Chapter 1341

For lanli, rhythm is not difficult, but the drum is not only rhythm, but also control and balance.

Dumb drum is just the most basic part of all the basic skills. Sitting in front of real drum, there are still many things to learn slowly. After switching to the real drum, the technology that was completely mastered on the dumb drum suddenly became at a loss again.

This is a necessary process. Almost every drummer has to go through this process.

Many beginners simply and rudely think that the basic skills of dumb drum are not suitable for real drum at all, so they reject dumb drum more and insist that everything is completed on top of real drum; In fact, it is another aspect. It is because the basic skills training of dumb drum is not solid enough that it can not adapt to the rhythm of real drum——

Because the dumb drum has only one surface, but the real drum is a set of components: bottom drum, military drum, Tongtong drum, hanging cymbal, rhythm cymbal, stepping cymbal and so on; In addition, according to the needs of performance, there will be some additional devices, such as ox bell, wooden fish, sand hammer, triangle iron, bell, etc., but no matter how many devices are added, all of them will be performed by one person.

In other words, the real drum needs a more stable rhythm. When switching back and forth between different parts, it always maintains a uniform and balanced coordination. This also puts forward higher requirements for basic skills. You can polish your basic skills completely through dumb drum, and then you can complete the switch in flowing water when you hit the real drum; Otherwise, if you switch from dumb drum to real drum, it's easy to be in a hurry.

Of course, for many amateurs, give up dumb drum and choose real drum. There is no problem. However, in the difficult performance, they are easy to lose the framework and rhythm of rhythm, and then destroy the core energy of the whole performance, and even become a disaster.

So there is no shortcut.

It took seven days to practice dumb drum and three weeks to practice real drum. Four hours a day for class and four extra hours a day for practice. Just like a real examinee, lanli began to work hard in order to apply for Juilliard college. For one month before and after, he didn't have any rest, vacation or laziness, 100% into the basic skills practice.

At least, Lan Li successfully completed the transformation from the beginning to the beginning; Furthermore, thanks to his sense of music and rhythm, as well as solid basic piano skills, he has become a competent drummer - not top or excellent, but at least beyond the average level, and even more potential to be tapped.

All this happened in a short period of one month. It's incredible, but it's true.

Vaguely, Langley could feel the change of Johnson's attitude.

Lanli didn't understand the specific reason. One day, suddenly, Johnson became more business oriented, his tone and attitude changed, and the whole class process became more professional and fluent; But Lan Li is not curious, the focus is still the drum, from the beginning to now.

Objectively speaking, maybe Johnson is not a talented drummer, but he is indeed an excellent teacher.

It's possible. This is true in any field. A genius who reaches the peak of his career does not mean that he can become a competent teacher, because teaching and imparting knowledge requires skills, especially basic knowledge.

For those geniuses, the basic knowledge may not have any difficulty, but their way of thinking and understanding is not suitable for ordinary people.

vice versa.

That's how Johnson is.

In the process of teaching basic skills, he is always able to catch the problems keenly, and help to adjust and improve with the corresponding training methods; What's more, Langley is undoubtedly an excellent student, an excellent music student, which also gives Johnson more room to play.

George strand once seriously said that perhaps, compared with actors, Langley can achieve more in the field of music.

The most moving part of lanli's music is undoubtedly emotional fetters. He can always see through the vicissitudes of life, combine his emotions with the melody, and arouse resonance through singing. This talent is very valuable for musicians; Besides, lanli's sense of music and rhythm is also very impressive. It can't be regarded as a gift, but it's also excellent. It can be called the innate spirit.

In a short period of four weeks, lanli's mastery of basic skills and understanding of skills really showed rare talents. Coupled with his hard work, this also enabled Johnson to throw out more and more challenges, and let lanli continuously improve and explore.

In a trance, Johnson also completely forgot that Langley's study of drums was just a "hobby".

In fact, if it's just for shooting "pop drummer", then learning so much will be enough to cope with most shooting scenes.

Because no matter how hard lanli works, it is impossible for him to become a top drummer in just a few months.

In the actual shooting process of the film, all of lanli's performances are real hits, but in the post production, all of his hits will be accompanied by synchronized sound, which is completed by the real top professional drummers.

A few days ago, Damien chazerre has confirmed a professional dubbing drummer, Peter Erskine, who is now the world's top jazz drummer with undoubted strength. In all the difficult parts of the film, Peter will be the most solid backing of Langley.

In other words, for the sake of filming, Langley can stop here now.

But lanli was not satisfied.

Just like the previous "buried alive" and "gravity", Langley hopes to really feel the character's situation. So did Andrew Neyman this time.

For drummers, rhythm, timbre, speed and control are indispensable. If they only pursue one of them, they are doomed not to become top drummers; But in the movie, as a freshman, Andrew just entered the world of drumming. All his eyes and attention fell on "speed", as if speed represented everything.

Andrew's idol is buddy rich, which is the real big bull in jazz history. He has been honored as one of the greatest drummers in the world. All aspects such as technology, strength, rhythm and speed are perfect; Andrew's favorite performance is "four hundred hits".

The whole performance can be regarded as the peak and superb. It started with the most basic hand speed of 60 and soared all the way to 400. Although each beat is less than 0.15 seconds on average, each beat is clear, accurate, even and balanced. All the beats are connected in a way of rapid wind and rain, and the hand speed is maintained between 330 and 400 for a long time, which is dense and powerful The rapid and simple drumming creates the frightening effect of cascading waves.

That shock is enough to make every soul submit.

With Andrew's vision and experience as a freshman, the first thing he captures is speed, the absolute speed of 400 hits per minute, which is also the realm he has been trying to achieve.

Lanli knew he couldn't reach that speed, but he wanted to try. At least, he wanted to understand Andrew's feelings of trying to reach such a state, as well as the frustration and fear in the process of trying.

Just like the breakthrough and innovation of acting skills, only if we have really tried and worked hard can we know what kind of feeling it is.

Now, Langley is trying.

He didn't hit the cymbal or the drum, just increased his hand speed on the drum, but it was almost an impossible task.

The wrist must be relaxed. The drumstick is driven by the force between the fingers. The drumstick is driven by the rapid vibration of the small muscles. We can't just rely on the strength of the arm to complete the action, otherwise the muscles will become stiff, and the vibration frequency of the forearm can't meet the requirement of 400 strokes.

He understands all these principles and rules.

But it's one thing in mind and another in practice; Truth is one thing, and practice is another.

In real operation, the control of small muscles can't achieve effective resonance at all. They try to exert force and control, and unconsciously drive the whole forearm. Originally, they complete the transmission of intensive beating through local control. As a result, they turn into giant swinging and knocking like a big stick, and then the muscles begin to stiffen.

The more anxious you are, the harder your muscles will be; The more rigid and clumsy, the slower the speed.

So the more you want to speed up, the slower you are.

It's like a vicious circle. After being trapped in it, he wanders around in the same place. The depressed predicament and struggle are burning in his chest. At last, he can't help but clench his teeth. It seems that all his strength has burst out and tried to finish 400 strokes.

However, brute force is not good after all, this is not a Hercules game.

Lan Li clenched his teeth and stopped. Not to mention 400 beats, even 240 beats have become chaotic. As soon as they touch the edge of 300 beats, the whole drum starts to fall apart. Rhythm, strength, rhythm and so on are all gone, not to mention the flow and elegance of music. It's just a wild man beating at random.

It's terrible.

The tight muscles relaxed and let out a long breath. Lanli raised his head and looked at Luna, who was sitting cross legged on the ground. He drooped his head and showed a bitter smile. "What's up? Do you feel it? "

"Yes, yes, of course, I feel it. I feel it 100 percent. If you're talking about how terrible the performance was just now, even if I'm a layman who doesn't have any taste for drums and jazz, I can feel that it's a complete disaster. "

In the face of Ru's Tucao, she did not make complaints about it. She nodded in earnest and said yes. Do you feel it, too? "