Cantonese opera people have the word "ear track". If the melody of the song is easy to hear, it is in line with Gu Qu people's usual listening habits, it is "啱er track" (suitable for ear track); otherwise, it is "oh "Ear rail" (not suitable).
For example, human hearing will form a habit of combination of phonology and rhyme. Different combinations will make the listener have various effects such as kindness, comfort, or restlessness and irritability.
This is because it fits the "ear track". Close the "ear track"-close to the listener's usual habit of phonological and rhyme combinations, the listener will find the melody to be pleasant and pleasing to the ear, because it conforms to the combination already in his mind.
And the song that fits my ears, the first thing I think of is Leslie Cheung’s "Silence is Golden". Many people know that Leslie Cheung has not studied professional composition knowledge, but this song Silence is Golden, which belongs to the typical Chinese style pentatonic scale, namely "Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu" (there is also such a masterpiece of the same time, namely Huang Zhan "A Laugh in the Sea"), which is very rare.
The song starts and turns in harmony with the flowing water, matching the "Cantonese opera style" singing voice characteristic of that era, and fully expressing the artistic conception of Xu Guanjie's lyrics.
In the dark, you are destined to be rich or poor.
is never right, it is true.
Whatever you say, keep my duty.
laugh and scold by others, be a free and easy man.
My brother sang this song solo, and Xu Guanjie and brother also sang it. I think the songs can be divided into two kinds, one kind of intercession, love, affection, friendship can be; the other kind of reasoning, this kind of song mainly expresses the author's thinking about life. Two kinds of songs are called rationality and sensibility. Isn't this the name of Li Zongsheng's concert? For example, "When love is a thing of the past" is to intercede, and "Mortal Song" is to reason.
Although this song is a collaboration between two people, in terms of style, it is more like a Xu-style life philosophical song, and the two people's styles also have their own merits. The lyrics are the words and explanations of Xu Guanjie, a man who has insight into the world, to the young people he admires, but everyone has his own life. Guo Jing on Peach Blossom Island hopes that Yang Guo will become his own, Heimuya Ren Woxing hopes that Linghu Chong will take up his class in the future. In the end, Yang Guo still becomes a rebellious and willful Yang Guo. Linghu Chong still embarks on the road of giving birth to gin wine and smiling proudly. Xu Guanjie is Xu Guanjie and Leslie Cheung is Leslie Cheung. Each has its own advantages, but they are not the same as good and not the same as beautiful.
Someone once said that Leslie Cheung sang "Silence is Golden", a song that sees through the various states of life, why he chose to commit suicide. I still remember that Chen Kaige said a little thing in the lecture of Beijing Film Academy. During the filming of "Farewell My Concubine", they went to pay homage to Mr. Mei Lanfang, and when they went down the mountain, they passed by the "Listening House". Chen Kaige explained that it was the place where princes and nobles used to listen to the opera. Leslie Cheung was silent for a while and said: "Those people are so careful People who sing to the ground and listen to the opera are just singing birds.” As a Hong Kong actor, it was the first time he came to the mainland of his motherland. He had such a thorough understanding of Chinese culture and the aspirations of ancient artists. This person has a thorough understanding of human nature. A compassionate heart is also a person with great love in his heart.
I think it’s because I saw it through that I lost interest in life, so I have no worries. My brother’s departure is not a new start for him
Laughing and scolding, being a man
Young man, being a man
Continue to be a man
