"There is a girl who has loved raising Danding cranes since she was a child, and after she graduated from college, she still returned to the place where she raised cranes. But one day, she slipped into the swamp to save an injured Danding crane and never came out......"

The stage gradually rose, and under the low and slow foreshadowing of the string group, Rulan's voice gently sounded in the ears of all the audience. Rulan, who rose with the lifting stage, lowered her eyelids slightly, she put her voice very softly, with a hint of regret and pain in her tone, and slowly spoke under the illumination of three beams of chasing light.

Tell?

That's right, it's telling, not acting.

Ye Zi had already come to the backstage waiting room, and as soon as he heard this prelude and Ru Lan's low voice, he immediately knew that the song chosen by Ru Lan was the song "A True Story" sung by Zhu Zheqin, a Chinese female singer who became popular with a CD of "Sister Drum" and really gained a foothold in the international music scene.

This song is extremely difficult, and Rulan's choice is quite courageous!

According to the original key on the score, the highest note of this song has reached the soprano C of the female voice after transposing, that is, the C3 of the three groups of small characters on the piano, which is almost the ultimate treble, which belongs to the highest level of the soprano range in the Western opera system. And the singing area in the second half of the song has been hovering above the G2 and A2 of the second group of small characters, which is also extremely difficult to sing.

This may not be clear to everyone, so let's change it to a more understandable way.

How high is the highest note of this song? We all know that all tenors take pride in being able to sing the high C perfectly, and this note is an octave on top of the high C and you can know how high it is when you think about it. Because the vocal range of the female voice is basically an octave higher than that of the male voice, this tone is the high note C in the female voice, which is exactly the same difficulty, and the female voice is even more difficult to sing than the male voice. It doesn't matter if it's a male or female voice. They are all known as the extreme treble in song singing.

Rulan dared to choose such a difficulty, and Ye Zi really admired her courage.

You must know that this is in the final top ten competition of "Top Ten Selection", any small mistake will be heard clearly by the teachers' harsh ear power, with Ye Zi's understanding of Rulan, her singing strength is not enough to perfectly sing such a difficult song and such an extreme high note, even if this song is sung in falsetto at the end.

So Ye Zi listened carefully. found that Ru Lan's live accompaniment was lowered by a key, and Ye Zi felt in his heart that it was more in line with Ru Lan's own strength. However, even if Rulan sings in a flat key, the highest note has to sing the b2 flat note of the second group of small characters, which is also very difficult, and ordinary singers will not try to sing this song.

But such a choice will also have great benefits, if Rulan can perform this song more perfectly, not to mention anything else, the score from the judges will definitely not be low. For audiences and listeners, singing in the highest treble is also an excellent way to get them to cheer and vote.

Right now. It depends on how Rulan sings.

In the middle of Rulan's story, electric piano and electric guitar were quietly added at the same time. This indicates that the official singing is about to begin.

Walk across that creek

Have you heard?

There was a girl she had been here

……

The orchestra's accompaniment is gentle and simple, with no complicated orchestration other than the occasional rhythmic pattern played by a few bands in sync. Rulan's singing is also soft, with simple words and a simple tone, as if she is whispering a simple story to the audience.

But the story is not simple at all.

The song "A True Story" is indeed based on a story that really happened. The protagonist of the story is named Juanzi (Xu Xiujuan). Juanzi's father was an excellent crane conservation engineer, and her mother accompanied her father to raise cranes for ten years. Juanzi has helped her parents feed Xiaohe since she was a child, and she also fell in love with this business subtly.

In 1986, Juanzi returned from the Northern Forestry University and accepted the invitation of the Dengying Nature Reserve in Suzhou Province to work in the wintering grounds of this Danding crane. Juanzi's work has been fruitful and has been highly praised by the leaders of the countries who came to inspect her.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of September 16, 1987, in order to rescue a white swan "Dawn" that had been lost the day before. Juanzi walked into the small river without even taking off her shoes and clothes, and she had to wade to the other side to find the trace of "Dawn".

She never came back. This year, Juanzi was only twenty-three years old. (ps: The above content about Juanzi is excerpted from the Internet, you can search for specific details.) This is a real thing that has touched the author and countless Chinese people back then. ）

Later, Mr. Xie Chengqiang, a famous songwriter in Guangdong Province, together with his two collaborators Chen Lei and Chen Zhe, created this touching song based on the story of Juanzi, except for the deeds of rescuing the white swan "Dawn" to Danding Crane, nothing else has changed.

The first singer of this song was handed over to Zhu Zheqin.

It is with her passionate singing of this song that Zhu Zheqin won the second prize of popular singing in the professional group at the "Fourth Chinese Young Singer TV Grand Prix" in 1990, and since then she has begun to emerge in the Chinese music scene, and has stepped onto the international music scene little by little. Although this song was finally sung by the female singer Gan Ping, and many female singers have covered this song since then, such as Lin Ping, such as Hang Tianqi, such as Tan Jing in later generations, etc., but in Ye Zi's heart, this song will always belong to Zhu Zheqin alone, and no singer's interpretation can surpass Zhu Zheqin's version back then.

Rulan, who is now singing on stage, can't either.

Rulan has studied this song very deeply and thought it through, and she has grasped one of the characteristics of this song, that is, truth. Therefore, her singing naturally flowed downward, not exaggerated at all, and she did not deliberately exaggerate the atmosphere or make an affectionate and moving appearance for the sake of singing high notes. Rulan just sang softly and simply, and her voice followed as the melody went up, and her voice lingered in a low voice as the melody went down. Standing on the lifting stage, Rulan barely made many physical movements, but when she sang the treble part, she followed the flow of the song naturally with a slight frown, raised her head or stretched out her hand.

To be honest, Ru Lan's singing is very tasteful, and Ye Zi can't help but nod his head when he listens to it.

But why Rulan's singing is not good, there is really a reason, and the reason is in those high notes.

When the composer created this song, he was deeply moved by the story of Juanzi, so the melody composed by Chen Lei and Chen Zhe is full of affection, and the singer must sing the emotions contained in this melody.

The narrative melody of the main song does not fluctuate much, and Rulan's singing completely captures the essence of the melody and sings extremely well. Her singing is no less than any star who has sung the song before and after, and even more in line with the feeling that the co-songwriter wants to express than some people's interpretations. In this part, Ye Zi has no opinion on Rulan's singing, and fully agrees, fully supports and fully enjoys her singing.

When it comes to the high notes of the chorus, the composer's intention is to be tragic, to cry, to regret, to remember heartache. Especially when it comes to the full falsetto super high pitch singing in the last section, this section composed by the composer is completely a whimper in the wind, containing extremely strong emotions in these melodies.

But unfortunately, the vast majority of singers did not understand the composer's creative intentions, but sang these high-pitched parts into a dazzling high-pitched performance, which is completely different from the composer's original intention! Including Gan Ping, who later became famous and really sang this song, and Tan Jing, who was extremely good at singing in later generations, their singing could not really fit the composer's intentions.

Only Zhu Zheqin's singing really perfectly interprets the emotions that the composer wants to express, and listening to her singing to the end, it is really a whimper waving in the wind, without the slightest taste of showing off in it. Full of emotion, her singing voice slowly echoes, lingering in the ears of the listener, making people almost want to cry unconsciously.

This is the power of a true singer!

Whether it's Gan Ping or Tan Jing, their singing can't do this.

Rulan originally still had a chance, judging from her singing in the first half, she had thoroughly eaten the song, and her singing was extremely close to Zhu Zheqin's path. However, due to her own singing strength, the soprano after the lowered tone can be sung by her, but it is still a bit difficult, so in the last part of the singing, Rulan has no time to take care of the emotional processing in the singing, and her attention is completely focused on the soprano singing itself.

This cannot but be said to be a pity.

If Rulan's singing strength was a little stronger, and her treble ability was a little better, she would have been able to sing this song close to perfection, instead of being obviously flawed in the last section as it is now.

Ye Zi sighed softly.

It's a pity that Rulan sang so well in front. (To be continued.) )