In the music industry, there is a musical instrument, and he can be called a hooligan in the music instrument industry - on any occasion, in any band, as long as the band has a suona, then once the suona is blown, his voice can crush the audience, firmly occupy the core C position, and become a solo stage. Especially when the suona representing Chinese folk music and the violin and string groups and trumpets of Western symphony are on the same stage, you will find that no matter how good the violin is, the trumpet played by the same solo solo cannot escape the crushing of the aura of suona.
Then why does suona have such a powerful and unreasonable instrument effect? Why is it that the trumpet, which is the same solo call to play instrument as suona, does not? Today, from a professional point of view, I have broken it up, and the answer is as follows:
1: The timbre of suona is the underlying structure of all musical instruments in the timbre overtone column: there is no instrument with the highest proportion of high-frequency overtones and the largest loudness. The high proportion of high-frequency overtones is the underlying reason for the incomparable penetration of the sharp timbre. Positioned as: solo instrument;
2: The vocal range of suona is A4-B6, five groups and six groups of treble, which belongs to the ultra-high instrument, and is positioned as the ceiling vocal range of the flowery soprano, and the lowest sound belongs to the treble. This range is very high, very high, and the higher the range, the more catchy it is.
3: The loudness of suona belongs to the loudspeaker amplification instrument, and the amplification effect of the sound degree is very high, which exceeds the resonance and percussion class Western common musical instruments. It can even be said that the amplification effect of suona can be regarded as the most noisy music instrument.
4: The performance technique of suona is much higher than that of the trumpet in Western instruments, which is also a soprano solo wind music. The mouthpiece of the suona is a reed and has toughness, while the suona rod has a perfect decorative sound effect. The mouthpiece of the trumpet is fixed in metal, and there is very little skill in playing, and the main thing is stability. To put it simply: suona wind SAO, the trumpet is steady.
These four points: sharp timbre, super high vocal range, loud noise, technical style SAO, which is combined, suona is a musical instrument hooligan, he has noisy, sharp, harsh, but full of perfect ear-catching attributes. As long as the suona sounds, our human ears will involuntarily listen passively, and the sense of hearing will be pulled away by the suona. There is no way, because the underlying musical attribute of suona is almost designed to pull away the concentration of hearing.
The so-called representative of Chinese folk music in suona also expresses the characteristics of our oriental folk music: loudness, more emphasis on treble, high individual technique, strong national color, lively, whether it is gongs, drums, cymbals or suona, are all lively attributes of this loudness and volume. Western court music is the opposite: the overall loudness is smaller, the bass is more important, the scale is larger, more subtle, and the venue is more demanding. The following is a specific popular science explanation of the four points of suona:
1: The timbre of suona is sharp because it is the instrument with the fullest high-frequency overtones in the overtone column;
Timbre is a very important attribute of sound. So what is timbre absolutely? On a physical level, the underlying determinant of timbre is: the proportion of overtones of the voice. The reason for this answer is that the EQ dynamics in the arranging host software, simply put: why can the computer produce any kind of sound, or how can the computer complete the recording and storage of timbre? The details are as follows:
If we take the piano and acoustic guitar as examples, we can clearly see the audio detail of the two instruments emitting the same pitch. Between the two sound waves, we will find the following information:
- 1: The first maximum and highest peak is the pitch and the largest timbre component that our human ears hear. Hypothetically: 122 Hz;
- 2: The second, slightly smaller peak, which is 2 times the first 122 Hz pitch peak, which is the second overtone column.
- 3: The third peak, which is closer to the second overtone column, is the third overtone column. And so on, you can push to dozens of overtone columns, and even higher.
Then, we will find that the overtone sequence performance is different for different instruments, and when we increase and decrease the harmonic sequence through the effect, the timbre will change dramatically. The host software of electronic information or arrangement, the underlying logic of restoring the recorded timbre is also to record the sonic overtone sequence information of each instrument.
Based on the study of overtones, we can obtain the following information:
- The richer the low frequencies of the instrument overtone train, the deeper the timbre and the greater the pressure of the bass.
- The richer the high frequencies of the instrument overtone column, the sharper the timbre and the more harsh the treble.
The overtone column of the suona instrument, the richness of the high frequencies is almost full, which means that the timbre of the suona is almost full of piercing in terms of sharpness and the relationship between light and dark in the timbre. And the penetrating power of this timbre is not given by the size of the sound and the height of the vocal range. Even if it is the alto suona and the bass suona, the sharpness of the same timbre is also very high, but if it is only because the timbre of the suona is relatively sharp, in fact, the suona will not be so prominent.
Because there are many instruments with sharp timbre, even the flute instruments in the West are generally more sharp. Then, the reason why suona is so different is because of the multi-faceted combination of timbre + vocal range + loudness + technique.
Suona's vocal range: the ultra-treble positioning of the music ceiling - A4-B6, the higher the vocal range, the more ear-catching
Vocal range is a very, very crucial factor in the listening experience of music, and there is a certain positive correlation between it and timbre: the higher the vocal range, the brighter the timbre, and the lower the vocal range, the darker the timbre. But this relevance is based on the material and resonance of the instrument's timbre. In other words, the weight relationship between the high and low performance of the vocal range and the timbre is that the timbre of the instrument is higher than the timbre of the vocal range.
Then we can simply understand that different vocal ranges will cause different light and dark relationships of musical instruments, as follows:
1: C2-C4 is the bass area, which controls the underlying mood of the composition, and generally creates a low, heavy, and oppressive resonance feeling. The representative instruments are: bass, double bass.
2: C3-A4 is the middle range, which is generally composed of the main melodic parts or the accompaniment connection, and the atmosphere created begins to move towards the color expression of the composition: the color rhythm of the pitch up and down. Representative musical instruments: guitar, piano, viola.
3: A4-C6 is the treble area, which is generally the most tense chorus, and the atmosphere created is two words: tension, and the tension beauty provided by tense colors to release tension and pressure. The representative instruments are: suona, trumpet, violin and other solo instruments.
And the sound area of suona is not a conventional high music instrument, his highest note came to B6, what does it mean? It means that the sound area of suona has actually exceeded a basic vocal concept: the main aesthetic sound area of C3-C6 has begun to move towards C6 higher B6, and the seven-degree vocal range relationship between C6 and B6 is actually very harsh and beyond the limit of the eardrum. In the determination of the vocal range, suona belongs to the very ear-blowing toning logic. Of course, just because the highest note is B6 doesn't mean that B6 is used in the performance;
But no matter what, the vocal range performance of suona is born with the characteristics of entering the treble part: the tension of full pitch. And this tension provided by the vocal range is the key to the timbre catch. Coupled with the natural sharpness of the suona timbre, it goes one step further, and it reflects a very incomprehensible penetrating power.
3: The core reason for the whole process of suona suppression: the invincible amplification of the speaker;
In fact, what is the most surprising thing about suona? Actually, it is: the horn of suona. This means that suona is not an academic instrument that is suitable for a wide range of venues, but is more inclined to the national style, because it is too loud. The loudness of the suona has sounded to the point that there is me and no other. This means that there are only two situations for the appearance of suona: it appears as a solo, or it does not appear. Although there are bass and alto suona at the moment, it actually doesn't make much sense at all. Because the mid-bass suona is completely inferior to the aesthetic performance of tuba and medium.
The most invincible point of suona is that in an instrument with an extremely bright timbre, the sound will not be too strong when playing the treble area. It tends to follow the logic that the higher the pitch, the more pinky the timbre, and the lower the volume.
But suona is different, suona is a horn, the harder you blow, the higher the degree of sound, it's that simple and rude. This leads to a very unsolvable problem: the suona is the only instrument with a sharp timbre, a high range, and at the same time, the higher the tone, the louder it is. It can be summed up in three words: fried ears. This noisy attribute also means that there is very little employment space for suona, but once it has a high degree of professionalism, the effect is very unique. In addition to that, there is the perfect space to play.
To sum up, the reason why suona is a rogue of musical instruments is mainly because: timbre, vocal range, loudness, and skill are four important dimensions of musical instruments, and suona occupies: sharp timbre, ultra-high vocal range, loudness and noise, and full of skills.