Chapter 340

First of all, let me tell you something: After the last chapter was sent out, I was a little dissatisfied with the ending part, so I made a small repair and added a few words, friends who subscribed early, and friends who subscribed from non-starting points, may see it is an old version. I suggest you to look back. Of course, if you don't look at it, it won't affect you and continue to look down.

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As mentioned earlier, the song "Don't-Break–My-Heart" is in the category of pop rock. The so-called pop rock, as the name suggests, still has a relatively strong flavor of pop, so, to a certain extent, this style of rock music has a broader scope than heavy metal and so-called pure rock music. audience.

Reflected in a specific album, that is, only three weeks after the release of the album "Fake Monk", the song "Don't-Break–My-Heart" has already surpassed "Fake Monk". " and "Girl in the Flower House" topped the Voice of China Radio Golden Songs On-Demand list.

And in the following week, the song that killed the second place on the list was also a pop rock song, "Love Song of the Ronin".

Therefore, even those who love rock and roll fanatically in their hearts have to admit that, in comparison, rock and roll music is indeed a relatively niche music category—at least compared to POP popularity. .

And pop rock, in fact, is the best way to make rock more popular.

If it is singing heavy metal, the "fairy spirit" in Zhou Mo's voice is probably not good. Not only does it not help the expression of musical emotions, but it may conflict with each other, making the whole song nondescript. But singing pop rock like "Don't-Break–My-Heart", really, Zhou Mo's voice is like a fish in water in this song.

In fact, when listening to her singing this song, Li Qian couldn't help thinking: pop rock like "Don't-Break–My-Heart", and BLUS like "Fake Monk" The rock and roll in the direction is really suitable for Liao Liao and Zhou Mo to sing. Maybe when you are free, you can consider... Well, in fact, he also knows that, at least recently, he is really very It's hard to be idle.

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After Zhou Mo sang a song, there was another burst of shouts and applause like a tsunami.

Zhou Mo smiled, bowed slightly, said "thank you", then turned and stepped off the stage.

Li Qian watched her take a few steps, and suddenly said: "Uh... this is the fourth song!" While speaking, he stretched out his right hand and showed four fingers towards the bottom of the stage.

Zhou Mo stopped when she heard the words, and turned her head to look over.

In fact, not only her, Liao Liao, Cao Zhan and the others knew a little bit when they communicated in advance. Li Qian said that the plan is a total of five songs - of course, the audience did not know.

Therefore, even though she knew that she should step down at this time, Zhou Mo still stopped curiously and looked over, as if she wanted to hear Li Qian's name of the song before stepping down.

At this time, as soon as Li Qian said this, someone in the audience shouted: "One more song!"

They are all people who have listened to the scene, and many of them are regular visitors of the music festival. They must come almost every year. Everyone knows that Li Qian said that it is the fourth song, which means that it is almost done and can no longer sing.

So, when the first person spoke, everyone put their hands on the horns and shouted loudly: "Let's play another song!"

Li Qian smiled, paused for a moment, and then suddenly said: "OK! OK! I want to sing another song."

The scene suddenly burst into cheers.

After the applause subsided, Li Qian said again: "We all know that the Changping Music Festival is about rock and folk, so for the next song, I'm going to sing a folk song for everyone..." At this point, he immediately Raise your hands, make a downward gesture, and say: "Please don't applaud, thank you! Please don't applaud!"

The applause that was about to get warm at the scene disappeared quickly.

The scene of 20,000 to 30,000 people was almost silent, and everyone looked up at Li Qian.

Li Qian said: "I ask everyone not to applaud because I still have something extra to say. The song I'm going to sing next is a folk song. To be precise, it should be regarded as a love song. It's... a song The ancient love poems from two or three thousand years ago, I think they should be regarded as folk songs at that time, so I re-wrote the tune for it."

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned halfway around, looked at Zhou Mo, Cao Zhan, Yu Bojun and Liao Liao on the stage, and said with apologetic smiles, "I'm sorry, I've been hiding it from you all this time, because I'm not sure. Is it good or not, so... just treat it as a surprise, okay?"

No one spoke, everyone just looked at each other.

It is not uncommon in China to compose and sing the poems left by the ancients. Especially for Li Qian, it shouldn't be a rare thing. After all, he single-handedly initiated the music style that is now unanimously called "Chinese style" by the domestic music circle, and he also wrote "Farewell" lyrics that are not lost in the masterpieces of Song Ci masters. Composing music for ancient poems... How big is it?

However, everyone could hear that Li Qian spoke very solemnly.

Therefore, not only a few people on the stage, but also all the fans, including the singers who were waiting backstage at the moment, as well as Xie Jinshun, Xie Mingyuan and others, had serious expressions on their faces.

Turning around, Li Qian said seriously to the audience: "Yes, I'm not sure whether what I did is good or not. He should be regarded as my test product. If such a work can be recognized by everyone If I like it, then I hope that in the future, I can write more works of similar style for everyone to listen to. Maybe I will sing, or maybe Liao Liao will sing, He Runqing will sing, or...well, it may also be for Zhou Mo sing. Anyway..."

He paused, waved his arms subconsciously, and said: "An immature idea, a style that may not be popular, a song in ancient and modern times, will be interpreted by many experts as homosexual. Ancient poetry, but as a singer, I just treat it as a beautiful love poem. Fortunately, the Changping Music Festival is a good enough and tolerant stage, so I dare to give it a try here and sing for You listen. Then...OK!"

From the corner of Li Qian's eyes, he saw the staff bring up a guqin, Wang Huaiyu got up to take it, and sat cross-legged on the stage on the spot, with the guqin resting on his knees!

As early as when Li Qian said that it was an ancient poem interpreted as a "homosexual work", the scene was already in a commotion, and it was difficult to keep quiet. At this time, the staff actually sent a Guqin up , the tens of thousands of spectators at the scene couldn't help whispering among each other.

Everyone seems to be very quiet, but tens of thousands of people whisper together, the voice will still be very loud——

What kind of work is this? It looks like it's going to be sung by playing the guqin?

And it seems that even Zhou Mo and Liao Liao don't know about it?

At this time in the background, when someone quickly passed the news, many singers and managers at the scene showed surprise on their faces. As for Xie Jinshun and Xie Mingyuan, father and son, they couldn't help but look at each other, and there was a little surprise in their eyes.

As Li Qian said just now, there was a new work that Xie Jinshun wanted to comment on. Since then, Xie Mingyuan has been thinking about what Li Qian's so-called new work will be, but he didn't think of it—Guqin as the soundtrack what? Could it be that he wants to sing ancient styles? But it's not right, as I said, he is a new song written by himself!

"Ding……"

Wang Huaiyu, who was sitting on the ground, tried the piano under the attention of the whole audience. He was sure that there was no problem, but he adjusted the position of the microphone a little bit, and then nodded to Li Qian.

Li Qian also nodded with a smile, turned around, and said, "Then, OK, the following song "The Song of Yue People" is for everyone."

Yue people song?

I finally heard the name of the song, but no, the knowledge of ancient poetry of the vast majority of people at the scene is not that deep, so when I heard this name, I immediately felt that it had an ancient meaning, but... I don’t know where it came from at all Who wrote it, and what was written in it.

On the contrary, in the background, when many musicians heard the name, their eyes immediately lit up—especially the lyricists, who may not be so familiar with it, but at least they still know this work that can be called the earliest poem in China , is also impressed.

For example, Xie Jinshun.

The old man's eyebrows twitched a few times, but he didn't speak.

Xie Mingyuan studied music since he was a child, traveled around to study when he grew up, and later settled in France for many years. His knowledge of Chinese was inevitably weaker. At this time, he couldn't help turning his head to look at his father.

The father and son met each other's eyes, and the old man Xie Jinshun whispered: "The ancient poems of the pre-Qin period come from "Shuo Yuan"."

Xie Mingyuan was stunned upon hearing this.

At this time, the guqin on the stage was already ringing.

There were tens of thousands of people at the scene, and everyone was silent. Everyone was staring at Wang Huaiyu who was sitting cross-legged on the stage.

The sound of the guqin is simple and elegant. If you don’t calm down, many people will not be able to hear the beauty of it, but... Fortunately, even those who have never heard the sound of the guqin before can at least Knowing that this is a musical instrument that has been handed down since ancient times in China, and inexplicably feel that playing this thing is very grand.

The sound of the piano is long, clear and continuous.

Tens of thousands of people listened with bated breath.

For a full minute, the sound of Guqin enveloped the entire venue.

Then, starting from the faint, with an almost imperceptible voice, Li Qian finally sang——

"What night is it tonight, the boat is in the middle of the boat..."

When he opened his mouth, tens of thousands of audience members were stunned—almost no one had ever heard Li Qian sing with such a thin and low voice! Even Liao Liao and Zhou Mo had never heard of it!

But I have to admit that his simple voice was bland and calm, and when he received the word "Liu", it was almost silent, with only a little breath between his lips and teeth, coupled with the swaying of the Guqin, Simply refreshing.

It was these two sentences that caused many singers in the background, especially the father and son of the Xie family, to show a look of surprise when they heard it. Especially Mr. Xie, the original calmness and indifference on his face seemed to have disappeared in an instant. At this moment, he showed a rare expression of interest.

You know, he has been vigorously advocating the ancient style since more than ten years ago. Although the results have been minimal, even his own many creations and attempts have ended up not being recognized by the music and pop music circles. However, advocating the ancient style, Advocating digging deeper beauty from Chinese classical culture to enrich the current music scene, and even promoting Chinese classical culture and oriental culture to the world through the form of songs, but the old man has always been obsessed with it.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Qian's "Farewell" came out, the old man didn't care that Sony and Hua Ge were rivals in the market, so he wrote an article excitedly at that time, and greatly appreciated this kind of Chinese ancient style works. Appreciate! It was tantamount to taking the initiative to stand and support Li Qian and the Wuxingwusu combination at that time!

But now, this old man who has immersed himself in music all his life can tell with just one ear that not only the lyrics of this "Yueren Song" are absolutely authentic classical poems, but even the tune seems to be following the classical path , even...it is possible...the old man couldn't help but wonder excitedly: Will he compose the music completely according to "Gongshangjiao Zhengyu"?

Yes, in foreign music, the scale is determined according to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Duremi Fasao Laxi, these seven tones, but in ancient Chinese music inheritance, it is not It has always been the pentameter of "Gongshangjiao Zhengyu".

The so-called "pentaphone insufficiency" in the idiom comes from this.

To put it bluntly, this is the purest Chinese culture!

At this moment, how could the old man not be excited! How can you not look forward to it!

At this time, Li Qian had already continued to sing: "What day is it today, I have to be in the same boat with the prince."

His pronunciation is light and clear. However, relying on the current advanced technology, relying on reliable radio and amplifying equipment, and of course, also relying on the quietness of the fans at the scene - no matter how clear the lip-tooth sound is, how light it is, it seems to be only The sound of one breath was clearly sent to the ears of everyone present.

Of course, the lyrics are too old-fashioned. It’s good to have the lyrics to read. If you don’t understand the meaning of the words, you can make a good guess. But when you listen to the scene, it’s a new song. Of course, there are no lyrics to read. Therefore, in fact, most people are completely confused about many sentences in it.

Tonight, what night, what day is today, I understand, no problem.

You have to be in the same boat with the prince... maybe Qi can understand it.

However, for those who are not familiar with the original poem, the four characters "搴船中流" really can't even figure out which four characters these four characters are.

But fortunately, even if you don't understand the literal meaning, it is not enough to be an obstacle to enjoying this song, this tune, and this ancient poem—at least, the general meaning can be guessed.

What's more, Li Qian sang so emotionally!

Facing such a good song with deep throat and emotion, tens of thousands of people at the Changping Music Festival at this moment deliberately restrained all their voices, trying to capture every subtle breath conveyed by the sound, and feel it in the silent place. The beauty that falters.

But at this time, God is sorry...

Zhou Mo and Liao Liao looked at Li Qian's eyes, they were as bright as the sun!

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There are two remarks to make:

First, Mr. Tan Dun released an experimental album called "Nine Songs" in the 1990s. It was very experimental. Most people are not easy to like it, but if you are interested, you can still go to it. listen. It can be said that at that time, Tan Dun was still in the exploratory period, and when he composed the music for "The Song of the Yue People" and the soundtrack for the movie "The Banquet", in fact, his exploration and direction were already relatively mature.

Second, in addition to Tengger and Zhou Xun's version of "Yue Ren Song", there is also Liu Yang's version. If you haven't heard this song before, you can listen to the first two versions, each with its own charm. If you have already listened to those two versions and liked them, I recommend you to listen to Liu Yang's version again. However, the version performed by Li Qian in this article is closer to Liu Yang's style, not as vigorous as Tengger's. In my understanding, this should also be a way of expression that is closest to the meaning of the ancients.

Finally, sincerely ask for a few monthly tickets!