Chapter 1338

"I need you to clear your brain completely, put aside all the music knowledge you know, and feel the rhythm of the drum beating quietly. Indeed, the drum is about the melody, just like the heart beat. Only by fully integrating into it, can you feel the impact and beat with your heart and blood vessels. It's a kind of rhythm. Only when you feel the rhythm can you control it. "

"These are all right. But the problem is that the basic skills of the drum are very important. The basic skills are the control of the wrist over the drumstick, the feeling of the body about the space of the drum, the adjustment of the percussion force, and the balance between strength and tenacity... These basic skills are the basis for building the whole technical movement and performance quality. "

"Before that, you didn't know anything about the drum, just rely on your own feeling of rhythm to complete the percussion, which is like a castle in the air. It looks very beautiful, but in fact it is full of holes."

"I need you to give up those unrealistic romantic ideas, show off your skills and talents, show off your rhythm and rhythm, and practice your basic skills down to earth. There is no shortcut! Without three or five years, we can't even learn the frame shape of the drum, let alone the essence of its depth. "

"This is not a piano. After memorizing a score and practicing it over and over again, you can still put on a posture. But in the world of drums, all your basic skills will be exposed, and there is no chance of getting away with it. How much practice has been done before, and how much will be shown later! "

"Do you understand? It's not a musical instrument to attract the opposite sex or attract attention. On the stage, the drum is always the one standing in the rear, the spotlight will not focus on us, and the cheers and shouts will not belong to us. We must keep calm and low-key, because the drum is the heart of the whole performance and controls the vitality of the whole stage. "

"If you want to show off, you're choosing the wrong instrument."

After Langley's experimental performance, Johnson put forward his own opinions. The more he said, the more he said. He couldn't stop at all. Involuntarily, his tone began to become sharp and sharp, and his real thoughts leaked out, which inevitably made him aggressive.

But Lan Li did not retort, but listened carefully.

As for the drum, he really knew nothing about it. It was his first contact. He could only play it according to his own habits and instincts; Although he doesn't know drum, he knows enough about guitar and piano. Lanli has his own keen touch for rhythm and rhythm, which is also the most important talent in the process of music creation.

After the performance, lanli ushered in an educational baptism.

Langley can feel the prejudice and resentment from Johnson. He won't say he likes and enjoys it, but the fact is that he doesn't feel angry.

They just met for the first time, but Johnson skipped his own judgment and perception, simply and rudely completed the positioning arbitrarily according to the image created by the media reports, and then launched a condescending criticism.

It's not fair.

However, Lan Li knows that the reason why he encourages reading and broadens his horizons is that everyone needs to open his heart and accept differences. Only in this way can he avoid falling into a rut and gradually getting out of the way with the world, so that his life is limited in a small space.

With simple conversation and short time together, Lan Li's feelings are extremely profound and distinct.

Lanli didn't intend to argue or make noise. After all, the two people just met by chance. He didn't need Johnson to like himself. He just needed him to finish his work dutifully, which was enough; However, he still needs to convey his ideas accurately. He doesn't have the tendency of self abuse.

Johnson was completely immersed in his own thoughts. After the long speech, the turbid air in his chest was finally vented, and his reason slowly returned to the original place. Then he noticed the eyes of blue Li——

The light brown eyes were calm, with a faint look and exploration, revealing a clear calm. It was clear that Lan Li was sitting while he was standing, but there was a kind of illusion that Lan Li was looking down on himself, and his hair stood up.

Johnson suddenly realized that his true thoughts had been exposed.

Langley just performed a few drumming before and after, and there was no excessive performance at all, but Johnson's mood was out of control, and he didn't react until now.

He was too impolite and impolite, which made him feel embarrassed. He didn't dare to look at Lan Li at all. He could only avoid embarrassment and hesitated to try to say something and change the topic, but his words became stuttering. He hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a reason.

Finally, Lan Li came out to help out, "well, let's start with the basic skills first. Where should we start to practice the basic skills of drums?"

A step, Johnson immediately seized the opportunity, "yes, basic skills, we start from the dumb drum, the simplest 60."

The so-called dumb drum, in fact, is a piece of rubber plate. It can only practice basic skills, not to mention the hand foot coordination of the shelf drum. It can't even coordinate the cymbals, rhythm cymbals, military drums and other different positions. This is a pure instrument for practicing hand skills; What's more, the sound of beating is not a strong thumping sound, but a funny and dull slapping sound, which is extremely funny.

Then Johnson added, "of course, if you just want to practice the skill of fooling an amateur audience for a concert or some special performance, then we can skip the dumb drum and go straight to the real drum practice." There is a trace of ridicule and humor in the understatement.

Not to mention the big stars like lanli, when 90% of the amateurs began to learn the drum, they didn't have the patience to spend time on the dumb drum. For laymen, this is a waste of time; But for professionals, dumb drum is a basic skill that can never be skipped, which is equivalent to the foundation when building a house.

"No problem. The dumb drum starts Lan Li said, standing up from behind the drum and looking around, "where is the dumb drum?"

The same style as before.

From the beginning of the meeting to now, Lan Li has been consistent, concise, crisp, advance and retreat properly, calm and polite; The most important thing is to have a good attitude and a positive mood. There are no superfluous words, no polite greetings, and even no intention to shape their own image of being close to the people. All of them revolve around learning.

This made Johnson a little surprised.

He couldn't tell what was going on, but after a moment's hesitation, he didn't say anything at all. Let's start with the basic 60. Even if we do some research on other musical instruments, we still need to start from the beginning in the basic skill practice of shelf drum. The only difference lies in speed and ability. "

Finally, Johansen became serious and focused. The sharpness and hostility in his words were a little less, showing his professional attitude.

In fact, the so-called "60" is not complicated at all. To put it simply, it is 60 beats. In a minute, it hits the drum 60 times, with an average of one beat per second. The reason for the foundation is that this is to train the drummer's sense of rhythm, keep the speed as uniform as possible, and truly experience the rhythm of a second.

After that, 60 beats may start to double, and the difficulty will increase bit by bit. The drummers are very strict with their sense of rhythm and rhythm. They must firmly grasp the center of the whole rhythm and keep it stable for a long time. Because in the whole performance and band, once the rhythm of the drummer loses its stability, the whole band will make mistakes, and the ending will be miserable.

As for the training methods of basic skills, this is even more lacking——

Next to a metronome, adjust to the frequency of 60, and then in the tick tick sound, began to beat the dumb drum. That's all.

In a trance, Lan Li seemed to return to the childhood of this life. On a sunny afternoon or a rainy morning, the tutor sat down dignified and virtuous, and the sound of the metronome reverberated in the piano room, as if he could capture the historical footprints of the whole house and return to the distant and ancient past, And he had to find a steady beat in the black and white keys of the piano.

As Johnson said, all music and the beat of all instruments are interlinked.

Solid basic piano skills, which are accumulated over a long period of time, become a part of the body, which also makes Lan Li's starting speed very fast.

In less than 15 minutes, Langley has been able to maintain a stable and uniform beat in 240 frequencies, and the outstanding sense of music and rhythm is gradually revealed.

Of course, 240 is not a very difficult skill. It's still the simplest basic skill. Switching to music mode is a quarter beat of the entry level. In other words, from 60 to 240, all of them are still wandering outside the door.

However, Lan Li's starting speed, the sense of stability and the emotion revealed by the rhythm, can feel the profound music background, and truly interpret the profound meaning of all kinds of knowledge - only at the beginning stage.

What really embarrassed Johnson was Langley's attitude.

Although Langley showed a good standard at the beginning stage, he didn't slack off or arrogant at all. Instead, he began to practice steadily according to Johnson's instructions; This made Johnson feel as if he was deliberately making trouble for Lan Li. He began to feel a little uncomfortable.

Involuntarily, Johnson coughed twice and cleared his throat. "Start again at sixty."