In Lingao County, the "Literary Courtyard" where the Central Experimental Art Troupe and the Plaid Skirt Club were having a dispute was in full swing. [Full text reading] People walking outside can hear the music and singing coming from inside even through the high wall. 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 intensive rehearsals a month ago.
When it comes to new literary and art groups, there are only four in the entire Lingao area, including amateur ones: firstly, the all-inclusive, with more than a dozen sub-group brands already prepared, the Cultural Propaganda Department is directly under the Central Experimental Art Troupe, and then there is the private sponsorship 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 relatively aloof because they are amateurs, the other two groups are holding back their energy to show off their talents at the cultural festival. Who can gain an advantage in the future battle for resources will depend on how many impression points they earn in the hearts of the elders during these three days of performances.
In the band rehearsal hall in the compound, a rehearsal is coming to an end. As the last note fell, the exhausted 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 was ambitious and wanted to create an operetta, he still failed in the face of reality - at the moment, he couldn't even gather an orchestra to accompany the operetta. I had to follow Dongfang Ke’s suggestion and start with a folk band with a better foundation. Compared with Western orchestras, which have almost no instruments and musicians, traditional folk orchestras are relatively easy to find, both in terms of instruments and musicians.
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 showing the relevant information to the musical instrument craftsmen, it was easy for them to copy it. There is almost no difficulty in preparing the instrument.
As for the musicians, although relevant talents can be recruited from refugees. However, the performance mode of the folk orchestra is different from the silk and bamboo performance of traditional folk music. Moreover, musicians mostly rely on oral teaching to play musical instruments, and not many people can understand Gongchi music. There is no music theory, let alone concepts such as voice range.
"How was it? Is the ensemble okay this time?" Okamoto Shin 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 the same business backbone as Liu Shuixin in the art troupe, and he is also the target of the Plaid Skirt Club. At this time, his forehead was covered with sweat due to continuous rehearsals.
He took the towel from the maid and wiped his face. Spreading his eyebrows: "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 ethnic musical instruments are mainly high- 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 range of the orchestra is large, with each family having high, mid and bass instruments. These bass instruments: such as the bass key sheng, bass suona, gehu, etc. were invented in modern times. In the Ming Dynasty, let alone anyone who knew how to play, no one even watched it.
Fortunately, the basic methods of playing these instruments are no different from other instruments. As long as you have mastered the skills of a similar instrument, you can learn this very quickly.
"This puts me at ease," Nobu Okamoto said worriedly. "The first time I played with the ensemble, I was almost scared to death. 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 uses a single line melody and adds flowers to form a complex complex of voices. Now I want all their musical instruments to play according to the ** part score. And the songs they are familiar with are mainly pentatonic. Sometimes the heptatonic scale is used, and the temperament is different from that of Western music. Many modern folk orchestras It is based on the Western equal temperament standard. It’s amazing 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 smeared it again with a pencil, "But then it's no longer a folk band. It's just a traditional silk and bamboo ensemble. It definitely won't achieve the effect you want. Besides, at our current scale, it's still a folk band at best, not even close to an orchestra. Very good."
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?" This is what Okamoto is most concerned about.
"Of course it's not enough to fool the elders, but it should be enough for naturalized people and indigenous people." 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 some tea."
As he was talking, a naturalized woman in her thirties brought a teacup. She is not tall and her appearance is not outstanding. A pair of "liberated feet" are exposed under her dress, but her behavior and expression are charming.
"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 makes him uncomfortable: it smells like dust. He estimated that Liu Yisi was once the leader of a theater troupe, and most likely she was also a prostitute in a studio.
The problem is that this Liu Yisi is also the mother of Liu Siyu in the band and the "adoptive mother" of Zhao Jinghan. Several girls in the band came from her disciples - they all called her "Master".
In other words, one-third of the weak musicians in this orchestra were taught by her. She is one of the best in the band in terms of the number of instruments she has and her high level of proficiency. She plays the role of half a teacher in the band. 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 figure in the entertainment scene and was the best at discerning 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 "Charm of Youth" again. You should be very familiar with this piece. When playing, pay attention to the rhythm. .Showing 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 has more important work. Arrange music for cultural festival performances. After all, the existing 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, I just felt sore and sore in my back. As a soldier in the garrison camp, he has to be a "musician" for the work, which makes Wang Qisuo very painful. Although his duty this month is only one-third of the usual number, he plays the flute behind closed doors all day long. It's not a pleasant job either.
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 is just a part-time "recreational activist", and he has duties to attend tomorrow morning, so naturally he doesn't need to stay and "extra classes". After handing back the flute, he went to the dressing room and put on his uniform, stretched out a lot, and then hurriedly came out of the yard - he would take the subway back now, and he would be in time for dinner in the cafeteria. The orchestra gave him Meal supplements can save money...
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 go 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 to study in the General Staff Tactics Class for half a year. He is like a rising star of the Fubo Army, and a group of brothers have naturally gathered around him. Although Wang Qisuo was neither a member of the old security regiment nor an old brother in Penglai Water City, he had fought together under Lu Wenyuan, and had gone out in teams for reconnaissance many times, and had had life and death friendships. We often come and go on weekdays. (To be continued...)
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