Entertaining Children

   Chapter 337 Vocal Examination

"Very good," the middle-aged examiner also nodded slightly. "It is rare for young people to write such a beautiful calligraphy. In the talent show of the three tests, you can perform live to the teachers. You should A lot of points will be added. But the premise is that you have to pass today's second test and enter the third test. Now, please return to the team, and we will start the second vocal test immediately."

  "The first one, Lu Dechang!" Seeing Xiao Yao return to the team, the middle-aged examiner called out the first candidate again, but when he read the name, his brows frowned unconsciously. Like Xiao Yao's amazing performance in the first round of examinations, the first candidate to appear on the stage also impressed the middle-aged chief examiner.

  Fortunately, after such a period of rest, Lu Dechang has adjusted his mentality and played a lot more normally. The selected popular song is not so brilliant, but at least it is quite satisfactory, unlike the lines in the first round, which is so horrible and completely unreadable.

  However, in the second round, Lu Dechang still did not finish the performance. After the singing of his first verse, the slightly fat female teacher who had discussed Xiao Yao’s poem with Teacher Li, who was in charge of examining the lines, called to stop and drew on the registration form in her hand. , She turned sideways to the middle-aged examiner and said: "Teacher He, next one."

   "Okay," the middle-aged examiner called Mr. He nodded, and took a pen on the registration form in front of him, and then turned to the next one, "Next, Zhou Meng!"

The candidates following    basically failed to sing their own song. I feel that I sang slightly better, that is, let the examiners and teachers listen to the first verse and the first chorus. The second time is just a performance opportunity for the main song. Some even didn't finish singing the first verse, but the female examiner called to stop after a few sentences. On the whole, Lu Dechang, who played horribly in the first round, was far from satisfactory in the second round.

   Soon, the second round of the first nine candidates’ exams was over, and the middle-aged examiner named He called Xiao Yao’s name again.

  "Hello teachers, the song I want to sing is..." Xiao Yao stepped forward and bowed again to the examiners, and then began to introduce the song he was going to sing.

"Wait," the chubby female examiner waved to interrupt Xiao Yao, and said to Xiao Yao with a smile, "I have heard the album of the best new singer nominee for the "Golden Disc" Award, vocal music This aspect is your strong point. To be honest, with me, your vocal music is already free from the test."

   "Wow! Can you still avoid the test?!" The other examinees next to them heard the female examiner's words and shouted in surprise. But think about it, Xiao Yao has not only released albums, but also participated in TV programs of singing competitions, and even sang publicly in the square on the side of the road. In addition to creative talents in music, singing skills have long been proven and recognized.

"Ms. Wei, this is not appropriate. Our Shen Opera Performance Department has never had a precedent for exemption. Even if he is an award-winning singer, he has to complete the live vocal exam." The middle-aged examiner named He was dissatisfied. Said to the fat female examiner beside her.

   "Yes, Teacher Wei, this doesn't conform to our Shenxi exam rules." The other two teachers also helped.

   "Listen to me, I didn't really let him take the test." The slightly fat teacher Wei laughed.

Then, Teacher Wei said to Xiao Yao: "But the exam is an exam. You have also seen that even if I want to exempt you from the exam, other teachers will not agree. Therefore, not only will I not give you the exemption from passing the exam, but because you are a professional People, I want to make you more difficult."

   "Increase the difficulty?" The group of other candidates below were dumbfounded. "How do you feel that the teachers are starting to target Xiao Yao?"

   "How to increase the difficulty?" Xiao Yao calmly looked at the teacher Wei.

"Other people's vocal exams are self-selected songs, and you, I want to add some restrictions to you, that is, I want to give you a proposition!" Teacher Wei laughed, "Of course, I also don't conform to the rules of the test. It's not fair to you. You can totally refuse, or sing the song you originally prepared. How about? Dare to challenge it."

   "Then please ask the teacher to make a proposition." Xiao Yao said with a smile. Although this teacher Wei's performance was very unreasonable, Xiao Yao knew from her slightly smiling eyes that even if she had a bad singing, her vocal performance shouldn't be a big problem. Since this teacher wants to play tricks, let's play with him.

  This time, several teachers did not express any objections, and apparently all agreed with this teacher Wei’s approach to improving Xiao Yao’s difficulty. After all, it’s a professional singer. It’s not unreasonable to be more demanding. It’s a big deal to consider the difficulty factor when scoring.

"I heard that every time you sing on TV, you will bring out your original songs. Even when you show affection with your girlfriend on the street, you use original new songs?" Teacher Wei did not directly say the conditions, but asked Xiao Remote way.

   "Although I didn't do this deliberately, it seems that this is indeed the case." Xiao Yao thought for a while and nodded.

"Well, although our exam today is not a TV show, it can be regarded as a special occasion. Since you are going to sing here, then please continue to maintain your characteristics." Teacher Wei said, "So my condition is that you We have to sing an original song that we haven’t heard before."

   "No problem!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile. The song he was going to sing before was originally a new song that has never appeared in this world.

"The promise is so refreshing, it seems that there is a lot of inventory. It deserves to be the winner of the best newcomer of "Gold Disc"." Teacher Wei laughed, "But this is only my first condition, and there is a second condition. "

  "Teacher, please speak." Xiao Yao stretched out his hand.

   "Wait," the teacher Li who was in charge of the lines interrupted suddenly, "Mr. Wei, you just stopped and shouted so fast. Isn't it just to save time so as to embarrass Xiao Yao at the last moment?"

"No?" Teacher Wei said disapprovingly, "Although it is intentional to save some time, but with my ears, I can judge their vocal level by singing three sentences. Most of me are patient. After listening to the whole paragraph, these children have already given face, and they will never make judgments that are inconsistent with their actual performance."

   "Okay, you are a professional in vocal music, and Teacher He can't beat you. Continue." The defeated teacher Li said with folded hands.

"Well, the second condition comes from your album that is so mixed that there is no style at all." Teacher Wei said, "It seems that your style is no style. You can control any type of song. Then I will give it to you. If you specify a genre, you must sing the original creative song of the genre I specified for you. With these two conditions, you should still have a certain choice."

"Okay." Xiao Yao replied simply and simply, "then ask the teacher to specify the genre. However, I declare in advance that the accompaniment music I prepare is limited. If it happens to be a type of song without accompaniment, then I can only sing a cappella. It may be worse."

   "In fact, a cappella is better." Teacher Wei smiled, "But I don't make it mandatory."

"It's better to sing folk songs," the teacher Li suggested. "His "Those Flowers" and "About the Present and the Future" are both very good folk songs. Just let him have another one, which is just right for him now. Age and the environment on the campus where we are now."

"It's better to have a faster-paced song. It's better to have hip-hop rap songs." The slender female examiner also suggested, "The "Hua Tian Mi", "Buddy" kind of It's pretty good."

   "My favorite is opera, but it's too difficult to be a man." Teacher Wei laughed, "I actually plan to let him sing the first rock and roll."

  "Opera?" When he heard these two words, Xiao Yao started to sweat on his head, but fortunately, the teacher Wei said it himself. As for singing rock, it doesn't matter.

   "I like to listen to opera." The examiner, Mr. He, suddenly looked at Teacher Wei and said, "Is it too difficult to ask him to sing Peking Opera?"

   "Huh? You come to join in the fun too." Teacher Wei was slightly surprised, "But singing Peking Opera doesn't seem appropriate."

   "Okay, let's have a song like "The New Drunken Concubine", half Peking opera singing, half pop singing, okay?" The examiner looked at Xiao Yao.

  "Who did I listen to?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "You won't let me sing four songs all at once, right?"

   "It's not impossible, but I am afraid that the exam time is not enough." Xiao Yao said again, "There are two more rounds of exams."

   "Oh, it seems that this little guy is really amazing." Teacher Li pointed to Xiao Yao.

"If it wasn't for the lack of time, I would really like to hear him sing four songs." Teacher Wei also said, "Since you are so good, then let's listen to Teacher He. He is the chief examiner and the type of selection is also difficult. The biggest, let me see if he really has a song like "The New Lady Drunk"."

   "It's true." Xiao Yao smiled, "And I even finished the accompaniment." Then, Xiao Yao took out a USB flash drive and connected it to the audio equipment on the side.

  "The title of this song is "Yenjing One Night"." Xiao Yao smiled, "By the way, I actually planned to sing this song at first."

   "Huh? It's a waste of saliva to cope with the conditions and restrictions I just mentioned!" Teacher Wei rolled his eyes helplessly.

  The sound of prelude music came from the speaker, and everyone at the scene also became quiet and looked at Xiao Yao who was standing in front of several examiners and teachers.

"OneNight In Yanjing, I have a lot of love..." Different from the feminine and gentle pop singing at the beginning of "The New Drunken Concubine", the opening lines of Xiao Yao's song are not only harder, but also in the beginning of the singing. Bring some flavor of opera in it.

  Several teachers agreed that the genre ordered by Mr. He wanted to listen to the Qingyi-like Peking opera singing. Although there was some drama in the beginning part, they felt that they were closer to the singing of popular songs. If the Jingyun flavor in this song is just this, several teachers will inevitably feel a little disappointed. Fortunately, after the first few sentences, the Tsing Yi-like Jingyun singing that everyone was looking forward to appeared.

   "People say that in the depths of Baihua, there are old lovers living with embroidered shoes..." As soon as Xiao Yao's shrill voice came out, a group of people on the scene had goose bumps unconsciously. After the song "The New Drunken Concubine", Xiao Yao did not give up the practice of Peking Opera singing. After so long of training, Xiao Yao has become more able to grasp the singing of Tsing Yi in this Peking opera. The transition between this rough rock voice and the Peking opera singing of Tsing Yi is also more comfortable.

   "Damn! It's really awesome. It feels better than he sang the song "The Drunken Concubine"!" Some of the examinees on the side could not help but sigh and talk in a low voice.

  "This song is a combination of rock and Peking opera. The gap between these two styles and sounds is bigger and more difficult than that in "The New Drunken Concubine"."

"Professional is professional! Even in the examination room, I have the feeling of listening to a concert. I felt like I sang well before, but after listening to Xiao Yao's... I suddenly thank the teachers very much. I put Xiao Yao on the last one. If I listen to his song and sing it, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to open my mouth."

   "He is so good, what kind of drama school is he going to take, how good is it to go directly to the music school! It is definitely a safe pass!"

Xiao Yao sang such a song, several examiners and teachers closed their eyes, while unconsciously tapping their hands gently, while shaking their heads slightly, no one would be like the previous nine. The examinee yelled to stop like that suddenly.

  For this, the same candidates who were shocked by this song took it for granted. They fixedly looked at Xiao Yao on the field. Like the examiners and teachers, they wanted to listen to the entire song.

  "Oh~~~Ah! I have been waiting for a thousand years, why the city gate is still not open!" Xiao Yao sang with a rough rock voice.

   "Wow~~~ Ah, I have been waiting for a thousand years, why doesn't my beloved come back~" Xiao Yao immediately changed to the sharp Peking opera accent of Tsing Yi.

  Everyone felt that it was a song, but Xiao Yao just sang the feeling of a male and female duet.

   "Thinking of your heart, thinking of your face,

  I want to hold you on my chest, I can’t let it go~"

  At the end of the song, Xiao Yao finished the song with a long tail sound in Qingyi Peking Opera, and ended the singing of the whole song.

The arrangement and soundtrack used by Xiao Yao are basically the previous version of Shixin Orchestra, but considering that this is after all an exam rather than a live band performance, so the original ending part of the original version with a few repeated "OneNightIn "Beijing" was omitted, and a relatively not so drastic finishing touch was made.

  With the disappearance of Xiao Yao's last ending, the accompaniment music stopped, and the whole song ended completely.

   "Papa Papa!" Teacher Wei, Teacher Li and the slender female teacher on the examiner's bench, the assistant teacher behind them and the other candidates beside them all clapped uncontrollably.

  The chief examiner Mr. He also nodded with satisfaction, smiled and praised: "Sing well!"

   "Thank you!" Xiao Yao took a long breath, then smiled and bowed to the teachers in thanks.

  (End of this chapter)