As soon as the lights on the stage dimmed, the audience knew that Xiao Yao's performance was about to start, and the scene quickly fell silent, wanting to see and hear how Xiao Yao's newly invented instrument was played and what the musical sound it would look like. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The director team at the scene also seemed to understand the audience's thoughts, so a rocker arm with a camera installed on the scene also slowly stretched out to Xiao Yao's side, and aimed the camera at the musical instrument on Xiao Yao's legs and Xiao Yao's hands lightly on it. At the same time, the close-up shot of this camera was also cut out on the big screen at the scene, so that everyone could see it clearly.

And before Xiao Yao started playing, the close-up on the big screen also let everyone see the specific appearance of this instrument... At least what the top half looks like. The shape of the disc has an upward arc, and at first glance it really looks like a metal pot lid. In the very center there is a protruding dot, and on the periphery of the bevel there are seven smaller dots that are concave inward.

"Ding~" Xiao Yao's right hand moved, and gently slapped on the instrument, and sure enough, a voice sounded at the scene. At first glance, it sounds like the sound of a harp or a bell, but when you think about it, it feels like the sound of water droplets. It may be that the instrument is obviously hollow, the sound resonates within the instrument, and it is tapped directly with the palm of the hand, so the sound not only sounds ethereal, but also soft and warm. Just this first sound, the audience at the scene was fascinated.

"Ding, knock, ding, ding~ding, ding~dingdong..."As Xiao Yao's hands continued to tap on the instrument in different positions, the sounds of different tones sounded in turn, and when Xiao Yao's hands were beaten to the rhythm, the audience really heard the melody of the music from the pronunciation of the instrument.

As the melody of the playing piece accelerated, Xiao Yao's percussion movements became more brisk. A slightly sharp-eyed audience can find that although Xiao Yao is used to knock on the instrument, the parts used by both hands to touch the instrument are different, sometimes with the palm of the hand, sometimes with the fingers, and sometimes, just with the edge of the palm. It seems that Xiao Yao's hands are dancing on the instrument, the movements look smooth and chic, with his freehand expression, the whole person also reveals an indescribable elegance.

"It's really a new instrument that you can play! Not only does the instrument look beautiful, but the playing movements are also handsome, and the music it makes is very pleasant to listen to. Many viewers began to admire in their hearts, "This Xiao Yao can invent such a new instrument, he is really a musical genius!

The piece played by Xiao Yao is called "Smoke and Rain Qingdai", which naturally comes from the previous life. In the TV series "Mr. Good" in his previous life, the part played by Sun Honglei at the end of the play came from this song. Of course, the part played by Sun Honglei in the TV series is only a part of the whole song, only a little more than a minute, which is definitely not enough for the length of the stage performance, so Xiao Yao played a complete version of nearly four minutes.

However, although Xiao Yao's four-minute complete version is equivalent to the length of an ordinary song, for the audience who heard this instrument for the first time, four minutes felt completely insufficient. When Xiao Yao's performance ended, the lights on the stage turned on, and Xiao Yao also stood up with a handcrub. The whole process was quiet, and the audience who listened to Xiao Yao's performance immediately burst into fierce applause and cheers. And in these applause and cheers, there are also many chaotic shouts from the audience, such as "one more song", "one more time", "encore" and so on.

This is a New Year's Eve party, not a concert, all the programs are arranged and rehearsed in advance, and it is definitely impossible to add performances or anything because of the audience's request, so Xiao Yao is also unmoved by these shouts from the audience. Xiao Yao, who stood up, just bowed politely to the audience to express his gratitude, then took his handpiece and left the stage amid the applause and shouts of the audience. At this New Year's Eve party, he really never opened his mouth from beginning to end.

Xiao Yao, who did not have a singing program, could deliberately not speak on stage, but after returning to the lounge dressing room backstage, Xiao Yao had no need and was unlikely to be dumb all the time.

Because it was the first appearance of the new instrument, in order to keep it secret, Xiao Yao's show did not participate in the public rehearsal before the New Year's Eve party, and he only performed once for the program team when reviewing the program. Because it was a solo show, and Xiao Yao's performance throughout the whole process was just a white spotlight hitting him, there was almost no other stage effects to cooperate, so the program team agreed to his request not to participate in the rehearsal of this show. Therefore, except for Gong Chen, who has been with Xiao Yao during the preparation of the show, he has seen Xiao Yao's new musical instrument handset, and other star artists who participated in the New Year's Eve party have never seen this new musical instrument.

Xiao Yao's performance of the new instrument on the stage not only amazed the audience under the stage, but also many other star artists who watched the live broadcast in the backstage lounge of the performance were extremely curious and surprised. Therefore, when Xiao Yao returned to the backstage lounge to remove his makeup after the performance, other star artists who were interested in Xiao Yao's new instrument knocked on Xiao Yao's lounge door, wanting to "have a look" of Xiao Yao's new instrument or play it yourself.

Xiao Yao's two programs, one is a masked performance, and the other is still wearing a hat although the mask is pulled off, and there is not much face exposed in front of the camera lens on the scene. Despite this, Pei Minyi, who worked as Xiao Yao's personal makeup artist for the first time, carefully designed Xiao Yao's performance makeup, and when Xiao Yao returned to the backstage lounge after the performance, Pei Minyi, who was enthusiastic about work, also pressed Xiao Yao in front of the makeup table for the first time and immediately began to remove his makeup.

As soon as Pei Minyi started to do this, there was a knock on the door of Xiao Yao's lounge.

Since Pei Minyi was removing Xiao Yao's makeup, Fang Fang, who was sitting on the sofa in the lounge and had nothing to do, got up and went to open the door. Fang is still an agent and assistant, and this New Year's Eve party also followed Xiao Yao. This is the first time Xiao Yao has brought two people to participate in the show, and it finally looks like he has a "team".

"Xu Yuan, come in. After Fang still opened the door of the lounge, he found that Xu Yuan, whose performance had ended, was standing outside the door. Although Fang still didn't go to the scene during "The Masked Singer", when Xiao Yao helped them design masks, costumes, rehearse songs, and later record the official version, Fang still stayed together for a long time, and they were already familiar with each other, so they generously let Xu Yuan in, "Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing special, it's just that I'm curious about the instrument that Xiao Yao just had, so I came over to take a look. Xu Yuan said with a smile. Xu Yuan has also played in a band before, although she is the lead singer in the band and rarely plays musical instruments in her performances, she herself can play musical instruments, and when she saw Xiao Yao invent a new musical instrument, she immediately ran over uncontrollably.

"Things are on the couch, you can play with them by yourself. I'm removing my makeup, so I won't greet you. Xiao Yao, who knew Xu Yuan's temperament, greeted with a generous smile.

"Okay, thank you. Aiming at the handpiece on the sofa, Xu Yuan unceremoniously sat down on the sofa in the lounge, followed Xiao Yao's example just now, put the handpiece on his lap, and reached out and patted it lightly.

Xu Yuan is worthy of being able to play musical instruments, and after trying for a while, she quickly found a few notes represented by different parts of the instrument, and played a tune she knew at will, but after all, she was playing for the first time, and she was far less skilled than Xiao Yao in terms of technique, and the music she played did not sound very smooth.

"Do you want to guide you in technique?" Xiao Yao, who had finished removing his makeup, sat on the sofa next to Xu Yuan and looked at Xu Yuandao, who was having a lot of fun.

"Okay," Xu Yuan nodded subconsciously at first, and then raised his head and asked the question he was more concerned about, "This instrument is really what you came up with?"

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, "Li Hai introduced it on the stage just now, is this still fake?"

"How did you come up with this?" Xu Yuan then asked.

"In a flash of inspiration, I just came up with it," Xiao Yao smiled, "Why don't you ask me how I wrote the song?"

"Cut, can writing a song be the same as inventing a musical instrument?" Xu Yuan pouted.

"Well, I actually came up with knocking on a gasoline barrel. Xiao Yao said, "I once saw someone on the street using a waste gasoline drum as a drum, not only playing very rhythmically, but also the sound is different when hitting different parts, so I had such an inspiration." ”

"By the way, what is this hole in the bottom for?" Xu Yuan turned the disc over and pointed to a hole in the center of the bottom.

This one is called "Gu", and its construction is based on the principle of the Helmholtz resonator, which can be used for tuning. Xiao Yao introduced.

"What is the Helmholtz Resonator?" Xu Yuan continued.

"It is a basic acoustic resonance system and a device that uses the phenomenon of resonance to make acoustic measurements. Helmholtz, a German scientist in the 19th century, was the first to use this resonator to analyze the frequency component of sounds, so he named it after his surname. Xiao Yao smiled and asked, "Do you need me to introduce you to how this resonator works?"

"Stop!" Xu Yuan hurriedly held his forehead with one hand and stretched forward with the other, blocking Xiao Yaodao, "I know you are a scholar, but I have a headache when I hear the word science." ”

"Actually, I'm not concerned about the principle," Xu Yuan continued, "What I want to know is, is there really only two of these instruments in the world?"

"There are only two of them, and they are all mine. Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Although I know the principle, but when it comes to doing it, I don't have the technology." I came across an American expert in instrument making and material styling who helped me make it. Now he's back in the United States. Before leaving, he made two of them, both of which were left to me. ”

"What about the other one, can you sell it to me?" Xu Yuan said immediately.

"You like it so much?" Xiao Yao said.

"I like it. Xu Yuan said, "But I know someone will like it more." My teacher is almost on his birthday, and I would like to give him this new instrument as a birthday present, and he will be very happy. ”

"Teacher Chen Huan?" Xiao Yao said.

"yes, I don't have any other teachers right now. Xu Yuan nodded and said, "How about it, you keep one to play with by yourself, and sell the other to me." How much money do you ask, since your instrument is also made for you by someone else, not to mention anything else, there must be a cost for materials and labor, and I have absolutely nothing to say about how much it should be. ”

"Price is not an issue. Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "It's just that of these two hand-discs, I kept one for myself, and the other one has been given to my father." You know, my dad was a fan of musical instruments, too. ”

"I can't come back what I gave it to my father. I know that the American instrument maker who helped me make this instrument has other things to do recently, and I'm afraid he won't be able to start working again in the short term, so why don't you take this from me?" Xiao Yao said.

"Alas~" Xu Yuan sighed in some disappointment, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, a gentleman doesn't take people's favor." Teacher's gift, I'll think of another way. ”

"That's it, at most half a year, after half a year, I'll give you one. Xiao Yao said to the disappointed Xu Yuan. In half a year, the company with Aker Robinson should be up and running. It's a big deal to place an order for Ake yourself.

"So generous, can you give me one too?" With a voice, another person pushed the door and entered Xiao Yao's lounge.

"Teacher Shazhou!" Xu Yuan and Xiao Yao stood up together and said hello.

After Fang still opened the door to let Xu Yuan in, he just closed the door casually and did not close it. When Shazhou came, he saw that the door was not closed, and he happened to hear Xiao Yao's words to Xu Yuan, so he pushed the door in directly.

"That's what you're talking about, right?" Shazhou smiled and pointed to Xu Yuan's handpiece that he put aside, "I'm also interested, help me get one to play with." ”

"Yes. Xiao Yao smiled and continued, "But I can't make this thing, I have to find someone to order it." The master who made this instrument is an American, and I can help you place an order when the time comes, and the price of this thing is about 3,000 US dollars. ”

"So expensive?" Shazhou and Xu Yuan were both a little surprised.

"It's almost entirely handmade, and there's no machine that can do it right now. Xiao Yao said.

"But why did Xu Yuan send it, and when you came to me, you started to charge?" Shazhou smiled angrily and pointed at Xiao Yaodao, "The difference between you is too obvious." ”

"Who made you not a beauty?" Fang still suddenly interjected with a smile.

"Heavy color and light friends!" Shazhou glared at Xiao Yao.

"You just know?" Fang still smiled, "We Xiao Yao have always been like this. ”

"Hey, you're my agent. Xiao Yao's dissatisfied other party still said, "Have you ruined your own artist image like this?"

"But you seem to be like that. Shazhou touched his chin and nodded, "In addition to Chen Chen, have you also written songs for other male singers?"

"Isn't my dad a man?" Xiao Yao retorted.