King of Stage

　　 Without waiting for Cliff to say anything, Ronan took the initiative to get into the topic.

　　 "Oli believes that the first part of the main song should use the piano as the main instrument, and I think the guitar should be used. This is our difference."

Simply use one sentence to name the focus of the argument, and then Ronan looked towards Ollie, "Oli, I will say my opinion first, and then you will say your opinion. Everyone joins the discussion. What do you think?" Before Ollie made a protest, Ronan preemptively sorted out the situation.

　　 Ollie rolled his eyes in protest.

　　 Ronan couldn't help but chuckled, "I will assume that you agree." Then, he looked at Maxim and Cliff again.

　　 "In my mind, I hope to create a sense of gradual progress."

"Start with a cappella, strip off all the embellishments and decorations, then cut in with the guitar, then the bass, then the drums, including the drum kit. You can also switch different levels here, such as the tom first, then the bass drum, just like this one layer after another. The emotions are piled up so that they fit perfectly with the melody and lyrics."

　　 "Finally, when the chorus cuts in, let the piano become a means of enriching the entire auditory three-dimensional sense and depth effect, and all the accumulated emotions are released."

"The clarity and brightness of the string sound, as an aid to the introduction stage, can minimize one's sense of existence without destroying the balance structure of the song. At the same time, it can be perfectly combined with the emotions conveyed by the lyrics; while the fullness and thickness of the keyboard sound, Being able to deepen the emotions in the chorus, and really let the deep-seated sense of anxiety settle down."

　　 As he talked, Ronan's eyes gradually brightened, and his thoughts that were not clear at the beginning became clear in this way—

For Ronan, he has never studied the knowledge of arrangement systematically. For many things, he can only capture inspiration by feeling and intuition, but it is difficult to express it accurately and clearly in words; however, it is one time tonight. Opportunity, through expression and discussion, I can continuously emerge in my mind many ideas about the use of musical instruments, the requirements for the texture of the melody, and the positioning of the song style.

　　 little by little, it gradually became clear. This is a very interesting process, a bit ignorant and a bit vague, but overall, the direction is correct.

　　 Ronan couldn't help but also became excited.

　　 In fact, in the process of song creation, composition and arrangement are two different things.

For most ordinary people, it is often easy to misunderstand, "Composing is simply creating a vocal melody or the main melody of a musical composition", but in fact, the academic explanation should be to complete all the work in music, and Composing music that can be played is considered composition.

In the period of classicism, when computers were not invented, the concept of composition was equivalent to completing all the creative work. For a simple example, the composer should first write the main melody of the musical work, and then match the created melody with his own harmony, and then consider it as The main melody is matched with a suitable instrument, and finally you need to apply all the melody you create to the actual instrument or the singer, so that the music can be fully presented.

Arrangement is a brand new concept formed after the music system is gradually perfected and truly commercialized. Especially after the popularization of computers in the 1990s, music creation no longer depends on real bands entering the recording studio to perform live performances and perform actual exercises. To give the composer inspiration and make adjustments on the spot, all the work can be done directly on the computer, and the original effect of the instrument is restored as true as possible, so the arranging link has gradually become independent.

After the music industry is gradually industrialized and commercialized, each job is further subdivided and professionalized. The creation of a song can be assigned to different people. For example, one person is responsible for creating the melody and harmony of the song, and one person is responsible for creating the keyboard. For musical instrument-like parts, one person is responsible for creating electro-acoustic instrument parts, etc., and all of these are the work of arranging music.

　　 It is precisely because of this that the process of contemporary music production can be divided into:

　　 The composer is generally the melody author; the lyricist and the arranger—the work of the arranger can be divided into multiple positions, such as recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, etc.

　　 It is possible for all of the above situations to be performed by different people; it is also possible for all the tasks to be completed by one person.

In short, composition in the contemporary music industry is simply creating the vocal part of a song, or a specific part of the instrumental melody; while the composition in the contemporary music industry includes subsequent complex work, compiling Singing voice, adjusting chords, choosing and matching musical instruments, using some effects, exporting music files, etc.

It can be seen that the arranger is a position similar to that of the producer. Firstly, he needs a rich knowledge of music theory and even professional instrument knowledge; secondly, he needs a keen sense of touch, knowing the song style, market positioning, etc., whether the music can be popular It depends on this link; again, it also needs creative inspiration, how to extract different styles of the original song according to different performers. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

To put it simply, the same song can be arranged in ever-changing ways, even from a popular genre to rock, jazz, folk songs, etc., there is no problem; and the same song, after being arranged, is handed over to different singers for interpretation. Different styles are more popular in the Internet age: the truly clever cover requires re-arrangement, not karaoke.

　　 On "Voice of America", "American Idol" and other talent shows, singers will adapt the songs. This arrangement process can be regarded as a process of secondary creation, which includes three more links.

　　 First, recreate the original work, change the instrument, change the style, change the structure, etc.; secondly, adjust according to the style of the performer, and complete the arrangement on the computer.

Finally, during the live performance, according to the stage effect, select the melody of some instrument parts, and the live band will perform the actual performance, while the other parts will be conveyed by the tape. This also makes the live performance may appear to be played with the piano alone. visual effect.

　　 Objectively speaking, the difficulty of composing and arranging is extraordinary, and it is definitely not something ordinary people can accomplish; but relatively speaking, composing relies more on talent, while arranging relies more on the richness of knowledge structure.

　　 After the full commercialization of the entire music industry, the status of arrangers has further increased. Even the four major comprehensive awards of the Grammys have set up a special award to commend arrangers, which can be seen.

　　 A top arranger may turn a decay into a mediocre song into a good one, and a good song into a classic.

　　 returned to Ronan, it was obvious that he was only touching the threshold of arrangement, and in the final analysis, he relied on inspiration and talent to complete the idea.