Chapter 32: Music Without Tonality

The 10 contestants who were selected chose their own songs again and sang them again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The other fifteen players were allowed to leave, but most of them did not choose to do so, but stayed on the sidelines and watched the rest of the game.

The selected players went on the field in turn, No. 1 Ma Yu, No. 7 Huang Xiang, No. 10 Daisy, and the three of them went on the field separately, all singing a little nervously, and their performance was even worse than the first time. It's no wonder that they, everyone is young, and few of them have experienced such a game and undergone such a psychological test.

But Le Zhengjun is different. Not to mention the many performances at the Yenching Conservatory of Music before, not to mention the Gustav Conducting Competition, which attracted the attention of all Europe, and even the performance in the State Guest Auditorium that made Le Zhengjun ugly, so much experience on stage, Le Zhengjun did not feel a little nervous in his heart.

Finally it was Le Zhengjun's turn, Le Zhengjun came to the stage and said, "Judge, can I use a piano?" ”

Liu Le was still immersed in the anger of Le Zhengjun being targeted, and when he heard Le Zhengjun say this, he said with some joy: "Are you going to play the piano?" ”

Le Zhengjun nodded and said, "To be honest, I didn't prepare the second song. So this second song, I can only play and sing. ”

"A contestant, coming to the competition, doesn't even prepare the music that should be prepared?" Xia He said coldly.

Le Zhengjun said: "Originally, there was no need to prepare. After he finished speaking, he didn't speak, and looked at Xia He.

Xia He "snorted" and was about to speak, when Li Zumao suddenly said, "Okay!" If you want a piano, I'll give it to you! I've heard you're good at the piano, so I'd like to see it today! ”

Soon, a huge grand piano was pulled up.

Le Zhengjun took a look, after all, this is not a professional recording studio, just a studio, this piano is just a piano only one meter and a half long, the brand is still a certain domestic production, and the price should not be expensive.

Le Zhengjun sat on the piano bench and tried to play a few notes. Well, it's okay, the sound is still accurate. Although the sound quality is not as good as those hundreds of millions of pianos, it ...... As long as he's a piano! Le Zhengjun is confident and can play its most beautiful sound.

When he was ready, he nodded to the judges and said, "I'm ready." ”

Li Zumao asked, "What song are you going to sing?" ”

Le Zhengjun glanced at the audience and said, "Mr. Luo Zhongrong's, "Shijiang Picking Hibiscus". ”

"Involved in ......" Li Zumao was speechless for a moment.

"It's an art song, not a pop song!" Liu Le exclaimed.

"Teacher Liu, the competition didn't say that you can't sing art songs, right?" Le Zhengjun asked.

"I didn't say I couldn't, but ......" Liu Le stood up and said in a loud voice, "You...... How can you choose this song, how dare you choose this song! You should know this song very well! ”

"Twelve-tone sequence," Li Zumao said suddenly, "Western avant-garde music, a kind of sequence music." This is a work by Mr. Luo Zhongrong on the research and experiment of Western advanced composition techniques, from the twelve tones, the Chinese pentatonic mode, piano accompaniment, the combination of Chinese and Western, not only the fine structure of Western music, but also the charm of Eastern music. ”

Liu Le said: "Yes! It's the TMD twelve-tone sequence! But you know what, it's non-traditional music, and if it's on TV, listeners won't buy it? The twelve-tone sequence technique is to music what Picasso's paintings are to art! Our ordinary listeners listen to classical music and see figurative and beautiful patterns. This is even more abstract music than the abstraction, and the listener may curse it ugly! ”

Le Zhengjun said: "Teacher Liu Le, didn't Teacher Li Zumao say it just now, there is an oriental charm in this song." Perhaps, the listener will not be able to understand the delicate logic in the chaos of the Western twelve-tone sequence, but I believe that the listener can still feel the rhyme of this piece. ”

"You...... Confused! Liu Le scolded, "Most of the listeners are watching the excitement, but they can listen to the sound and understand the charm of a fart......"

"Hey, Mr. Liu!" Xia He said, "Be cautious, be cautious." ”

"Be cautious, there is no audience on the scene, it's a big deal to let the director cut it and record a new picture!" Liu Le was furious, "Wen Zhenming, do you really want to sing this song?" ”

Le Zhengjun nodded.

Liu Le seemed to want to say something, but when he saw Le Zhengjun's determined eyes, he sighed, "Okay." It's up to you. Let's go. ”

Le Zhengjun sat on the piano bench and slowly raised his hand.

The low notes of the piano sound softly, and the treble responds with two clear sounds.

The piano sounded again with a low note, like a distant morning bell, and the high note again responded, like a kingfisher near a tree.

Le Zhengjun turned his right hand, and an arpeggio flashed quickly, which was to imitate the color of the guqin with the piano.

This one is a prelude......

Liu Le and Li Zumao have heard it, Xia He and the other contestants have never heard this song! This beginning, very strange! It's weird!

As we all know, music has tonality, whether it is Chinese folk music, Siamese folk music, Slavic music, or Western music, classical music, pop music, rock, jazz, Latin, all of them are tonal!

Because the relationship between sound and sound is essentially a numerical relationship, because sound is produced by vibration, which determines the number of vibrations of each sound, that is, the rhythm. The frequency of each sound vibration is related to each other. And when two notes appear one after the other, there is a certain tendency – harmony or dissonance, good or bad. Since ancient times, people's musical philosophy has believed that music is to be good! So, under the guidance of this concept, people pursue the harmony of music, thus creating a harmonious model, how much influence does this model have on people? As long as people open their mouths and hum, whether they are singing or shouting trumpets, they will consciously or unconsciously rely on harmony and sounding, and even the tone and frustration of people's speech.

A single sound is generally unable to shape the image of music, and due to people's auditory tendencies, people list those sounds that sound related and good, and stipulate their connection methods and keys with a certain relationship, which is born. The key is a special sequence of tones with a certain tendency, and the position of the most important and stable tone is called the key, such as the C key, or the C house key.

On the basis of "tonality", Western musicians have summarized, created and developed "tonality", which is the special musical nature of the summarized and key, and the concept of tonality can cover all keys and keys. So, all music has a key, a key, and a tonality! But! That all changed until the appearance of a man of God!

Arnold Schoenberg!

Before him, some composers began to be dissatisfied with "harmony" and "good sound", and began to add some "noise" elements to their music, that is, dissonant and very tense musical fragments. As for Schoenberg, he summed up the experience of his predecessors and created the "Twelve-tone Sequence", which officially and systematically broke the rules of "key, mode, and tonality" of traditional music! Atonal music, officially born!

It's an earthquake of Western music! Schoenberg is also known as one of the "four great composers of the West", after Bach, Beethoven and Debussy, these four people represent the originators of the four major genres of Western music inherited and developed from ancient times to the present!

However, atonal music is atonal after all, it is extremely anti-human hearing, extremely challenging the concept of "music is to be good", the first core purpose of the existence of this music, is to be anti-good, anti-harmonious! To stimulate people's musical hearing!

When this kind of music first appeared, Westerners didn't accept it at all, they thought it was just noise, not music! But, over time, people slowly discovered that noise, too, music! Listening is stimulated, it's a different kind of musical experience! Because this kind of sequential music is not a scribbled noise, but is written according to a very rigorous and meticulous logic, and in this respect even surpasses the baroque music, which is known for its rigor, it is not a random piano, but an extremely rational extension to the limit, which is actually a carefully arranged noise!

Although Westerners are gradually appreciating the taste, atonal music still does not occupy the same dominant position as the music of the genres represented by Bach, Beethoven, and Debussy.

The reason is simple.

Beauty is good-looking, good-looking is beautiful, this is the concept of all people. If one day, someone tells you that being ugly is also beautiful, and beauty is also ugly, will you accept it? Most people will never accept or even spit on it!

Therefore, when Le Zhengjun played this prelude, most of the people present, even the staff, frowned.

Le Zhengjun was not disturbed by anyone, and sang softly:

"Shijiang ~ Caifu ~ Rong, Lanze ~ Many ~ Fang ~ Grass ~"

What is surprising is that the first sentence sung by Le Zhengjun did not make people feel particularly uncomfortable. First of all, it is Le Zhengjun's voice, which is still very good, his voice is very light, but he is using the resonance of the chest cavity, imitating the singing style of Chinese folk music.

But, more importantly, Mr. Luo Zhongrong's song is cleverly written! Why? Because this piece is actually half Chinese and half Western, half tonal and half atonal. The vocal part is actually a Chinese pentatonic tone extracted from the twelve tones, but this key is converted quickly, and there is tonality in a single sentence, but it is atonal in the overall view. But because of the tonality of a single sentence, this piece is constantly hovering between "ugly" and "good", sometimes extremely pleasant, sometimes extremely harsh!

Le Zhengjun continued:

"Picking~ Who do you want to leave behind? Thoughts~In~Far~Dao~"

The frequency of the notes on the piano becomes more frequent, and the music has an inexplicable sense of sublimation, with constant echoes between the high and low notes. Actually...... There is something that cannot be described in words, a strange sound!

About a third of the people present began to look thoughtful.

Le Zhengjun mobilized his voice, used a little crying slightly, and sang: "Still looking at the old ~ township, long road ~ long ~ long ~ Hao ~ Hao ~ "

At this point, the piano gradually lightens and the tempo slows down.

All of a sudden, the eyes of several people lit up!

Oriental verve!

Elegant bearing!

Distant artistic conception!

They feel it!

"Concentric~and~Separation~", Le Zhengjun continued to lower his voice, and suddenly slowly raised, "Sadness~to~end~old~~"

In the last sentence, Le Zhengjun's voice gradually became smaller, and the piano actually began to become "harmonious" at this time, with a rich bass and crisp treble, gradually moving away...... Eventually, only the sound of non-existent sound reverberated in the studio, gently swaying people's hearts.

"Ahh Most of the people present are people who love music, and they have studied and sang for many years, and their understanding of music is higher than that of ordinary people after all.

Jiang Feng heard someone next to him muttering: "Is there still this kind of music in the world?" ”

Jiang Feng grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, this Wen Zhenming is really unpredictable.