Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Cover, Harmony Sheet Music
[Chapter 13, Harmony Score]
The fan name, cheering color, and team logo have all been finalized, and they still have a month to concentrate on perfecting the songs and harmonies for the stage performances.
Fang Yinnian took the initiative to ask: "Boss Xu, have we decided on the song we are going to sing?"
Xu Baichuan said, "It's settled. You guys cover Xie Shiqi's song 'Will Not Forget'."
Five people: “…”
Oh shit, a song is coming out after the big hit? This pressure is really huge, isn't it?
Fu Fei couldn't help but say, "Will Xie Shiqi also attend the 10th anniversary concert? Then don't we have to cover her song in front of her? If the original singer is present and we don't sing well, we will be humiliating ourselves!"
Just thinking about this is a nightmare difficulty.
Xu Baichuan smiled and explained, "It's easier to get the copyrights for songs from artists in the same company. Besides, Shiqi has a good temper and her fans are relatively gentle, so covering her songs is the lowest risk. If you cover her songs well, you will be recognized. If you don't cover her songs well, you will get less criticism."
The agent must have considered many factors when choosing songs. A boy can also sing a different feeling when covering a girl's song.
Fang Yinnian is very familiar with this song. He likes it so much that he even set it as his cell phone ringtone. But he never thought that one day he would make his debut by covering his idol's song.
The most familiar song that he can hear every day became his debut song. Perhaps this was destined by fate.
Fang Yinnian secretly made up his mind that Sister Qi would be there on the day of the performance and he must sing well.
Xu Baichuan stood up and said, "I have found a professional nutritionist for you. She will be responsible for preparing three meals a day for you. From tomorrow on, apart from eating, bathing and sleeping, you must spend the rest of your time in the company, breaking this song into pieces and practicing every word."
The five of them looked at each other and nodded in unison.
They currently have no other choice but to practice singing.
The next morning, everyone went to vocal class on time at 8 o'clock. Tan Junwen was still sleepy and followed his teammates with dark circles under his eyes. He yawned all the way, as if he could lie down on the ground and sleep at any time.
Mo Xun asked him: "What time did you go to bed? Why are you so sleepy?"
Tan Junwen sighed: "No matter what time I go to bed, I always feel sleepy if I wake up early. I have been like this since I was a child."
Mo Xun patted his shoulder and said, "Overcome it slowly."
When everyone arrived at the vocal room, Teacher Qiao was already waiting for them.
"Hello, Teacher Qiao." The five people greeted him hurriedly.
"Come, Captain, please pass out the music scores first." Qiao Anhua handed a stack of music scores to Mo Xun.
Mo Xun distributed the music scores to everyone according to their names. Everyone stood in a row, put the scores on the music stand, and looked at them carefully.
This time the music score is very complete and has been re-arranged with a lot of harmonies added. Each person has several pages.
"I have adapted Xie Shiqi's song 'Won't Forget' into a harmony version suitable for you. Let's quickly go through it first. Start from the first page, verse 1, verse 2, chorus... a small section on each page, for easy memorization and rehearsal."
Fu Fei raised his hand and asked, "Teacher Qiao, why is my fifth page only halfway through?"
Qiao Anhua explained, "The fifth page is the chorus with a different pitch. It's an octave higher than the original chorus, with Yinnian singing in real voice and Tang Che singing in falsetto. You three don't have to sing, so half a page of your score is missing."
Fu Fei nodded: "Oh, I see."
Mo Xun took a curious look at Fang Yinnian's score. How high was the level of modification in this section? Don’t the three of them need to sing at all?
After reading it... he fell silent.
When it comes to dancing, Yinnian and Tang Che are the weak points of Mu Tong. But when it comes to singing, the two big vocals are indeed much stronger. Only the two of them could sing such a high note, and Mo Xun felt inferior to him.
Qiao Anhua said: "Let's watch the MV of this song first to understand the story it tells."
She drew the curtains, turned on the classroom projector, and connected it to her mobile phone to play the MV.
Fang Yinnian has watched the MV of this song many times. It has been played tens of millions of times on Bilibili. It is very well shot and tells a story about memories.
Two children from unfortunate families grew up together as childhood sweethearts and accompanied each other through their youth. Their feelings have gone beyond friendship and love, and they are more like family members who rely on and support each other.
Later, one of them died unexpectedly, leaving the other one to live alone.
The MV of this song is warm and sad.
The heartwarming thing is that there is someone by your side through the most difficult times. But the sad thing is that he can only accompany you here and will never appear in your life again.
The MV stars two unknown actors on the 18th-tier who have great acting skills and good looks. The filming style is fresh and natural, with a lot of fragmented silhouettes of their student days. When it was first released online, I heard that it made countless people cry.
Fang Yinnian really likes this kind of song that tells a story.
Compared to yelling and singing without knowing what's going on, music with a clear theme like this can at least touch people's hearts.
The chorus of this song will repeat the theme of "never forget".
The adapted score adds a "varied chorus" and directly raises the pitch by an octave. When Fang Yinnian and Tang Che sing it together, it will present a heart-wrenching sense of sadness of "My loved ones have passed away, and I can only miss them here", pushing the song to a higher climax.
This adaptation is very interesting.
The premise is... that they can sing it.
It is much easier to sing high notes in falsetto than in real voice. The most difficult part of this part is whether Fang Yinnian can hold it.
Fang Yinnian checked the score carefully and thought there should be no problem.
He is very confident.
The MV was over in a few minutes. Teacher Qiao turned off the video, turned on the light and asked, "How do you feel after watching it?"
Fu Fei actively responded: "It was shot in a very fresh style. The whole story was quite touching."
Teacher Qiao smiled and said, "The theme of this song is memories. We will talk about how to control emotions when singing later. Let's divide the parts first and practice the harmony. Let's look at the score."
The five of them looked down at the music score at the same time.
Teacher Qiao said, "For the first verse, Fang Yinnian will sing three sentences alone, followed by two sentences from all of you. Fang Yinnian will then sing the finale."
"I have marked each of your names on the score. If your name is there, you need to speak during this section. If your name is not there, you will rest. Do you understand?"
Fu Fei raised his hand and asked, "In other words, the two lines, 'We watched the dawn together, and walked through the wind and rain together', are the two lines that all of us sang in harmony. The remaining four lines were all sung solo by Brother Nian?"
Teacher Qiao: "That's right. The lead singer for the second verse was changed to Tang Che. He also sang four lines, and everyone else sang along with two lines."
This distribution method is completely different from the singing style of other boy bands where you take a section and I take a section. This is equivalent to Fang Yinnian and Tang Che controlling the situation, while the others play supporting and harmony roles.
Teacher Qiao continued, "Starting from the chorus on page three, there will be a lot of duets, so read it carefully."
Everyone was having a headache looking at the five different music scores.
The harmony is extremely difficult to sing. Everyone has a different score, with many transitions and ups and downs. They have to eliminate interference from their teammates and sing their own parts well, which requires a lot of coordinated practice.
The distribution of parts among the five people is also seriously unbalanced.
After going through it once, Qiao Anhua asked, "Do you have any objections to the distribution of the entire song?"
No one spoke.
Qiao Anhua said: "In other groups, fans will count how much each person sings by the second, and the singing must be distributed evenly. We are a music group, similar to a small choir, and in this team, everyone has their own role. As long as the harmony sounds good, don't mind who sings more and who sings less."
Everyone understands the truth.
But who is born to be a supporting role?
Xiaofei is happy no matter what he sings.
However, neither Mo Xun's dancing expertise nor Tan Junwen's rap expertise can be fully realized in this song.
Fang Yinnian looked back at Mo Xun worriedly.
Unexpectedly, Mo Xun spoke first: "Just divide it like this, I have no objection."
Others followed suit and said, “No problem.”
Teacher Qiao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, then let's start practicing from the first sentence and set the tone for Yinnian."
Fang Yinnian's pitch is very accurate. As soon as Teacher Qiao raised his baton, his gentle and clear voice immediately rang in my ears.
He sang the first three sentences solo, and then everyone sang in harmony.
Tang Che was relatively steady and sang his part correctly. Tan Junwen simply couldn't keep up and was a beat late.
Teacher Qiao interrupted everyone and said, "Junwen, are you still dozing off with your eyes squinted?"
Tan Junwen rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "Teacher, how should I sing this note? I don't understand the changes in the score."
Everyone: “…”
Among the five, Fang Yinnian has the most solid vocal foundation, Mo Xun and Fu Fei have also been trainees for many years, Tang Che is proficient in several musical instruments, and only Tan Junwen sings rap.
He has not studied vocal music professionally, so his foundation is not very good. He cannot fully understand difficult musical notations.
Teacher Qiao was helpless: "I can't handle correcting all five of you at the same time, and it will slow down the pace. Yinnian, you and Mo Xun go to the piano room on the other side of the corridor, and practice the duet harmony first. Tang Che and Fu Fei go to another soundproof room and practice the duet harmony as well. I will focus on Junwen today and help him follow the score from the beginning."
Tan Junwen said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, teacher."
The other four people turned around and left the vocal class, and Teacher Qiao began to correct Tan Junwen note by note.
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Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun came to the piano room. He sat in front of the piano and asked softly, "Mo Xun, can you play the piano?"
Mo Xun smiled and said, "No, I only learned the guitar."
Fang Yinnian: "Then give me the score, I'll play your part, and we can get the pitch right."
Mo Xun placed his music score in front of him. Fang Yinnian looked through it and began to play the keys with his slender fingers.
A smooth melody flowed out from his fingertips, which was exactly the harmony part of the music that Mo Xun was going to sing.
There weren't many duets between them, so Fang Yinnian finished playing quickly. Mo Xun couldn't help but frown and said, "There are several very low turns in this section, which is a bit difficult to sing."
Fang Yinnian suggested: "Why don't we try it together first?"
He handed the score back to Mo Xun.
The two began to practice harmony, and Fang Yinnian played the piano to help Mo Xun find the tune.
Their voices, one deep and hoarse, the other clear and full, when combined together, one dark and one bright, are very nice to listen to.
No wonder the teacher arranged for a duet harmony singing. Mo Xun's voice can make Fang Yinnian's voice more vivid.
Mo Xun said admiringly: "You played every note correctly. I changed the score so much, did you remember it after reading it once?"
Fang Yinnian smiled and said, "I have been learning piano since elementary school. Besides, our harmony part only has four sentences in total, which is easy to remember."
Mo Xun: “…”
It's just easy for you to remember.
Others have to recite it several times.
Mo Xun hadn't sung a few turns well just now. Fang Yinnian picked out those notes separately, played them carefully twice, and corrected them earnestly: "Try to press down a little more when you make the sound here, control your breath well when you make the turns, and sing along with my piano?"
"Okay, come on."
Fang Yinian started to play Mo Xun's music, and Mo Xun sang along with him.
It is indeed much easier with a piano tuning.
Mo Xun’s years as a trainee were not in vain. He had a solid vocal foundation and quickly caught up with Fang Yinnian’s rhythm.
This is the scene Xu Baichuan saw when he passed by the piano room:
The morning sunlight poured into the house through the window, shining right next to the piano. Fang Yinnian's whole body was bathed in the warm light, and his entire body seemed to be covered with a layer of soft golden light.
While he was playing the piano keys carefully, he was also helping Mo Xun check the pitch. Mo Xun stood beside him, supporting the piano with one hand and holding the music score with the other, humming along with the melody played by Fang Yinnian.
The scene of two people, one sitting and the other standing, playing the guitar and singing, is so beautiful that one can't wait to take a picture to keep it as a souvenir.
Fang Yinnian plays the piano really well...
Xu Baichuan suddenly had an idea, and he pushed the door open and said, "Yinnian, I remember you learned piano for more than ten years, right?"
The two people who were interrupted were stunned and looked back at the same time.
Fang Yinnian stopped playing and said, "Yes, Mr. Xu, I started learning piano when I was 4 years old."
Xu Baichuan asked: "Do you want to try playing and singing this song?"
Fang Yinnian asked in confusion: "Playing the piano and singing? Do you mean that I should play the piano accompaniment at the concert?"
Xu Baichuan smiled and said, "That's right. It's too monotonous for the five of you to stand in a row and just sing. Why don't you sit in the middle and play the piano, and the four teammates gather around your piano and sing the harmony together. Let's do it once, a unique one in the history of domestic entertainment - debuting by playing the piano and singing!"
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