Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 134 This chapter determines the style of the song

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Lin Heng started talking before he even put the book away.

"I thought about it all night and clarified the most core and important principles!"

The others put their things away and listened attentively.

"That is 'simplification', so we must compose first and then arrange, and we must simplify the melody when composing, step by step."

"Good!" Zhu Qinglun took the lead in applauding.

Everyone followed suit and clapped.

Lin Heng smiled awkwardly and made an elegant farewell gesture.

"Okay, I'll be more serious. We should set a tone first. There are actually quite a few songs that can be used as references. Didn't Jay Chou's "Blue and White Porcelain" just happen to set off a trend?"

Everyone looked at Li Yan, and Li Yan looked at Li Ruofei.

"Ah? Should I speak first?" Li Ruofei cleared his throat. "I don't have much talent for music... I can only analyze this poem."

He showed the manuscript he had written down from memory during evening self-study. The strokes were powerful and impressive. Li Ruofei was a master of calligraphy, but surprisingly, his handwriting in the Chinese language exam was not very impressive.

According to him, writing calligraphy is writing calligraphy, which is different from writing in daily life.

When writing normally, as long as the character shape is correct, the main thing is efficiency.

This made Li Yan, who used the Chinese test paper as calligraphy practice paper, dare not say anything.

"At first glance, this poem, "Qingyu'an·Yuan Xi", is about the Lantern Festival, where 'I' am looking for my ideal lover in the crowd. But the author is Xin Qiji, who created such a lone woman standing in the 'dimly lit place' as his 'ideal lover', which actually reflects his lonesome character that he does not want to be tainted by the secular world."

Very smooth, just like answering Chinese reading questions.

Lin Heng frowned with a subtle expression.

"So, I tend to sing the first stanza with lively and majestic music, and then sing the second stanza with slow and deep music, to express Xin Qiji's passion for serving his country and his noble character of not wanting to go along with the crowd."

Liang Tiancheng seemed a little excited after hearing this, but Li Yan and Lin Heng were unmoved.

"Ruofei, I don't think this is a good idea." Lin Heng said, "What you said is an analysis based on historical facts and the characteristics of the poet. It is an appreciation at the level of language. But when we sing it, the imagery on the surface of the lyrics is still very important."

"You mean the description of the lively scene of the Lantern Festival in the first verse?"

"Yes, no matter what, this is what we are singing about, this kind of lively and prosperous atmosphere, so a more lively or lively style of music would be more appropriate."

"What about the next que?"

"Wang Guowei's "Human Words" calls the phrase 'Looking back suddenly' the highest realm of life. There is a kind of..."

"It's a feeling of seeking and realizing the truth. Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. You work hard towards the goal all the way, and finally find that the goal is already in your hands without you noticing," Li Yan added.

"Yes, yes, this theme is still very positive and can give readers something to imagine." Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction.

"But Wang Guowei's interpretation is just a metaphor, which happens to be somewhat contradictory to what you said before about combining the literal content of the words." Li Yan did not further confirm his opinion.

The other three roommates were already listening intently.

"Yan, what do you think?"

"Be more vulgar."

"Ah?" Lin Heng and Li Ruofei were in sync.

"Singing this song is a form of re-creation. There is no need to be constrained by the author's mood or the background of the times. All we want is the lyrics themselves."

Li Yan himself didn't notice that, in fact, over the past two months, he had accumulated considerable prestige in Dormitory 403 and even in Class Zero by relying on his extreme versatility.

"Ruofei, your idea is not bad, but Lin Heng is right. The surface intention of the lyrics is very important. Just like what you said, it's a story about looking for a loved one in the crowd, looking for a lonely loved one among the numerous women in gold, green and cosmetics during the noisy Lantern Festival."

"Love?" Zhu Qinglun couldn't help but speak.

"Don't make it into a decadent song." Li Yan shook her head. "We will move forward with this intention and this atmosphere, but we won't focus on 'love'."

"Oh!" Li Ruofei clapped his hands. "You left the specific explanation of 'that person' to the audience?" "That's what I mean. 'That person' is the one you love, which is a beautiful confession; it is yourself, which is a soul baptism of returning to nature; it is an ideal, which is a journey of pursuit of enlightenment."

"What do you mean by eloquent speech?" Zhu Qinglun sighed, "I can't put it into words."

"Me too." Chen Fan raised his hand.

"Then what do you hope for?" Lin Heng asked.

"We are only responsible for recreating the excitement of the Lantern Festival thousands of years ago, recreating the beautiful women, and recreating her in the dim lights."

"Is that your sweetheart?" Liang Tiancheng followed up.

"No, music has emotions. The lyrics are used to restore the scene, and the music is used to convey emotions, so that an atmosphere surrounds the audience and makes them 'look back suddenly'."

"Ayan, what you mean is that the focus of this song is not in 'the dim lights', but in 'looking back suddenly'?" Li Ruofei seemed to be thinking about something.

“You can understand it this way. Our songs and performances are all about conveying this emotion to the audience, so that they can understand the meaning of the words, but we don’t give any specific meaning to this meaning.”

"Okay," Li Ruofei seemed to have realized something. "So, at the beginning, I used Xin Qiji's life experience and historical background to force the audience to feel specific emotions. I really didn't touch upon the beauty of this poem at all, and it was inferior."

"No need to compare." Li Yan waved her hand. "So, the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival, the fragrance of cosmetics, the lights and decorations, it's easy to find a corresponding tune, cheerful, lively, sweet, on this basis, a little faster, to express the protagonist's anxiety, to the climax of 'Looking for him in the crowd for thousands of times', and suddenly to 'Looking back suddenly', the rhythm is soothing, slowly descending, and finally stopping abruptly."

"The aftertaste is long." Li Ruofei nodded repeatedly.

"Is this the way scholars communicate?" Chen Fan asked Zhu Qinglun in a low voice.

"That's all as long as it's awesome." Zhu Qinglun replied.

"I think this work seems to have room to become awesome." Lin Heng approached Zhu Qinglun without him noticing, "I have full confidence in Li Yan."

"What about you?" Liang Tiancheng also got out of bed and joined in the fun.

"Now that the direction has been set for tonight, it's my turn to show off my skills! I'm pretty confident that I'm doing pretty well."

"This is what Saobao Lin is like."

"Lin Heng," Li Yan suddenly said, and Lin Heng, who was just showing off, suddenly became serious, "I think we can even use the same melody to change the key, which is in line with what you said about simplifying the composition."

"Okay, we're on to the high-level topic," Zhu Qinglun stretched, "We can't understand it anymore."

"Composing music is actually very easy." Li Yan said seriously.

Except for Lin Heng, the other four people stared at him for two seconds, and then suddenly laughed.

"I don't believe you, you are such a bad guy." Zhu Qinglun curled his lips, "I don't dare to believe you when you say simple things."

"You don't need any musical instrument to compose music. You can just hum or recite the lyrics with a little ups and downs in the tone. That can be considered composing music." Li Yan still had a serious look on his face.

This is what he did these past two days. He activated the fourth-level skill "Composition" by recording the music he hummed. He was shocked by this because he always thought that the content of "Composition" was already included in "Music Theory".

Later I thought that composing music still requires a bit of creativity to coordinate, and music theory knowledge is just the foundation.

Under the influence of the third-level skill "Music", the score soared directly to 34 points.

The songs in Li Yan's previous memory were suddenly deconstructed from the point of being able to "sing", and the "melody" became something that could be grasped and disassembled in Li Yan's mind.

Every radiation from the system is so amazing, it's like forcing memories.

Lin Heng added: "You can say that, but a melody without aesthetic appeal can only be considered a poor composition. And after singing, someone who understands music theory and music scores should record it down, otherwise it would be funny if it's different every time. Qinglun, you use a song you are familiar with, apply it to this song, and sing it a cappella, which can also be considered a composition - it's just plagiarism."

"The green jade table is on the Lantern Festival night, the east wind blows thousands of flowers at night, hey hey hey thousands of flowers, and blows down the stars like rain, the BMW and carved carriages fill the road with fragrance, the phoenix flute sounds and the jade pot shines..."

The unexpected "Hero Song: Lantern Festival".

A group of beautiful ladies were enjoying the lanterns and dancing during the Lantern Festival when they were suddenly robbed by the heroes of Liangshan.

"Shit, those last five words are really unworthy."

"You are a genius, Qinglun." Lin Heng prostrated himself.

(End of this chapter)