Chapter 85: Let It Be
Although it was the first time they met, Liu Jingxin still recognized the girl at a glance as Yu Xiaonuan, Yu Changshun's granddaughter.
When the little girl saw a stranger in the yard, she stopped to look at her grandfather, and shouted "I'm back" a little shyly, and then she carried her schoolbag and lowered her head and took small steps to get into the house.
Uncle Yu dragged Yu Xiaonuan back, and introduced with a smile: "Xiaonuan, this is Uncle Liu, call someone." β
Yu Xiaonuan obediently whispered to Liu Jingxin: "Uncle Liu is good." β
Liu Jingxin was called an uncle, and felt a little awkward, so he smiled and said, "It's okay if you call me brother." β
Yu Xiaonuan blinked her big flickering eyes and didn't speak again, it seemed that she still wanted to find a chance to go back to the house.
Uncle Yu said: "Xiao Nuan, your Uncle Liu is here today to help us prepare for the show in your school, how about you come and listen to it, and let Uncle Liu teach you how to sing later." β
"I don't want to learn, it's definitely singing again, I don't want to sing. Yu Xiaonuan lost her temper.
Uncle Yu's face suddenly turned long: "What's wrong with singing? Peking Opera is the quintessence of the country, and foreigners have to learn from us, why don't you learn it?"
"Don't learn! Don't learn!" Yu Xiaonuan said, breaking free from under Uncle Yu's hands, trotting into the house, and slamming the door shut.
It seems that the grandfather and grandson are really a little incompatible in this regard, no wonder Uncle Yu is full of melancholy when he mentions his granddaughter Yu Xiaonuan.
Uncle Yu said angrily: "Look at this girl, she was so well-behaved when she was a child, and now she is getting more and more ignorant as she grows up." β
Liu Jingxin persuaded: "There is always a process, she hasn't heard our song yet, so there will be some resistance, let's take our time." β
At this time, it was almost time for Liu Jingxin to go to work, and there was such a fuss just now, Liu Jingxin couldn't be embarrassed to continue to stay here, so he said goodbye to Uncle Yu. As for the communication between Uncle Yu and his granddaughter, it is completely up to them, Liu Jingxin is an outsider after all, and it is not easy to get involved.
When Liu Jingxin was at work at night, he received two emails one after another, namely the audio and cover of "Under the Broken Wings".
So after getting off work, Liu Jingxin uploaded "Under the Broken Wings" to QQ Music. He didn't wait for the new song to be reviewed, anyway, he knew that even if the review was approved, it would not be recommended until after midnight.
Liu Jingxin rushed to the rehearsal room with a guitar on his back, and after completing the assembly with his brothers, he immediately started today's rehearsal.
After these days of trying, Liu Jingxin found that the most powerful thing about the "Test" App is not only the full score of the songs in it, but also its evaluation function.
After selecting the songs to be rehearsed and turning on the evaluation function, the App will score their rehearsal results in real time, and mark the deducted points in red, so that Liu Jingxin can know where their problems are at the first time, so that they can make targeted improvements.
Although each band has its own style, different bands will have a completely different feel when playing the same song, and there will be more or less differences in the handling of some details.
But after all, the Friday band is now in the imitation stage, and it is not yet time to pursue their own style, if they haven't even learned how to walk, how can they run?
Today's main track is the Beatles' "Let it be", which is preceded by a large section of piano accompaniment, which is completed by Bao Yi using a keyboard to simulate the piano sound, with the chorus part of the first section going into harmony, the main part of the second section going into the bass, and the second section of the chorus starting into the drums and guitar......
The score of this song is relatively simple, the technique is not strong, and the accompaniment of the band is not a big problem, the problem is mainly in the lead vocals and harmonies.
In fact, recently, Liu Jingxin also found that there were problems with his singing skills, some of which were too casual, and this is exactly the problem that most people who like to sing often encounter in the early days.
When most people sing, they pay the most attention to pitch and rhythm, and feel that as long as they don't grab the beat, as long as they don't go out of tune, they sing well.
And in reality, singing is really not as simple as it seems on the surface.
Different songs, and even different parts of the same song, have different pronunciation points and resonance points, and different songs use different singing techniques.
The so-called "open voice" is the most obvious embodiment.
No matter which song it is, the most difficult thing to sing is the first sentence, whether it can move people, whether it can attract the attention of the audience at once, the first sentence is the most important.
Choose which cavity to use (chest, mouth, and head) to resonate, whether the nasal sound should be heavy or light, and whether the mouth should be loud or small when pronouncing......
Every inconspicuous detail is the key to whether the lead singer can "open his voice", and these details will not be marked in the score.
In addition to the lead singer, the harmony provided by the other members of the band is also very important, although the requirements are not as strict as those of the lead singer, but they are not just humming.
What Liu Jingxin can do is to listen more, discuss more, learn more, try more, and with the help of the App, they continue to correct their shortcomings until the score exceeds 90 points.
As for the ultimate goal of a perfect score, Liu Jingxin really didn't think about it, after all, even if the original singer of the song came, it was impossible for him to sing exactly the same as when he was in the recording studio. Moreover, imitation that is too extreme will seriously make people lose themselves and lose their own characteristics in the end.
"OK! The problem is almost fixed, let's do it again, hurry up and get this song over, and there is still time to practice another song. Liu Jingxin clapped his hands and said to everyone.
"Good!" replied in unison.
"When, when, when......"
Bao also struck chords on the black and white keys to restore the prelude to "Let it be".
Liu Jingxin quickly adjusted his state to the soothing music, opened his lips and sang loudly: "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be ......"
In this life, people have to go through too many ups and downs and face too many thorns.
And what we can do is to do our best to overcome the ups and downs, and do our best to cut down the thorns.
But what if we have tried our best, but still haven't been able to get through the ups and downs, and have not been able to cut through the thorns?
Do you want to cry, do you want to be pessimistic, do you want to despair?
No, no, no!
If we really have exhausted our strength, the only thing we can do in the future is to "let it be", and if we are not happy, we will vent and curse again.
The real "let it be" is not to force after doing everything you can, not to do nothing. (βRicas.) οΌ
At the end of the rehearsal again, Liu Jingxin picked up his mobile phone and read the ratings, and said to the brothers with a smile: "Well done! This time 90.7 points, up to the mark! Hurry up and practice the next song." β
Zhang Xun happily and contentedly echoed: "No problem, "It's my life" (Bon Jovi Band) starts!"