"I need you to completely empty your brain, put aside all the music you know for a while, and quietly feel the rhythm of the drums. Indeed, the drum kit is about melody, like a heartbeat, and you have to be completely immersed in it, feeling the impact and beating with your heart and blood vessels. It's a kind of rhythm, and you can only control the rhythm if you feel it. ”

"These are all correct. But the problem is that the basic skills of the drum kit are very, very important, the wrist control of the drumstick, the body's sense of space in the drum kit, the adjustment of the percussion power, and the balance between strength and tenacity...... These basic skills are the foundation for building the entire technical movement and the quality of the performance. ”

"Before that, you didn't know anything about the drum kit, and you just relied on your own sense of rhythm to complete the percussion, which was like a castle in the air, which looked wonderful but was actually full of holes. ”

"I need you to let go of those unrealistic romantic ideas, show off your skills and talents, show your rhythm and rhyme, and start with the basics on a down-to-earth basis. There are no shortcuts! Without three or five years, you can't even learn the frame form of the drum kit, let alone go deep into the essence. ”

"This is not a piano, after memorizing a piece of music, practicing over and over again, you can still put on a posture after all, but in the world of drum kits, all your basic skills will be exposed, and there is no chance of any luck. How much you have practiced before, how much will you show later!"

"You know? It's not a musical instrument used to attract the opposite sex or attract attention. On the stage, the drum kit is always the one standing in the back, the spotlight will not be on us, and the cheers and shouts will not belong to us. We have to stay calm and keep a low profile, because the drum kit is the heart of the whole performance, and it controls the life force of the whole stage. ”

"If you're looking for showmanship, you're choosing the wrong instrument. ”

After Lan Li's experimental performance, Johansen gushed his opinions, and the more he talked, the more he talked, the more he couldn't stop, and involuntarily, his tone began to become sharp and sharp, and his true thoughts in his heart were also revealed, which inevitably became a little aggressive.

But Lan Li didn't open his mouth to refute, just listened carefully.

Although he doesn't know anything about the drum kit, he has enough knowledge of the guitar and piano, and Lan Li's control of rhythm and rhythm has his own keen touch, which is also the most important talent in the process of music creation.

After the performance, Lan Li ushered in an educational baptism.

Lan Li could feel the prejudice and resentment from Johansen, and he wouldn't say he liked and enjoyed it, but the truth is, he didn't feel the anger.

It was only the first time they met, but Johansen skipped his own judgment and sensibility, and simply and crudely based on the image created by media reports, arbitrarily positioned, and then condescendingly criticized.

This is not fair.

But Lan Li knows that the reason why we should encourage reading and broaden our horizons is because everyone needs to open their hearts and accept differences, so as to avoid falling into a trap and gradually derailing from the world, so that life is confined to a small space and cannot get out.

After a simple conversation and a short time together, Lan Li's feelings are extremely profound and distinct.

Lan Li had no intention of arguing or arguing, after all, the two of them were just a teacher-student relationship who met in the water, and he didn't need Johansen to like him, he just needed him to do his job dutifully, which was enough, but he still needed to convey his thoughts accurately, and he didn't have a masochistic tendency to go against the grain.

Johansen was completely immersed in his thoughts, and after the tirade was over, the turbidity in his chest was finally vented, and his reason slowly returned to its original place, and he realized Lan Li's gaze-

The light brown eyes were not shocked, faintly with a hint of non-existent scrutiny and inquiry, revealing a calmness and calmness that knew it in his chest, it was clear that Lan Li was sitting, and he was standing, but there was an illusion that Lan Li was looking down on himself condescendingly, and the hairs on his body stood up.

Johansen suddenly realized that his true thoughts had been revealed.

Lan Li only performed a few drums before and after, and there was no excessive performance at all, but Johansen's emotions were out of control, and it was only at this moment that he reacted.

He was really too out of shape and too rude, which suddenly made him embarrassed, as if he was covered in red fruit, and he didn't dare to look at Lan Li at all, so he could only avoid it in embarrassment, hesitating and trying to say something and change the topic, but the words became stammering, and he couldn't say a reason after hesitating for a long time.

In the end, it was Lan Li who spoke out to help solve the siege, "In this way, let's start with the basic skills, where should the basic skills of the drum kit start?"

One step, Johansen immediately seized the opportunity, "Yes, the basics, let's start with the dumb drum, the easiest sixty." ”

The so-called dumb drum is actually a rubber plate, which can only practice basic skills, not to mention the coordination of the hands and feet of the drum kit, and even the coordination of different positions such as the hanging cymbal, the rhythm cymbal, and the snare drum can not be done, which is the equipment for pure practice of hand skills; moreover, the sound of the blow is not a strong clang, but a funny and dull popping sound, which is extremely funny.

Johansen then added, "Of course, if you just want to practice a skill to fool an amateur audience for a concert or some special performance, then we can skip the dumb drum and go straight to the practice of real drums." There was a hint of ridicule and joking in the understatement.

Not to mention a big star like Lan Li, 90% of amateurs don't have the patience to spend time on dumb drums when they start learning drums. For the uninitiated, this is a waste of time, but for professionals, the dumb drum is a basic skill that must not be skipped, and it is the equivalent of the foundation of a house.

"No problem. The dumb drum begins. Lan Li said neatly, stood up from behind the drum kit, and looked around, "Where is the dumb drum for practice?"

Style as always.

From the beginning of the meeting to the present, Lan Li has always been consistent, concise and clear, crisp and neat, proper in advance and retreat, calm and polite, and most importantly, with a good attitude and positive emotions. There are no superfluous words, no polite greetings, and even no intention of creating an image of being close to the people, all of which revolve around learning.

This made Johansen stunned slightly.

All the expected speculation was in vain, and he couldn't tell what was going on, but after hesitating for a moment, he still didn't say anything, "The dumb drum is here." We now start with the most basic sixty. Even if we have studied other instruments, we still need to start from scratch in the basic skills of the drum kit, and the only difference is in speed and ability. ”

Finally, Johansen also became serious and focused, and the sharpness and arrogance in his words were slightly restrained, showing his professional posture.

The so-called "sixty" is actually not complicated at all, simply put, it is sixty beats, and the drum face is hit sixty times in one minute, an average of one per second. The reason why I say basic is because it is to train the drummer's sense of rhythm, to maintain as much tempo as possible, and to truly experience the rhythm of one second.

After that, sixty beats may begin to double, and the difficulty increases little by little, and the drummer's sense of rhythm and rhythm is very demanding, and they must firmly grasp the center of gravity of the whole rhythm and maintain it for a long time. Because in the whole performance and the band, once the drummer's rhythm loses stability, then the whole band will go wrong, and the ending will naturally be miserable.

As for the training method of basic skills, this is even more lackluster -

Next to it is a metronome, adjusted to a frequency of sixty, and then in the midst of a ticking sound, it begins to beat the dumb drum. That's all.

In a trance, Lan Li seemed to return to the childhood moment of this life, a sunny afternoon or a rainy morning, the tutor sat dignified and virtuous, the sound of the metronome echoed in the piano room, as if he could capture the historical footprints of the whole house, leisurely return to the distant and ancient past, and he had to find a stable beat in the black and white keys of the piano.

As Johansen said, the beats of all music and all instruments are connected.

Solid piano skills, which are skills accumulated and precipitated over a long period of time, have become a part of the body, which also makes Lan Li's speed very fast.

In less than fifteen minutes, Lan Li was already able to maintain a steady and uniform striking speed in the frequency of two hundred and forty, and the outstanding sense of musicality and rhythm was being revealed little by little.

Of course, 240 is not a very difficult technique, it is still the simplest basic skill, and switching to music mode is a quarter beat of the entry level. In other words, from sixty to two hundred and forty, all of them are still hovering outside the door.

However, Lan Li's speed of getting started, as well as the sense of stability of the hitting, and the emotions revealed by the rhythm, can feel the profound musical heritage, and truly interpret the mystery of a hundred tongs - only limited to the introductory stage.

What really embarrassed Johansen was Lan Li's attitude.

Although Lan Li showed a good level at the beginning stage, he did not slack off or be arrogant at all, but began to practice according to Johansen's instructions step by step, and played steadily, which made Johansen feel as if he was deliberately making things difficult for Lan Li, and he began to feel slightly uncomfortable.

Involuntarily, Johansen coughed lightly twice and cleared his throat, "Start again at sixty." ”

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