Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 290, "The Dump Truck's Founder's Music Theory," is incredibly moving.

"So, in the end, we still got to eat hot pot?"

Li Can and his group exchanged silent glances.

Chengdu is truly a city of honor; even if you don't stay up late, you can still have hot pot in the morning.

"It's good for your health, and you won't get dizzy from carbon monoxide poisoning when you wake up early."

"it is good."

Everyone enjoyed this novel experience.

In Li Can's view.

Finding a hot pot restaurant early in the morning is even easier than finding one with private rooms.

"I just got a job this morning, just letting you know. I'll try to finish it when I have some free time during the performance period. Let's schedule it together."

After sitting down, Li Can told his buddies about the task order he had just received that morning.

"Okay, Brother Can, just bring the sheet music." Chen Gang nodded in agreement. "Is it a new piece for the performance in Chengdu?"

"It depends. If it works, we can serve it, but there's a high chance it won't be a problem."

Li Can nodded and looked around at everyone.

No one seemed to have any objections; their expressions showed no reaction whatsoever.

This reaction surprised Wei Qiang.

Although Wei Qiang is a graduate of the cultural and tourism industry, it doesn't mean that he is completely ignorant of some common sense in the music industry.

What seemed like an ordinary conversation between Li Can and Chen Gang would cause an uproar in the band circle.

It takes a band quite a bit of time to create a single piece.

Each person practices solo, gets familiar with the music, plays together, and works together. Then, some solo positions are created in the gaps to facilitate live performances, or some corresponding changes are made.

Even at the fastest pace, this series of tasks will take at least ten days to half a month.

Li Can and his group will stay in Chengdu for at most a week.

But judging from the conversation between Chen Gang and Li Can...

It was as if they could get it done in a night or two.

"So fast?"

Wei Qiang looked up and asked curiously.

“I’ve communicated with bands before, but I’ve never seen it happen this fast.”

"We already have the sheet music, how can this be fast?"

Lin Feng shook his head.

"You have to consider what kind of band it is. Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone is a so-called top-tier band. In reality, even among professional bands, the difference in musical quality between band members is greater than the difference between a person and a dog."

"This is true both internationally and domestically. Even top bands have their own unique styles. The speed at which a band can complete a song is related to the basic skills of the leader and the members. If the leader is proficient in arrangement and the members have a solid foundation in music theory, the speed will not be so slow."

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Upon hearing this, Wei Qiang's lips twitched.

This is indeed the truth.

But obviously.

The "foundation" that Lin Feng talks about is likely different from the "foundation" that ordinary people understand.

"Just a popular work."

Zhao Ze waved his hand with a smile.

The entire DP band has a classical music background, and classical music is a fundamental skill in performance.

Sight-singing and sight-playing are very important.

As it is literally.

Professional performers with normal basic skills do not need to be familiar with sheet music.

Take it, glance at it a few times, and you can play it about 80-90% of the way.

This "80-90%" refers to issues such as technique, emotional expression, and tone and volume control.

melody?

Isn't that something that can be done right away?
Even vocalists like Lin Feng and Han Jiayin, after a quick glance, can have their breath control and singing techniques become almost perfectly clear.

Take Chen Gang, a string expert with a background in violin, for example.

Even for pieces of professional difficulty that you've never heard before, you can immediately start sight-reading them.

There may be stumbles, but it's impossible to not be able to play the piece.

If it's at the level of pop music difficulty, then there's probably no chance of stumbling; if there is, it's just that the player is distracted.

As for memorizing the score.

The sheet music for popular music is quite simple.

Memorizing a piece of classical music, measured in weeks or months, refers to a lengthy classical work of twenty or thirty pages, which takes about half an hour to perform.

In simpler, more memorable pop music.

There is no such thing as "backgrounding".

Some popular pieces on the market, once you're familiar with them, you can even transcribe them perfectly without looking at the sheet music.

It's like how professional League of Legends players learn how to play heroes.

Even if you've never seen the controls before, as long as the difficulty is low, you can easily apply them in a match after just one glance, and you might even do it better.

This kind of thing still requires practice.

It can only be said that the practice of basic skills is insufficient, so it is necessary to make up for the lessons that were previously skipped when refining the work.

However, the barrier between professionals and non-professionals is very thick.

What Li Can and his group considered a matter of course, even a basic and essential operation, seemed quite explosive to Wei Qiang.

A work.

How can they get to the point where they can perform on a big stage in just one or two days?

It's open! But it's boring!

"Let me break it down for you. We already have a framework in mind. Following the framework will make it easier to get started and save a lot of time on adjustments."

While the food is being served, the pot is being heated.

Li Can tapped the table lightly.

I had a short meeting with everyone.

After Tang Sheng finished making what seemed like an outrageous request, Li Can spoke up.

"In other words, we need to strictly control our emotional expression, reaching a certain level where it can't be too low, but it also can't be too high and out of control."

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Wei Qiang understands Chinese, but not the Chinese that Li Can speaks.

Is this something that can be controlled?
No one knew what Wei Qiang was thinking; they just listened.

In fact.

The emotional control of a musical work is already evident in its basic structural design.

Understanding the structure allows you to understand emotional expression.

Musical form analysis is a form of deconstruction. Through this method, Li Can can quickly help band members fully understand the performance quality they need to achieve.

"I plan to use the same emotional progression structure as 'Taotie,' but I will simplify it a bit. Please put yourselves into it."

"OK."

When Li Can mentioned "Taotie," everyone quickly formed a rough framework in their minds.

As Li Can explained, the structure of the new work became increasingly clear.

"It still starts with the piano, but the impact of the drum kit will be reduced by half, and the focus is on rhythm rather than emotion."

"The piano riff will continue, Gangzi, you and Jiayin's rhythm guitar are responsible for the ripple-like connection, my drums will give you the emotional foundation, and Zezi's bass needs to enter from nothing but subtly and quietly."

"Winnie pauses for a moment, then the chorus begins."

"This is a whole verse phase, two sections, from the intro to the verse. The mood only needs to be raised by half a level with the addition of instruments."

After saying all that.

Winnie spoke almost simultaneously.

"So, the contrast you're using is to raise the emotional level by one and a half levels, or two levels or so, during the chorus?"

"Yes."

Li Can nodded and looked at Lin Feng.

"You need to switch vocal lines during the chorus, from a pop vocal line to a semi-extreme vocal line, as an emotional boost. At the same time, Ze Zi's bass rhythm will be intensified, Gang Zi's keyboard rhythm will be diluted, and Winnie's electric guitar will enter."

"Then add a harmonic system. This kind of treatment can elevate the overall emotional feeling by one and a half levels."

"I understand. Adding embellishments to the interlude and raising it by half a level keeps the overall tone under control, and the emotional fluctuations are simple and direct."

Han Jiayin nodded, looking like she understood.

Wei Qiang was increasingly questioning his own existence. Are all musicians this outrageous? Directly manipulating the audience's emotions during an encrypted call?
"That's right, Winnie handled the semi-release in the interlude, a simple and straightforward guitar solo, similar to the emotional uplift technique in 'Taotie,' only much simpler."

"It all starts with piano and drums, with the drums providing the specific emotional highs and lows, and then building up. The most important connection is the addition of electric guitar and Lin Feng's vocal shifts in the chorus."

"Then it is further released in the interlude. However, 'Taotie' chose electronic music, but the new work needs to have a certain lyrical element. Overall, I want hardness, but the hardness needs to be hidden."

"I understand. It's simple and straightforward, but it works."

Everyone nodded.

The food hasn't been served yet.

The red bubbles in the pot were just beginning to rise.

Everyone then fully understood the new work's approach and performance quality.

I already have specific ideas on how to handle the details.

Even before I've even looked at the sheet music.

"We'll walk around the venue later. I'll take some time this afternoon to work on the sheet music. You guys practice first, and I'll go find Lao Wang to handle the distribution."

Li Can's words made everyone nod in agreement.

Chen Gang pursed his lips and couldn't help but complain.

"Release is such a tedious process. By the time you've spent on release, you could have finished the new album."

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Wei Qiang was at a loss for words.

The topics Li Can and his group discussed were completely beyond what an average person would understand about music.

It can even be confirmed.

This surpasses the understanding of music held by many industry professionals.

Outrageous statements just kept coming one after another.

The comments, especially those about "temperature control," sounded absolutely outrageous.

Wei Qiang understood the reasoning.

But I felt like I was just a plaything for a bunch of music producers.

I'm being controlled!

"Brother Can, is this temperature control you mentioned really working?"

Wei Qiang originally didn't want to interrupt.

After all, they were talking about work.

There's no need for someone like me, a non-professional, to say anything.

I was just so curious, I really couldn't resist.

After the group finished their conversation, they couldn't help but ask.

What exactly is the underlying principle?

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Upon hearing Wei Qiang's question.

Li Can rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment.

Directly explaining the technical terms would only make it harder to understand, so Li Can planned to introduce a simple and straightforward analogy.

So he asked.

"In terms of damage alone, do you think a kick does more damage, or a dump truck hitting you does more damage?"

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If it were a game NPC, the question mark in Wei Qiang's mind would obviously light up briefly before turning into a long ellipsis.

I heard this.

Lin Feng couldn't help but give Li Can a strange look.

He just held back and didn't say anything.

After all, in Lin Feng's opinion, the ability to inflict damage depends on the individual.

Ze Zi, who can't drive a dump truck, definitely doesn't do as much damage as Li Can, a disciple of the Northern Leg School, could do with a single kick.

"It must be a dump truck."

"Yes, that's simple and easy to understand."

Li Can chuckled.

"Rhythm, that's the speed of the strike!"

"And pitch means whether to attack the upper three areas or the lower three areas. Switching the pitch is switching the target, whether you want to make the opponent's lower body wet or stay on the ground."

"Timbre, also known as instrumentation, is the element that has the greatest impact on emotions based on changes in rhythm, pitch, and melody."

Speaking of it.

Li Can raised an eyebrow and looked at Wei Qiang, asking a question.

"Then let me ask you, do you think an electric guitar is a dump truck, or is a twisted, rubbing, and extremely loud electronic sound a dump truck?"

"The instrumentation is like different props. Their purpose is always to create. Different props have different impacts and damage when creating. The experience of being hurt... cough cough, is also different for the fans."

"Depending on your needs, you can choose to give someone a light punch to the chest or a big slap, you can choose to use a stun gun or a dump truck to create a scene, it all depends on what shape you want your fans to be."

"hiss!"

Wei Qiang suddenly realized.

What a brilliant music theory from the founder of the dump truck!
understood!

Fans idolize you.

But you treat your fans like punching bags?
I see! I see!
The reason DP is so popular is because they treat their fans like punching bags.

Isn't that a kind of touching moment?

"Is this theory real, or is it something you invented, Brother Can?"

Wei Qiang was starting to lose his composure.

I understand, that's all.

But the mysterious image of music in my heart suddenly became very abstract.

After hearing this theory, Wei Qiang felt that he could no longer look at music the same way.

It's easy to constantly associate different objects with this transcendent feeling.

Ais Aimu!

He's messing with AceAim!
Wei Qiang would rather Li Can was just teasing him with abstract ideas.

"Yes, there really is."

Mention this.

Chen Gang pursed his lips and glanced at Li Can, who was smiling but saying nothing.

"Timbre is not something that should be defined as what it is, but rather what it is not."

"The prevailing view internationally is that timbre is the collection of all the differences between sounds with the same loudness, pitch, and duration."

Speaking of it.

Zhao Ze's expression clearly became somewhat resentful.

He pushed up his glasses slightly and explained further.

"For example, both are 40 decibels, both are the same pitch A, and both are played for one second, but if you feel any difference, that difference is the difference in timbre."

timbre.

This is Chen Gang and Zhao Ze's main task.

They're either adjusting timbre parameters or searching for new timbres. The entire music industry has evolved from constantly creating new instruments in the early days to modern rock and electronic music, which rely on electronic devices.

They are all pursuing more, more extreme, and more complex timbres.

Modern music is more emotional than ancient music, not because our ancestors were more composed, but simply because they were limited by timbre.

Everyone who's in a pub wants to jump around, regardless of age.

"Although Brother Can's statement is a bit abstract, it is actually a fairly scientific summary. Everyone says that martial arts are killing techniques, but in modern society, aren't driving skills and semi-trailers just martial arts and weapons?"

"If the goal is simply to avoid air force attacks, why bother with hard fishing when you can catch fish with electricity?"

"That's right, it's perfectly normal for a contemporary sword saint to draw his gun, sir, times have changed."

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Looking at everyone's smiling faces.

Wei Qiang has truly opened the door to a new world of music.

However, this door seems a bit crooked, and the world seems a bit crooked too.

"Is this reasonable?"

(End of this chapter)