Zhou Yan did not introduce the piece in detail. He just said the name and went to the side with the erhu players to prepare for the performance.
The audience in the audience was a little confused, but after the confusion, everyone laughed.
Zhou Yan’s fifth return was already an unexpected surprise. He didn’t expect to be able to hear new songs, which made him even happier.
At this time, the audience outside the concert hall had mixed emotions.
Although the concert hall is soundproofed, you can still hear the movement inside from the outside. Even if you don't know clearly, you probably know what is going on inside.
Just like the encore just now, even if you don’t know what music is being played, you can tell it’s an encore just by listening to the applause.
After the fourth encore, the audience outside was looking forward to Zhou Yan and the band coming out.
For today’s concert, Daifeng Entertainment, one of the organizers, has circled a place outside the concert hall and arranged some seats.
These seats are not free to sit on, and tickets are required.
However, Daifeng did not use these tickets to sell money. They held activities on site. As long as the audience filled out a form, they could get a chance to draw outdoor seats for free.
They have set up a total of 300 seats, and there are more than 1,000 people present, and some people will not participate in the lottery, so the probability of winning is quite high.
Even if you don’t get a ticket, it doesn’t really matter. Standing and listening won’t have much impact anyway.
Although the official did not say that the band will come out after the concert, but since the organizer has arranged the seats, it must come out, and judging from the formation, there should not be only one or two songs. , otherwise it wouldn’t be a waste of this arrangement.
Therefore, the audience outside is looking forward to the outdoor performance after the concert.
What they didn’t expect was that after the fourth return, Zhou Yan actually came back for the fifth time.
On the one hand, they are happy. After all, Zhou Yan came to Tokyo and was able to break the rules for Tokyo music fans. This means that Zhou Yan really values them.
On the other hand, they were not the ones listening to the concert inside, which only added to their regret of not buying tickets.
“I don’t know which song will be played during the fifth return.” Rina Sato asked curiously.
"Maybe it's a new song." Tian Nakamaji said.
Ibuki Suzune smiled, "You think about new songs every day."
"In fact, he thinks about "The Street Where the Wind Lives" every day," Sato Rina said.
"It's a pity that Zhou Yan said that "The Street Where the Wind Lives" will not be included in today's concert." Ibuki Suzune sighed.
"Yes, it's a pity. I wonder if there will be "The Street Where the Wind Lives" in the next few scenes."
"Even if there is, we won't be able to see it."
“Have you heard that the video of this concert will be broadcast on TV Asahi later?”
"Who said that?"
"I just heard someone say it."
"It should be fake news. If it were true, TV Asahi would have announced it long ago."< br>
"Yeah..."
As soon as Ibuki Suzune spoke, the scene suddenly became silent, and someone could be heard shouting "Shhh" next to her.
They knew that the music that was supposed to be the fifth encore had started to be played. Everyone was silent so that they could hear it more clearly.
It turned out that their collective silence was useful. Tian Zhongjian Er heard a melodious bamboo flute sound coming from the concert hall.
It’s solo!
Tian Nakamaji was a little surprised. He liked Zhou Yan's solo very much. He bought a video of "Borrow a Cucumber" and watched it over and over again.
In the videotape, the scene of Zhou Yan playing the flute against the green mountains in the distance fascinated him so much.
When Tanakamaji listens to music, he doesn't care about the equipment or sound quality at all. He pays more attention to the atmosphere. When he saw the video on TV Asahi, the image of ancient musicians playing the flute and playing the piano appeared in his mind.
He recently heard an ancient Chinese story called Boya Ziqi. When he saw this story, what came to his mind was the figure of Zhou Yan playing the flute against the green mountains.
When other people talked about the scenic spots that appear in Zhou Yan's music, they most often mentioned the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, but Tian Zhongjian Er always wanted to visit Jiangjun Tuo. He wanted to stand where Zhou Yan stood. , looking at the general tower, feeling Zhou Yan's state of mind when he played the flute.
That mountain, which did not look too majestic, left a deep impression on him because of the back view of Zhou Yan playing the flute.
The sound of the flute coming from the concert hall was like the breeze passing through the dense forest. When it blew in front of them, it was already so soft that they could only hold their breath and listen attentively, unwilling to waste a single decibel. .
The flute sounded for a while, and suddenly another piece of erhu came in.
The tonality of the first part of this song is a bit like "Borrowing Cucumber", each note reveals excitement and joy, the bamboo flute and the erhu chase each other, like two dancing in the flowers. Butterfly.
Hirasatsu and Hiroshi’s previous impressions of the erhu were that they were very deep and sad, but the erhu in this piece gives people a very different feeling, with a hint of delicacy in the rough tone. .
If the sounds of these two instruments are really two butterflies, then the erhu is obviously a male, and the bamboo flute is more like a female. The sound of the erhu has been chasing the sound of the flute, and the sound of the flute, although He was constantly running away, but there was a feeling of being rejected in return for being welcomed.
The expressions of Ibuki Suzune and Sato Rina at this moment were as if they had watched a love movie. This kind of song that describes pure love is particularly easy to impress girls like them.
But the good times didn't last long.
In the second section, the melody slowly changed and began to become melancholy and dull.
In the first paragraph, the sound of the flute and the sound of the erhu come and go, and there is basically no blank space in between. However, in the second paragraph, after the sound of the erhu ends, there must be a blank space for a while, and then the sound of the flute will begin. respond.
After the flute sounded, the erhu responded quickly.
Obviously, the woman's side was hindered.
And this second paragraph is just a transition.
In the third section, suddenly a strong wind and rain came, and the tune suddenly became exciting.
The sky was overcast and rainy, and two butterflies flapped their wings hard and flew toward the sun-drenched place in the distance.
Although the volume is not very high, such a passionate melody can also make the audience outside excited. They may not all hear love from this piece of music, but joy, excitement, sadness, excitement, music When expressing these emotions, there is no need for the audience to carefully understand them at all. They will go directly into the hearts of the audience and pluck the strings in the deepest part of the audience's heart.
I am happy, but I don’t necessarily know why I am happy.
When I feel sad, I don’t necessarily need to know why I feel sad.
This is the advantage of music over other art forms. It is ethereal yet straightforward.
Some people can't hear love, but they can hear all kinds of things in life. They don't need to have fixed answers, they just need to sink into it and enjoy it.
It is exciting to see a butterfly fluttering its wings and flying into the light, but the reality is not as satisfying as it should be.
Their struggle ultimately failed.
In the fourth section, a sad melody sounded.
At this time, Tian Zhongmao and the three of them looked at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.
This is——
The street where the wind lives!
Yes, the song coming out of the concert hall at this time is the fifteen-second "The Street Where the Wind Lives" that was previously played on TV Asahi.
For this melody, Tanaka Maji and others are already familiar with it by heart, and there is no way they can hear it wrong.
It turned out to be this song.
Is this the whole story of "The Street Where the Wind Lives"?
But, didn’t Zhou Yan say in the previous interview that “The Street Where the Wind Lives” would not be included in today’s concert?
Why did it appear during the fifth encore?
Was it Zhou Yan who was moved by the enthusiasm of neon music fans and decided to release a wave of welfare?
Or is it that Zhou Yan was originally going to play this piece, but he just set off smoke bombs in advance just to surprise the audience?
Wow, how good he is.
But, I really like it.
……
The audience outside was wondering why "The Street Where the Wind Lives" appeared, but the audience inside the concert hall was confused.
They also know that this piece of music is "The Street Where the Wind Lives", but the key point is that Zhou Yan just said clearly that this piece of music is "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together". Could it be that "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together" is the song "The Street Where the Wind Lives". Another name for the street you live in?
They have no idea what is going on.
But this is not the time for them to think about this. The surprise value of the fifth return song is too high.
Although there are only two instruments and no amplification is used, in a concert hall with more than 2,000 people, the volume is relatively small and the listening experience is not as good as when a symphony is played, but precisely because of this, this piece of music gives They feel very special.
Heisuke couldn't help but rub his hands in the audience. He felt so happy at this moment. Although the tickets cost a lot of money, they were totally worth it. They should be the first audience to hear this song. .
At the same time, he also regretted that this piece of music was not included in the album. They could only listen to it at the concert. They could not listen to it when they got home and could only continue to listen to the fifteen-second version.
It would be great if this song could be recorded as a single. It would be best to also include "Borrowing Cucumber" and "Distant Memory". Oh, by the way, the adapted "If" should be included. "Love Is Provided" and "Forever Together" are also included.
Thinking of this, Heisuke felt a little greedy.
If these songs are placed with others and some other songs of average quality are produced, an album can be made.
Just when Heisuke was thinking wildly, the song entered the fifth section. At this time, the sadness in the sky turned into a rain of lovesickness. This section is very short, probably only about twenty seconds, and the music gradually weakens and eventually disappears.
After the playing of "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River" ended, the audience burst into thunderous applause. The length of this piece, which was performed for the fifth time, was nearly eight minutes. It was so long-lasting that the audience was very satisfied.
It wasn't until Zhou Yan took the microphone and said "thank you" that the applause slowly weakened, because they knew that Zhou Yan was about to speak.
In today's concert, Zhou Yan did not paddle at all, because all the songs played today included bamboo flutes, and most of the time, he sat at the front.
Unlike the previous concerts of "Piano Boy" and "Yanjing Silence", he could not play some of the songs himself, or he would become "Mr. Dong Guo" and fish in troubled waters in the orchestra.
So by now, he was a little tired after the concert.
Heaving a long sigh of relief, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Thank you very much for coming, but today's concert is really coming to an end. Before ending, I would like to briefly talk about the song "Together" just now. "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River". Some friends here who are from China like me, or are neon friends who are more familiar with Chinese culture, should know that "Drinking the Water of the Yangtze River Together" is taken from a Chinese poem. , you live at the end of the Yangtze River. I miss you every day and drink the water of the Yangtze River together."
"You may have heard that the fourth paragraph of this song is very familiar. Yes, the fourth paragraph is "." "The street where the wind lives"
Hearing Zhou Yan say this, there was a small discussion below.
It turns out that this is what happened. Zhou Yan adapted "The Street Where the Wind Lives" into a longer piece with richer emotional changes.
Drinking the water of the Yangtze River together, the name is also more intuitive.
After saying this, Zhou Yan didn’t say anything else. He stood up and bowed to greet the audience, and then went down.
He has made it clear that it was his last encore today, but after he left, the audience still applauded and were unwilling to leave.
Even though all the lights in the concert hall were on, they still didn't want to leave their seats.
After three or four minutes, in the face of such enthusiasm, Zhou Yan could only go on stage again with conductor Yue Lin, but this time he did not add any music, he simply went on stage to say goodbye.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yan would not just show up and not perform any more, but today he was really tired, and after adding five songs, he could no longer add more. If he added more, the subsequent performances in other cities would really be impossible to complete.
Also, he will have to perform outside soon, so he needs to save some energy.
After Zhou Yan went down this time, the audience was still applauding.
More than four minutes later, Zhou Yan took Ma Dongfang, Fang Xiu and others to the stage to thank him.
It went up and down like this, plus the five additional songs performed before, Zhou Yan finally returned to the performance nine times.
After nine times, Zhou Yan was no longer willing to go up.
After another seven or eight minutes, the audience began to leave without being satisfied.
For the audience, this kind of non-stop encore not only expresses their appreciation for the concert, but is also a ritual that enhances the sense of participation. It can also relieve leg numbness. After all, it looks like The concert lasted for more than two hours. Although the diaper could bear it, the buttocks and legs might not be able to bear it either. Even though Zhou Yan was tired from going up and down to return to the stage, the audience was actually even more tired.
The last few encores lasted for less than half an hour, during which many people stood and applauded.
Applause is a tiring job. Unlike Zhou Yan and others, they drink water and eat melon seeds in the background. When the time is almost up, they go on stage to say goodbye.
The audience in the venue kept encores and enjoyed it, but the audience outside the venue was in great pain.
If it were an encore, they would think it would be okay. After all, they would have more songs to listen to.
But just hearing the applause inside and not seeing Zhou Yan and the others coming out was really frustrating. The key point is that it is warm inside the concert hall, but the cold wind is blowing outside. The neon man seems to be resistant to frost, but in fact he is not an iron man who does not know the cold.
Zhou Yan also knew that the audience outside had been waiting for a long time, so he did not stay backstage for too long and took some members of the orchestra outside the concert hall.
Outside the concert hall, there are not only many seats for the audience, but also a temporary stage, which can be used to hold a small outdoor concert.
Because it is outdoors, the effect will be poor and the volume loss will be large, so amplification equipment will be used, and these things have been arranged in advance.
Seeing this temporary stage, Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. In this regard, there are still many places in China that need to learn from Neon. When the "Yanjing Silent" concert was held before, CCTV Not very good at this.
There is no way around this. Nowadays, the economic gap between the two countries is huge, there are many problems in the development of domestic music, and CCTV has very little experience in this area.
Why don’t any well-known musicians come to China to hold concerts? It’s because it’s difficult to make money. And the inability to make money is not only because the tickets cannot be sold, but also because the domestic facilities are backward and No experienced team.
Foreign musicians who go to China to hold concerts may have to bring their own teams.
Indoors are better than indoors, the indoor vocal effect is good, and the audience's attention is basically on the music.
But outdoor is also better than outdoor. Outdoors, the audience is more wanton. Whether they are applauding or cheering, it is usually louder than inside.
Especially when they waited for several hours to finally get Zhou Yan out, it was not easy.
Since the stage was well set up, Zhou Yan did not waste it.
He led the orchestra to play four pieces of music continuously for half an hour.
What’s interesting is that during the outdoor encore, Zhou Yan also came for an encore.
After the fourth song ended, Zhou Yan led the band members away, but the audience was too enthusiastic, so he could only return to the stage alone.
This time, he held a bamboo flute in his hand.
Those who are interested will find that the bamboo flute Zhou Yan holds this time is different from the bamboo flute he used in previous performances.
The bamboo flute in his hand at this time was thicker and longer than the previous bamboo flutes.
Those who know the art know that this is a bass flute.
Zhou Yan sat in front of the microphone and said, "It's very late today. After the last song is over, everyone should go home and sleep."
The translator had just translated his words , some young audience members shouted.
“It’s not too late, it’s not too late.”
"Don't sleep, don't sleep."
"It's still early."
"We can persist."
Although Zhou Yan doesn't know neon language, he probably can Can guess what they were talking about, he smiled and shook his head, "I know, you all slept very late. Even if you don't sleep, I will leave some time for you to go to the izakaya for a drink. Maybe after a while, I will Let’s go have a drink at the izakaya.”
Hearing Zhou Yan’s words, the audience became excited again.
"Let us buy you a drink."
This is hospitality.
“Go to Quanba for a drink. There are many delicious late-night snacks there.”
This is a person who likes Amway products.
“You can go to my house to drink. My izakaya is XXXX.”
This is an opportunity to advertise.
Zhou Yan added, "On the first day I came to Tokyo, I went to an izakaya next to Tokyo Tower."
He pointed in the direction of Tokyo Tower.
Standing at the door of the concert hall, you can see Tokyo Tower at a glance, and it feels very close. Tokyo Tower is modeled after the Eiffel Tower. It can be said to be the baby of the Eiffel Tower, but it is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The straight-line distance between the concert hall and Tokyo Tower is only about one kilometer. Looking at an iron tower more than 300 meters high at such a close distance gives people the feeling that if the tower were turned upside down towards them, they would be able to Hit them.
"Just on the other side of the park, I felt Tokyo's fireworks for the first time. In the izakaya, I heard a pop song that should be a neon local. It was very nice, but I can't remember the name of the song."
"After listening to that song, I got some inspiration. Maybe I can play it for everyone to listen to."
Jiro Hattori and his wife Ai Hattori did not leave, they just stood there On the side of the stage.
The position they are standing in belongs to the "VIP area". If they take two steps forward, they will be on the stage, and the reason why they can get here is because of Wang Zuxian.
Wang Zuxian was standing next to the couple.
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Hattori Jiro said unexpectedly, "Is Mr. Zhou Yan going to compose new music again?"
"It seems to be related to neon." Hattori Ai said.
Wang Zuxian smiled, they went to the izakaya together that night.
At this time, Zhou Yan also turned his head and glanced in Wang Zuxian's direction, and then slowly raised his bamboo flute.
Everyone’s impression of the bamboo flute is naturally melodious and melodious, so the moment Zhou Yan raised the bamboo flute, the type of tune even appeared in their minds.
But what made them think was that as soon as Zhou Yan spoke, the bamboo flute made a sound similar to a shakuhachi, which shocked the audience.
But the first sound is very similar. Although the subsequent sounds are similar, they are still the sounds of bamboo flutes.
The audience was even more surprised when they heard the next song.
Because Zhou Yan said he had inspiration, everyone thought there was a new song to listen to, but what Zhou Yan played was obviously "Missing Through Time and Space".
But soon, people discovered that this was not "Missing Through Time and Space" at all, that is, the first sentence was the tune of "Missing Through Time and Space", but it became different later on, especially when it came to In the later part, this song starts to become particularly desolate.
In this piece, Zhou Yan used techniques to simulate the sound of the shakuhachi in several places.
The Shakuhachi is a traditional Chinese musical instrument that was introduced to Neon since the Tang Dynasty.
Some people say that the sound of Shakuhachi gives people a Zen feeling.
This statement is not unfounded. When Shakuhachi was introduced to Neon, it was mainly in the form of Buddhist instruments, so the music of Shakuhachi is also inseparable from Buddhism.
Zhou Yan's skills are very high. He simulates the sound of Shakuhachi in several places. To a layman, it can be mistaken as real.
And the reason why he was able to do this was of course not only because of his high skills, but also because of the flute in his hand. In order to achieve the effect, he specially found a large flute with a low bass.
And in order to make the sound closer to the shakuhachi, Zhou Yan also wrapped the membrane hole with tape, and then used the air blast mouthpiece and fingering to produce the sound effect of the shakuhachi in a short time.
And the piece of music he is playing now is not his original work. His original part is only about 30%. The other 70%, 10% of which is "Thoughts Across Time and Space", and the other 60% comes from a well-known Shakuhachi song "Ye Ming".
"Ye Ming" is the theme song of the movie "Onmyoji". The style of this song is somewhat similar to "Thoughts Across Time and Space". When Zhou Yan was remodeling, he started with "Thoughts Across Time and Space" Added in.
Compared with the original song "Ye Ming", Zhou Yan's song is calmer. Only in the later part does it seem a little desolate.
After the song was played, the audience applauded and thought about it. Zhou Yan said into the microphone, "This song doesn't have a name yet. You can help me think about it. Let me tell you another good news. The concert tonight will be hosted by TV Asahi. They will be responsible for recording it and will broadcast it on TV when they finish it. So, friends who haven’t been to the concert hall, don’t be disappointed, you can watch the show on TV later.”
“If you all. If you have any ideas about the name of this song, you can call TV Asahi. They will collect your opinions. If there is a better name, I will definitely adopt it."
After that, Zhou Yan said. He bowed slightly to say hello, then turned and left the stage.
This time, the audience didn’t even have the first encore because the translator hadn’t finished translating Zhou Yan’s words.
After the translation was completed, cheers erupted from the venue.
Sato Rina jumped up on the spot.
“Yeah!”
They had just heard that TV Asahi was going to broadcast a concert program. They thought it was false news, but they didn’t expect that Zhou Yan had confirmed it himself.
This means that they can listen to the new songs every day without waiting for the album to come out.
Although you have to watch the video, it is better than not having to listen.
After cheering, the audience remembered to start the encore and stood there and kept calling Zhou Yan.
Tana Nakamaji shouted for a while, and suddenly said to Ibuki Suzune and the others, "Let's go."
"Let's go?" Ibuki Suzune turned to look at him with a surprised look on his face, "Say Maybe there will be an encore."
Tian Zhongjian Er shook his head, "It won't happen. Didn't you notice that Wang Zuxian has already left?"
"Uh..."< br>
Ibuki Suzune looked at Wang Zuxian's back and realized that what Tian Zhongmaer said was true.
"But just because she left doesn't mean she won't come back."
Tian Nakamaji smiled and said nothing.
But it turned out in the end that he was right, Zhou Yan did not appear again, and today's concert was really over.
The audience at the scene also began to leave one after another. It was getting late. Tanaka Maji and the others had to rush home to sleep, but they heard many adults discussing the izakaya.
"Tell me, which is the izakaya that Zhou Yan mentioned just now?"
"There are only three izakayas across from the park."
"No, there are four."
>"There seem to be four. The two closest to Tokyo Tower are Jiuzi and Sanxuan Tea Tavern."
"Let's go check out both of them. It's still early anyway."
"Yes."
"Tell me, what is the popular song Zhou Yan heard?"
"Could it be that time is passing by?"
"Listen It doesn’t look like it.”
“Go to the izakaya first, maybe you can hear it.”
"Haha, yes."
A few people chatted and laughed, walking towards the direction of Tokyo Tower. (End of this chapter)