Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 254: Master's Breath

The next day, in the practice room.

"..."

Six trainees, including Martin, were surrounding Xia Fan, staring at the video on his phone in amazement.

"I watched the original version of the song 'Prayer'. It should be tailor-made for those high-pitched lead singers. It has a lot of showmanship and the live performance effect is great."

"But those few high-pitched lyrics were sung by four people in turns, which made it much easier than singing them all by one person..."

"In the first sentence, don't change your voice too early when singing. When you reach the limit of your natural voice, squeeze your vocal cords and use falsetto to break through the pitch..."

"You can also strengthen the closure of the vocal cords by 'strengthening the articulation of words and applying force to the nasopharynx' and 'tightening your jaw', and then use the 'lower back' movement to tighten the diaphragm and obtain stronger breath support..."

"Next, let me demonstrate it again..."

In the video, Keizo Horie is sitting in front of the piano with the score of "Prayer" in front of him, teaching in a very methodical manner.

"This song tutorial even includes different versions for comparison and singing. Isn't that too detailed?"

"Compared to this uncle, the vocal training arranged by the program team is simply rubbish!"

"He said the round-robin was easy, but he ended up singing the original key all at once. Who the hell is this old man?"

Although it was just a video teaching, Keizo Horie, who was separated from the screen, not only taught carefully word by word, but also exaggeratedly demonstrated different singing methods for the same line of lyrics.

When it comes to the most critical high notes in the song "Prayer", he provides several feasible techniques to break through the vocal range in a short period of time.

Only Keizo Horie, a national treasure-level musician, could break down a difficult song into such a "fool-proof" instruction in such a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Even Xia Fan, who had taken several vocal lessons from him, felt that he benefited a lot, not to mention the other trainees who had never felt the "master's aura".

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about, sir? Old man... You stupid old fools, don't you know him?"

"This is the national treasure-level music director, Keizo Horie!"

Martin merged into the shadows of the crowd, his only remaining eyes were bloodshot...

Unlike other foreigners, he grew up in District 11 and naturally knew the name of Keizo Horie.

"I heard that Master Horie has been living a secluded life since his retirement. Apart from participating in the supervision of the super popular song "Gurenhua" some time ago, he has only published some music reviews on the Internet..."

"Many big companies can't hire masters, but you, Mr. Xia, can actually hire someone to shoot this kind of low-quality short video teaching and give us 'special lessons'?!"

Martin, who was extremely sensitive to "connections", looked at Xia Fan with an expression of extreme shock.

The reason why Xia Fan received "special treatment" from Yayoi Tsuki could also be said to be because he was a seed trainee of the Burning Department...

But even the usually neutral Keizo Horie was invited, so the connections behind this must be extraordinary.

"Well, Mr. Horie was once the head of the music department at Tokyo University of the Arts, and he is now an honorary professor, so I tried to ask him for advice..."

"I didn't expect that he would record such a complete teaching video just because I said so casually."

Xia Fan was also moved when he noticed the reflection of a beautiful figure behind the lens of Keizo Horie's glasses.

Squad Leader Horie's work was as flawless as ever.

Judging from Teacher Horie's pajamas and messy hair, she was probably pulled out of bed by her daughter early in the morning and was "forced" to film this teaching session.

"After watching the teaching of this master, I was enlightened!"

"It's more than a sudden enlightenment, it's like a sudden revelation..."

"Suddenly I feel enlightened, and all seven orifices are open, more open than a suppository!" After watching the teaching twice, several trainees were full of confidence and felt that they could easily master the song "Prayer".

"Okay, practice makes perfect, so let's start practicing!"

While the excitement from the "Master-level Vocal Lesson" had still worn off, Xia Fan led everyone to start practicing the song.

"Girl, I don't know where you are, but if you can hear me praying, please give me one last chance..."

"I always say it in my heart, I say it with my heart, I have prayed devoutly..."

Although they were full of confidence, once they started singing the song, the difficulty of "Prayer" reminded them of the cruel reality.

The song "Prayer" has a gentle crescendo in the prelude and verse, and the range is within the acceptable range of everyone, and the breath and technique requirements are not high...

But what needs to be interpreted in the song is that the boy prays for the girl to come back to him, and the strong emotions of regret, desire, despair, and reluctance are extremely difficult for several foreign trainees with weak language foundation...

No matter how rich the emotions in a song are, it still requires the correct pronunciation of each word in order to convey them to the audience.

On the contrary, the rap part of the song was easily mastered by Martin in the District 11 dialect with machine gun speed and standard pronunciation, which really amazed everyone.

"Let's leave it like this for the first part. Now let's take our time to work on the pronunciation."

"Let's move on to the next part..."

Knowing the language problems of international trainees, Xia Fan did not dwell on this part and directly started practicing the climax of the song.

Following the melody, the climax, the participle comes first, it is Ken.

"I will be your man, never let you go, and never leave you again!"

His neck and face turned red, and he used his face to compensate as he sang this line that required high notes to support it.

Xia Fan took a look at the pitch test app and nodded.

Although the lyrics are not clear enough, the breath is very forced, and the emotions are not in place, but at least the pitch of this sentence is up to C2 of the original version.

The next person to take the turn was an Iranian trainee named "Ahmed".

"Call my name softly, I can't live without you, let me hold you in my arms again... I won't leave you alone again, darling, I just... pray!!!"

He sang his part in the disaster-style District Eleven dialect, with a high pitch like a classic car engine, and with an expression as if he had been constipated for thirty days.

"You are always in my heart, in my mind, that girl always appears in my mind..."

The three people in charge of rapping rapped steadily and at high speed during the interlude. Martin, who was in charge of setting the rhythm, did not forget to roll his eyes at Xia Fan.

They didn't understand what Ahmed was singing just now, but they could confirm that not only was the pitch not right, but his voice was also broken.

After the rap, the next person to start singing was Sid, who claimed to have practiced for ten years.

"Please, give me one last chance, please come back to me again!"

His eyes were oily and he sang this high-pitched song with deep passion.

"Sorry, I can only sing it in lowered key..."

Then he moved his head left and right and smiled apologetically.

Originally, the chorus here should be higher and higher, with the pitch rising step by step and the rap speed getting faster and faster, ushering in the climax of the song...

However, due to the "efforts" of the two people in front, the AE86, which had not yet reached the top of the Akina Mountain, had its tires stuck in the drainage ditch in advance and began to slide in the "downhill" direction.

(End of this chapter)