Chapter 18: The Birth of an Orchestra

(I found a jazz drum video that is in the style of Cheng Xiaoyu and does not belong to a pure technical genre, but the rhythm is invincible, but I can't post it here, send it to the comment area.) If you want to see the technical stream, please search for MikeMangini (Mike Mangini)

Cheng Xiaoyu motioned for Chen Haoran to stop, he walked to the drum kit, put his schoolbag on the wooden floor, took off his coat and threw it on the sofa a little farther away, and said, "Because of equipment limitations, I can't perform the double kick drum, if you are interested, you can customize a kick drum, and I can teach you how to practice when the time comes." ”

Chen Haoran said: "You won first, I'm talking." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled, took the drumstick, and sat in front of the drum kit. The simple speed comparison is definitely not comparable to Chen Haoran, and most of the dazzling drum kit skills need the support of speed. Therefore, Cheng Xiaoyu chose not a difficult and scary strike method, but a FREESTYLER that pursues rhythm and pleasantness.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't use much gorgeous technique at the beginning, but first used the double jump technique to beat the tom drum and drum side alternately single jump to play the snare drum side, so that the special opening method exceeded Chen Haoran's understanding, which also stemmed from the different directions pursued by the two people, although such an opening does not belong to the atmospheric momentum that can shock the audience with a performance, but it is quite pleasant, and it has a different charm, and then Cheng Xiaoyu focused on stepping on the cymbals, using the percussion technique of double jump compound rhythm on the cymbals, and repeatedly used it on the cymbals, so that the drum kit played a melodic effect, with the fixed rhythm of the single pedal and double percussion of the kick drum, presenting a very textured and layered paragraph. The whole performance presents a water-like flowing texture, which is in stark contrast to Chen Haoran's pure pursuit of skill. Although Cheng Xiaoyu has not used much skill, in terms of music performance, he is obviously not at the same level as Chen Haoran. But this is not to say that Cheng Xiaoyu is better than Chen Haoran, it's just that Cheng Xiaoyu wins too much in the understanding of jazz drums.

Chen Haoran's face was a little pale at this time, and he had to admit that he had lost. Although he also knew that the other party was clever, he lost if he lost. It's like Guan Yu and the little soldier Zhang Ga went head-to-head, but they were shot and killed by the little soldier Zhang Ga before they got close, can you say that Guan Yu is not as strong as the little soldier Zhang Ga? This is the power that transcends the times.

Cheng Xiaoyu walked down, his hands were a little painful, after all, this was a pair of hands that had never held a drumstick. He patted Chen Haoran on the shoulder and said, "I can really teach you how to practice the double bottom drum, you know? When you learn the double bottom drum, you open the door to the advancement of jazz drum masters." ”

Chen Haoran's face turned bloody, "Is there really a double bottom drum?"

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded: "There must be." ”

Chen Haoran hesitated a little: "How to use the cymbals?"

Cheng Xiaoyu said, "There are more ways to turn off the hi-hat or install the HiHatClutch." ”

"What?" Chen Haoran asked, now that he had completely believed what Cheng Xiaoyu said.

"Install more cymbals, but that requires you to have faster and more accurate displacement (displacement here refers not only to the rotation of the body but also to the arms, because modern jazz drums have a lot of drums and a lot of cymbals, so it takes a lot more movement to get an accurate hit.) Cheng Xiaoyu picked up his schoolbag, took out the jazz drum stave drawn a long time ago, and handed it to Chen Haoran.

Chen Haoran took it expressionlessly and didn't look at it. He was still immersed in the rhythm just now, he had to re-examine his direction, and he felt that Cheng Xiaoyu had shown him a new path.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't care about him, he was in a daze and said, "I'll go first, you practice the drum first, with your level, it shouldn't be outrageous." When he walked to the door of the basement, Cheng Xiaoyu turned around and said, "You have a good place, let's practice here in the future! Haha, just the tuition you paid." Cheng Xiaoyu winked at the poker face, closed the door and left.

Cheng Xiaoyu entered from the south gate of Fudan, which was relatively close to him, and went directly to the music piano room near the north gate. Now for him, the long march has only taken a solid first step. Next, he had to perfect the entire arrangement, weaving the guitar and bass and some orchestral melodies into synthesizers, and then practicing collaboratively with Xia Shamo and Chen Haoran.

Three people are enough to form a complete orchestra, and as long as the orchestra is strong enough, the performance will not be much worse than that of a four- or five-member orchestra. In the past life, there were many well-known three-piece bands such as Fei'er Orchestra (although they only released a good album, they have been gnawing at their old books, but the first album was in the Biquge www.biquge.info too high), Japan's DaiShaRin (a typical J-POP style, belonging to an electronic band, Fei'er is copied from many J-POP orchestra styles), Italy's octopuss band (mainly rock, and integrated with a strong funk style, known in Italy" Best Live King"). Cheng Xiaoyu practiced classical piano in the piano room for a while, and did not stop until Wang Huasheng came to pick him up, for him has been putting too much energy into the New Year's Day performance recently. It is good to find a way to make up for the missing classical piano practice time.

When Cheng Xiaoyu returned home, the housekeeper Qiao Sansi said that he had already placed the synthesizer he needed in his study. Cheng Xiaoyu didn't want to eat anything, so he went directly to fiddle with his impulse to fiddle with the big toy he had been thinking about. In the end, he suppressed the desire in his heart and ate first before going up.

When Cheng Xiaoyu returned to the bedroom, he was already stunned by Qiao San's professionalism, and the entire study was almost converted into a small music workstation. The entire MIDI system includes synthesizers, computer music software, audio sources, computers, MIDI cables, mixers, digital recorders and other peripheral equipment. Now it's all neatly in its most suitable place. There was also a new computer on the table, Cheng Xiaoyu opened the computer, and the desktop was full of downloaded music editing software. (In music editing, computers can convert sound information from keyboard instruments into digital information and store it on the computer.) MIDI is a digital interface, and the computer is the ruler of the digital world, and the computer has naturally become the commander of MIDI instruments, and when we connect the computer to the whole music system, it has already determined its commandery. The other MIDI devices in the system will act as it wishes, composing or playing a variety of different compositions. Of course, the music is ultimately the embodiment of the will of the people. )

Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't put it down and began to study this synthesizer, he carefully distinguished, he couldn't understand what brand it was, but he was sure that it was not an arranged keyboard. Most people probably don't even know the difference between a keyboard and a synthesizer, let alone an arranging keyboard and a synthesizer. Although the functions of the two are somewhat similar, the difference is actually quite large.

The arranging keyboard has a lot of bar-by-bar accompaniment that can be quickly combined. The tone is generally limited (but expensive arranging keyboards can generally be extended), but it is easy to operate and used for fast live playing, which is mainly used by bar keyboardists. Synthesizers, on the other hand, can also sample (record, and set to a key), but have no ready-made rhythms, not even horns. It is mainly used to record each note in the background or in the early part of the voice, and then synthesize and play it together. If it is used in the field, it will take a week to process. It's not worth it for a bar band. In short, one focuses on live improvisation, the other focuses on pre-production, and the live can present a richer timbre and have a more powerful expression.

What Cheng Xiaoyu has to do now is to use a synthesizer to input the songs of various instruments into the computer and edit them. It's a very draining job, and synthesizers are not friendly to beginners, and you need to have a strong knowledge of harmony, and you have to understand so many parameters and effects to get a first glimpse. But Cheng Xiaoyu also enjoyed it, after all, in his previous life, he didn't have many opportunities to fiddle with synthesizers.

Cheng Xiaoyu studied synthesizers and didn't sleep until late. The next day, with dark circles under his eyes, he swayed and got up, like a giant panda who didn't wake up, and took the bus to school. But he endured the class without sleeping, despite the countless yawns. After class, he lay on the desk to make up for sleep, and he didn't pay attention to what Wang Ou did to mess with him.

During the lunch break, Cheng Xiaoyu dragged Xia Shamo to the cafeteria and forcibly sat next to Chen Haoran to have lunch together. Wang Ou is now called Chen Haoran Poker Hero, called Cheng Xiaoyu Panda Man, as for Xia Shamo, he is not embarrassed to give others a nickname, and even a little shy in the face of Xia Shamo.

Chen Haoran turned a blind eye to Wang Ou and Xia Shamoji. It's much better for Cheng Xiaoyu, at least the two of them have communicated with each other on the jazz drums. It's just that the way of communication is dry and weak, usually Chen Haoran asks a question, and Cheng Xiaoyu answers. Later, it was discussed on the song written by Cheng Xiaoyu, and Xia Shamo also joined in. Wang Ou was depressed, and read a little crazy, "I shouldn't have practiced sprinting in the first place, a genius like me should learn musical instruments to have a future." "He's completely forgotten about it, and he once said that he wanted to learn basketball.

After eating, Cheng Xiaoyu asked Xia Shamo and Chen Haoran to go to the Lighting Forest to practice together. After all, there wasn't much time left for him. The selection of the school on the 25th will be held, the joint rehearsal of the four schools on the 29th, and the performance on the evening of the 31st. Now there are only five days left before the school selection, and only nine days before the joint rehearsal on the 29th.

He never thought about being eliminated, and as someone who has lived twice he has immense confidence, and he also likes the feeling of being in control, even though he only has a small three-man orchestra in his hands now. But he knows that his future is infinite, and that the big one needs the whole world to hold

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