Superstars of Tomorrow

The two students who came in, a man and a woman, are both sixth-year students of the Qi'an Conservatory of Music. The man's name is Thomas. He asked Fang Zhao for help after class today. The girl's name is Cheng Lan. She has short, thick hair and flat bangs. She has a lively personality.

According to the two of them, next Tuesday is Cheng Lan's birthday, but there is no time for it because of the whole day of class and various tasks on Tuesday, so they moved their birthday to today, which happens to be their friends We also have time, and we come here to celebrate our birthday after school.

The private room they reserved was not far from here, and the others hadn't come yet. Thomas and Cheng Lan had just arrived and were about to go to their reserved private room. When they passed by, they saw Fang Zhao, so they came in to say hello.

Seeing Fang Zhao taking notes so seriously, the two people who were about to graduate suddenly felt guilty. Compared with Fang Zhao, they were wasting their time!

"Oh, it's a lot of pressure!" Thomas sighed, "It's rare to find time to play."

The six-year university system, the better the university, the stricter the graduation requirements. The best music academy in Yanzhou like Qi'an Conservatory of Music naturally has stricter graduation requirements.

People with excellent grades and a solid foundation are not worried about the various assessments for graduation at this time, but have already started looking for internship companies, but people like Thomas and the others don't pay much attention on weekdays, so they have to use more time. Time and energy are saved, at least to make my various assessment results in this critical year more beautiful, after all, when looking for a job, I have to show my report card.

Thinking of something, Thomas paused on the electric guitar hanging on the background wall, and asked Fang Zhao: "Brother, how much do you know about ancient musical instruments? Aren't you good at composing symphonic music? Although the instruments used by the orchestra are not ancient Musical instruments, but they are all developed from ancient musical instruments, I heard that you are quite familiar with them, have you also come into contact with some ancient musical instruments?"

"Ancient musical instruments?" Fang Zhao nodded, "I understand part of it."

The so-called "ancient musical instruments" is actually a general term for all musical instruments before the end of the new century. According to the rules, they should be called "old-fashioned musical instruments" or "old-style musical instruments", but the words "old" and "old" are not used by academics. Some people don't want to see or hear it, and feel that it lowers the artistic style and can't decorate the facade, so the word "ancient style" is used.

"What do you want to know?" Fang Zhao asked.

Thomas smiled, sat on the sofa nearby, rubbed his hands, then raised his finger and pointed to the electric guitar hanging on the wall, "That's it, according to reliable sources, in our final exam this semester, the test points about ancient musical instruments, Just take the 'Electric Guitar' test, but in our six years of college life, there was no class on the ancient electric guitar at all."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cheng Lan also smiled, and poured Fang Zhao a cup of tea graciously, "Brother, in fact, we chose this place to get close to the electric guitar, as you know, ancient musical instruments, even if they are Imitations are also relatively expensive, especially electric guitars, which can’t be bought for less than 10,000 yuan, but ancient electric guitars with high-quality materials and good imitations are even more expensive, which is not something poor students like us can afford. Affordable. The electric guitars here in 'space' are made of antique electric guitars, not the evolutionary versions at the beginning of the new century. Pure ancient musical instruments are made of medium to high-end, so we thought, come here ... research and research."

Fang Zhao could understand Thomas and Cheng Lan's thoughts. The century of extinction almost formed a fault. Even if there are many videos, electronic archives, etc. that can be preserved through various means, after the establishment of the new century, the archaeological team will continue to make new discoveries, but in terms of musical instruments, those that can be preserved Extremely limited, in that special period, musical instruments were relatively not important enough, so there were fewer videos about musical instrument guidance in the new century, and the musical instruments of the old century were also sold at high prices by antique dealers. In times of peace, the operability of these things is greater.

The quality of video teaching in the old century is definitely not as good as that in the new century. There are not many and not perfect, and even fewer musicians can survive from the dying century. Even if they survive, after a hundred years of struggle, It may not be possible to remember the previous knowledge and techniques, and not everyone can simulate musical instrument performance scenes in their minds like Fang Zhao.

Fang Zhao didn't dare to say anything else, but for ancient musical instruments, these two people really asked the right person when they asked him.

"What do you want to know about the electric guitar?" Fang Zhao asked.

"Not much, not much, just want to figure out how to use it." Thomas was afraid that Fang Zhao would think they were troublesome, so he hurriedly said, "The knowledge points about ancient musical instruments should not be too detailed, anyway, the actual operation is absolutely There won’t be any, so brother, you just need to talk about its correct usage.”

Although the musical instruments used by the New Century Symphony Orchestra have the same timbre as the ancient musical instruments, their appearances are quite different. With hundreds of years of development and advancement of science and technology, the materials are changing and the appearance of the instruments is also changing. It is to make the operation easier and the musical instruments more convenient to carry, otherwise, these musical instruments will withdraw from the stage of history under the impact of increasingly perfect electronic musical instruments, and truly become "antiques" that are not useful.

Just like now, many students in conservatories only need a musical keyboard to create, and download some materials to simulate the pronunciation of almost all musical instruments they need. That's it.

In contrast, the electric guitar of the old century, in the eyes of these students, is really difficult to learn! Fortunately, their ultimate goal is just to understand some basic operation and theoretical knowledge, and it is enough to meet the exam. If they are really asked to learn the techniques of ancient electric guitar, they are not willing.

Cheng Lan also echoed at the side, "Really, we bought some teaching videos and watched the operations of those people in them. It was too difficult, and many knowledge points were hard to remember. Brother, can you explain it to us?"

"I remember that there are many teaching videos on the Internet." Fang Zhao said.

Fang Zhao knew from memory that the original owner of the body used to take the exams by downloading free videos and materials from the school library, relying on a stronger memory than others, rote memorization and a little luck to get a high score in the exam.

"Those are actually not necessarily reliable. We can only look at them, compare them, and then make a conclusion." Thomas said with a bitter face. This is the source of their pressure, the workload is heavy!

The explanations of those videos downloaded for free are obscure, and the people who explain them probably don’t understand that well, and the truly authoritative guidance videos also need to be bought at a high price. In addition, even if you spend so much money, you may not really get what you want to know, and the things in the video may not be true. A few years ago, someone confirmed that a certain popular musician and ancient musical instrument researcher , There were two serious mistakes in the released instructional video.

Although the musician returned the money for the video to the buyers in the end, many students have already written wrong knowledge points in the exam, and the points that should have been deducted have already been deducted, and there is no way to regret it. Therefore, generally speaking, it is very easy to lose points for test sites involving ancient musical instruments.

For hundreds of years, it is not that no one has figured out the ancient electric guitar, but those people will not disclose the knowledge they have finally researched. Only their direct disciples and successors can learn the knowledge from them. People, other students can't understand. This is the norm in the industry, and it is also the reason why Xue Jing was so surprised and gratified when he learned that Fang Zhao was willing to disclose his insights and knowledge of various techniques when he was writing "Symphony New Edition".

Fang Zhao nodded, understanding the feelings of the two of them, but, "If you just explain it verbally, you may not be able to remember it. In this way, take down the electric guitar on the wall, and I will demonstrate it to you."

"A... demonstration?" Thomas was stunned for a moment, then happily got up and went to get it.

When taking the electric guitar off the wall, Thomas was careful, for fear that it would bump into something. Even if it was placed here for decoration, any damage would be billed, and he would have to pay for it when he left the venue.

For the antique electric guitar in his hand, the price is estimated to be in the six figures. The person who runs the shop is rich and likes this musical instrument, even if it is decorated, it will not be decorated with inferior products.

When handing the electric guitar in his hand to Fang Zhao, Thomas' hands were trembling. After confirming that Fang Zhao had caught it, he slowly let go.

"Brother, be careful, this thing is very expensive." After speaking, Thomas remembered that Fang Zhao was not short of money! As far as how much those copyrighted music made in the past, even if it is not made public, they can guess roughly.

Since Fang Zhao was not short of money, Thomas and Cheng Lan had enough confidence, they were not as restrained as before, and they reached out to touch it curiously. Before they came here, they didn't dare to touch the electric guitar on the wall, for fear of breaking it. It's okay for them to play here occasionally with the little money, but if they really pay compensation, they will have to bleed profusely.

"Brother, we will help you pay for your expenses here today!" Cheng Lan is also happy today, no matter whether Fang Zhao can teach them the knowledge points they want to know, since Fang Zhao is willing to help them, this meal must be invited .

"You don't need to pay for it." Fang Zhao looked at Thomas after taking the guitar, "Take out the rest too."

"Other? What else is there? Isn't it just a guitar?" Thomas wondered.

Cheng Lan gave him an elbow, "Idiot, have you watched the instructional video for nothing? There are also speakers, cables, and effects!"

"Oh! That's right! There are other things. I misremembered it, and I remembered it as an ancient classical guitar. Hey, my brain! Brother, wait a minute, let's look for it."

Thomas and Cheng Lan found several cabinets on the wall, which looked like decorations, and when they were pressed, the cabinet doors opened automatically.

"This big one is a speaker... right?" Thomas looked at Cheng Lan.

"I remember." Cheng Lan looked at Fang Zhao, who nodded happily and smiled happily. She remembered correctly.

"I know the wires, but what about this one? What are these?" Thomas looked at the lumpy objects, front and back, and was stunned. "There are no instructions on them."

Cheng Lan couldn't be sure this time, she really didn't know, did the materials she recited mentioned this? I didn't mention it in the video I watched two days ago!

"That's an effect device." Fang Zhao said.

"Effectors? These...all of them? These are different from the video we watched. There is only one effector in the video we watched. It doesn't look like this. It's called a comprehensive effector."

"Well, there is that, suitable for beginners. There is a single-block effect device in it." Fang Zhao explained.

"Oh, I see." Thomas took the things over and was about to start the installation.

"Wait!" Cheng Lan stopped Thomas and asked Xiang Fangzhao, "Brother, can I record this process? I can't remember it after listening to it once."

"Yes." Fang Zhao didn't care about this.

"Thank you, brother!" Cheng Lan winked at Thomas, "Be serious, I'm going to start recording now."

"Remember to slap my face on it." Thomas took the wire, paused, and turned to look at Fang Zhao, "Brother, how do you pick it up? Don't get up, just sit there, give orders, and I'll just pick it up."

Fang Zhao didn't refuse, and Thomas could deepen his memory by doing it himself, so he sat on the sofa and said, "The effector is placed between the speaker and the guitar wire, the guitar wire is connected to the input of the effector, and the output of the effector is connected to the The input to the speaker..."

Thomas followed Fang Zhao's guidance and connected step by step. He used to think that ancient musical instruments were too troublesome, the various equipment was too complicated, and the operation was difficult, but now he felt that when he actually did it, he felt a sense of accomplishment. Actually, it's not that difficult! Look, this is connected in series, how simple!

It's such a simple thing, but someone on the Internet talks about it in a complicated way, I don't know what the intention is!

Cheng Lan recorded this scene in its entirety, including Fang Zhao's explanation of each effect device, such as "distortion", "compression", "noise", "delay", "reverb"...

When cascading the effectors, Thomas picked up an effector and said according to the words printed on it: "wah-wah? What is this?"

"Wah pedal." Fang Zhao said.

"Wah sound? Could it be the one that made the sound of 'Wow wow wow'?" Thomas' face was full of surprise, "Is that the tone of the electric guitar!? I didn't even know!"

They usually directly use the "wah" material downloaded in the music keyboard, and they don't even know that it is the sound of an ancient electric guitar! If this is a multiple-choice question, he can only rely on it.

After the connection was made, Fang Zhao demonstrated and explained, and Thomas obediently stood by and listened carefully, and did it when he needed to change the effector.

Fang Zhao in the middle will also let Thomas and Cheng Lan express their opinions and raise questions.

"Brother, what you just said is different from the reference video we saw last time." Cheng Lan asked.

"listen to me."

"...Yes." Cheng Lan responded.

Thomas is more willing to believe Fang Zhao, "I said that the reference video I bought last time must be wrong. If I really follow that record, I might lose points when the time comes! Not only is it not good, but the kind of misleading children How did your teacher get the professional teacher qualification certificate? There must be something inside!"

"Don't care about the inside story or not, hurry up, follow what the senior brother said, I'm still recording it." Cheng Lan interrupted Thomas's complaint, she was still waiting for Fang Zhao's explanation and demonstration later, before she just hugged and tried With the mentality of trying, thinking that as long as they can get a little knowledge point from Fang Zhao, it will be fine. Who knows, Fang Zhao will surprise them too much! It's an all-round explanation! Including all the basic knowledge points about electric guitar, anyway, it is definitely enough for students like them who are taking the exam!

This is the doll reference book!

If these can be posted in the class group, then the class...no, the entire Qi'an Conservatory of Music who needs the knowledge of archaeological electric guitars will be insane!

Recommend an electric guitar magic wah "The Souls Of Distortion" - Joe Satriani. Do not listen at night.