Chapter 233: The Instrument of Sorrow
Ye Luo returned to Shangdu, and Chu Mo'er stayed at home.
I haven't lived at home for a long time, and this Nizi is very happy these days.
But on Saturday morning, she washed her hair in the bathroom and weighed it, and then she wasn't very happy.
"Mom, I've gained three pounds." Chu Mo'er said with annoyance, "It's all my father's fault, I buy meat every day." β
Chu Wenxuan flipped through a newspaper in the living room and said with a smile: "You turned out to be too thin, I did it on purpose." β
"Lao Chu, what time is it?" Chu Mu was drying clothes on the balcony when she asked.
"Oh, it's almost ten o'clock, and I haven't cooked yet." Chu Wenxuan looked at the wall clock on the wall, put down the newspaper and stood up, and walked to the kitchen.
"It's ten o'clock?" Chu Mo'er seemed to think of something, "Dad, you don't have to be busy cooking first, Mom, you can also come, let's listen to the song first." β
"What song to listen to?" Chu Wenxuan was confused, "I usually pay attention to Ye Luo's new songs, isn't it released every Saturday at two o'clock in the afternoon?" β
"It's early today." Chu Mo'er said.
"Really?" Chu Mu walked out of the balcony with a smile, "Fortunately, Ye Luo's girlfriend is at our house, otherwise I almost missed it." I'm a loyal apple pie. β
"Mom, don't make fun of me." Chu Mo'er stomped her foot.
While talking, a family of three entered the study, Chu Mo'er was busy for a while, turned on the computer, and connected the stereo.
While waiting for the computer to turn on, Chu Mo'er asked her father, "Dad, my mother is apple pie, what about you?" β
Chu Wenxuan smiled: "I'm not a fan of Ye Luo, I prefer Ding Shaoyang." β
"Why?" Chu Mo'er asked.
"Be honest. Ye Luo's music, the overall level, is above Ding Shaoyang. Chu Wenxuan said lightly. Although Ding Shaoyang is slightly inferior to Ye Luo, it may be because of his similar age, and his views on some things in his music are similar to mine, which resonates.
I think Ding Shaoyang is a real musician. At this age, I have these feelings. Coupled with the talent, it's normal to make these music. It's the leaves falling. It's a bit of an illusion to be able to write those songs at the age of twenty-one. β
"You, you're just not convinced by Ye Luo." Chu Mu said angrily.
"Maybe." Chu Wenxuan smiled, "Who asked him to marry my daughter in the future." β
"Let's listen to the song first." Chu Mo'er said with a smile and a smile.
As he spoke. The computer is already on. Chu Mo'er operated for a while, and first opened the page of the Yeluo Music Zone.
It was exactly ten o'clock in the morning, and Ye Luo's first song had been put on.
At this time, Chu Mu said, "Hey? Looking at the title of this new song, it doesn't seem to say a breakup, so that's good. β
"Mom, you apple pie is quite firm." Chu Mo'er smiled.
"The title of the song. It's still a bit exquisite. Chu Wenxuan smiled, "I see." Your mom was too happy too soon. β
"Listen to it." Chu Mu said, Chu Mo'er clicked the mouse and started playing.
This song, Chu Mo'er knew, was sung by Qin Shiyue, but she hadn't heard what kind of song it was. Although he is very close to Ye Luo, Chu Mo'er usually doesn't ask about his work. Ye Luo sometimes writes songs proudly, and she asks her to listen to them like a treasure, so she listens to them, but rarely takes the initiative to listen to Ye Luo's songs that have not yet been released.
Because she knows that the songs written by Ye Luo must be excellent, don't doubt it, just wait for him to do it all and listen to it with the fans.
has been with Ye Luo for a long time, and Chu Mo'er has slowly become accustomed to Ye Luo's arrangement style.
His so-called style of arrangement is -- no style, all kinds of weirdness, there will be anything.
The prelude of this song is obviously a new attempt by Ye Luo: a combination of guitar, bass and drums, of which the bass is very outstanding, and when it comes out, the taste of jazz is very full.
The bass, known as the king of bass, comes in two types. One is the primitive double bass, which is very large in size and can be played with strings or plucked strings, the former mostly for orchestral music, and the latter, mostly for traditional jazz.
The other more common is the electric bass, which looks like an electric guitar, but is slightly heavier and the strings are much thicker.
The electric bass, the dominant bass, the rhythm of the whole band, is actually controlled and dominated by it, although it is low-key, but the status is very important. Pop, punk, rock, and heavy metal are all indispensable, but jazz plays the most important role.
The prelude to this song is dominated by electric bass, assisted by folk guitar and drums, and the jazz flavor is very strong.
As soon as she heard this prelude, Chu Mo'er vaguely knew that this would be a melancholy song.
Jazz was born out of early black music in the United States. Because of the embarrassment of black life at the time, the themes were often very sad. The instrument is the language of musicians, and the bass, the representative instrument of jazz, stands out from the beginning of the scene, that is, to create a sad mood.
After the prelude, Qin Shiyue's female voice hummed and followed, and then the lyrics were added.
"It's raining outside, and it's like my heart is dripping.
It's not easy to love you for so long.
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Can I hold your lover and let me cry on your shoulder.
If we're going to separate today, let me cry out loud.
Can I hold you, baby, let me call you that one last time.
You have no choice but to leave with a smile. β
Song Title: "Can I Hold You"
The singing style of this song is still popular, but after adding jazz-style melodic elements, the sadness of separation is vividly reflected.
After listening to the whole song, Chu Mo'er's family of three in the study was very silent.
After a while, Chu Wenxuan said, "You see, so I don't think it's real. Listening to Mo'er, Ye Luo had no love history before. But you listen to this song and say that he has no experience of breaking up, do you believe it yourself? β
"You, in front of others, are polite, but behind your back are noses and eyes." Mother Chu glanced at her husband, "It's obviously such a good song, but when you say this, it will ruin the scenery." β
"yes, Dad. You'd better go cook. Chu Mo'er was a little embarrassed, stood up, and pushed her father out of the door of the study.
"Girls outward, girls outwards." Chu Wenxuan shook his head and sighed bitterly, and let Chu Mo'er push him into the kitchen.
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In the upper city, in the Silk Street area, Ye Luo looked at the female assistant beside him, sighed, took out a tissue, handed it to her, and said, "Look at your sadness flowing into a river, have you broken up before?" β
"Nope." Tang Jinxiu was a little embarrassed, took the tissue, and said while wiping her tears: "Boss, I never cry when I watch Korean dramas, but I can't stand listening to your songs." β
"Then I'll treat you as if you're praising me." Ye Luo nodded.
"Boss, is this considered a work injury for me?" Tang Jinxiu asked with a wink.
"Can a crying nose count as a work injury?" Ye Luo laughed, "Let's not talk about the two ghosts, just me and Ding Shaoyang, today's eight breakup songs, you still have to be disabled to death?" β
While speaking, Ye Luo opened Ding Shaoyang's music area: "Look at our Director Ding, what masterpieces will there be." β
"Okay boss, listen to Ding Shaoyang's songs, I will try not to cry, so that your songs can be more touching." Tang Jinxiu nodded and said.
"Don't." Ye Luo smiled, "I'm not a child, I can't be coaxed by you, I can cry when I should cry, and the tissue tube is enough." β
In Ding Shaoyang's special area, the new song has already been released, and it is also a song, called "The End of Fate".
A little play button, a special low timbre, attracted Ye Luo.
The timbre is not only low, but also mellow, and it is clearly a wind instrument, and it feels sad when you listen to it.
"What kind of instrument is this?" Tang Jinxiu asked softly.
"Xun." Ye Luo nodded and said, "My first song is to use the bass to set the tone of the song, it seems that Ding Shaoyang chose the ancient Chinese musical instrument Xun." β
After saying this, Ye Luo didn't say much more, but listened to the song intently.
Among Chinese folk musical instruments, if you want to embody sadness, it is naturally the first to recommend the erhu. However, Ding Shaoyang, an older literary and artistic young man, seems to like to take the unusual path, and uses the Han people's unique closed-mouth wind instrument, Xun, to take the lead.
Xun, clay firing, the timbre is the same as the look, very round. It looks like an egg, big and small. When it was first invented, it was very grassroots, and it was used to imitate the calls of birds and beasts and trap prey. Later, it was tall, and after the Qin and Han dynasties, all dynasties and dynasties were royal court instruments. But in the Qing Dynasty, the inheritance of Xun was interrupted for a time, and after the excavation of ancient books and imitations, as well as the study of the principle of sound, this was restored to today's Xun.
The timbre of this instrument is very deep, but it is very mellow. That kind of sadness is not as crying as the erhu, giving people the feeling of faint sadness, not the heart-rending kind.
Ding Shaoyang's song is embodied in the third person. As a bystander, I saw the breakup of a pair of young lovers, touching the past in my heart, and I had some feelings, but not heartbreak.
Therefore, in the selection of musical instruments, Ye Luo found that in addition to Ding Shaoyang's arrogance of not taking the usual path, the control of the scale is also perfect.
After listening to this song, Ye Luo glanced at Tang Jinxiu and found that she was in a daze.
"It's okay, if you really want to cry, don't hold it back." Ye Luo laughed.
"No, it's not." Tang Jinxiu said, "This song doesn't make me cry, but it is also faintly touched in my heart, which is still quite touching." β
"The third person, the sense of substitution is naturally not as good as the first person." Ye Luo smiled, "So it's normal that you don't have the desire to cry." However, the quality of the song is very high, and as an extra, the third person is also reasonable. Moreover, the faint feeling, the slight touch, this kind of Cheng dΓΉ, is very comfortable. β
"Hmm." Tang Jinxiu nodded.
Ye Luo said again: "Director Ding should be in the layout, he has four songs to release today, the first one, it may mean like this first, try it first, set the tone by the way, and the next three songs are estimated to be tear gas." (To be continued......)