I only heard these few words.
Su Siyu was moved on the spot: "Three ancient and three new ways of writing? Teacher Lu Chen, what does it mean specifically?"
Lu Chen: "The so-called three ancients refer to ancient poetry, ancient culture, and ancient melodies; the three new refer to new singing methods, new arrangements, and new concepts. To put it simply, it means filling in lyrics with classical cultural connotations, combining them with new-style arrangements, emphasizing vocal singing methods and stage performance, in order to achieve a new national style that combines historical nostalgia with the spirit of the times."
Su Siyu's heart thumped.
It was as if the deepest ocean in the heart was suddenly stirred up by Lu Chen's casual suggestion.
Ancient poetry, ancient culture, and ancient melodies;
New singing method, new arrangement, new concept!
These are just eighteen words.
But there is an infinite magic.
Just like in the fairy tale novels, the immortal wields a sword and opens the gate of heaven!
It broke open a whole new door in her inherent ideas!
For a moment, Su Siyu was so shocked that she was speechless.
These eighteen words kept repeating in my mind.
Like the morning bell and evening drum.
Lu Chen wasn't surprised when he saw her surprised expression.
After all, these eighteen words are the essence of opening an era.
Su Siyu, a young queen of traditional Chinese style, would look abnormal without this expression.
He paused and continued, "So I am also thinking and exploring the writing of the new national style. Moonlight is an attempt. Like General and Chaos in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is similar. Anyway, I have tried every road I have ever walked before, and maybe it will work. However, after all these attempts, I still think that following the five-tone scale of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu may be the best way. I don't think it is realistic to realize the new national style through rap."
Su Siyu couldn't imagine that Lu Chen's ambition had reached this level.
What he considered were all contemporary things? ! "Teacher Lu Chen, can you elaborate on this?"
Su Siyu's heartbeat had reached its peak at this moment.
It seemed as if every word spoken required several or even dozens of times the usual amount of effort.
Lu Chen took a sip of tea and said: “To elaborate, there is actually nothing much to say. If a song really needs to be divided, it has four parts, or three plus one: music, arrangement, lyrics, and singing skills.
I have already talked about the arrangement. I think the new national style can try to integrate Chinese and Western elements to create a different arrangement effect.
Similarly, the melody of the song also needs to be further expanded on the traditional pentatonic scale.
In fact, for me, the most difficult part of the new national style is not the arrangement or the music, but the lyrics.
We need to use ancient poetry and culture to create new concepts.
This brings us to the most elusive, but also the most important thing - artistic conception! Take my Chinese style songs for example.
Which song has the best artistic conception? — "The Hard Sutra to Read".
But this song still uses ancient melody, ancient arrangement, ancient concepts, and takes Zen principles as the key point.
Strictly speaking, it is not a new national style song.
"Moonlight" is the first song I tried in the new ancient style.
Including the arrangement and singing style, I think it is successful.
But in terms of lyrics, there is still some distance compared to "The Hard-to-Recite Sutra".
The same is true for "Tea Brewed by Grandpa".
Taking Lu Yu, the Tea Saint, as the starting point, it tells a story that is close to family affection.
What we are playing with is a new concept.
The same is true for "The General".
Use chess to express personal attitudes.
So, let’s just try it.”
Su Siyu was extremely shocked.
She always thought that Lu Chen was just releasing some new songs casually.
But I didn’t expect that behind each of these songs there was such a deep and complex logical chain.
Take a deep breath.
She suppressed her surging emotions and continued to ask, "Ancient poetry, ancient culture, ancient music arrangement, new concepts, new music arrangement, I have a general understanding, Mr. Lu Chen. What do you mean by the new singing method?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "You have already tried it, haven't you? The chorus of your masterpiece uses the singing style of Huangmei Opera, combining drama and pop music. Isn't this a new singing style?"
Su Siyu was stunned, feeling flattered by the compliment: "I just came up with this idea on impulse, I thought it might be interesting. In fact, after this segment came out, it received mixed reviews. Many senior people in the industry thought that what I did was a bit half-Chinese, as if I was forcing two incompatible music together.
I was still dissatisfied at that time.
But now after listening to what you said about the three ancients and three news, I realized that at most I had achieved a new way of singing.
As for the rest, if you don’t tell me, I don’t even have any idea about it.”
Lu Chen: "Don't always care about the opinions of those seniors. They are not the truth. Even if they are the truth, the greatest significance of truth is to be questioned."
If someone else said this, Su Siyu would just listen.
But when Lu Chen said it now, he could feel a powerful aura coming towards him.
Because everything Lu Chen has done recently has been putting this sentence into practice!
Su Siyu asked cautiously, eager to try: "Teacher Lu Chen, do you already have a new Chinese style song?"
Since the theory of national style has been summarized.
She had no reason not to believe that Lu Chen would have no food in his stomach.
Lu Chen was stunned when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "Well... keep it a secret."
Su Siyu's heart trembled. Not denying it would be a disguised admission.
Could it be that Lu Chen really wrote a new work that conforms to the "Three Ancients and Three New"? !
At this moment, Su Siyu only wanted to gain one superpower: mind reading.
She tried to calm herself down.
The brainstorming never stopped.
Sudden!
She seemed to have thought of something and her brows furrowed slightly.
"Teacher Lu Chen, but... Chinese style songs are easy to sing, this is a problem."
“Are Chinese-style songs easy to sing?”
Su Siyu nodded: "Of course, when I say easy to sing, I mean for those big-name singers, your variety show is about to start. I believe there will be some great singers participating in the future.
Let me put it bluntly.
For them, they are very good at Chinese style and folk songs. "
…
There are more than thousands of singers in the domestic entertainment industry.
But how many people can cross the line?
At present, there are only thirty or forty at most.
What do first-tier singers represent? Ding Shengtai made a few comments before, and Su Siyu agreed with them.
The first-line is itself a synonym for strength!
Both his singing skills and his works have been fully recognized by the market.
And these people are the ones who are still standing at the top after years of accumulation.
Even someone as strong as Lu Chen only made a big splash after twelve years of experience.
Crossed the threshold of the first line!
Promoted to a top-tier singer!
It is conceivable how terrifying the strength of this group of people is.
It just so happens that traditional Chinese style is the specialty of these people.
Because Chinese folk music itself is one of the compulsory professional courses in music.
Considering the variety show "Give You the Microphone".
If Lu Chen releases new songs in the future, they will be about traditional Chinese style.
Isn't this exactly what these people want?
This made Su Siyu vaguely worried.
…
"You said Chinese folk songs are easy to sing? Then is Moonlight easy to sing?"
Lu Chen laughed.
"this……"
Su Siyu was speechless, but "Moonlight" was an exception after all. It's impossible for every song to have crazy tonal changes like "Moonlight", right?
She was too embarrassed to speak out her true feelings.
Lu Chen had already guessed her thoughts, and poured tea calmly, saying, "If I say that Chinese style is harder to sing than rap, would you believe it?"
Su Siyu was shocked and moved.
Lu Chen smiled slightly, but said no more.
I have said enough. As for how much she can understand, it depends on Su Siyu's own luck.
“Boom boom boom!”
At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
The door opened and a pretty little face poked its head in.
"Brother Lu."
"Susu, are you back from the location shooting?"
"Well, I just came back and met Director Feng on the way. He said you were looking for me two days ago, so... I came here."
I saw other people in the office.
Su Su was stunned at first, then saw Su Siyu's face clearly.
That expression instantly changed.
"Su...Su Siyu?!!!"
"Hello."
Su Siyu greeted him.
"Sorry, Brother Lu, I didn't know you had a guest. I'll leave first."
Having said that, Su Su was about to close the door.
"Hey, wait, come in, we've almost finished talking."
Lu Chen waved.
Only then did Su Su walk into the office embarrassedly.
"I promised you last time that I would write you a song. I don't like to owe you a favor. I'll help you write the song today."
Su Siyu originally wanted to leave first.
Hearing this, the movement of standing up that had just begun stopped immediately.
Writing songs on the spot!? Is this really the time to see a "miracle" face to face?
"Teacher Lu Chen, then I..."
"Convenient, no problem."
Lu Chen waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to avoid it.
Anyway, there is nothing wrong with just looking at the music score.
Besides, he is a big star, would he plagiarize the work of a newcomer?
And Su Su became even more excited immediately.
"What kind of song do you want to write? A love song? Or something else?"
"It's all right, Brother Lu. Whatever you write is fine! It will definitely sound good."
"That's fine."
Lu Chen paused, and suddenly said inexplicably: "Then relax your voice, don't tense it, and let your original voice show through. Only the voice that best suits you can be used to write the most suitable song. You are a newcomer, and your first song is very important!"
As soon as these words came out.
Su Siyu was puzzled.
But Susu's expression froze on her face instantly.
He looked at Lu Chen in disbelief: "Brother Lu, did you...hear it?"
Lu Chen pointed to his ears and said, "I have absolute pitch."
(End of this chapter)