Three Hundred and Seventieth Festival Chinese Orchestra
In Lingao County, the "Literary Courtyard" where the Central Experimental Art Troupe and the Plaid Skirt Club had a dispute was in full swing at this time. ⊙ People walking outside could hear what was coming from inside even through the high wall.
There was the sound of piano and singing. From time to time, pretty young people dressed in Australian attire would come in and out of the gate: mostly young girls.
In order to prepare for the upcoming campus cultural festival, a grand event to promote "new culture", the newly established new literary and art groups under the Senate have begun intense rehearsals a month ago.
When it comes to new literary and art groups, there are only four in Lingao, even including amateur ones: firstly, the all-inclusive, the following group brands have been prepared for more than ten pieces, the Central Experimental Art Troupe directly under the Cultural Propaganda Department, and then the private sponsors of the veterans
The plaid skirt club, and finally the student amateur art troupe of the Women's College of Arts and Sciences and Parkview Park.
Except for the art troupes of the two schools, which are amateur and relatively aloof, the other two groups are holding back their energy to show off their skills at the cultural festival. Who can gain an advantage in the future competition for resources will depend on the performance of the veterans in these three days.
How many impression points are earned in the heart?
In the band rehearsal hall in the compound, a rehearsal was coming to an end. As the last note fell, the exhausted band members began to twist on the folding chairs to stretch their sore muscles.
This is the first performance group under the Central Experimental Art Troupe: the Central Experimental Folk Orchestra. Although Nobu Okamoto is ambitious and wants to do operettas, he still fails in the face of reality - he can't even accompany the operettas at the moment.
We couldn't even put together an orchestra. We had to follow Dongfang Ke's suggestion and start with a folk orchestra with a better foundation. Compared with Western orchestras, which have almost no instruments and musicians, traditional folk orchestras have no choice in terms of instruments or musicians.
It's easier to find by hand.
Most modern folk instruments have already appeared in this time and space - even if they have not yet appeared or are only primitive versions. After reading the relevant information to the instrument craftsmen, they can easily copy them. There is almost no difficulty in preparing the instruments.
As for the musicians, although relevant talents can be recruited from refugees, the performance mode of the folk orchestra is different from the silk and bamboo performance of traditional folk music. Moreover, the musicians play the instruments mostly through oral teaching and can understand Gongchi.
There are not many people who write music, let alone any music theory, let alone concepts such as the range of parts.
"How was it? Is the ensemble okay this time?" Nobu Okamoto asked anxiously, Nangong Hao, who came down from the podium.
Nangong Hao is in his thirties, wearing a white stand-up collar shirt and frosted jeans. Although his hair is not long, he has an artistic temperament. As a professional composer and arranger in the Senate, he is as important as Liu Shuixin in the art troupe.
He is also the backbone of the Plaid Skirt Club. At this time, his forehead is covered with sweat due to continuous rehearsals.
He took the towel brought by the maid and wiped his face. He opened his eyebrows and said, "It's much better than the past few days. It's just that the performance level of the bass part is a bit worse. The players still have to get used to it."
Traditional national musical instruments are mainly high-pitched and high-pitched, lacking bass instruments. Modern folk orchestras refer to the Western organization and are divided into four families: blowing, playing, playing and la. The overall sound range of the orchestra is relatively large, and each family has high, medium and high-pitched instruments. , Bass instruments. These bass instruments: such as bass key sheng, bass suona, gehu, etc., were invented in modern times. In the Ming Dynasty, no one could even play them, let alone anyone who could play them.
Fortunately, the basic playing methods of these instruments are no different from other instruments. As long as you have mastered the skills of similar instruments, you can learn this very quickly.
"This puts me at ease," Nobu Okamoto said worriedly. "The first time they played together, I almost scared the shit out of me. I have heard them play together before. It's not that bad..."
Nangong Hao smiled: "The performance you heard before was performed according to the traditional silk and bamboo ensemble method, which is of course no problem for them. But this kind of performance is based on a single line melody and added flowers to form a complex complex of voices. Now I want all their instruments to play according to independent parts. And the songs they are familiar with are mainly pentatonic. Sometimes heptatonic scale is used, and the temperament is different from Western music. Most modern folk orchestras are It’s based on the Western twelve equal temperament standard. It’s surprising that they can play well.”
"I didn't expect that the folk orchestra has so much attention to detail. I thought it would be enough to gather the musicians together and line up a few more times."
"You can do this if you really want to." Nangong Hao picked up the handwritten music score and looked at it. He daubed it again with a pencil, "But then it is no longer a folk orchestra. It is just a traditional silk and bamboo ensemble. It will definitely not reach your level. The desired effect. Besides, at our current scale, we are still a folk band at best, far from an orchestra."
There are only thirty musicians in the rehearsal room, including trainees and amateur musicians. It is considered a folk band, and a formal and complete folk band must have at least sixty players.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Let's take our time. Is there no problem with cultural festivals at this level?" Nobu Okamoto is most concerned about this matter.
"Of course it's not enough to fool the elders, but naturalized people and indigenous people should be enough." Nangong Hao said, "It's good if you can play. The folk band is said to be national music, but in fact, it has a lot of Western music components. In addition to musical instruments , it can be said that they are all performed according to Western music theory. Overall, the folk orchestra is a product of a combination of Chinese and Western music. It is difficult for us purely Chinese-style performers to adapt."
"Chief, please have tea."
As they were talking, a naturalized woman in her thirties brought a teacup. She was not tall and her appearance was not outstanding. A pair of "liberated feet" were exposed under her dress, but her behavior and expression revealed a flirtatious look. .
"Thank you." Nangong Hao took the tea cup. He didn't like this woman named Liu Yisi very much. Although she was of extremely high standard in playing pipa, zheng, Xiao and flute, she always showed her coquettishness. Jin always made him uncomfortable: it smelled of prostitution. He estimated that Liu Yisi, besides being the leader of a theater troupe, had probably also been a prostitute in a studio.
The problem is that this Liu Yisi is also the mother of Liu Siyu in the band and the "adopted mother" of Zhao Jinghan. Several girls in the band came from her disciples - they all call her "master".
In other words, one-third of the weak musicians in this orchestra were taught by her. When it comes to the number of instruments she knows and her high level, she is one of the best in the orchestra, and she acts as half of the teacher in the orchestra.
Moreover, Liu Siyu is a student of the Women's College of Arts and Sciences, and Zhao Jinghan is the life secretary of veteran Zhu Mingxia. Together, these factors make Liu Yisi always look arrogant in front of the naturalized folk musicians in the band.
Liu Yisi was a little disappointed when she saw that the leader did not show any pretense towards her. She was an old person in the entertainment scene and was the best at judging appearance. When Nangong Hao put down the tea cup, she quickly put it away and retreated.
Nangong Hao picked up the baton, walked to the podium and knocked on the music stand: "Okay, let's review "Youth Charm" again. You should be very familiar with this piece. When playing, pay attention to the rhythm.
.Show a cheerful and youthful atmosphere.”
The musicians of the folk orchestra couldn't even understand staff music, and naturally they couldn't understand Nangong Hao's conductor. Nangong Hao did this purely to let them have a feel and adapt to the new performance mode.
The practice lasted for another hour. Seeing the sky getting dark, Nangong Hao announced that the rehearsal was over. However, this was only for the entire rehearsal. The musicians had to continue to practice individually after dinner, and some of them still had to practice individually.
You have to hire someone to start a small stove.
As for Nangong Hao himself, he still has a more important job: arranging the music for the cultural festival performance. After all, the current conditions are different from those of another time and space, and the music must be re-arranged in a targeted manner.
Wang Qisuo stood up, cleaned the flute and put it into a special wooden box. After sitting on the folding chair for almost a whole day, he only felt a sore back. As a soldier in the security camp, what kind of work do you have to do?"
"Musician" made Wang Qisuo very painful. Although his duty this month was only one-third of the usual number, playing the flute behind closed doors all day was not a pleasant job.
If I had known that I had no time to play the flute, why would I have to come here to rehearse every day? What a mistake...
He was just a part-time "recreational activist", and he had duty duties tomorrow morning, so naturally he didn't need to stay and "extra classes". After handing back the flute, he went to the locker room and changed into his uniform, stretched out a lot, and then
He walked out of the courtyard quickly - he would take the subway back home in time for dinner in the cafeteria, so he could save on the meal allowance given to him by the orchestra...
Just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by the doorman: "Qisuo! You have faith!"
"Letter?" Wang Qisuo was very surprised. His mailing address was not here. If someone wanted to write a letter, it would be mailed to the station.
"It was brought here specially by a soldier. He told me to give it to you before dinner."
Wang Qisuo thanked the janitor. There was no stamp on the letter. It was obviously sent by someone on a special trip. He opened the envelope and found only a thin piece of plum-red paper inside. It turned out to be an invitation: inviting him to his home.
feast.
The guest is Huang Ande. In order to celebrate the "happy move", a banquet will be held in his new residence tonight. Since the end of Operation Engine, Huang Ande has not only made meritorious service and been promoted to military rank, he has also been selected for training in the General Staff Tactics Class for half a year. He is like a The rising star of the Fubo Army naturally gathered a group of brothers around him. Although Wang Qisuo was neither a member of the old security regiment nor an old brother of Penglai Water City, he had fought together under Lu Wenyuan. He also teamed up many times to go out for reconnaissance, and had close friendships between life and death. We also often interacted with each other on weekdays. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!