Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 398 At your fingertips—rock and folk music

At this time, he finally understood why Bian Lang suggested him to wear sunglasses. Although he couldn't see the scene when he was performing, he thought it was cool just thinking about it. If you don't wear these sunglasses, as long as there is a slight problem with the control of your expression, it will become ridiculous in an instant.

There were quite a few music bloggers present, including some who could play the guitar. Seeing this high-end cross-border gameplay, all of them could only pinch their noses and admit: "In terms of overall work, no one can beat the Rolling Stones!"

The key point is that this throne or weapon arsenal device composed entirely of guitars really blinded their eyes. For every guitarist, it is simply the highest dream that they pursue throughout their lives!

Half of these pianos are from his own collection, and the remaining half were brought out by Lao Pan, Bian Lang and two sponsors. All the things the sponsors have provided will become the property of the Rolling Stones after this performance.

Among them were two limited-edition Fenders brought out by Ti Li and Lao Pan. Even the Fender agent from China who was invited to the scene called them awesome when they saw them.

At the same time, some UP owners were discussing in a low voice, could this be Bian Lang's new folk music? But even the little witch doesn’t know this question!

It wasn't until I pressed the four fingers of my right hand against the fretboard and slid down the overtones that the UP master who specializes in folk music finally heard it.

""Drunken Madness"! This is the guqin song "Drunken Madness"!"

This is not to blame for their lack of professional skills. The main reason is that the scene was too confusing for them before. In addition, the Rolling Stones have never performed non-original music since their debut, so everyone present basically acquiesced that this was Bian Lang's new song. No one thought of the possibility of adapting this ancient song!

"Drunken Madness" is a guqin piece. According to legend, it was written by Ruan Ji, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest during the Three Kingdoms period.

Regarding the background of this song, one theory is that the government at that time was dim and dark, and the scholar-bureaucrat Ruan Ji felt that it was out of step with the times. In order to avoid disaster, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, played the harp and recited poems, drank and drank, and took great pleasure in it.

The music score of this piece in the original Earth China was compiled by the guqin player Yao Bingyan based on the "Magic Secret Music Score" and with reference to the "Xilutang Qin Tradition". The music depicts chaotic and hazy moods to vent the pent-up injustice in the heart. The music is implicit and profound in meaning.

After this earth-shattering horse cry, the weapons of the 18th squadron of Huaxia Folk Music began to go into battle.

But this time, including the folk music UP master who had recognized "Drunken Madness" before, they all shook their heads silently, saying that they had never heard this song before.

This was the famous Van Halen horse bark on the original Earth, but now that it has arrived on the Aqua Blue Planet, it will probably be renamed either the Grinding Horse Neighbor or the Bian Lang Horse Bark in the future. Anyway, before Bian Lang came out, even the professional guitarist Li Li had never seen anyone play in public.

But just piercing the window paper is not something that just any guitarist can think of.

At this time, the audience in the audience were excitedly saying to themselves: "Come on, come on, the fight is about to begin!"

And it is transformed in a modular way, with a smooth melodic sense of movement, and the scene of galloping horses on the racecourse and the warm and joyful scene is presented in the minds of the audience straight to the point.

When I walked to the female erhu player in the front row, I saw the female erhu player making a vibrato with a quick bow.

Amidst the staggered and accelerating drumbeats of a pair of male and female drummers, Di Li walked out of the guitar throne and easily slung a white Fender around his body.

Call this thing difficult, but it's not difficult at all.

At that time, Qianli, who was opened up to a new world by Bian Lang, also said that when he was free, he and Bian Lang would imitate the sounds of the twelve zodiac animals.

The erhu, bamboo flute, guzheng, pipa, dulcimer, and big drum all come together. Driven by the erhu's continuous bows and sharpened strings, this hexatonic scale in the feather key of F Palace D rises and falls through these intervals of different spans. Beating, continuous and fast rhythm patterns, and meticulous rhythm processing. Against the background of open and unrestrained forte and rapid and powerful sound patterns, a group of musicians use rhythm compression to form a progressive, circuitous and fast rhythm. Sixteenth note groove.

Especially those music bloggers. Although they cannot predict what kind of weirdness this song invention will eventually produce, it does not prevent them from thinking that this is a peerless martial arts that has the potential to establish a sect!

The atmosphere at the scene was suddenly stunned by the neighing of a horse. The moment of silence made people feel that this was not like a New Year's Eve party at all.

In the past, these UP owners believed that the electric guitar was a combination of fire and noise. Unexpectedly, in the hands of sharpened players, this instrument turned into an instrument that can imitate the sounds of animals.

If Bian Lang heard this, he would have to educate these little UP owners who have never seen the market before. It is still too weak to imitate animal sounds. Those musicians with great imagination in the original Earth China can even do it. Use electric guitar and bass to play the quintessence of Daierhua sound: "CNM..."

When the music ended, the overhead light that originally only illuminated the guitar throne expanded, illuminating the two big drummers who were previously in the darkness and the folk musicians in front.

The UP owners present today are almost all the best masters in various fields, but this horse's cry really makes everyone don't know what words to use to describe it.

原地球二胡曲《赛马》由20世纪二胡名家黄海怀于1959年创作，1960年定稿。1962年3月鄂省艺术学院组团赴羊城参加首届“羊城花会”，黄海怀的二胡独奏《赛马》轰动羊城。

Even if the name of this track is not announced, no one will hear it wrong!

At this time, the surprised UP owners all looked at the music UP owners with doubtful eyes, expecting them to give an answer.

This horse's cry is a type of artificial overtone. Just pop up the overtone at the middle fret between the seventh and eighth frets, and then pull the handle back to raise the pitch of the overtone to a point, then gently tighten it. Just shake the handle.

Then Ti Li bent over and played a highly distorted vibrato, and then pulled the handle to vibrate. A sound that was almost exactly the same as the neighing of a war horse kicked off "Horse Racing".

That proves that this piece of music is Bian Lang’s original work!

Why can't it be someone else from the Rolling Stones? That's because in their inherent concept, the lyrics and music of the Rolling Stones' works so far have all been grasped by Bian Lang! Although what they are playing now is Dili, they have no doubt that this is a work written by Bian Lang.

The musicians on the stage now were found through Tang Qiao's relationship. They are all from the same branch as the Southern Fujian Folk Orchestra. They were all the top young musicians in the group before, but they just don't like the orchestra management under the establishment. Because of the atmosphere, I made an appointment to form a small folk band called Yingge Band.

Usually their performances are sporadic, and like Tang Qiao, they also have the job of going out alone to provide music for others. At the Chinese New Year's Eve, folk music is a must-have performance item at all major evening parties, no matter how many. Naturally, their Yingge band also received many invitations to perform.

But when Tang Qiao said that Bian Lang wanted to collaborate with them, the band members nodded and agreed without even having a meeting to discuss it.

<divclass="contentadv">After getting the score, they canceled several performances in order to better present the new song "Horse Racing".

Especially the female erhu player who is currently competing with Di Li. She had to video chat with Bian Lang many times despite being jet-lagged before she integrated the playing skills of spray bowing, vibrato, consecutive bowing, and plucking. In the arrangement, the effect that Bian Lang wanted to present was achieved.

During this whole communication process, Bian Lang's understanding of the various timbres of the erhu and some possibilities that she had not studied carefully before surprised her as a professional. It was also the first time that she had an interest in a rock musician. Out of admiration!

At that time, she was wondering if Tang Qiao would regret not taking the job after the show aired. At this time, she was already immersed in the performance and became more and more certain that Don Qiao would regret it!

The training at this time feels like a martial arts master surrounded by this round of tactics. With only a guitar in his hand, he walks back and forth in front of various other folk musicians to win the competition.

Whether it is erhu, guzheng, flute or yangqin, he can handle it calmly and calmly. Soldiers will come to block you, water will come to cover you and earth will cover you, and you will be able to use your skills as soon as you see them...

In the jubilant atmosphere presented by the musicians' various talents, the whole song gave up the main tone in the 108th measure and used a rhythm pause to come to an open ending, which gave the piece the motivation to continue moving forward and naturally led to the next chapter. A piece of brilliance.

However, after this sudden pause, one of the two pipa demon girls in the folk orchestra quickly played the pipa twice: "Dang rang rang... dang rang rang..." The sound of the pipa seemed to be in response to the sound in Li Li's hand. Guitar launched a new round of challenges.

As soon as the folk music UP masters at the scene heard these two intros, they knew that the song was changing, and it was still the pipa song "Ambush from Flying Daggers" that they were very familiar with!

Then Dili swung the electric guitar behind him and carried the electric guitar with the headstock down towards the Ovation harp guitar standing in the center of the stage.

A harp guitar is an instrument in which a stand is added to the original six-string neck of the guitar or the speaker is extended, and several open strings are added to expand the bass range.

I saw Di Li standing behind the harp guitar, strumming the strings on the harp guitar in the same way, as if responding to the pipa demon just now.

After Ji Li stopped, another Pipa Yao girl responded with the same two beats and then started to accelerate.

The temper here is not weaker than that of the Pipa Demon, and it also speeds up the strumming to follow up. At the same time, musical instruments such as drum and yangqin also joined in.

For a time, the notes played by the "martial arts masters" with their instruments were just like the pipa lines in Bai Juyi's paintings.

"The big strings are noisy like the rain, and the small strings are like whispers. The strings are noisy and mixed, and the big and small beads are falling on the jade plate."

After 24 measures, Dili changed his "weapon" again, using the five fingers of his left hand and the pick on his right hand, and began to output on the guzheng!

It gives people a feeling of "the silver bottle is broken, water slurry bursts out, and the cavalry stands out with swords and guns!"

As a final touch, Dili showed the pick in his hand to the camera of Date. If you have a sharp eye, you will definitely be able to spot the Rolling Stones logo on the pick when you watch the video!

This wave of operations was as fierce as a tiger, and the UP masters in the audience were also surprised and confused, and they didn't know how to describe this scene.

But this was not over yet. After straightening the electric guitar behind him, the third section of "Horse Racing" came again.

The solo of Qianli Guitar and Erhu kicked off, and other musicians followed, and the pattern of wheel battle appeared again.

When the winner couldn't be decided in the end, all the instruments returned to the same RIFF, and they played the last 8 bars together, then used the electric guitar to play a horse's cry, and the performance of "Horse Racing" suddenly stopped. The main note is the "D feather" sound...

This kind of short and powerful ending can really only be described as "At the end of the song, the plucking is done carefully, and the four strings sound like cracking silk!"

The music UP masters present are all extremely excited now. In their opinion, after this crossover, the relationship between Chinese folk bands and rock music will definitely grow exponentially.

One is the quintessence of Chinese culture that young people think is old-fashioned and cannot keep up with the development of new era music, and the other is niche music that once was brilliant but has been squeezed out of the mainstream music circle. After the combination of the two, it is clear from the inside out. It has a sense of high-end that is full of Chinese flavor and international flavor.

This kind of feeling is not given by those Internet celebrity saliva songs in the music world that easily have over 100 million plays, and it is not something that those popular singers can easily control.

For them, this is not just a matter of a popular theme, but also the pride and pride of being a Chinese.

They can even foresee that in the future, more folk musicians will be absorbed into rock bands and join them. This will be a rare good thing for the development of both rock and folk music. .

As for Bian Lang, listening to this song now, my mind inevitably wanders to "Horse" by Jiubao Band.

As the first metal band on earth to land at the Woodstock Music Festival, the moment "Horse" played, the European fans in the audience began to "enclose the territory."

Some netizens even joked that this was because our ancestor Genghis Khan suppressed the blood of Europeans!

But no matter what, the fact that hundreds of thousands of Europeans at the Woodstock Music Festival could hear their blood pumping is proof of how highly recognized its music is.

As for re-engraving the Jiubao Band, that is not something that Bian Lang and his brothers, the Rolling Stones, can accomplish. Whether it is Morin Khuur or Humai, without the heroic and vastness flowing in the blood of the Mongolian people, it will be difficult for outsiders to reproduce it authentically no matter how they learn it.

But Bian Lang firmly believes that there will definitely be a Mongolian band in the Rolling Stones' lineup in the future. Whether it's Jiubao, Hanggai or Lanye, they all have to be played for him...