Few musicians "disappear" when they are on the rise, and Guo Ding is the maverick one.
Prior to that he released two albums, his first self-titled album in 2005, Guo Ding D.Kwok., when he was only 20 years old.
In 2009, he released his second album "Weiwei", which was quite well received. But since then he has rarely appeared on screen and in the public eye...
In that era when there was no chart, the song "The Two of Us" had a good number of plays and reviews.
"There is no flowery packaging, only sincere music; no moving words, only plain language."
As Guo Ding wrote on the album introduction, he is the one who dedicates a piece of sincerity only to music.
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Guo Ding was born in a musical family, and when he was a child, he was influenced by the atmosphere of the environment and fell in love with music.
He later graduated from the Beijing Contemporary Conservatory of Music and released his first self-titled album. His outstanding musical talent and young age earned him the title of "Musical Playboy".
When he first entered the music scene, he emerged and was unanimously optimistic inside and outside the circle. But Guo Ding did not compete, he walked on his own musical path with a self-consistent rhythm.
Four years later, Guo Ding's second album "Weiwei" was released. In 2009, the album quickly captured the ears of young people and spread on the Internet.
In fact, "Weiwei" does not have deliberate operation and publicity.
In the era when the Internet has not yet developed rapidly, it has received tens of thousands of Douban praises through mutual recommendation by music fans, which is the embodiment of strength.
And this "The Two of Us" on the album, the popularity occupies the top spot. It uses the style of literature and art to attract every Heart of Wenqing.
The lyrics of this song are euphemistic and delicate, with slightly prose poetic brushstrokes, which vividly and three-dimensionally depict the subtle changes between lovers.
Guo Ding's grasp of musical emotion is also very precise, and when interpreting this song, his slightly sad tone can bring imaginary blank space to the audience.
Gently telling, faintly wandering, the emotional level is gradual, Guo Ding's voice is thick and light, and in the story he sings, we seem to see our own shadow.
At that time, "The Two of Us" sang into the hearts of many people. However, in recent years, the song has been revived several times, especially on short video platforms.
The collection of QQ music also exceeds one million, which can be seen in the public popularity.
Although 13 years have passed since its release, it may have become a trend again, which proves that it is still popular and still conforms to the public aesthetic after a long time.
Such a masterpiece, the popularity of singing is also quite high. But for this song, the most important thing to sing it well is to grasp the essence of beauty.
So, today's lesson Teacher Wang will teach everyone how to sing "The Two of Us".
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Guo Ding's music is very textured and the sound is very charming.
And this song "The Two of Us", the melody is also chic and beautiful. The overall rhythm and rhythm are very comfortable.
First of all, we can listen to the original song and find the rhythm type of the song.
【Rhythm】
The song has no prelude and is sung directly.
The tempo type is: 1 2 3 4, which is a 44-beat song.
According to the method of beating the beat, we can know that the rhythmic strong tone falls on the 24 beats.
Moreover, this song is the rhythm law of "weak strong weak strong". His rhythmic strong tone turned 24 beats into a "weak strong" feeling.
This rhythm type, also R&B, Hiphop, rock, often uses 24 beats as a rhythmic strong singing method.
So if he starts from the second half, the second beat is a strong tone.
The following is marked in red, which is the accented part of the song.
Nowadays, there are also many songs that use this way of singing, which sounds full of charm.
Therefore, when we sing, if we want to make the overall emotion more abundant, we must focus on mastering the accented part.
【Biting word rhyme】
The bite of the whole song is not particularly long, and like the narrative, this sense of talk is very strong.
So, in the process of singing, the tail note should be slightly shorter.
The connection between words and words cannot be delayed, but must be crisp and clean.
The bite words are clear and neat, so the emotion is also very direct.
Many students have learned some singing methods, or students who think that singing needs to be straight and round, they have to change their minds when singing this song.
Because it is too positive and round, it will make the literary nature of this song less.
Therefore, Teacher Wang taught everyone a "bite in front of the mouth" way of biting words, so that the bite words sound more uniform.
First, we're going to pronounce a "v" sound.
The feeling at this time is that the sound is thrown on the lips and in front of the person, but it does not have to be too high.
Breathe forward through a natural breath, then increase the feeling of resonance and make a "v" sound.
Throughout the process, we can increase or decrease the volume while making a "v" sound.
Once we find such a sound, we can bring it into the melody, that is, sing the lyrics part as a "v" sound.
In this process, we have to control the timbre, volume, and sense of position, on a line.
Next, keep the sound position of the "v" and use this template to incorporate the lyrics.
Note: During the singing process, we also need to unify the timbre to the "lips, front of the person" sound position point.
【Orthodalic feeling】
For the whole song, the main song and the chorus part, we can all use the above "v" word vocal method, gradually practice and sing.
The main song and chorus can naturally be output with the same timbre.
You will find that throwing a timbre in front of a person makes the timbre sound more magnetic.
The reason is that the sound density has increased. However, this does not mean that the resonance is greater.
The chorus of this song is actually different from other songs. For many pop choruses, the range span will be relatively large.
But this is not the case with the song, the tone is not high, and it is gradual, the span is not large, and the emotional advancement is very natural.
Therefore, when interpreting this song, it is especially important to pay attention to the unity of the timbre.
Teacher Wang made a content sorting out of the points, lines and surfaces for the song "The Two of Us", as well as demonstration singing, I believe that everyone has gained something.
Then, in their spare time, you can also listen to Guo Ding's other works to feel the sincerity and romance in his music.
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Nowadays, when searching for Guo Ding on various platforms, there are not many entries about him. But the heat is not linked to talent, and Guo Ding's creativity in music is intuitive.
Low-key, introverted, and only focused on music creation, is Guo Ding's habitual style.
In fact, he had the opportunity to publicize himself to everyone early on, but at these nodes, he made very different choices from many people.
In the early days of breaking into the music scene, as well as the release of his second album four years later, Guo Ding provided an opportunity to expose. But he chose to go behind the scenes.
Moreover, this "disappearance" is seven years long. Fading out of the public's vision and going behind the scenes, the creation of music has never stopped.
In the past seven years, Guo Ding has created "Children", "Whether There is" and "Trend Season" for Xue Zhiqian...
Composed music for Zhou Bichang's "Close Friend", produced "How to Sing Love Songs" for Liu Xijun, "What Will We Do Later", "When I Am Empty Around" and many other songs.
In May 2016, with "When I Am Empty Around", he won the 2015 MusicRadio China TOP Music Festival as the Best Producer of the Year in Mainland China.
And when he returned with his new work, although the music world has long been changing with each passing day, it still stirred up waves, and the work itself gave people a surprise.
"The Execution Cycle of the Flying Machine" is an album full of sci-fi, space elements, from psychedelic rock, Soul to Blues to Funk, Guo Ding played with these musical elements.
However, I thought that there were only a few fans left in these years, but I unexpectedly set off waves, and won 5 nominations for the "28th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards" with a strong "dark horse" posture.
Until now, he has appeared from time to time, but every time he can meet the cheers of the fans.
In fact, these are still due to his chic musical works.
So, which of Guo Ding's songs do you like the most? And have you learned today's song "The Two of Us"?