Chapter 35: Learning to Compose
Since Lin Fei and the others returned to Seoul, it has been three days, and after someone helped manage the affairs of the farm, Lin Fei relaxed again, and every day except for the treatment of several women, it was to cook, and the rest of the time was used by him to learn some music knowledge. And he didn't put down the novel either, and according to memory, he now wrote quite a few outlines.
However, he now also finds that even if he can sing the songs that he remembers very clearly, it is difficult for him to write the composition, the lyrics are simple, and the arrangement is even more difficult for him now.
"Confused, why is it so difficult to compose? Moreover, the arranger must be familiar with the instrument, and it is necessary to understand the meaning of the song in order to arrange the music according to the song. In other words, the arrangement is a secondary production of the song. Lin Fei said with a bitter face.
"OPPA, you're worrying about composing music again?" Li Zhixian walked into the studio with a cup of tea and said softly.
"yes, I can't imagine that even if I knew how to sing this song, it would be so hard to write a score. I always felt that something was wrong. Lin Fei rubbed his head and said with some distress.
"OPPA, you haven't learned these things systematically, of course I think it's a little difficult, but I heard that it seems to be good at piano, and composition is better." After Li Zhixian rubbed Lin Fei's shoulder, he said softly.
"Well, it looks like we'll have to find a teacher to learn this." Lin Fei sighed.
"OPPA, why don't I learn from you too?" Li Zhixian said softly.
"Of course that's good, if you can write songs in the future, it will be very beneficial for you in the future." Lin Fei said softly. He knows the influence of the original singer, just look at IU, Bigbang, Jung Yong-ho, Yoon Ha, etc. in the future.
"Hmm." Li Zhixian said softly, and slowly massaged Lin Fei with both hands.
"Now I'm going to learn some sheet music first, I think as long as I know that, I can write the whole song in my head. As for the arrangement, it seems that you have to use computer software. When I learn it, I'll teach you later. Lin Fei sighed. He knew from his memory that in the future, Asian music would basically be arranged by computer software, while Europe and the United States still mostly used bands, so he didn't actually want to use computer software to produce songs.
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Li Yunxin looked at the two people in front of her helplessly, she had to help with this kind of thing.
"What do you two need? Can't you just go straight to school? Li Yunxin said helplessly.
"Ernie, you can help, anyway, you're from Ewha Womans University." Li Zhixian said softly.
"Okay, I'll try, but are you sure you can just study at home?" Li Yunxin sighed.
"Well, OPPA only feels like it's almost there, so all you need is a tutor." Li Zhixian said softly.
"Poof, haha... Ah Fei, you're actually shy. Li Yunxin looked at Lin Fei, who was a little embarrassed, and laughed softly.
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"Teacher Liu, hello, I am Lin Fei, the student you need to teach this time." Lin Fei looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him, bowed and said softly.
"Well, you want to learn composition?" Liu Xiufang asked softly. She originally wanted to refuse Li Yunxin's invitation, but after watching Lin Fei's lyrics and music, she agreed. As a professor in the music department of Ewha Womans University, she mainly manages vocal music and composition.
"Yes, teacher, although I have written some lyrics and songs, I always feel that there is something wrong with the songs." Lin Fei said softly.
"Can read music? Do you know how to play the piano? Liu Xiufang said softly.
"I know a little, but it's just a simple point, I am only proficient in classical musical instruments, such as Huaxia Xiao, dizi, guzheng, etc." Lin Fei said with some embarrassment.
"Since you know all of these, even though they are all classical instruments, then your vocal aspect should be good." Liu Xiufang nodded and said with satisfaction.
"I've read your score, and it's still very good overall, but there are a lot of problems, I think it's because you've never learned these systematically. If you don't know the piano, you have to learn some of this knowledge systematically in order to write music well, of course, other instruments are fine, but it is not as convenient as the piano. After all, the songs nowadays are all based on the scale of the piano. Liu Xiuying said softly.
"Ask the teacher for advice." Lin Fei said softly.
"Let's go, go to your studio." Liu Xiufang said.
"Well, the piano is good, now I'll show you the song you wrote." After Liu Xiufang came to the studio, she looked at the piano that had become an ornament and sighed lightly.
"The main thing about composition is to make the lyrics have a melody, and the main function of the song is the melody; Another reason is to keep the vocal range of the song within a certain range, so that the song needs to find a good singer. ”
"Before writing a song, it's a good idea for beginners to set a vocal range for the song, so that fewer scales are used, making it easier for novices to write. You should know that a standard piano has 88 keys, which means that there are 88 different scales, and although the sheet music has only 7 scales, there are many different ways to express it. Li Xiufang said softly.
"You just didn't notice this in the music you wrote, although there are only ordinary 7 notes, but you don't pay attention to the length of the note, the pitch of the note, and some songs also pay attention to the strength of the note, so your song looks a little awkward." Liu Xiufang sighed.
"Your current tune, when ordinary people look at it, is bland and awkward. With the lyrics, you won't be able to sing the song as it normally would. ”
"I wonder how this needs to be corrected? Teacher. Lin Fei listened carefully to Mr. Li's words, slowly understood what he didn't understand before, and asked softly.
"Listen to Yunxin, you can sing your lyrics, so just compose the music according to the rhythm of your singing, note the length of the note and the height of the note, pay attention to the standard of the scale, mark it like a semitone, a quarter tone, etc." Liu Xiufang said softly.
"Semitones and quarters?" Lin Fei asked with some confusion.
"Well, this point is mainly used more in fast singing and rapping, which is to pronounce several notes in a scale time, and form a whole tone between semitones and semitones." Liu Xiufang explained.
"Oh, I see, thank you, teacher." Lin Fei nodded and said.
"After you know the method, it's up to you to practice, I brought a notebook, you can take a good look at it later." Liu Xiufang said softly.
"I don't know if there's anything else to pay attention to?" Lin Fei asked.
"There are so many things in this that I can't explain it clearly for a while, but if you want to compose, it's a long road, and if you don't have this talent, I think even if I told you this, you wouldn't understand." Liu Xiufang said softly. She is very optimistic about Lin Fei's talent. But she thought about this a lot, because the melody and the lyrics were actually things in Lin Fei's memory.
"As long as you understand what you said at the beginning, then you can learn other things by yourself through books, if you don't understand and ask me." Liu Xiufang looked at Lin Fei, who was a little confused, and said softly.
"Well, teacher, why don't you sing a song, and the teacher will perfect the tune, and I'm going to improve another practice according to the tune that the teacher has perfected?" Lin Fei thought about it and said softly.
"Well, that's fine." Liu Xiufang nodded and said.
Lin Fei took out a stack of manuscript papers, carefully took out two sheets, and handed them to Liu Xiufang.
"Well, yes, let's get started." Liu Xiufang looked at it, nodded and said.
After Lin Fei adjusted, he opened his mouth and sang according to the melody in his head.
Like a shot
listless
Only a smile
Just laughing like that (due to grammatical problems, there may be several translations of the language, but the meaning is similar.) )
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This is a relatively famous one in his memory, although it is not as good as those divine comedies, but its influence is not much worse than those divine comedies, and it is a representative of sad songs. It has also been adapted in Chinese, but the artistic conception of the lyrics has changed a lot.
Due to language differences, song adaptations are generally to keep the tune and fill in the lyrics again, because different languages, the pronunciation is very different, and the phrases use these, so it cannot be directly translated and sung, after all, the song needs to echo the pronunciation. So basically, most of the meanings will change after the adaptation.
"Well, this song is good, although it is a little sad and expressed very bluntly, but it is a regular Hallyu song." After listening to this, Liu Xiufang nodded and commented.
"Teacher's tune?" Lin Fei asked softly.
"Almost, I'll play it on the piano now, you can feel it." Liu Xiufang said softly.
Lin Fei listened to this familiar melody, and was a little surprised in his heart, but he was more admired.
"Thank you, teacher." After Lin Fei listened, he said softly.
"No, I didn't expect your talent to be so good." Liu Xiufang said softly.
"I still need the help of my teacher, and I'm just now realizing that composition is so complicated." Lin Fei looked at the annotations on the side of his previous songs and sighed. However, he also found that there was a slight difference from the song in his memory, but he didn't care about this, because he also knew that he only knew the melody, but in the performance, there must be a little difference, but this did not affect the quality of the song.
"When you know more, it's easy. Now you can revise your own tune according to my thoughts, according to my marking. Liu Xiufang said.
"Well, I'll hurry up and study." Lin Fei nodded and said. I pulled out two more sheets of manuscript paper and slowly revised them while looking at the first one.
The time passed quickly under Lin Fei's inquiry, Liu Xiufang's guidance, and Lin Fei was getting faster and faster, basically modifying the tune, all within ten minutes.
"Ah Fei, it seems that you learn these things quickly, but you still have to learn more about other aspects of composition, as long as your score is marked on which tune, you can basically sing it to others." Liu Xiufang looked at the stack of manuscript papers in front of her and said with some sighs.
At the beginning, she often told Lin Fei some precautions, but as Lin Fei became more and more familiar, she basically watched from the side. Looking at those songs, she felt that she had cultivated an amazing musician.
"Got it, teacher." Lin Fei said respectfully.
"Ah Fei, what do you want to do with these songs?" Liu Xiufang asked. She knew that Lin Fei's family must be very rich, just look at this villa, she was worried that these songs would be collected by Lin Fei and entertain herself in the future.
"I set up an entertainment company, and these songs are just for the singers of the company in the future." Lin Fei said softly.
"Teacher, I don't know if you have many courses, I want you to teach some people vocal music, lyrics and composition?" Lin Fei asked softly.
"Are those two girls downstairs?" Liu Xiufang asked.
"Well, they're about to take the college entrance examination, and they will be trainees after the exam." Lin Fei said.
"Don't you have these teachers in your company?" Liu Xiufang asked with some confusion.
"My company was just established, and now it is still decorating and placing equipment, except for Yunxin, there are also the two trainees downstairs, and everyone is friends." Lin Fei said, a little embarrassed in his tone.