Today I am going to introduce some professional things which are related to music to you.
After reading my short article, you might get more familiar to the music and you will not think music is difficult to you.
As I know, 90% of Chinese pop music has the most common and simple “scale”. The scale is like the level of the “chord”. Let me explain the word “chord” to you. If we hit the keyboard of a piano, we can hit at most ten notes once because we have ten fingers. However, we don’t need to hit so many notes once because three notes come to a “chord”. I think everyone should hear “Do Re Mi” when you were in elementary school. For example the note “Do Mi So” which is C, E and G come to a chord which is called C chord. As we have eighty eight notes in one piano, we have thousands of chords. Some of them sound bright, others may sound dark or blue etc. We chose the proper chord to express our feeling in a song. However, the reason why I think Chinese pop music is not difficult is that Chinese songs always use only six or seven common chords, at most ten. It is very easy to find out my discovery. For instance, there is a song called Take Me to Your Heart which is sung by Michael Learns to Rock, MLTR. The original version is sung by Jacky Cheung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Cheung). Its chord is extremely simple, just has four chords which C, A minor, F and G. However, if we change the song to another key, the chords will be different. How can I say Chinese Song is simple? The answer is simple, too. If we use the “scale” to take a look at this song, the scale will be one, six, four and five. No matter how we change the key, the scale will still be one, six, for and five. This is just an easy example which is also typical for Chinese songs. Hope it will develop your interest in music.
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I like to hear pop music sometimes. I think that it is difficult for beginner to learn chord. there are C,E and G chord which are often confusing me when I try to play piano. It require me to have some practice before playing a complete song with piano.
ReplyDeletemusic is gorgeous. It is a dell which will lead us to peace in our real world. thank you for your information. you make me know more about music.
ReplyDeleteI like lisening music. Ive learned playing piano and guitar in my high school. I really want to keep practicing guitar and piano, but I don`t have many time to do it. I hope I can keep these habits forever.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 5 years old, I started to learning the piano, but I quit it when I was 11. I did not like practicing the piano. Chord was so difficult for me. However, we can enjoy listening to music even if we do not know chord. I have not listened to Chinese songs so much, but I often listen to US music and Japanese music.
ReplyDeleteI like Kun's music! I want you to listen to Japanese songs someday.
Thanks fro the information about the professional key word "chord" and "scale". After reading your essay, i have an idea about how a song makes. Actually, i didnt know a lot about chinese pop music, but still i can find the similar about it. Like Jay Chou' music, since he work out, his songs are so similar at all. But still, easy things can make up a lot of similar stuff. I gusse that may be just the style of chinese music.
ReplyDeleteI learned piano for more than 10 years. I know a lot about classic music but little in pop music. However, the basic theories of music are the same. Chord is used frequently in music, and it is also various. It can be easy and also complex. After reading your article, I know more about chord. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really professional essay.Anyway I like music, and when I was young,I learned violin about 4 years.But actually I do not know what you said before,thanks for your professional essay.
ReplyDeleteActually, I am little bit familiar with what you say, I learned keyboard when I was really young. I can understand clearly what you are talking about. And about the song you mentioned, it is really famous, haa. I always heard it few years ago when I went out on the street. I like the song, it is pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that I do not know much about music. After reading your artical, I also a little bit familiar with muisc. The song is so nice to listen.
ReplyDeleteI like music very much, but I know that I am not as crazy as you like. You are more professional. I heard of that song named "take me to your herat" which is very popular in china, and I could even hear that rhythm in every shopping mall so that I was tired of hearing that song in a period.
ReplyDeleteKun...you are so professional...
ReplyDeleteThere are some parts making me confused.
I'm so surprised to see so many classmates have learned piano. I always think a girl who can play piano is elegant. I learned it, but it is hard to me...hehe...
so, I think you must can play piano, maybe someday I can hear you music if you are available?
Kun,looks like you like music very much. I like music too. You introduced the pop music to me,i appreciate about that. Like you said,As I know, 90% of Chinese pop music has the most common and simple “scale”. It is so nice and populau in China,and also I like it too.If we have chance, we can play some music together.
ReplyDeleteI really like Jacky Cheung. The favourite song of my sang by Jacky Cheung is "She Came to Listen My Vocal Concert". I extraordinarily like music. I have learned accordion for five year, but I already forgot a lot. The musical instrument that I want to learn most is piano. According your blog you must be a really huge fan of music. Thank you for your teaching.
ReplyDeleteoh, that's pretty attractive. From this aritcle, I learn something about Music, seems that music is not a simple thing but consist of different factors. I like listening to the music, on the basis of musici can edify my mind and relax myself. I also can see that you are a music risk lover which is so good, I hope to listen to your music in the future.~!
ReplyDeleteToday I am going to introduce some professional things which are related to music to you.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading my short article, you might get more familiar to the music and you will not think music is difficult to you.
As I know, 90% of Chinese pop music has the most common and simple “scale”. The scale is like the level of the “chord”. Let me explain the word “chord” to you. If we hit the keyboard of a piano, we can hit at most ten notes once because we have ten fingers. However, we don’t need to hit so many notes once because three notes come to a “chord”. I think everyone should HAVE HEARD “Do Re Mi” when you were in elementary school. For example the note “Do Mi So” which is C, E and G MAKES UP a chord which is called C chord. As we have eighty eight notes in one piano, we have thousands of chords. Some of them sound bright, others may sound dark or blue etc. We chose the proper chord to express our feeling in a song. However, the reason why I think Chinese pop music is not difficult is that Chinese songs always use only six or seven common chords, at most ten. It is very easy to find out my discovery. For instance, there is a song called Take Me to Your Heart which is sung by Michael Learns to Rock, MLTR. The original version is sung by Jacky Cheung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Cheung). Its chord is extremely simple, just has four chords which C, A minor, F and G. However, if we change the song to another key, the chords will be different. How can I say Chinese Song is simple? The answer is simple, too. If we use the “scale” to take a look at this song, the scale will be one, six, four and five. No matter how we change the key, the scale will still be one, six, for and five. This is just an easy example which is also typical for Chinese songs. Hope it will develop your interest in music.
FIRST OF ALL, YOUR WRITING IS ALMOST PERFECT. MAYBE BECAUSE YOU WROTE ABOUT MUSIC, WHICH IS A PART OF YOUR LIFE?
I USED TO LIKE MUSIC, IN FACT, I WAS A SINGER IN A BAND AS I SAID IN CLASS. BUT I JUST QUIT. IT WAS FUN WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BUT MY INTEREST HAS CHANGED. I WISH I COULD PLAY THE PINAO. MY PARENTS HAVE NO INTEREST IN MUSIC, SO IT WAS NATURAL THAT I DID NOT PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS. GIVE ME YOUR AUTOGRAPH BEFORE YOU BECOME FAMOUS, AND I CAN SELL IT AT A HIGH PRICE WHEN YOU BECOME FAMOUS.