Huayu for engineering students

Chapter 252 Theory and Business

"It's interesting. Although it's biased, it's also unique. What's next? Let's talk about it." After hearing what Wang Xu said, Professor Jin also had a feeling of lightening up.

This is the first time I have heard this analysis of melody and singing from the perspective of equipment and transmission methods, and it really gave him a refreshing feeling.

Musicians generally don't think about this kind of change in thinking mode. They think more from the music itself. After changing their thinking, it seems that many incomprehensible things can be explained.

"In the 80s, the country opened up, and many new media began to enter China on a large scale.

Radios, tape recorders, video recorders, television sets, these monaural devices began to appear and gradually became popular.

It is difficult for monophonic equipment to produce a sense of presence. The original sound of the song is still the main transmission method. The orchestration is more important than before, but it is still the foil of the song itself.

But because the sound quality is improved, the level of the speakers is sufficient to express more subtle changes, and the listening environment becomes smaller, so people can capture more subtle changes.

Therefore, a voice that is too high-pitched will appear harsh, and the soft and beautiful singing style, especially the breathing sound that has never been heard from the device before, has become the favorite of the public.

Representatives of these are Teacher Li's "Hometown Love" and Teacher Su's "Night at the Military Port".

These two songs are of that kind of gentle, beautiful artistic conception, and the singing method is breathy, expressing the faint sound driven by the airflow into a very charming sound quality.

But this kind of singing can only be spread through highly sensitive equipment, so it spread quickly through radio and television.

The popularity of Wanwan singer Teresa Teng is the most typical manifestation of this era. "

The more Professor Jin listened to it, the more interesting he became. The tall boy in front of him kept saying that he was singing as an amateur, and that he only had a full-time job when he went to school, but it seemed very suitable for him.

This pure science and engineering way of thinking allows him to have an alternative interpretation of purely perceptual things in the field of music. This is the interpretation of pure engineering on the way music is popular through technology.

Wang Xu took a puff of cigarette lightly, exhaled a faint smoke, and his slightly immature face unexpectedly had a little more mystery.

Wang Xu continued to speak:
"Afterwards, Chinese people became richer than before, and they could afford stereo equipment. Dual speakers and quad speakers became popular, TVs could listen to two-channel stereo, and radios began to have FM stereo.

At this time, the sense of presence can be established, and the importance of orchestration gradually emerges.

However, the speaker power of TV and radio is relatively small, and the performance of bass is relatively weak, but it is also very different from the previous almost no bass, and the importance of rhythm begins to show.

Therefore, pop music with complex orchestration and more emphasis on melody than rhythm began to spread.

At the same time, with the rise of dance halls, some high-power playback equipment appeared in China. In dance halls, the heavy bass and intense rhythm can be better displayed.

However, the dance hall has a large space and many people, and most of them are in motion.

In such a complex environment, the songs themselves are not so easy to remember, so DISCO dance music also became popular at the same time.

However, due to limited conditions, it can only be concentrated in big cities with dance halls, and it is popular among people who like to liven up and dance.

In the future, high-end special audio equipment with subwoofer will enter the home, and those active speakers I made will also be greatly reduced in price.

Stereo sound is no longer a problem, the bass can be fully displayed, and small environments such as the family will not affect each other. At this time, music with clear rhythm, complex melody, and rich orchestration will gradually prevail.

For example, rock music is very small now and can only be listened to live, but when all kinds of four-speaker and big speakers that can show the bass gradually become popular, rock will lead a wave of coquettishness. "

Wang Xu spoke convincingly, and flicked at Professor Jin like a magic stick, which made Professor Jin a little confused about the real age of the person in front of him, and suddenly had the illusion of talking with a thousand-year-old ghost.

"Hey, you really dare to predict that rock and roll will become popular, are you serious?" Professor Jin didn't believe it. He had also heard rock and roll, but he felt that was the case.

This kind of music, which is famous for its rhythm and roar, is not very popular with Professor Jin, but as a type of music, it is impossible for him to ignore it.

"At least in big cities, a high standard of living means high income, and buying stereos is no longer a problem, and rock and roll will be the first to spread in the cities at that time.

As for the country, it will have to wait until the price of the stereo is reduced to the point where they can afford it. "

The old god Wang Xu continued his journey of flickering on the ground.

"Then what's your conclusion?" Professor Jin was suddenly curious about the reason why Wang Xu put forward such a large set of theories today.

This long-winded speech did not lose Wang Xu's usual speaking style at all. Although he had his own instigation, this obviously out-of-standard speech was obviously not something that should appear in a simple chat.

"The conclusion is the importance of equipment. You see, recording equipment and playback equipment directly affect the fashion trend of the entire music, and even indirectly affect the style of music.

As the most famous music school in the country, don't you have to keep up with the times? Can the students hear something, the sound of communication, just by relying on your broken speakers? "

Wang Xu no longer hid it, showing his fox tail. Of course, this meant that Professor Jin was very familiar with him, so naturally there was no need to go around too much.

Today's tirade is really just Wang Xu's whim. In later generations, he can write short essays of thousands of words and share his opinions on the Internet. In this era, naturally, this hobby will not be lacking.

It's just that it's really troublesome to express one's opinion in this era. You have to write it down and submit it. By the time it's published, Wang Xu's enthusiasm has long since receded, so he never went to the newspaper to publish it. Something to make a pen man.

But isn’t there an audience today? As for selling equipment by the way, it’s really a matter of chance. Anyway, Senior Brother Li will operate the follow-up, and it’s convenient to hand over these network resources to him.

Wang Jinghua helped to sell recording studio equipment before, but Wang Jinghua is not good at these things, and he is not so concerned about how to sell these things. He is still more capable in entertainment, so Wang Xu did not urge she.

I have always had the attitude of fighting three poles, and it is the same today. I saw Teacher Jin, and they kept talking about building a recording studio, but there was no follow-up movement. Today, I will knock on the pole to see if it can really fall. something down.

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