Li Yuanjie may have to sing a song "Leaving People Sad" to himself this time, but why are many people calling for the more real Brilliance Chenyu?
First, let's briefly introduce the scene of today's "4536251" music theory class.
Last summer, the second season of Mao's "Children of Tomorrow", which became popular, came several heavyweights in the new issue, including "Guo Degang of the Folk Circle" Xiaoyue Boss, "Little Prince of National Wind And Sound" Xu Mengyuan and Li Yuanjie, the original singer of the Network Divine Comedy "Leaving People Worried".
Star push officer Hua Chenyu tested Li Yuanjie on the spot, hoping that he could play a chord improvisation other than "4536251", and as a result, Li Yuanjie said with a confused face that I really did not know this.
Hua Chenyu commented to him: "You should learn the most basic knowledge of music theory, as a creator, it is terrible not to know what you are writing, you will mislead the audience." Although the tone does not sound very heavy, it is actually very harsh.
The first season of Zhonghua Chenyu was known for its ruthless and harsh evaluation of the contestants, but why did the topic explode this time?
Because the controversy suddenly caused netizens to pay attention to a common sense problem of music: can a famous Internet singer who already has his own Internet Divine Comedy not even understand the basic music theory?
There is also an interesting epoch-making controversy in the entertainment industry: whether newly rising high-popular singers, when their music is still not recognized by the whole people, are eligible to call for common sense in large-scale variety shows?
Let's summarize these controversies into two simple questions: First, is it reasonable for Brilliance Yu to be afraid of Li Yuanjie? Second, are Brilliance Chenyu qualified to intimidate Li Yuanjie?
Brilliance Yu Li Yuan Jie was praised? He commented on how the folk god had shocked He Jiong into an emoji
Back to the scene of the story, you will find that the most interesting part of the scene is that in fact, the review of this issue of Brilliance Chenyu is very controversial, definitely not one-sided praise, but because of the comments on different players, it has obtained completely different on-site and online reviews.
First of all, his comment on Li Yuanjie, which seems to be easy to cause controversy, is actually the least controversial.
Because Li Yuanjie's on-site performance is indeed too embarrassing.
Let's recreate the awkward scene.
When Hua Chenyu commented on Li Yuanjie, he said that you (Li Yuanjie) have been emphasizing the national style, I also understand the national style, even if it is a rapper who has not yet played, I believe that everyone should like the Chinese style. It's a musical idea, and I think what needs to be done is innovation.
Hua Chenyu said, "I want to test you, I want you to be improvised, so I give you a chorus, you play, and then you sing." ”
The following sentence that really crushed Li Yuanjie - "You are playing the D tune now, right?" You don't play 4536251, you change the way you play, you play level six. ”
Li Yuanjie's answer was very embarrassing: ... Is it the kind of chord selection conversion? I really don't know about this.
Hua Chenyu had to say: "Okay, then I think you should study it." Because as a creator, music theory knowledge is very important, otherwise you make something you don't know what you're writing, which is terrible.
At this point, Li Yuan Jie was a little confused.
He began to make a defense for himself, but unfortunately said that the rappers of the beauty track were poppers, and then the rappers on the scene instantly burst into flames and collectively opened up, and a sound of "rapper, rapper" corrected Li Yuanjie's pronunciation.
As a result, Yang Mi's comments lit up, saying more wrong, or don't talk.
Li Yuchun's comments were even more severe, saying that Li Yuan Jie didn't even know much about the basic music theory knowledge and how to write songs.
Finally, Hua Chenyu summed it up, saying that even if you don't understand the basic music theory knowledge, don't flaunt the original, which will affect the audience.
It should be said that the scene situation is actually very obvious, that is, the diss sound, and Brilliance Chenyu actually only said the opinions he should express very objectively, and what he said was still very reasonable, so this part is actually very good for Brilliance.
So what's the really controversial part?
It should be the review of the part of the elimination of Xiaoyue boss.
First, let's introduce who Xiaoyue's boss is.
The name of the jianghu is the "Guo Degang" of the folk music industry, when most folk singers are still inseparable from the music of "girl", "far away" and "quiet years", he will use his unique opera singing method and melody to humorously integrate opera and ancient style elements into his music, get rid of the previous feeling of listening to folk songs, and is really a very breakthrough musician.
This time, he came to "Children of Tomorrow" with his original work "Hello Ex", which had triggered high expectations on the Internet before.
And the live song is sung, but also the rhythm of the scene has turned to powder, even the star push officer Wu Qingfeng is a good praise.
As a result, when Hua Chenyu commented, what he said was: "In my eyes, this is the music of 20 years ago. ”
The memes that He Jiong contributed on the spot are like this.
Therefore, the online review of Brilliance Chenyu's review is actually split, Li Yuanjie's comment part is certainly a good one, but the part of Xiaoyue's boss is a piece of controversy, so how should we look at Brilliance Chenyu's review?
What exactly is "4536251"? Why do you want to applaud Brilliance Chenyu's more real this time?
First, explain a professional problem, that is, what li Yuanjie's "4536251" and the sixth level are talking about on the spot.
This "4536251" that makes many viewers listen to it and look confused actually refers to the 4536251 chord technique, which occupies half of the ancient wind circle, Jay Chou's "blue and white porcelain" is the standard "4536251", but not only the ancient style uses "4536251", such as Liang Jingru's "Unfortunately Not You", Zhang Xinzhe's "Love Like a Tide" are "4536251".
So why did Hua Chenyu let Li Yuan Jie not "4536251"?
Because "4536251" is like a melody of the golden oil mode, it is easy to cause the overlapping and repetition of the melody, including many ancient songs at the moment, in fact, there are many melodic repetitions, Hua Chenyu asked Li Yuan Jie to play the sixth level, that is, let him jump out of the traditional melody mode, improvise and sing out of some new meanings.
Unfortunately, Li Yuan Jie had no idea what Hua Chenyu was talking about.
So is Brilliance Chenyu's criticism of Li Yuanjie correct? It should be said that every sentence is very correct, and the most wonderful thing is that it is directly dissed to the idea: music theory knowledge is very important, do not arbitrarily flaunt originality, and even genius people need a foundation.
In fact, this passage can not only be said to Li Yuanjie, but also to the entire Chinese pop music scene.
How many so-called original singers who are currently sought after on various platforms such as Douyin are not even clear about "4536251"? I'm afraid there will be a lot of them.
In an environment where traffic is king, although new singers put their dreams on their lips, how many people care about basic things such as music theory and music professionalism? If it were not for Brilliance Chenyu pointing out the problem in the program, I am afraid that many people would have forgotten.
So is Brilliance Chenyu himself qualified to say this? There should be.
We all know that Brilliance Chenyu debuted with the talent show "Happy Boys", and directly signed a large company after the end of the competition.
But in fact, Hua Chenyu's musical foundation should be relatively solid in the new generation of singers, he studied at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music before participating in the draft, and only came out to fight in the jianghu after the music foundation was solidified.
Judging from his later musical performance, whether you agree with his musical style or not, you can see that he is a singer who has ideas about music and is very strict with himself.
Including his comments as a mentor, he often hits the point and reviews in the field of music, so it should be convincing for him to say these words, plus the words he says are reasonable, with Li Yuanjie's chaotic performance on the spot, who is reasonable at a glance.
Therefore, his comments on Li Yuanjie are not only uncontroversial, but can even be said to be full marks.
But what about the comments on Xiaoyue's boss? Not necessarily. The questions of many netizens who are upset about Xiaoyue's boss have also raised another question: Is Hua Chenyu qualified to comment on such a "material" singer as Xiaoyue's boss?
There is nothing wrong with Hua Chenyu criticizing Li Yuanjie, but is a popular singer qualified to become a new generation of music mentors? I was confused again
In the final analysis, netizens' evaluations of Hua Chenyu's comments on Li Yuanjie and Xiaoyue's boss are completely different, and they are also related to the wind reviews of the two singers.
Li Yuanjie's famous work "Leaving People Sad" was earlier suspected of plagiarizing Jay Chou's "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold", "Red Dust Inn" and Ren Ran's "Listening to the Rain at Night in a Small Building Outside the Mountain". So as soon as Brilliance Chenyu's comments came out, it was easy to encounter the serial collapse of word of mouth.
However, Boss Xiaoyue has always been a musician recognized by the folk music industry as having a certain degree of musical creativity and originality, so Brilliance Chenyu's musical comments on such a musician are a bit contemptuous.
But this raises another string of questions: what are the criteria for music judging in online music talent shows like "Children of Tomorrow"? The elimination of singers like Boss Xiaoyue is the strategy of the program group, or the result of real choice? If the result is true, is it reasonable?
I think so much of the potential controversy stems from a central problem: the loss of the criteria for judging Chinese pop music.
The format of "Children of Tomorrow" is a "variety show transformation" based on the rules of the online variety game.
The program invited Li Yuchun, Wu Qingfeng and Hua Chenyu to serve as star push officials, Yang Mi as the label star push officer, He Jiong as the general director of the scene, and Mao Buyi, who came out of the show, as the host.
The show claims to launch future-oriented musicians, but what kind of musicians belong to the children of tomorrow in the future?
In fact, there is no standard, if there is a standard, it is the standard of the star push officials, and it is also the standard of Li Yuchun, Wu Qingfeng, and Hua Chenyu.
So the question is, now the word pick is so red, the children of tomorrow are based on this logic, but where are the qualifications of several star pushers?
Traffic, of course.
From the perspective of coffee seats, Li Yuchun, Wu Qingfeng and Hua Chenyu are of course qualified to sit in that position, but the complexity of the problem is that when the Chinese pop music industry shrinks as a whole, the pop music market actually becomes a niche market, even if Li Yuchun, Wu Qingfeng, and Hua Chenyu are the current traffic guarantees, it does not mean that they can be recognized by the public in a broad sense, like Jacky Cheung's generation of pop singers.
The design of the online music variety show is very clear: the strength is for your reference, and the "life and death" is decided by you.
So netizens are fully qualified to object, because this is not the standard with which I agree.
Therefore, whether it is "Children of Tomorrow" or other network talent shows, what is visible to the naked eye is the competition of real knives and real guns, but behind it are new rules of the game. Because the traditional pop music industry does not work on seniority, now there is no longer a unified standard for evaluating who is a few-line singers, so what about the unified standard of music?
Of course, seeing Brilliance Chenyu seriously talk about the basics of music theory in an online variety show, and seeing Li Yuchun frowning seriously, I still feel a little pleasing to the eye.
But in addition to being moved, I still feel sorry for the current Chinese music scene, you may say, a variety show, what is there to be serious about, but when the entire Chinese entertainment industry can provide the best battlefield for musicians, only the major variety show scenes, can it still be said so easily?
The result of the draft battle under the lack of standards is that the audience has no idea what will appear next, what logic to unfold, how the program is going, and it all depends on the choice of the traffic singers.
In an era when a D-key six-level chord is Bm, a musician who does not understand basic music theory, can write blockbuster songs, who should become the children of tomorrow of Chinese music, I seem to be confused again.
Although the order of Chinese pop music has been disrupted by the traffic era, and the traditional set of rules has gradually become a very old-fashioned existence, it is still very touching to see that in the era when traffic is king, there are still people who seriously talk about the reverence for music and talk about "4536251".
So Brilliance Yu intimidated Li Yuan Jie too harshly? I still don't like Brilliance's music, but this more authentic attitude towards music is worth a standing ovation!
At least Hua Chenyu, who was pushed by the traffic to the mentor's position, also knows and cares about what the "4536251" is, what the sixth chord in D tone is, this matter is a fortunate thing in the Chinese music scene after all.