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Chapter 5 "The End of the World Singer" exploded version (new book for collection recommendation)

""The End of the World"?" Zhao Xingsheng's eyes lit up, if he was not a crayfish but a crab, now his eyes should be stretched out.

"Teacher, you also know "The End of the World"." Wang Haixia looked surprised, "That's right, it's a song from your era, teacher!"

"Not at all!" Zhao Xingsheng waved two big pliers in anger, "I'm only in my early thirties!"

"Is this song older than you?" Wang Haixia looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Zhao Xingsheng turned to look at the screen. This guy is Gu Xiaobai and Fu Wenyao's classmates, right? He is from the 18th class of the Physics Department, I remember it!
See if I'm free to put some shoes on for you!You guys after 00 really don't know how to talk!

"Then, how old is "The End of the World"?" Wang Haixia asked, then lowered his head to search with his phone, glanced at it, and laughed: "Teacher, it's really older than you!"

Zhao Xingsheng felt that he was very self-restrained.

Didn't kill this guy directly.

The song "The End of the World" is really very famous, and it is really very old.

It was born in 1937 and is one of the theme songs of a classic movie "Angel on the Road".

And its songwriter is also famous. The composer is He Luting. He also has a very popular work, which is "Guerrilla Song", which is well known to women and children.

The author of the lyrics is Tian Han.

That's right, it's that Tian Han.

And Zhou Xuan, thanks to this song, became popular all over the Chinese circles in the north and south of the river, both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and the Beiyang, Britain, France, the United States and Japan.

With a golden voice, she is one of the most influential song queens in the history of domestic music, not even one of them.Even Teresa Teng has covered many of her songs.

And such a song, the singers who have sung it are estimated to be more than the number of people in this auditorium.

This song itself is just a folk minor, with a simple melody and not many techniques, so it is easier to add a personal style when you cover it.

In addition to Teresa Teng's cover, there are also Cai Qin's bass version, Zhou Huajian's greasy version, Wu Mochou's coquettish version...

Coincidentally, this song is also a song that Zhao Xingsheng likes very much.

As a historian specializing in the history of music and ancient instruments, he has a natural affinity for songs that have had a huge impact on history.

"Which version are you going to sing?" Zhao Xingsheng suddenly became a little interested.

"Which version?" Gu Xiaobai looked blank. How many versions of a song are there?
Is it the same as the textbook, there is a version taught by people, a version taught by the Soviet Union, and a version by the Normal University?

Looking at Zhao Xingsheng's questioning eyes, Gu Xiaobai replied blankly, "My grandmother's version."

Zhao Xingsheng had a black line on his forehead. He wanted to ask for the version, because he wanted to help Gu Xiaobai prepare the accompaniment. After all, a cappella is too much a test of singing skills, which also means that strangling the cat's meow will be more mournful...

Zhao Xingsheng looked around, the students' hands were ready to go.

Not to applaud, but to block ears.

Zhao Xingsheng raised his hand subconsciously: "Then... let's go on stage and sing."

Fu Wenyao was playing and singing just now, so there is still a wheat stand on the stage, with the microphone stand on it, Qi Xiaobai leaned over beside the wheat stand and looked down.

A group of people are also looking at him, showing nervous smiles.

Wang Haixia raised both hands high, Fu Wenyao hugged his guitar tightly with both hands, Zhao Xingsheng was mute.

"Then I sing?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

do my best.

"Cough cough..." Gu Xiaobai cleared his throat.

Although he was forced to participate in the primary election, Gu Xiaobai has always been serious in his work. As long as he does, he will never escape.

Next to it, the keyboard player had no idea what was going on, only heard a song title, and kindly played a simple prelude to Gu Xiaobai.

“Mi mi sol la la…”

Gu Xiaobai listened to the prelude and recalled the lyrics and tunes.

When the prelude ended, Gu Xiaobai took a breath and sang.

Zhao Xingsheng's eyes lit up, hey, the timing was very accurate, he didn't seem like someone who didn't understand at all.

But when Gu Xiaobai spoke the first note, Zhao Xingsheng froze in his heart.

Turned up high.

This song was originally sung by a female voice, and a female voice is naturally an octave higher than a male voice. The first note of Tianya singer is la (6), which is A4 if it is replaced by a common range of female voices. (Note 1)

How tall is A4?
About as high as playing a handstand on the edge of a three-story building!
The common treble area of ​​domestic male singers is this range.Singing in the original tune, without training, the vocal range of a normal boy is about to be topped when he sings the first sentence.

Zhao Xingsheng groaned in his heart, and suddenly thought of what Wang Haixia described to him, the sound of squeezing a cat to death.

The pitch is so high that I can't sing well, and the vocal cords are squeezed desperately. Isn't that the sound of the cat being squeezed to death?

Zhao Xingsheng's hand had already been raised, and he was about to cover his ears.

But the next moment, he was completely stunned.

Clear, loud, thick and even a relaxed voice came.

"Heaven... Ya~"

That's right, it's A4!

One measure, a simple three-word lyric that goes from A4 to D4, then rises back to A4, is exactly a perfect fifth and sounds very harmonious.

Gu Xiaobai's singing was as simple as eating a side dish, but it couldn't be concealed. The fact that it had entered the male vocal treble area shocked Zhao Xingsheng to the point of staring out his eyes.

It's not surprising that there is such a high pitch in such a range. As I said before, ordinary people can shout up to their voices without training, but the timbre is already appalling. Just sing one sentence is enough to sing out of breath.

Treble and treble are different. If you can have a smooth, high-quality voice and clear articulation in this sound area, you are already a high-pitched master in the traditional sense.

For example, Sun Nan, Han Lei, and Liu Huan are all good at treble, basically in this sound area. The timbre of male voices and the high-pitched tones are enough to make people's heads burst.

Now Zhao Xingsheng's head is about to burst.

It's fried, it's really fried!
With just the first three words, Zhao Xingsheng's thinning hair has already stood up, and the hair is even harder like a hedgehog.

and many more……

In a flash, Zhao Xingsheng suddenly realized something.

The first measure is A4, and the beginning of the next measure is...C5?

The legendary male soprano touchstone...high C?

But he didn't have time to think about it, the shocking C5 treble was already gushing out.

C5, or what is the concept of high C?
C is the 1 of the musical notation, sing do, and C5, it is counted from the left to the right of the piano, the fifth C, which is basically a normal, human category, pop tenor singer who has not broken through the sky, can The highest sound touched.

For example, in the first sentence of Xin Orchestra's "Death to Love", death is E4, and then it is raised by a minor sixth, followed by four consecutive words "everything will be loved", which is a shocking, high-pitched high C!The beginning is the climax!

It can be said that those who can sing high-quality high C are all powerful ones, and they are really powerful ones.

But this is just the beginning for the song "The End of the World Singer"...

Because this is a cover of the original key...and it's a male and female vocal.

(Note 1: This is the pitch representation method of the international standard piano notation, not the big and small characters. Only this pitch representation method appears in this book (occasionally, the frequency will appear directly), and the big and small characters will not appear, so you are familiar with the size. Please convert the words by yourself, thank you!
Note 2: The original singing of "The End of the World" is actually in the key of Bb, that is, B flat, not C, which is half a tone lower than C, which is omitted here for the convenience of writing.

Note 3: The original male voice key covers the female voice song, you can refer to Chen Li's "Flammable and Explosive" cover by Hua Chenyu, with a burst-level high pitch.

Note 4: The background characters and historical figures appearing in this book are all real, and the characters appearing are all fabricated.

Note 5: The basic music theory is explained in Chapter 10... If you want to know, you can read it. As a science student, Uncle Ha understands it in this way. Neither will affect the story. )
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