- How easy is it to write a song?

Hao Qiang's understanding of music creation made Huang Guolun laugh dumbly.

Sun Yanjin raised the bar and said, "Hao Qiang, what kind of friend are you? Are you a musician? You actually say that it is not difficult to write songs? If it is not difficult to write songs, anyone can be a musician." ”

Hao Qiang continued: "Hey, don't say it, my buddy really said that anyone can be a musician, as long as he has studied music, he can write songs." ”

Lu Rou sneered: "Your buddy's face is big enough." ”

Everyone was amused, as long as you have a little common sense, you should be able to think that writing songs is definitely not an easy task.

Huang Guolun took a sip of wine, and began to give music lessons to everyone with emotions: "If you want to know whether it is difficult to write songs, you must first know what music creation is all about. Let's not talk about filling in the lyrics, let's do pop music composition, Hao Qiang's buddy is right, the composition of pop music, the main theme is indeed a combination of several keys. As long as you have a little bit of music foundation, you can really write songs. It's like a person who has studied painting for a few days can paint independently, and a person who has learned to write for a few days can try to write, but whether the work that comes out in this way is good or not is another matter. People who have studied music for a few days suddenly understand what creation is all about, and they will feel that creation is very simple. But at this time, they may just be getting started, and there is still a lot more to come. It's not easy to get all the music creation techniques together. ”

Lu Rou laughed at Hao Qiang: "Hao Qiang, your buddy is just like Mr. Huang said, a newcomer, right?"

"What a newcomer, my buddy has been studying music since he was a child, a top student of CCTV! Now he works in a cultural group, mainly arrangers, quite a cow! Maybe for Mr. Huang, it is difficult to write songs, but for my buddy, writing songs is an easy thing. The song we usually sing, if he changes it casually, it can immediately become another song, and it is even more beautiful! He is definitely a genius in the series. ”

Sun Yanjin said more seriously: "Dare to ask you, a genius buddy, have you written any famous works?"

"He mainly makes music for stage plays, and I don't understand what he says. Pop music is not in his eyes at all. He said that pop music is just a few keys over and over again, and it's too easy. ”

“Easy？”

Huang Guolun couldn't help but laugh again, and said: "If this is really what your buddy said, then I think he has learned music in vain for so many years." No matter what type of music creation it is, it can't be described as Easy. If it were really easy, the world of pop music would be full of masters. ”

Huang Guolun took a step further and said: "In a way, it is more difficult to produce a master in the field of pop music than other types of music. Because indeed, as Hao Qiang's friend said, the creation of pop music is mainly focused on the transformation and combination of a few keys, and everything is inseparable. If you want to learn everything thoroughly, you have to make new breakthroughs on the basis of countless classic melodies that have been combined by countless previous musicians, which is very difficult. ”

Seeing that the people in the same room listened quite seriously, Huang Guolun unconsciously brought out the teacher's shelf and continued to popularize music theory knowledge to everyone: "Composing, painting, and writing articles are actually one type of work. Composers use basic keys to form melodies, just as a painter uses the most basic colors to represent the world, and like a novelist uses the most basic words and paragraphs to construct an article.

The key is the color in the hands of musicians, and it is the vocabulary in the hearts of writers. People with a bit of artistic literacy should know that when painting, red will give people a particularly enthusiastic and enthusiastic look, and gray will make people feel depressed when they look at it. The same is true when composers use melody to express emotions, when the listener is in a nervous and urgent mood, they will use some high-frequency key combinations, and when they need to express melodious and gentle emotions, they will use slow keys to lay out.

You can think of composition as painting, someone who has a little bit of a foundation in painting, or even someone who doesn't know how to paint, you give him paint, and he can paint a picture for you. But the paintings drawn by these people are certainly not comparable to those of professional painters. Of course, it is not excluded that there is a genius who knows how to teach, if you give him a pen, he can draw amazing paintings. But this is a minority, after all. There may not be many such people in the entire history of mankind.

It's the same with music creation, as long as you have a little music foundation and understand the key, you can write songs. If you don't understand, just hum a few words, and you can hum a song that you feel satisfied with. But such a work, excluding the element of genius, cannot be compared with the creation of professional musicians at all.

Music creation is a very systematic project, and it must not be 'simple' in a word. You think it's simple, maybe it's just that you've just touched the door. ”

Without giving Hao Qiang a chance to speak, Huang Guolun continued endlessly: "I don't know if you have heard the word 'synesthesia', synesthesia is actually a sense of linkage between various sensory arts. Each of us actually has a little bit of synesthesia potential. For example, when we see orange, we feel warm, and when we see blue, we feel cold.

In the field of music, people with top-notch musical synesthesia will have a related melody flowing out of their hearts when they see any kind of color. When they hear a bright melody, they may even feel that the lights are flickering as the rhythm of the music. Musical synesthesia is the highest level that musicians pursue.

Musicians with musical synesthesia, their music is concrete and pictorial, every flower, grass, leaf and boat, in their eyes, it is all melody and song. If this kind of person has a very strong background in music learning, then they are qualified to say: music creation is very simple. ”

Huang Guolun looked at Hao Qiang and asked, "Hao Qiang, if your buddy is such a genius, then he will accept this." It's not just me, but everyone I want to make music should be convinced. But at present, the world's recognized musicians with top synesthesia can be counted in one slap. I guess you buddy shouldn't be among this group of people, right? But they all say that the master is in the folk, maybe he is also such a musician with musical synesthesia and the potential to shake the world? ”

Huang Guolun's last "hehe" made everyone laugh.

Everyone can hear that Huang Guolun's words are ironic.

If you don't drink, Huang Guolun won't save face for others like this. He wouldn't be so chattering.

But after drinking wine today, and drinking a lot of wine, his emotions come together, and he can't take care of it so much.

Whoever pretends to be forced in front of him, he will gently stab who's coercion.

Hao Qiang was embarrassed by Huang Guolun's words, and in front of a professional like Huang Guolun, he didn't know how to continue to get an axe.

Sun Yanjin was attracted by Huang Guolun's remarks, and asked with interest: "Is there really such a person in this world? When you see something casually, you can have a melody in your heart? This is too godly, isn't it? It's a miracle!"

Huang Guolun said: "It's not that there will be a melody when you see something casually, those who have a genius musical synesthesia must see something that can make them think, think, and move, and they will have a feeling to resonate with the melody." ”

Sun Yanzhen sighed and said, "This is enough for God." I can feel the warmth when I see something in warm tones, which is easier for me to understand. But when you see something in warm tones, you can have a warm melody in your head, and it's really amazing. ”

Huang Guolun smiled: "So this kind of talent is very rare." ”

Ju Xiaohui asked, "Teacher Huang, do you have such synesthesia?"

"How could I have it! That's what the best music gods in the world can have. ”

Huang Guolun said: "Of course, having musical synesthesia is only one aspect. There may also be some people who have good musical synesthesia, but they have not entered this circle and have not studied music systematically. Even if there is musical synesthesia, it will be wasted. Only the kind of musicians who have top-level musical synesthesia and have received many years of professional music education and practice can stand at the top of this industry. ”

Huang Guolun gave everyone an example: "The most popular American drama "Game of Thrones", many of you here should be chasing it, right? The soundtrack of "Game of Thrones", Jawadi, is currently the most popular talented musician in the world. I won't give you a detailed list of his soundtracks, just a few - "World of Warcraft", "Iron Man", "Pacific Rim", and Lao Mouzi's "The Great Wall", the soundtrack is all from this buddy's hand. There is also the popular American drama "Prison Break" in the early years, which has a heart-stringing soundtrack, which is also Jawadi's work. All the music genres have been learned here by this buddy. He has even learned most of the musical instruments in the world. Even if he hasn't played it, he can play it casually, and he can play it well. ”

Huang Guolun paused for a moment and said the main point: "The reason why Jawadi is so powerful is because he has a top musical synesthesia, and he also has a very solid music learning background. He graduated from Berklee, currently the best conservatory in the world, and went on to study with Hans Zimmer, one of the top masters in the soundtrack world, and worked as an assistant to Klaus Badelt, another Hollywood leader. It was after so many years of solid study of music, coupled with the fact that he is a genius himself, that he has achieved his current achievements. If he says that composing music is simple, I don't think anyone will be convinced. But for most musicians, music creation is really not that simple. ”

Hao Qiang was not convinced, and asked Huang Guolun: "Teacher Huang, what you said is very powerful, you should also graduate from a famous music school, right?"

"I'm ashamed, I didn't go to a prestigious school. I guess you've all heard of it, it's just a third-rate conservatory. ”

"No wonder. You have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but in terms of the creative field, I don't think you should have as much say as my buddy. My buddy has been composing music all year round. He has written so much more than you. If he wants to say that the creation is simple, it should be more convincing than if you say that it is not simple, right?"

Huang Guolun shook his head and smiled at Hao Qiang's lift: "Why can't I make sense of you." In fact, not to mention music, everything in this world, whether it is work or relationship, seems simple, but when you actually do it, it is not necessarily simple. Do you think it's easy to fall in love?"

Lu Rou answered: "Of course it's easy to fall in love, just talk about it if you want to." ”

Sun Yanjin was in love and retorted: "I don't think it's simple. ”

Huang Guolun agreed with what Sun Yanjin said: "People who have really been in love for a long time, when they withdraw from one relationship and want to enter another relationship, I don't think it will be simple. It's the same with composing. When you have a pattern in place and follow it all the time, you may find it simple. But it's not so easy for you to find another 'partner' to talk to. ”

Huang Guolun's voice did not fall.

The folk band, which had been performing on stage, had just finished singing a song. They had been singing for a long time and were about to rest, so they asked Sun Yanjin if any of these friends wanted to go up and sing?

Lu Rou likes to be noisy the most, and when she saw the opportunity, she said: "Teacher Huang, don't give us a theory class, you can sing a song on stage, Jinzi said that your singing is very good, we have been waiting all night, don't let us down!"

Sun Yanjin echoed expectantly: "Yes, yes, Mr. Huang, you sing a song you wrote yourself, let Hao Qiang know how good the music teacher of our experimental middle school is! I estimate that you are much more powerful than Hao Qiang's buddy!"

Hao Qiang disdainfully led everyone to coax: "Woo ~~~~~"

The ladies were all looking forward to Wong Kwok Lun's singing.

Men who like Sun Yanjin hope that Huang Guolun will be ugly.

Huang Guolun was in the middle of drinking, chatting and chatting, he took a glass of wine, and got up and said: "Okay! I'll sing you a song I wrote myself, and that's what we talked about—the name of this song is "It's Not That Simple." ”