I Decided To Become a Perfect Girl

183 – A cheerful atmosphere in a concise composition

I quietly opened the door and sat down in front of the piano again.

And then he slammed the piano keys hard.

“No, it’s not like this. It’s not like this!”

Then a voice comes from the living room.

“Ah again, why are you like that?”

“I feel so crazy…”

Then, I pretend to be grumpy and draw lines on the staff.

“No! No!”

Woo-ah, it looks like she doesn’t understand either.

“Sister. Dohee, did you do that at the Saben dormitory too?”

“No? At that time, there were 7 people, so there wasn’t even a place to put the piano? And look, Chaerin was upset.”

I glanced at Seoyoon.

I hit the piano hard again.

“Ah, close the door! What are you doing after setting up a soundproof booth?”

“This is not right!”

“Oh!”

Seoyoon jumps up from her seat and Uwa tries to stop him.

“Look at my sister~ She wants to show off the new piano she bought. She said it’s very expensive.”

“No, he’s deliberately looking at me like that. He just made eye contact with me.”

“That’s right. Why did you turn off the light when Dohee was showering in the morning?”

“What are you talking about? He turned it off first.”

“Huh? That’s what Chiyo did?”

ㅡDodododo

And then Chiyo runs to my room and locks the door.

ㅡBoom!

“Hey, won’t you open the door!?”

“Gomen…!”

“Open it!”

“Gomennasai…!”

Meanwhile, Naeun, who seemed to have been liberated, entered my room holding a teacup and smiling comfortably.

“Dohee, are you feeling a lot of stress these days?”

Thanks to this, reason and understanding have returned to my eyes.

“No, it’s just… I couldn’t think of a melody at all.”

I can’t say that I wanted to pretend to be a struggling genius.

“I see, it must be difficult.”

“Huh… A little?”

“This is chamomile tea, and it’s good for mental and physical stability. Drink it. I added a little honey if you like it?”

And Naeun unni stands behind me and straightens out my messy hair.

“Wow, thank you. I’ll try harder again.”

“Okay, okay, take your time. There’s still plenty of time.”

Naeun left and the door closed again.

Okay, let’s try to think of a melody again.

I looked at the staff drawn in front of me again.

I don’t know how many days I’ve been staring at the staff like this.

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“Well, let’s start with today’s selfie.”

Title 1. Dohee the classic artist.

Title 2. Classics, Romance, Anguish Lee Do-hee.

Subtitle, Me drawing ink, stitch by stitch, on the staff.

Anyway, it’s Sunday, a long-awaited day off.

There was one reason why I sat in front of the piano and scribbled on music paper instead of going home.

To write a piano song.

Debonair first group meeting.

After hearing everything about the group name, concept, and double title, I received a separate proposal from Director Sohyun.

Write a song right away.

ㅡYes? The included song?

ㅡYes, but it’s not just a song included.

The team leader pointed the tablet to me.

Numerous detailed pictures displayed on the screen.

ㅡWow, what is this?

ㅡDebonair concept trailer. This is a storyboard I came up with with the director.

In other words, it will be used in our concept trailer video.

The question was whether you would be willing to compose the first soundtrack that would be released to the public.

ㅡOf course, it’s okay if Dohee doesn’t use it.

Because the song was already prepared.

High quality house genre EDM.

ㅡBut there are scenes in the storyboard that I want to change. Dohee, I want to save your identity. So, if possible, Dohee, would you like to try writing a piano song yourself?

* * *

The bottom line is that I am holding my head all day.

“aaah!”

Not a tormented genius.

It is true that he is not a true genius.

I am a fool.

“He got sick again.”

It’s not that there aren’t songs written in just a few hours or a few days.

Rather, if you look up the songs of great masters, you can see that they are quite frequent.

Because a flash of inspiration comes to everyone.

Maybe it will come to me someday too.

But not now.

And it was natural.

Most of the songs of the great masters are works that were created after a long period of agony, contemplation, and agony.

Inspiration is something that cannot be helped because it is usually convenient.

I have to fill in the melody of part A with inspiration.

Because there is a repetitive task that requires thinking about the B part that will continue.

‘It’s not for nothing that musicians suffer from depression and self-anxiety.’

But the good news was that the difficulty level of this composition was relatively low.

First of all, because it was a piano song, there was no need to consider other instruments, just the keyboard that had been played countless times.

The song is as long as the trailer video, so it’s about 2 minutes long.

Also, a picture or storyboard that allows you to directly picture the mood of the song.

Still, the problem is.

“aaah!”

‘I still can’t think of a melody.’

“Dohee, we need to eat dinner.”

In the end, Naeun unni came in.

“aaah! Sister, I’m really going crazy.”

“Yeah, that seems crazy.”

I jumped up from my seat and jumped onto the bed behind me.

And then he buried his face into the pillow.

“I can’t find inspiration… I’m an idiot…”

“Sister, just leave it alone. If it gets hungry, it will come out on its own.”

“Ah, Seoyoon. Still, she’s the youngest, so we have to take care of her. We also write songs for the group.”

“No. He said that was purely self-satisfaction. Self-satisfaction.”

I cried out loud for no reason because I felt like my true feelings were discovered.

Ugh.

“Look at that, I’m like that because my sister keeps accepting me. Just starve. They say hunger is the source of creativity.”

* * *

“Dohee~”

Seoyoon came up to me and hugged me while I was lying on the sofa in the practice room.

I guess I’m still worried.

“It’s hard to practice. I’m hungry~ Shall we eat?”

“Hmph.”

“I’m sorry~ huh?”

“Hmph.”

Actually, I’m not the type to go on a hunger strike just because Kim Seo-yoon added Kusari, but I just starved because I was afraid that if I starved, I would really get inspired.

“What should our youngest eat that he likes?”

I’m starving to death, so I’ll have to pretend to lose.

“Then, I have kimchi stew.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll order it now. Let’s eat it quickly.”

Anyway, what I learned while starving for a day and a half.

I suffer from a complex while writing songs like Schumann.

I suffered from mental illness and suffered from anorexia.

I don’t think I’ll ever starve to death.

I had no mental hunger.

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‘I got bored while writing songs.’

I am so rich that I love myself.

Next, should we follow the example of Russian composers?

Oh, there are a lot of hungry kids here too.

* * *

These days, many songs have well-structured songs rather than sweet melodies.

Because the commercial code and development have been established.

But a good song is not limited by chords and development.

At that time, Schubert’s songs were like that.

When choosing great musicians, Schubert is naturally included.

Schubert’s life was very poor and difficult.

It is a famous anecdote that when his friend bought him rice, he ate six loaves of bread in an instant and said it was his first meal in two days.

However, poverty and hunger alone cannot be considered the source of Schubert’s creativity.

In the first place, Schubert was a genius who began composing music at the age of 17 and showed musical talent by producing several masterpieces.

Even at the age of 18, he created the greatest song, ‘The Devil’.

And this must have been when the most perfect inspiration came to Schubert.

Yes.

“According to reports from Schubert’s acquaintances at the time of composing The Demon King, Schubert was so impressed by Goethe’s The Demon King that he remained motionless for a long time and then started writing the song like crazy at once.”

“What are you muttering to yourself?”

“Sister, don’t you really have to tell the director? I’m going to have trouble.”

“I’m scared…”

“Schubert was so immersed in composing that he did not notice at all when his friends came to visit and greeted him right next to him. It is said that he recognized him only after his friends exclaimed that they loved the melody he played…”

“Uh, Dohee…?”

I laughed repeatedly while looking at the staff in front of the piano.

Did you say that inspiration comes to you suddenly?

I was satisfied when I saw that the main melody, which had not occurred to me no matter how I tried, came to mind in an instant.

After 3 weeks, I finally completed the melody.

“I am Schubert, Kiki…”

So, now the arrangement process remains.

“17-Year-old Lee Do-hee… 17-Year-old Schubert… Kiki…”

“He must be really crazy…”

Oh, I’m dying.

* * *

Director Sohyun told me to use it comfortably.

A concept trailer that will leave our first impression on the public.

I couldn’t do it roughly.

I didn’t want it to just go with the video and be the end.

I wanted to show the group’s identity clearly through color and theme.

And the expression of such themes depends on the arrangement.

Arrangement depends on the performance.

The method of performance is the theme.

I was worried.

2/4 Beat, 60bpm.

Generally a slower, strolling, leisurely flow.

Gentleman and polite andante.

4/4 Beat, 120bpm.

Marching, dancing, sophisticated, cool.

Arrogantly cheerful Allegro pomposo.

Both go well with Debonair.

Nevertheless, the choice of beat is clearly a key point.

Of course, it may be a useless worry.

Like drawing a quarter note into an eighth note.

Reduce the note value by half.

If you play twice as slowly.

Playing in 4/4 time.

Because you can do the same thing in 2/4 time.

However, musicians should be aware that tempo indications are visual and can affect interpretation.

Because musicians are used to light songs with small note values.

If someone sees my song, they can play it lighter and easier.

So, the characteristics of the beat itself must be considered.

Traditionally, in classical music, 4/4 time signature has characteristics.

Structure of repeated accents.

Strong, weak, medium strong, weak.

This is about giving the music a logical form, color and flow that the listener can easily follow.

And the characteristics of 2/4 time signature.

Repetition of strong and weak.

If you break the 4/4 beat and change it into two 2/4 beats.

The added accent will disrupt the flow and make it a bouncy polka or march rather than a dignified and elegant harmony.

Above all, the image of Debonair must be diverse and not simply repeated as strong or weak.

The third beat, the middle beat, will bring out the variety.

So this song is like a toccata.

Intense and dynamic rhythm and percussive tendencies had to be revealed.

So, I drew a 4/4 beat on the staff.

And I modified the staff to match the beat.

“Phew, the end is in sight…”

Now all I have to do is play this score over and over again.

How to play to make it sound more beautiful.

Where to put additional accents.

Where should I put Semyeolim?

All I had to do was find it.