Chapter 165: Liu Qi's Way to Win
() ps:ps: falsetto is generally not included in the vocal span. But even if you count it, the song "The Crooked Moon" only reaches exactly two octaves. If you don't count falsetto, the vocal range span of the two songs "The Crooked Moon" and "Pear Blossom Blooms Again" is only 9 degrees. The vocal range of most pop songs is within two octaves, and the song "Love When You Die", which is recognized as difficult to sing and sings the dead in high notes, is only fifteen degrees, which is a little short of two octaves.
The song of the second song in the competition is called "Pear Blossoms Open Again". In the singing of this song, Liu Qi continued the good state of the previous song, and still maintained a very delicate handling method, which won unanimous praise from the audience and the judges.
However, it is a little regrettable that Liu Qi's super-level performance when singing "The Crooked Moon" cannot be talked about at all in this song.
However, for one game, it is more than enough.
When Liu Qi sang the first song, his almost perfect singing had already left an extremely deep impression on the audience and judges. The high scores of the judges were given one after another, and the atmosphere was getting more and more enthusiastic. After Li Huaitong's 10 points were reported, the atmosphere of the audience was already faintly bursting.
After the final score of 9.82 was reported, the audience immediately boiled. The atmosphere in the studio also reached the highest level since the start of the competition in an instant.
Liu Qi on the stage jumped twice, excitedly waved his fists and screamed loudly. At such a time, he has the right to vent his feelings wantonly, and no one will laugh at his little gaffe.
The excitement in the studio continued until Li Huaitong took the microphone and coughed several times, which gradually stopped. However, Li Huaitong's first sentence made everyone's applause sound again.
Before commenting, I am happy to introduce to you that Liu Qi, who competed just now, is my youngest student. He is also one of my proudest disciples, and I am happy, proud, and proud of his excellent performance tonight. ‘
I have nothing to avoid this, and Liu Qi's expression is obvious to all. In my heart, his table tonight deserves this 10 points I gave! ‘
Li Huaitong's comments don't have much novelty, it's nothing more than a summary of Liu Qi's singing advantages. That's what it says too much.
However, Liu Qi's way to win tonight is worth exploring.
Speaking from the heart, whether it is "The Crooked Moon" or "Pear Blossoms Open Again", these two songs are not the kind of big songs that require difficult singing skills.
However, Liu Qi was able to win the highest score since the start of the competition with such two 'little songs' with a range span of only a little more than an octave and only a difficulty technique of falsetto.
Why?
In Ye Zi's opinion, in addition to Liu Qi's super-level performance in live singing, I have to say that his unique song selection has helped him a lot.
After the success of "The Crooked Moon", the choice of the second song was crucial. It's still the same principle, the relevance and emotional harmony between the content of the two songs.
Liu Qi's song selection has been done.
Although "Pear Blossoms Open Again" is a Chinese song, it is a cover song. It is a cover of a classic work by Principal Tan "Belated Spring". In this way, the audience acceptance of the song will naturally be high.
Interestingly, Principal Tan's "Late Spring" is also a cover song, and the real original version of the song is the work of the island composer Akira Inhata.
Liu Qi used the song "Pear Blossoms Open Again" to connect with "The Crooked Moon", which was very cleverly conceived.
In terms of content, these two songs are in the same vein, and the lyrics describe the content of nostalgia, and there is no conflict when put together.
From the point of view of emotional context.
"The Crooked Moon" uses a figurative technique. The depiction of the scenery (moonlight, breeze, osmanthus fragrance, etc.) expresses homesickness. And "Pear Blossoms Open Again" also borrows lyricism. Tong guò's thoughts of pear blossoms, pear trees, and spinning wheels, eulogize maternal love and hometown love.
Both songs are perfectly connected in terms of lyric content and emotional context.
Even in terms of melodic characteristics, both songs have similarities. Their melodies are all soothing and tactful, and the chorus uses bursts in the treble area to express strong feelings.
And a very interesting little place.
Perhaps by coincidence, "The Crooked Moon" is sung from Chinese into Cantonese, while "Pear Blossom Opens Again" is sung from Cantonese into Chinese. Both songs are covers.
All of this has decided to sing these two songs together, which is really the most suitable choice.
Regarding Liu Qi's song selection in the finals, even Ye Zi has to say that he admires it. These two songs were very well chosen.
Let's talk about it from a singing point of view. These two songs are also very suitable for Liu Qi's delicate voice.
There is no super treble that soars to the high C or so at every turn and makes the singer intimidated at first sight, and some are just the use of falsetto. In this regard, Liu Qi has no pressure.
There is no strong emotional outburst, so there is no need for Liu Qi to use his voice to the limit to get the impact of the sound itself. Singers like Liu Qi are quite rejecting this kind of 'voice-free' way of singing.
There are no ups and downs in the ups and downs of the melody, so that the requirements for breath control will not be too high, and the difficulty of singing will naturally be greatly reduced. In the singing of these two songs, Liu Qi only needs to control the uniformity and elasticity of the breath, which is enough.
In the case that it is not difficult to sing, the falsetto in the song "The Crooked Moon" adds a little extra score to Liu Qi's singing skills. And this is also one of Liu Qi's best skills, and he plays naturally and well.
With all the above favorable conditions, Liu Qi's super-level performance tonight has the best foundation.
This is the most appropriate way to choose songs.
The later the singing competition, the more prominent the importance of song selection. It is far better to choose a song that suits your voice and singing characteristics than to pay more attention to the technical difficulty of the song.
In fact, by the time of the finals, the gap in strength between each player had narrowed dramatically. It is no longer like in the preliminary round and the semi-finals, where the gap in strength between the players is widened, and the strength of the players is enough to defeat the opponent and advance to the next level just by virtue of the difficulty of the singing skills.
When it came to the finals, it was completely different.
The narrowing of the gap in strength means that the mere difficulty of the technique has lost its meaning, even for the most difficult singing skills.
The three words 'insufficient' are enough to illustrate a qiē.
For example, if a player can sing the high C perfectly, this is already a difficult and difficult skill, right? So if he goes to a singing competition, will he definitely win?
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If this contestant does not have the ability to combine his singing skills with the songs he sings, the treble C alone will never allow him to win the competition.
It's like the singers we like who are famous for their high notes, if they only have high notes left in their singing, will you still like them so much?
It's as simple as that.
Singing is a highly comprehensive art form.
Any singing technique, no matter how difficult or small, serves the ultimate purpose of singing a song. Skill for skill's sake doesn't mean anything in song singing.
In the game, of course, the same is true.
In the final stage, the competition between the contestants is no longer a simple singing skill, but a competition for their respective comprehensive strength. This comprehensive strength includes but not only includes singing skills, but its most intuitive response is the goodness of the song.
This goodness is also a comprehensive integrated effect, which includes the contestants' voice talent, singing skills, song processing, emotional communication, stage performance, etc., and brings together to give the audience (listener) a final impression.
It doesn't have a specific number, but it has a basic foundation, which is the fit between the song sung by the contestant and the contestant's singing. With this foundation of fit, the contestants' various singing abilities can be displayed in the songs.
This is the song selection.
The song selection is all about being suitable.
Can you imagine what it would be like to let the melancholy prince Jiang Yuheng sing Tao Zhe's songs? Or Louis. Armstrong sings Michael with his world-famous bean paste voice. Jackson's songs?
Completely out of tune.
Each singer's voice has its own characteristics and singing style. Then there are bound to be some songs that are suitable for singing, and some that are not.
The competition is to play to your strengths and avoid weaknesses, and choose songs that are suitable for your own singing, so as to give full play to your singing characteristics.
This is also a simple truth, but many players tend to forget jì when participating in competitions.
Liu Qi's song selection is just right, and this is exactly how he won tonight. (To be continued......)