CC CC C C C
C C C h CC S C S
C
g
" WW B
C
C CO C C C g C C C C C C C C C C C C
g
C
C C B C C
] mp p mf

C 1.g 2.g
O
[ 18 W C C C C C C
B CO C
B B C pizz. C C
! W T : h T C S
mf pp p
t
WW C C C U C C C C C C C
C C C
TU C C C C
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C g
C CO C Ct C C
! C C C C C T TU : C C C C
h
mf pp mp
arco C C C C C C C C C C C C C C TU : C C C C C C C C
W
" W TU C C C C C C C TU C C C C C C C TU C C T C C C C C
C C !
mf pp ph
O C g g pizz. C C
" WW C C C C C
CO T : C # C
]
C B B B C C C
pp p