After Hua Ming finished his blog, he found that it was already late, and it was already past dinner. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Feeling the hunger in his stomach, Hua Ming hurriedly went out to find something to eat, and hurried back to the dormitory.

He still has very important things to catch up, and that is to prepare for the final song of the Campus Singer Grand Prix, and the time is really tight.

In fact, Hua Ming already had an idea of the song to be sung in the finals, that is, Hua Ming's classic RAP song "Nunchuck" by the king of the world, Zhou Dong.

There are several important reasons why Hua Ming chose this song.

First of all, Hua Ming in his previous life has always liked the lyrics of this song:

The smell of smoke fills the smoke at the Iwayaki shop, and next door is the Kokushu Museum

Mama-san in the shop, there are three stages of tea ceremony

The boss who teaches fist and foot martial arts, practices iron sand palms and plays Yang's gun

The hard-based kung fu is the best, and the golden bell cover iron step shirt

I am used to their son, and I have been exposed to it since he was a child

What knives, guns and sticks, I play them all like that

What weapon is the favorite, nunchucks are soft and rigid

I want to go to HN Songshan and learn Shaolin and Wudang

……

The lyrics of this song made by Master Fang Wenshan, the first few sentences are very colloquial, and they express a kind of market and rivers and lakes vividly, which is very Chinese martial arts. This kind of lyric skill is a kind of height and realm.

Secondly, Hua Ming is also very interested in RAP, a musical style derived from black American music, but also feels very regretful.

This is because the style of RAP music has been very popular among many young people in China, but those who like mainstream music have always been difficult to accept. Therefore, RAP music has been non-mainstream in China for a long time.

Many people say that the reason why RAP music cannot be widely circulated in China is that it conflicts with the traditional Chinese music style, and second, the Chinese language is too broad and profound, which is not suitable for RAP, which has a simple rhythm and simple lyrics and rhymes.

And Hua Ming believes that these are actually not the most important things.

Music knows no borders.

Over the years, various styles of music have been developing in terms of mutual reference, influence, and even integration, including the increasing influence of Chinese style in foreign countries in recent years. Moreover, this trend will become more and more obvious in the future.

As a kind of street music in the West, the style of RAP music focuses on directly and simply expressing the real life and real feelings of ordinary people. Its biggest feature is that it has something to say, truly reflects real life, and is humorous and playful.

Hua Ming believes that this kind of popular music is worth learning from, and it can enrich the expression of Chinese music.

The experience of Hua Ming's previous life also shows that the argument that Chinese is not suitable for RAP is untenable, and the development and growth of Chinese RAP music has proved this very well. It's just that in the current era of 2006, RAP has not been accepted by too many people.

Hua Ming believes that the reason why RAP music is still difficult to be quickly accepted by Chinese people for the time being is that there is too much talk and not enough singing.

Perhaps, a fusion of styles would be more effective.

Hua Ming has always wanted to try something in the development of Chinese rap music, using methods that he thinks are effective.

Now the opportunity has come, and the final of the Campus Singer Grand Prix is a great opportunity. This is because RAP music is more easily accepted by the younger generation, and college students are a particularly good audience.

That's why Hua Ming chose "Nunchuck" as the final song.

However, there is a lot of risk in choosing this song. Once the effect of the adaptation is not good and cannot be accepted by everyone, it means that it will not be ranked.

However, for a true musician, is ranking really that important?

The most important thing is to enjoy the joy of music, make the music you like, and show your understanding and ideas about music.

I don't know when, Hua Ming actually took the ranking very lightly.

However, adapting the song "Nunchuck" is not an easy task.

This is because of the song "Nunchuck", Jay Chou's original singing is pure RAP, almost all of which is in the style of speaking, and there is rarely a trace of singing, and Hua Ming wants to adapt it into a style that combines singing and speaking.

This means that Huaming needs to do a subversive major surgery on the original song. Moreover, since some of the lyrics are sung, the lyrics must also be slightly modified to better suit the rhythm of the singing.

In addition, the lyrics of the original work, with a strong Bay Island flavor, from Huaming's side, you need to change the Bay Island flavor to a mainland flavor to make sense, for example, the rock grill restaurant should be changed to a barbecue restaurant, and the Guoshu Hall should be changed to a martial arts hall.

It stands to reason that the classics of that world should be sung in this world, and the original work should be fully respected and no major changes should be made, but for the sake of the promotion of RAP, Hua Ming can only say sorry to Dong Chou and Master Fang Wenshan. He believes that as real musicians, if they knew Hua Ming's intentions, they should support rather than mind.

Just do it, and if it's difficult, you have to do it.

Hua Ming started by adjusting the lyrics.

After careful consideration, Hua Ming had a specific idea, he planned to first bring the most catchy part to the front and sing it again, and turn it into a fast-paced main song part, with the following lyrics:

"Use the nunchuck, hum hah; Use the nunchuck, hum ha-ha-ha; Those who practice martial arts should remember that the benevolent are invincible; Who is practicing Tai Chi, the wind and water are rising; Use the nunchuck, hum ha-ha-ha; Use the nunchuck, hum ha-ha-ha; If I have light work, fly the eaves and walk the wall; Honest and unyielding, upright, hum! ”

Next is the chorus part, which is the part of the lyrics that are very marketable, Hua Ming intends to slow down the rhythm appropriately, and the style of the song will become softer, so that it will have more charm to sing.

Finally, it's the catchy "use nunchucks" section again, and here, it's completely rap style.

In this way, this song is really a bit complicated, the first part of the singing is two different rhythms and music styles, plus the part of speaking, it is equivalent to three rhythms and styles blending.

After the lyrics are adjusted, it is time to compose the music, and the main theme of the song must come out first. This part of the work, Hua Ming wrote the music while holding the guitar, and it was completed after several revisions.

Finally, it's the arrangement.

In terms of arrangement style, Jay Chou's original song is mainly rock and roll style, and appropriately integrates a little Chinese style.

For Hua Ming, because he wants to accompany the Naruto band live, there is no need to think about the Chinese style, it is still mainly rock and roll style, and it is appropriate to combine some pop styles.

It was busy until late that Hua Ming completed the preliminary adaptation of the song, and the next thing to do was to hand over the song to the band for rehearsal, and revise and improve it while rehearsing.

Hua Ming himself is satisfied with the adaptation of this song, but the real effect remains to be verified by the audience.

PS: In the new Chinese song, You Miao's adaptation of the Sichuan-style version of "Nunchuck" is a bit interesting, you can search and listen to it, I personally don't evaluate his adaptation effect, but I appreciate his courage to try and challenge.

Loudly begging for recommendation votes!