Chapter 117 Wrapped in a Heavy Shell and Looking Up Gently (1/3 Ask for a Monthly Pass)
"This song is called "Snail". I will sing it to you first. Oh, by the way, the lyrics will be sent to your mobile phone. You need to remember the lyrics."
Yang Qian resisted his desire to say "Gua Niu" and said the serious name of this song.
"Why don't you send it to me? I want to see it too!"
When Yang Shihan saw her brother put down his phone and she hadn't received the WeChat message yet, she protested angrily.
"What are you doing here? You are tone-deaf and you can't sing."
Brother's words made Yang Shihan grit her teeth. She was so slanderous in front of her good sisters that she wanted to fight with him with all her teeth.
However, just thinking about it, Yang Shihan knew that she was indeed tone deaf...
Yang Qian ignored the girl. He took the guitar and tried playing it first.
This song was written by Jay Chou. Like "Summer Wind", it actually sounds more interesting when played on the piano.
In the past two days, when Yang Qian practiced, he also asked Dai Yuni to play the piano with him. He used the electric piano that is still in Yang Qian's bedroom and Dai Yuni did not bring it back.
It's just that Yang Qian has just learned it for a few days. Even if he has no problem with music theory, memorizing music, etc., he can pick it up faster than a complete beginner. However, if he has not practiced his posture well and his fingers have not become proficient, he should not use it to fool others.
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Let's just play the guitar honestly. Although the tone is a little different, Yang Qian can make up for it with skills, such as the coordination of finger-picked chords and root notes.
After finding a feeling, Yang Qian played the guitar and softly played the melody of "Small sky, big dreams" with a short improvisation as a prelude.
"Should I put down my heavy shell?
Looking for where the blue sky is,
Drifting gently with the gentle wind,
I don’t feel any pain from the injuries I’ve experienced…”
Of course he was imitating Jay Chou's singing style, using a bit of mixed voice and falsetto techniques to raise the tone of his voice.
But the voice is very soft, and there is a little confusion and a little sadness in the singing, but it is not particularly sad. It still makes people feel faintly strong.
Yang Shihan understood it this way, because she saw the emotional direction of the song from the lyrics of the song, which is first struggling and confused, and then working hard to make progress.
No, here comes the chorus:
"I want to climb up step by step,
Waiting for the sun to look at its face quietly,
The little sky has big dreams,
Wrapped in heavy shells, looking up gently..."
Tsk, this word sounds more interesting than looking at it.
Yang Shihan felt that a picture of a little snail crawling on the swaying vines appeared in her mind. It climbed from the darkest place to a place with fresh air, flowers and dew, and then a ray of sunlight shone on it.
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It feels like the plot is suddenly on fire!
Wait, something seems wrong!
Do snails not like sunlight? They just like dark and humid places, right?
Hey, don’t think so much. I said that some artistic creations require imagination, romance and exaggeration. If it is too realistic, it will be boring!
"I want to climb up step by step,
Fly forward on the blades at the highest point,
The tears and sweat shed in this little day,
One day I will have my own heaven..."
Everyone has different feelings about this song. Yang Shihan's ideas are more lively, and many weird pictures and animation-like plots flow into her head along with the lyrics.
But Ouyang Xiaoqing was fascinated by it.
At first, she thought the lyrics were a bit childish. When she listened to the previous verse, she just thought the melody was pretty good. It was not as open and atmospheric as "Seeing the Smoke Again", nor was it as rich in emotion and warmth as "When You Get Old".
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Ouyang Xiaoqing still hopes to sing some love songs with explosive emotions. After all, young girls always have a desire to mature, or long for others to think they are mature.
She is not as eager to be childish as Ben San women, wishing others would think she was only eighteen...
But as the chorus started to sing, especially when she heard the part "I want to climb up step by step", Ouyang Xiaoqing suddenly came to her senses.
This song is not childish!
Isn’t what it sings just its own thoughts?
Although Ouyang Xiaoqing did not encounter any hardships in her life, and even her father gave her enough pocket money so that her mother could buy whatever she wanted, in terms of material conditions, she was much better than Yang Shihan!
However, Ouyang Xiaoqing still felt that her father and mother were two big mountains weighing on her.
Especially the mother who has a strong desire for control. She is not by her side, but she arranges everything for her, including what to study, who to study with, and where to go during the holidays.
From the mother's point of view, she is doing it for her own good!
But it seems to Ouyang Xiaoqing that her mother is forcing herself to take a path that she has not succeeded in before, and wants to become what she wants to be!
For example, dance, such as acting...
Of course, my mother did have resources in this area, because after she left her father, she remarried to a well-known director. In addition, she was also a well-known writer and became the leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
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But what no one knows is that Ouyang Xiaoqing does not want these resources from her mother. She wants to do what she likes and do it well!
Then prove to my mother that I can do very well without her support!
Fight for daddy!
Carrying a heavy burden of thought, I am like a snail trying to climb up.
And my efforts are just to get my own piece of sky!
"Okay, this song is probably sung like this. What do you think? Is it difficult to sing?"
Yang Qian's voice brought back Ouyang Xiaoqing, who was deep in thought.
She raised her slender eyes, looked at Yang Qian in a daze, and then nodded hesitantly.
I don't quite understand why brother Yang Qian asked this, but I feel that this song is not difficult. The melody is too simple. It doesn't have as many weird changes as Sister Dai sang in "When You Get Old", but it is inexplicably nice to listen to.
It should be quite catchy!
"Okay, you come and try it. I'll play and you sing. Let's see how well you can sing, okay?"
Yang Qian said as if discussing, while giving her an encouraging look.
"Shall I sing? So fast?"
She hadn't listened to this song carefully or practiced it, so Ouyang Xiaoqing was a little panicked.
"Well, it doesn't matter. This song is very simple. You just have to sing along with the lyrics. It has a rhythm of four to four beats. You listen to my accompaniment..."
As Yang Qian spoke, he began to play the intro of the guitar.
It's not that Ouyang Xiaoqing doesn't understand music theory at all. After all, she has studied dance for so many years. She can understand the word "four-four beat".
She nodded gently, and the expression on her face slowly transitioned from nervousness to one of listening carefully.
In fact, there is an obvious gap between the intro and the first word of the verse, but not everyone can hear it during the progression of the melody. For example, people like Yang Shihan who are not sensitive to note changes and rhythm changes will not have any reaction.
Ouyang Xiaoqing, on the other hand, was busy reading the lyrics and didn't pay attention to Yang Qian's eyes. He figured it out by himself and started singing when Yang Qian plucked the strings.
"Should I put down my heavy shell?
Looking for where the blue sky is..."
Yang Qian's eyes showed admiration.
It’s not about how good Ouyang Xiaoqing sings. The first time she sang, she was so nervous that her voice sounded weak. There is definitely a limit to how good it sounds.
But she mastered the beat very well and there wasn't much problem with her pitch.
You know, Ouyang Xiaoqing is not like Dai Yuni, who learned and practiced basic skills when she was a child!
Some self-entertaining singers often make mistakes such as not following the beat and going out of tune, but this did not happen to Ouyang Xiaoqing.
Yang Qian, whose sense of music has been enhanced by the system, is very sensitive to out-of-tune, which is why he frowns when listening to some rock bands live.
Now listening to Ouyang Xiaoqing's singing, Yang Qian feels that it is good. She has been able to achieve this level since she first started learning, which already shows that she has great talent in singing.
Of course, when Ouyang Xiaoqing looked at the lyrics and finished singing them bit by bit, Yang Qian withdrew his admiring eyes.