Chapter 1205 New Song Debut

"By the way, what's the name of this song? Is there a score? Can you leave me a copy?" When the old man's mood gradually stabilized, he asked the title of the song.

"Phoenix Bamboo under the Moonlight" is the work of Mr. Shi Guangnan. Three years ago, Mr. Ni Weide, a lyricist and poet, saw young men and women of the Dai nationality in Bazi, Mangshi, talking about love in pairs in the bamboo forest under the bright moonlight. , Qingqing, me, love songs, and the sound of gourd silk, when the poet was full of poetry, he wrote the lyrics of "Phoenix Bamboo in the Moonlight"; after that, Mr. Shi Guangnan composed music for this lyrics, and this song came into being." Guo Yan introduced that this is a piece that has just been written, so the old man has never heard it.

Mr. Shi Guangnan is a new generation of composers and musicians cultivated by our country after the founding of New China. On the Field of Hope", "Toast Song", opera "Qu Yuan" and other classic works, not long ago, Shi Guangnan was awarded the title of Reform Pioneer, awarded the Reform Pioneer Medal, and was awarded "Musician who wrote the hymn of reform and opening up".

"Do you have a pen and paper here? Shall I write down the music and lyrics for you?" Since I took the cucurbit silk from others, I should borrow flowers to offer Buddha and return it with music scores.

"Yes, yes, please wait a moment." The old man quickly brought a pen and paper, and Guo Yan lay down on the counter in his shop, and began to silently write the score and lyrics of "Phoenix Bamboo in the Moonlight".

Shen Long wandered around the shop slowly, picking up the pipa for a while, the flute for a while, and the guzheng for a while to feel the quality of the instruments in his shop.

After a while, Guo Yan finished writing the score and lyrics, "Yo, I almost forgot, I wrote in simplified characters, can you understand? If not, I can change it to traditional characters?"

"It's okay, I can understand, I can understand!" After the old man took it, he was no longer willing to let go, and nodded repeatedly. Anyway, the simplified and traditional characters are in the same vein, and he can roughly understand 80 to 90 percent of them. It's a bit vague, but it can be understood in combination with the context, and there will be no major reading barriers.

"That's good, old man, how much are these?" Shen Long asked, pointing to the selected pipa, erhu and other musical instruments. The old man took their music and was unwilling to charge money. In the end, he gave them a big discount. It's over.

After Shen Long and Guo Yan took their instruments and left, not long after, the melodious sound of gourd silk sounded in Chinatown, and it was the "Phoenix Bamboo Under the Moonlight" they had just left behind.

"Why are you buying these? I remember you can play some erhu, but you can't play the pipa at all, right?" Guo Yan asked curiously on the way back.

"I can't learn it. Through the performances during this period, I understand that our ancestors have left us too many good things. We are both Chinese. It is useless to play those foreign classics well. ,

After all, I have to incorporate some things from my ancestors; I will try to see if I can combine national instruments such as Erhu and pipa with Western instruments. "Shen Long began to prepare for his next plan.

Guo Yan remembered the different reactions of the audience when they played Strauss and Butterfly Lovers before, she nodded slightly, um, it seems to be the case, and then smiled, "Oh, with so many kinds of national musical instruments, do you always Do you want to learn everything?"

"Take your time? Although there are many types of musical instruments, they are nothing more than wind instruments, string instruments, and percussion instruments. Fang Jinlong of the orchestra knows so many musical instruments, so it’s nothing for me to learn.” Shen Long looked confident.

Fang Jinlong, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Chinese Music, is the number one pipa player in China. He claims to know more than 300 musical instruments. Even foreign ukuleles, sitars, banjos, etc. can be used.

If Fang Tianwang knew the shadow avatar technique, one person would be able to hold up a folk band. Obviously, this is not the same as learning from beginning to end. Otherwise, how much time would it take to play more than 300 musical instruments?

As Shen Long said before, musical instruments are nothing more than these types, and the playing techniques are similar. If you know a kind of analogy, you can get started with similar musical instruments. It may not be realistic to practice to become a master, but you can play smoothly. Getting down is not impossible.

After returning home and resting for a while, after lunch, Shen Long and Guo Yan began to practice the cucurbit silk and cello ensemble version of "Silk Road".

This song is not long, only a little over three minutes. The two of them have worked together for many years, and they mastered it within a few days. So they came outside the Lincoln Center for the Arts again, preparing to continue performing arts and looking for opportunities at the same time.

"Mrs. Wang, what musical instrument is this?" Robert and Boris were very curious when they saw the gourd silk in Guo Yan's hand, "Can you give us a performance?"

"Of course." In the past, Shen Long was always in the limelight. Today, their focus has become themselves. Guo Yan was a little bit happy in her heart. When she was ready, she started to play. It was still the song "Phoenix Bamboo in the Moonlight" .

This brand-new musical instrument quickly attracted many audiences. After the performance, Guo Yan had a lot of money in the piano case in front of her. She glanced proudly at Shen Long, who immediately applauded her. It is getting more and more adapted to life in the United States.

"What's the name of this musical instrument? It's a very distinctive musical instrument. It still maintains the characteristics of ancient musical instruments. It can continuously produce fifth intervals with the circular ventilation method. The sound is beautiful, soft, mellow, and tactful..."

"The cucurbit silk is a national musical instrument from southwest China." Shen Long briefly introduced the origin and characteristics of the cucurbit silk.

"The song is also great, with a high degree of completion..." Robert, Boris and others commented from a professional perspective, and then asked, "Wang, you haven't come over these few days, is it because you are preparing this song?"

"No, we are preparing another piece of music, a piece played by cello and cucurbit flute." Shen Long nodded to Guo Yan, indicating that it was time to start.

"Wow, then we have to appreciate it." What would it be like to combine cello and gourd silk? Robert and others looked forward to it, and there were more and more spectators around, and they were equally curious.

Shen Long closed his eyes slightly, put the bow on the strings, and started his own performance, and then Guo Yan's cucurbit silk began to follow, and the music of "Silk Road" began to sound in the Lincoln Center for the Arts.