Chapter 533 Rehearsal

The production materials of traditional Chinese musical instruments are divided into eight categories, including gold (bell, gong), stone (chime), silk (qin, se), bamboo (xiao, zhen), kuang (sheng, zhu), earth (xun, 缶), leather (mole, thunder drum), wood (柷, 敔) 8 categories.

There are also some foreign Hu musical instruments later, as well as the original musical instruments of Dunhuang, this time there are 63 people, 54 musical instruments, and 9 chime players.

Except for some Dunhuang restored musical instruments that are professional performers invited by Tan Dun, the others are young people in their twenties, and the Chinese music has been lonely for many years.

And they all have a common characteristic, that is, the family environment is either rich or expensive.

Because of the major of Chinese music or folk music, it is basically impossible to find a corresponding job, and because of the unpopularity of the monthly species, the musical instrument or music score also needs to be customized at a high price, which is an extremely expensive major, and ordinary children cannot afford to learn.

For them, it was like a dream for folk music to have the opportunity to perform at an award ceremony like the Grammys, and everyone put down their shelves and rehearsed hard.

The ensemble of more than 50 people cannot be honed overnight, but seeing the first rehearsal, Wang Yao felt very moved.

Because when he recorded this album at that time, almost all the instrumental performances were done by him alone, and then edited into post-editing, in addition to sadness, there was also moving.

There are successors.

For this group of young people, Wang Yao is a mythical figure, this style of music and the familiarity with all the instruments are enough for them to worship, not to mention that they can also take them on this stage, so they have great respect for Wang Yao.

As the chief conductor of this orchestra, Tan Dun has expressed his jealousy of Wang Yao many times.

How can I say that I am also an old artist who represents Chinese Chinese music on the world stage, how can this group of cubs not be so respectful to themselves.

The Grammys are held at Staples Arena in LA, one of the best arenas in the United States, home to many NBA tournaments, and with top-of-the-line music and the best lighting, this arena is the perfect venue for concerts.

The Grammys have held two editions here.

The most important instrument in "The State of Etiquette" is the chime, and because it is too large and expensive, the Grammy organizers are unwilling to pay this fee and hope to replace it with a recording.

He just wanted to ring the chime at the highest music awards party of the United States imperialism to tell the world that Chinese musical instruments are the warmest sound in heaven and earth.

And in addition to this consideration, Wang Yao believes that once the chimes are unveiled, they will definitely arouse the interest of many curiosity hunters, and if they can sell a few chimes, then they can make a lot of money to supplement the Chinese folk music, and at the same time, they can also improve the status of the chimes.

This set of chimes was rebuilt at the time when Wang Yao participated, and the sound processing was strengthened, and the shape was more beautiful, and the patterns and inscriptions on it were highlighted.

A whole set of chimes are placed together, and there is a solemn and sublime atmosphere.

This set of chimes is placed there, and it can rival the momentum of a large symphony orchestra in the West.

For this large-scale instrument, many of the Grammys judges felt very novel, especially when they heard that this instrument was a product of more than 2,000 years in China, and everyone showed an incredulous and unbelievable expression.

"Oh my God, Yao, the shuddering sound in your music comes from these bronze monsters?" Kurtz, the chairman of the Grammys' jury this time, was almost seventy years old, but he was still in good spirits, and he exclaimed as he watched the chimes propelled by the container open on the field.

The other judges around him exclaimed in amazement that they had watched it up close.

"yes. Wang Yao smiled, "But they are not bronze monsters, but the crystallization of the wisdom of my ancestors." ”

"Sorry for my gaffes. Kurtz swallowed, "I'm just too shocked, I've seen a lot of Buddhist bells, but none of them have shocked me, and every one of them feels like a monster with its mouth open and devouring musical notes." ”

Wang Yao smiled, "It's also appropriate, they ate the standard notes three thousand years ago. ”

Wang Yao followed Kurtz down and walked into the crowd of onlookers, and a black musician turned his head to look at Wang Yao expectantly, "Yao, can I knock it?"

"Of course you can, as long as you don't break it. Wang Yao chuckled, took the sound hammer from the shelf and handed it to her.

The black musician took the hammer and looked at the delicate carving on it, "Oh my God, this is a work of art, how can I do it?"

"Aren't you famous for not being afraid of anything?" said Wang Yao.

"But in front of the beautiful big guy in this song, I was really a little scared. The black musician shrugged, "I'm afraid it's going to eat me in a fit of rage." ”

The crowd laughed.

Wang Yao took out the bell stick again, "I will cooperate with you." ”

The black musician tried to ring a small bell, and the sound came from the collision of the chime and the hammer, so that everyone couldn't help but close their eyes and feel the sound waves tremble in the air.

"Incredible, is this really a musical instrument from 3,000 years ago?" Kurtz looked at Wang Yao with a shocked face.

"Of course, it is not an unearthed artifact, but it is completely imitated according to the specifications of the artifact. Wang Yao struck the harmony.

"Is there a semitone?" exclaimed another musician.

"The vocal range ranges from C2 to D7, with twelve semitones in the central range, which can be modulated and transposed, and can play a variety of pieces in the seven-tone scale, which can complete the accompaniment of most music. Wang Yao smiled, "Of course, there are limitations, that is, fast-paced scores need more chimes, and the problem of overlapping tones must be considered, because the spread of bronze is relatively long, and continuous beating will mix." ”

"It feels like this kind of mix, it's going to be a miracle. "A blonde woman is colorful.

"Probably. Wang Yao smiled, "Wait for my band to come, I can play some familiar soundtracks for everyone first, how about the "Harry Potter interlude"?"

"Is that okay?" everyone was interested.

"Of course. Wang Yao smiled and beckoned to Luo Jin and the others who came with musical instruments on their backs.

Luo Jin and his members ran over and bowed to these Western musicians who were often seen in music magazines.

"What a bunch of young kids. Kurtz exclaimed, "Energetic." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Everyone take out the guys, we have limited time, and we need other guests to train later, hurry up." Wang Yao clapped his hands and smiled.

Everyone found a good position and took out the musical instrument they were carrying behind them to debug.

The elegant guqin and guzheng, the small and exquisite xun, the flute, flute, sheng, pan flute, throat pipe of different shapes, as well as the beautiful shape of the gonghou and dulcimer, the similar single string, erhu, sanxian, liuqin, etc., as well as various sizes of timpani, gongs and drums, as well as brightly colored gongs and suona.

"I know this. A white musician pointed to the suona and smiled, "The sound this little guy makes is amazing, comparable to the most beautiful dolphin sound, and even more amazingly, it can make the sound of bird calls." ”

"The sound of suona is indeed magical. Wang Yao smiled, "I describe it as a sound that looks like crying when it laughs." ”

The member who played the suona cooperated and tried a short note, the timbre was sharp and open, but it made people feel a sadness and sadness hidden behind it.

"That's an accurate description. A blonde woman said, "There's a heart-rending tension, smiling and living?"

Everyone laughed.

"Well, it's very different from the sound of the trumpet, although it looks pretty much the same. Another said.

"Luo Jin, what about Teacher Tan?" asked Wang Yao.

"Talking to people outside, you may have to wait to come in, it's okay, we're all acquainted, I'm a part-time conductor. Luo Jin smiled and put the guqin in the center.

"Let's go up and listen, it's going to be noisy later. Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Seriously, the patterns on those instruments are really beautiful. One female musician said, "Is there any moral to it? Or is it just for the sake of looking good?"

"Our ancients regarded music as the honor, the dignity of etiquette and music, so the musical instrument is also a very high status, just now the chimes on those patterns, some represent princes, some represent generals, some represent soldiers, some represent civilians, as well as sin and plague. Wang Yao explained with a smile, "Therefore, the patterns on the bronzes are exquisite, and as for other musical instruments, they are all painted or written on the instruments according to the personality of the user, and through the patterns on the instruments, you can know the personality of the performer and the instrument that he is good at." ”

"It turns out that you Chinese people have such a high regard for music. A strong black man lamented, "But it seems that there is no music that is too famous in modern times." ”

Wang Yao smiled, "It will happen slowly, in fact, because of economic reasons, China doesn't pay too much attention to music." ”

"Such a perfect system, a long tradition, is too wasteful, why don't you come to the United States?" asked another.

"Cultural differences. Wang Yao smiled, "And the cost is a bit big, isn't it?"

"That's right, if you hadn't made a lot of money from the movie, you wouldn't have this wonderful performance. The black man smiled and said, "By the way, your hip hop is quite interesting, can you see it this time?"

"It's a shame that the spot was given to Nelly like. Wang Yao said.

"Oh, by the way, he used to sweep the top 10 of the American album chart, thinking he was the biggest dark horse of the year, but I didn't expect you to show up a week later, and he couldn't breathe, and I complained to him. The black man laughed, "I have a hunch that he may diss you this year." ”

Wang Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Don't be, I still like his songs." ”

When everyone was chatting, there was a low and simple plucking sound in the field, and everyone consciously closed their mouths and looked at the audience.