When talking about the combination of pop and opera, you may think of many ancient-style songs that are currently popular on the market, or you may think of many Chinese-style songs that were once popular.
Don't think the two are the same!
Ancient style is based on traditional culture, and the creation of lyrics is very particular. When you read the lyrics of an ancient style song, you will feel like you are reading a very flavorful ancient poem. Not only are the words and sentences written in it, but the expressions of emotions are also sophisticated.
It’s also as subtle and complex as the ancients!
For example, just like the famous line in "Chi Ling": "People in the audience walked by, but no old color could be seen; people on the stage sang a heartbreaking farewell song; the words "love" are difficult to write, so she sang with blood.
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It's very interesting to read, but if you don't read it carefully several times, it will be difficult for you to understand what kind of emotion this song wants to convey!
The expression of Chinese-style songs is relatively straightforward, and the lyrics are closer to modern pop style. They just incorporate a lot of Chinese elements into popular music.
For example, Milk Tea Week's "Hair is like snow", "Your hair is like snow, and tears are flying. Who am I waiting for when you grow old? The world is drunk, and the years of drunkenness; I will carve a monument of eternal love for you without regrets...
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It sounds more like a modern person's tone, but it incorporates a lot of traditional elements, and you can also understand the emotion of this song more directly - isn't it just "crazy waiting"!
It’s not that ancient style or Chinese style is better or worse. They just represent two modes of integration of popular and Chinese traditions. They just follow the “line of words” or the “line of music”.
And every model has its own excellent works, as well as a bunch of works that imitate but can’t learn much charm!
But since today’s talk is mainly about the fusion of singing styles, Yang Han doesn’t plan to choose ancient songs to introduce to Yang Ruoyi, nor does he plan to choose Chinese-style songs to sing—Milk Tea Week’s works.
Under Yang Ruoyi's camera, Yang Han's right hand was seen quickly and accurately strumming the guitar strings, which was quite exciting, and the short prelude melody was played on his fingertips.
Yang Ruoyi couldn't help but blink her eyes as she listened. Although she didn't say a word - she was worried that it would affect the recording, but the girl knew that such a style of music was not very common in her father's hands!
It's a bit like rock and roll, because Yang Han also added some fast-paced dressing tips.
Of course, this is not the point. When Yang Han started singing, she really felt what a "new style" was!
"General, the northern wolf is occupied, with six horses and twelve soldiers, waiting for your visit.
Huqin tells stories of heroic deeds, and the defeated army retreats to the south and far north."
Huh? Yang Ruoyi's surprised eyes showed this time. This was really the first time she heard her father fill in the lyrics with ancient war as the theme!
Of course, there wasn't much in the singing that would surprise the girl, because it seemed like a very ordinary narrative. Even to Yang Ruoyi's ears, the previous part was a bit bland, and it was not as immersive for her as other works.
"Hometown, that beautiful place,
Expectations are on me, dreams are wandering..."
I feel that compared to my father’s other works, it’s like a saliva song, a bit below the standard...
But is that really the case?
What's amazing about this song "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is the moment when its drama is full of the charm of Peking Opera!
"How much more energy can I hold on my shoulders?" After singing this sentence, Yang Han paused and hit the panel hard with his hand, as if the drums were stuck. Something was brewing.
With.
The next second, Yang Han raised her voice and sang in a Peking Opera tune: "The moment I wait for my beloved to return, my eyes will sing for you!"
Wow!
What's this?
Yang Ruoyi was shocked by this sudden drama. Her eyes, which had been somewhat silent, suddenly lit up again, and she looked at her father in surprise.
It's a pity that there is only this sentence, and then it returns to the normal singing of the song.
"The day I left you, the blue rain fell in front of my eyes..."
Although her emotions completely burst out after this, Yang Han quickly strummed and sang, and also sang the passionate state of a rock song, but for Yang Ruoyi, the emergence of drama is the biggest highlight of this song, and it is what makes her always
I am reluctant to let go of the key points that I can’t let go of for a long time!
Fortunately, Yang Han sang the song completely, and he repeated the last line twice, enough for Yang Ruoyi to understand how it was sung.
No, when her father finished singing, Yang Ruoyi, who was already itching and unbearable, put her mobile phone aside and waved her hands gently, as if there were sound waves flowing in the air. She couldn't help but imitate and hum: "Waiting for my beloved..."
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Yang Ruoyi, who had not finished singing and was very picky about her ears, stopped. She frowned and asked, "Hey, Dad, why can't I sing your falsetto here?"
"It's not that I can't sing it, but it's missing a bit of the flavor of the opera, isn't it?" Yang Han asked with a smile.
Yang Ruoyi nodded.
"That's because opera singing is not just falsetto, it also has the charm of opera!" Yang Han is not a professional, but he is not a professional opera singer here, so he can still use his little experience to talk to his daughter.
Said.
"First of all, you have to find your own falsetto. You pronounce the 'e' sound with me, starting from the lowest note and singing upwards until you break the sound." Yang Han said.
He started first: "Goose goose goose..."
Yang Ruoyi also followed: "Goose goose goose goose..."
However, Yang Han soon discovered that he was asking for humiliation when he and his daughter searched for the perfect sound point, because his vocal range was not as good as his daughter's. He broke the sound in a short while, but Yang Ruoyi's high-pitched "Goose Goose"
Still like a tank, it ran over easily.
It took a while before the sound started to break...
Yang Ruoyi also thoughtfully repeated the process of breaking the sound.
"Okay, okay! There's no need to sing this. Others don't know, and they think we have a bunch of geese at home." Yang Han said in a dumbfounded voice, "You remember this note, this is the voice change point of the falsetto, and you will sing operas in the future.
When you sing the accent, you can switch exactly to your dramatic falsetto.”
Then it’s time to find the charm of the drama.
"You can use a falsetto to pronounce the sound yi, but you have to start with the bubble sound that dad taught you before. Pronounce it like this, e... yi... to make your voice flatter and sharper."
"However, the ordinary falsetto is yi... a very smooth and flat line." Yang Han added movements with his hands, and started to make some waves like Yang Ruoyi just now, "But as for the drama,
You have to add a sense of ups and downs, first big waves, then small waves, you feel it, yi~yi~~~~"
Yang Ruoyi watched her father's movements and mouth shapes carefully, and experienced it carefully herself. After her father finished speaking, she gave it a try.
"yi~yi~~~~" She learned very quickly and caught the feeling in no time.
The girl also tried to add this feeling to the lyrics just now: "Waiting for the moment when my beloved returns..."
Although Yang Han watched his daughter trying over and over again with a smile, he still sighed deeply in his heart.
There is really no need to say my daughter’s talent. The method of exploring opera singing that I taught her is actually not very professional, and opera can be said to be very, very difficult. Many people can’t find the feeling no matter how hard they try.
But she mastered it very quickly, and when Yang Han listened to her singing, she got better and better each time, and gradually she got the right taste!
"How is it? If this dramatic singing style is integrated into modern pop songs, will it have a very different feeling?" Yang Han returned to the theme.
"Yeah, it's so fun!" Yang Ruoyi happily laughed with her father.
"It's not just fun. No matter what the work is, its expressions can be diverse. There is not just one singing method. Sometimes, if you try to add other singing methods to a song, it may be a folk song.
, bel canto, or drama, may give the song a completely different feeling and bring a better sensory experience to the audience!" Yang Han said.
"I remembered that Dad, you used to sing "Thank you for your love" in Sichuan dialect. This time you changed the way of singing, just like changing the song." Yang Ruoyi also knew how to draw inferences from one example.
"Yes, there are a lot of things to play here. You can slowly explore by yourself in the future." Yang Han said with a smile, "The reason why dad asked you to learn more and learn more about different singing methods is for this purpose - not to
If you change your profession and master more skills, you will no longer just sing, you will know how to change, and the process of singing will become a kind of enjoyment!"