Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 74 refreshes your musical cognition again.

The listening process went smoothly. As a second-tier singer, Zheng Jie had a very good control over semitones.

Moreover, in the listening and distinguishing of musical intervals, it can be clearly felt that Zheng Jie is most sensitive to the high-pitched area.

But in contrast, there is basically no resolution in the bass range.

".What a high-pitched little prince."

Li Can complained.

But Zheng Jie seemed to be greatly encouraged and smiled.

This expression left Li Can speechless.

Too many people in the Chinese music scene regard high notes as the standard for measuring a singer's ability. The audience thinks so, and the profession also follows suit.

Over time, it seemed to be true.

In addition, Zheng Jie's talent is really that he has an excellent high-pitched range, so it is common for him to continue to develop his strengths.

"You are really talented, but you haven't systematically studied more in-depth vocal knowledge, right?"

Li Can pinched his chin and spoke.

"You subconsciously always want to use your strengths to the fullest and pursue perfection, right?"

Zheng Jie nodded, somewhat puzzled.

Shouldn't a singer make use of his or her own strengths?
I have a very strong talent for high notes, so they must continue to improve, right?
It seemed that he could see Zheng Jie's confusion.

Li Can smiled lightly and shook his head.

"In fact, your vocal cords are short and thin, and there is little pharyngeal space. This characteristic makes it very easy for you to sing high notes, but high notes never represent a singer's strength. On the contrary, this vocal cord characteristic makes you lack a heavy low-frequency foundation, so you will subconsciously use tearing sounds to enhance the texture and layering of your voice."

"The more you force yourself to sing high notes, the more you hold back, the more pressure you put on the laryngeal muscles. So, once you encounter weak notes in the high range, the weak mixing ability is insufficient, and the low frequency is lacking, it will suddenly turn into falsetto, making the voice weak."

"Singing in the high-pitched range relies entirely on the breath to impact the vocal cords. Not only does it take up a lot of space to produce sound, but it also disperses the resonance and is very exhausting to the voice. If you don't change your singing habits in time, the golden period of your body's functions will only last a short time."

Li Can pondered for a moment and thought about it carefully.

Finally I thought of a suitable description, my eyes lit up and I smiled.

"That is, you are born very long, extra long, and you keep pursuing longer lengths, but what's the point of getting longer? A certain length is enough."

"If it's very thin and soft, wouldn't that be bad?"

"A singer's voice is also three-dimensional. You can play to your strengths, but you still have to maintain balance so that your career will be more lasting and strong."

"?!!"

Zheng Jie was stunned for a moment.

This description is a bit too vivid, and I was a little confused for a moment.

It turns out that I am a sausage.

After recovering from his shock, Zheng Jie laughed and nodded repeatedly.

"Haha, I'll listen to Brother Chan!"

Li Can nodded.

He began to ponder.

Wang Yongchang frowned slightly, feeling like his brain was overloaded.

Ever since Li Can came, my understanding of music has been broken time and time again.

Zheng Jie has such excellent vocal conditions and such explosive physical functions, why not let him sing high notes?
However, Wang Yongchang knew that he should never question what Li Can said.

Trust the judgment of professionals and leave it to them!

"Zheng Jie, I've heard your work. Both the company and you place too much emphasis on high notes. After listening to it today, I am more certain of the audition result. The fundamental tone of your voice has a very youthful texture. The note you are best at is not the common C5, but A3 to A4."

"In this range, he can exert the sound pressure to the extreme, which gives people a very relaxed and comfortable feeling. It may not sound that high, but when you really start singing, you will find that most people can't reach that level, and even if they do, they can't do it so easily."

"This is your advantage, polish the low frequencies!"

As he spoke, Li Can pulled out a singing score from the file.

Thinking about Li Can's words, Zheng Jie looked at the music score carefully.

It was just as Li Can said.

Songs in the key of G, neither high nor low, with an upper-middle range.

The whole song starts with #C3, most of the notes are in group 3, and a small amount of notes are in group 4. Only in the chorus melody does the group begin to show its presence, and the whole song resolves the battle within two octaves.

"Come on, give it a try."

Li Can has higher requirements for professional singers.

At the very least, sight-singing is an essential skill for singers.

What accompaniment do you want? What do you want to hear first?

If you can’t sing by reading the music, what’s the point of being a singer?
Although Zheng Jie was a self-taught person, he had no problem reading music and sight-reading. He just struck a few basic notes on the piano and then began to sing along with the score.

While singing, Li Can guided the singer on the details. "You are still trying too hard. Hold back a little. If you can play the soft notes perfectly and clearly on the stage, and match your voice characteristics, it will be much more valuable than singing high notes."

"Of course, if you want to hit the high notes, that's fine too. Just practice this first. For this song, I just ask you to completely retract your energy and release it for the next song."

At the beginning, Zheng Jie still felt a little uncomfortable.

It’s not that I have any problem with Li Can.

The main reason is that I've sung too many songs with high and strong notes, and it's really hard for me to suddenly have to hold back.

but.
When Zheng Jie heard that Li Can could help him release high notes, he immediately became energetic.

I immediately started practicing singing with full motivation.

Just like if you want a donkey to pull a mill well, it’s best to tie a carrot on the top of its head. Li Can must be well aware of this.

However, it was only after Zheng Jie really came into contact with the song "He Doesn't Understand" that he suddenly realized.

Trying to make it look easy while singing, ensuring clarity while fully exerting your strength, is even harder than singing 6 sets.

“He doesn’t understand”

"His handwriting is too heavy, write it lighter, but make it clear!"

".He doesn't understand you."

"How can your handwriting be heavy?"

".He doesn't understand."

“Strong and weak sounds must be clearly distinguished! Even if all the sounds are weak, there will still be a contrast between strong and weak sounds!”

Zheng Jie felt that he was the only one who didn't understand.

It is easy to compare strong and weak fp, but what about weak and "super weak"?

In the field of weak sounds, there are p, pp, ppp, and pppp!
The strong only need to hold back, while the weak have to consider a lot.

Finally, under the encouragement, he seemed to sing from his heart, and Zheng Jie's quality was fully brought into play, making Li Can smile with satisfaction.

“I was almost suffocating and couldn’t breathe”

With just a slight turn, the word "here" was easily delivered to A4 by Zheng Jie without any effort.

Wang Yongchang, who was standing by, widened his eyes.

It felt really different all of a sudden.

I have absolutely no idea why.

Is Li Can really so magical?
Wang Yongchang fell into deep thought. He always felt that Li Can seemed to have made some design in the arrangement, which made the vocals stand out completely.

"Okay, okay, Zheng Jie, you are simply the god of weak voice, you definitely have the qualities to be a king!"

Li Can clapped his hands, making Zheng Jie's face turn red. He felt a little elated and started laughing.

"Okay, let's move on to the next song. What needs to be broken through in this section is the strong pronunciation."

"?!"

Zheng Jie stopped laughing immediately.

During singing practice, Zheng Jie discovered that Li Can paid great attention to the quality of sound polishing.

I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort to practice this strong tone.

　A4 sound intuitive feeling.

　　In Sun Nan's "Rescue", the word "eternal" can be regarded as golden A4, with an open cavity, very transparent and powerful.

　　But if you want to pass A4 lightly and effortlessly without using falsetto, it will be more difficult.

　　When it comes to playing musical instruments or singing, it is always harder to control the force than to exert it.

　　P.S., when discussing the singer's vocal range, such as A5, C5, B4, A4, etc., it is not the "small note X group" in the sense of piano.

　　Because it is capitalized, this is international musical notation.

　　C1-C7, no lowercase.

　　Xiao Zi is lowercase, which belongs to the domestic musical notation method and needs to be converted.

　　I used to write novels this way, but I found it very messy. The international notation is more intuitive, but in practice, I feel that the domestic notation is better because it can be deeply linked with the piano without conversion.
　　C3 is a relatively high note in male voice, which is the note C.

　　For example, C5 (high C) is written as c3 in domestic musical notation, which is the lowercase letter three.

　　The reason for the difference is mainly that the domestic musical notation method is divided into "male and female scores".

　　The female notation is level with the piano, while the male notation is one octave higher, which means that in actual singing, the male C5 is actually C4, one octave lower than the female singer.

　　But in reality, female voices are only about four degrees higher than male voices.

　　Therefore, C5 (high C) is used to measure the vocal range of male singers, while F6 is not used to measure the vocal range of female singers (high C in the female score).

　　In fact, for a normal person, it is already very difficult to sing up to #F4, so they need to squeeze hard. People with a narrower range will feel a noticeable difference starting from #A3.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)