For Lan Li, rhythm is not difficult, but the drum kit is not only about rhythm, but also about control and balance.

The dumb drum is only the most basic part of all the basic skills, and there is still a lot to learn slowly when sitting in front of the real drum. The technique that I had mastered completely on the dumb drum was immediately confusing again after switching to the real drum.

It is a necessary process. Almost every drummer has to go through such a process.

Many beginners simply and rudely believe that the basic skills of the dumb drum are not suitable for the real drum at all, so they reject the dumb drum even more, and insist that everything is done on the real drum;

Because the dumb drum has only one drum face, while the real drum is a set of components: kick drum, snare, tom tom, cymbal, rhythm cymbal, hi-hat, etc.; in addition, according to the needs of the performance, some cowbells, wooden fish, shakers, triangles, bells and other devices will be added, but no matter how many devices are added, all of them are played by one person.

In other words, the drum needs a more stable rhythm and a constant and balanced coordination when switching back and forth between different parts. This also puts forward higher requirements for the basic skills, through the dumb drum to polish their basic skills completely, when hitting the real drum can be smoothly completed, otherwise, from the dumb drum to the real drum, it is easy to start to be in a hurry, overwhelmed.

Of course, for many amateurs, it is better to abandon the dumb drum in favor of the real one. There is no problem with that. However, in difficult performances, they can easily lose the rhythmic framework and rhythm, and then destroy the core energy of the whole performance, and may even become a disaster.

So there are no shortcuts.

After spending seven days practicing the dumb drums, and three weeks practicing the basics of the real drums, four hours of class time a day, and an additional four hours of practice time a day, Lan Li was like a real candidate, and began to work diligently to apply for the Juilliard School, and after a month, without rest, vacation, or laziness, he devoted himself 100% to the basic exercises.

At the very least, Lan Li has successfully completed the transition from beginner to beginner, and furthermore, thanks to his sense of musicality and rhythm, as well as his solid piano skills, he can already become a competent drummer - not top or excellent, but at least above average, and even more potential to be explored.

All of this happened in just one month, which is incredible, but it is real.

Faintly, Lan Li could feel the change in Johansen's attitude.

Lan Li didn't understand the specific reason, that is, suddenly one day, Johansen became businesslike, his tone and attitude changed, and the whole class process became more professional and smoother, but Lan Li was not curious, the focus was still on the drum kit, from the beginning to the present.

Objectively speaking, Johansen may not be a talented drummer, but he is an excellent teacher.

It's possible. This is true in any field, and a genius who has reached the pinnacle of career achievement does not mean that he can become a competent teacher, because teaching and imparting knowledge requires skill, especially the basics.

For those geniuses, the basic knowledge may not be difficult and can be understood at one point, but their way of thinking and understanding is not necessarily suitable for ordinary people.

Vice versa.

That's what Johansen is.

In the process of teaching basic skills, he is always able to keenly grasp the problems, and assist in the corresponding training methods to adjust and improve, not to mention, Lan Li is undoubtedly an excellent student, an excellent music student, which also gives Johansen more room to play.

George Slander once said seriously that perhaps, compared to actors, Lan Li can achieve more in the field of music.

The most touching part of Lan Li's music is undoubtedly the emotional bond, he is always able to see through the vicissitudes of life, combine his emotions with melody, and resonate through singing, this talent is very valuable for musicians;

In just four weeks, Lan Li's mastery of basic skills and comprehension of skills have indeed shown rare qualifications, coupled with diligent practice without distractions, which has also enabled Johansen to throw more and more challenges, so that Lan Li continues to improve and explore.

In a trance, Johansen also completely forgot that learning the drum kit was just a "hobby".

In fact, if it's just for the sake of filming "Burst Drummer", then learning to such an extent is enough to cope with most of the shots.

Because no matter how hard Lan Li tries, it is impossible to grow into a top drummer in just a few months.

During the actual filming of the film, all of Lan Li's performances were real, but in post-production, all his hits were accompanied by synchronized sounds, which were performed by real top professional drummers.

A few days ago, Damien Chazelle has confirmed a professional dubbing drummer - Peter-Erskine (Peter-Erskine), he is now the world's top jazz drummer, and his strength is undoubted. In all the difficult scenes in the movie, Peter will be the most solid backing for Lan Li.

In other words, for the sake of filming, Lan Li can now stop here.

But Lan Li was not satisfied.

Just like "buried alive" and "gravity" before, Lan Li hopes to truly feel the situation of the character. The same goes for Andre-Neyman this time.

For drummers, rhythm, timbre, speed, and control are all indispensable, and if you just pursue one of them, you are destined to become a top drummer, but in the movie, Andrew, as a freshman, has just entered the world of drumming, and all his attention and attention falls on "speed", as if speed represents everything.

Andrew's idol is Buddy-Rich, a true hero in jazz history, who has been crowned a god and is known as one of the greatest drummers in the world, with perfect technique, power, rhythm, speed, etc., and Andrew's personal favorite performance of Buddy Ricky is "Four Hundred Blows".

The whole performance can be called the pinnacle and superb, starting with the most basic hand speed of 60, soaring all the way to 400 hand speed, although the average beat is less than 0.15 seconds, but each beat is clear, accurate, evenly balanced, in a stormy way to connect all the beats, and the hand speed is maintained between 330 and 400 for a long time, with dense and powerful, turbulent and crisp drum beats to create a terrifying effect of cascading stormy waves.

The shock was enough to make every soul surrender.

With Andrew's vision and understanding as a freshman, the first thing he captured was speed, the absolute speed of 400 hits per minute, which is also the realm he has been trying to achieve.

Lan Li knew he couldn't reach that speed, but he wanted to give it a try. At the very least, he wanted to understand Andrew's feelings as he tried to get there, and the frustration and fear he felt in the process.

Just like the breakthrough and innovation of acting, only if you have really tried it, only if you have really worked hard, can you know what it feels like.

Now, Lan Li is trying.

He didn't hit the cymbals or toms, he just increased his hand speed on the snare, but it was almost an impossible task.

The wrist must be relaxed, using the power between the fingers to drive the drumstick, through the rapid vibration of the small muscles to drive the drumstick, can not just rely on the strength of the arm to complete the action, otherwise the muscles will stiffen, and the vibration frequency of the forearm can not meet the requirement of 400 strokes at all.

He understands these principles and rules, and he understands them all.

But it is one thing in mind, another thing in practice, one thing in truth, and another thing in practice.

In real operation, the control of small muscles can not achieve effective resonance at all, trying to exert force, trying to control, unconsciously driving the entire forearm, originally through local control to complete the transmission of intensive beating, but the result is a giant wielding a stick like a knock and knock, and then the muscles begin to stiffen.

The more anxious and the harder, the stiffer the muscles, the stiffer and clumsier, the slower the speed.

So, the more you want to accelerate, the slower it gets.

It's like a vicious circle, after being caught in it, going around and around in the same place, the kind of suppressed distress and struggle, burning in the chest, and finally involuntarily clenching his teeth, as if all the strength of his body has burst out, using all the power of the wilderness, trying to complete four hundred blows.

However, brute force will not work after all, this is not a competition for Hercules.

Lan Li gritted his teeth and stopped in annoyance. Not to mention 400 strokes, even 240 strokes have become chaotic, and as soon as they touch the edge of 300 strokes, the whole drum beat begins to fall apart, and the rhythm, power, rhythm, etc. are all gone, not to mention the flow and grace of the music, it is completely a reckless man beating indiscriminately.

Terrible.

The muscles that were tense to the extreme relaxed, and let out a long breath, Lan Li raised his head and looked at Rooney Mara, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, drooping his head, revealing a wry smile, "How is it?

Rooney gently bowed her head, pursed the corners of her mouth, and said meaningfully, "Yes, yes, of course, I feel it, I feel it 100%. If you're talking about how terrible the performance was, even if I'm a layman, who doesn't have any appreciation for drums or jazz, I can feel that it's a complete disaster. ”

In the face of Rooney's complaint, Lan Li was not angry, and nodded seriously in affirmation, "Right?

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