Talk about Faye Wong’s voice and her unique singing skills. When I first listened to Faye Wong, I was attracted by her beautiful songs, such as "Easily Injured Woman", "Unrepentant", "Monsoon", " "Like the Wind"... These songs with excellent melodies and sad and moving songs still sound touching today. Gradually, I found that I was immersed in the voice of this magical woman and couldn't help myself. Any song she sang sounded good to me. I once read a magazine's survey of fans. Like me, many people are obsessed with her voice. As for what she sings, it doesn't matter. Faye Wong's voice alone can touch my soul and penetrate into the most delicate and sensitive nerve endings in my heart. However, if Faye Wong is just a singer who impresses me with her voice, there is no reason for me to be so obsessed with it. For a long time, I began to wonder why so many people are like me, intoxicated by this woman's singing like a spring swallow. . As I listened more and more, I began to pick up some tricks. In addition, I compared her singing skills with those of some powerful female singers in Europe and the United States. I was shocked by Faye Wong's overhearing. I was shocked by this woman's keen sense and talent for popular music. , and was even more amazed by his superb singing skills and his clever use of acoustics in natural plainness.

Since the development of singing methods in European and American pop music circles, it has already formed a relatively independent and complete theoretical system and practical examples. I don’t want to dwell on the mainland music scene here. Na Ying is considered a trendy figure in the mainland music scene. He has been singing for so many years. It was not until he joined EMI to release the album "Conquest" that he said that he really started singing pop songs. You can imagine other singers. Nowadays, many teachers in the Mainland who teach popular singing have switched from teaching Bel Canto or ethnic singing. The Mainland music scene still has many years to go before it can make a name for itself in the world. Due to special reasons, the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene came into contact with the foreign pop music scene earlier, especially the Japanese music scene. In the 1970s and 1980s, only a few savvy singers absorbed the techniques of European and American pop music. She stands out among all the singers. Take Teresa Teng as an example. Everyone thinks Teresa Teng’s songs are very beautiful. The reason is not only her voice but also her singing skills. You will find that her contemporaries are lagging behind compared to her. too much. Since the 1990s, singers in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music circles have gradually realized the importance of advanced singing techniques, and have moved closer to the European and American music circles in terms of music genres and singing styles. This brings up a problem, how to integrate external things with inherent things. Most of the voices of Easterners have the characteristics of being delicate and pure. They are different from the more generous voices of Westerners, especially black singers. Some singing skills are directly grafted over, and the performance effects are very different. The language problem cannot be ignored. Chinese pays attention to correct words and round accents. The ancients It has long been said that "clear words are the best" in antiphonal singing, which is very different from the European and American singing methods that use voiced sounds and sometimes even deliberately create blurry effects. Then there is the habit of appreciation. Plainness and nature are the realm pursued by traditional Chinese philosophy. These aesthetic principles It is deeply integrated into all aspects of art appreciation. Take singing as an example. If you always hear exaggerated breath changes and deliberate pitch changes when singing Chinese songs, your eardrums will become uncomfortable over time, let alone impress the audience. This has become a common problem among some new generation singers. In order to show that their singing methods are "in line with international standards", they do not pay attention to the artistic conception expressed in the songs and show off their skills for no reason, which ends up harming their meaning.

This is exactly why I want to list Faye Wong, not only because I am her fan, but also because her singing style has a constructive impact on the Chinese music scene. The development of the Chinese music scene is a process from learning to return. For the Chinese music scene, European and American singing methods cannot be simply imitated. Some musicians teach students and assign students a foreign singer to imitate. This is very difficult. Sad. It is necessary to learn and learn from others, but more importantly, it is necessary to combine the characteristics of Eastern people and integrate European and American singing skills into their own singing skills, which has become a need to express the connotation of songs.

The most valuable thing about Faye Wong is here. In her singing, you can almost find the ideal effect you want in all singing techniques. Mixed singing, breath singing, the smooth transition between high and low, the blurring of the true and false voice switching points, the fusion of vocals and breath... everything is beautiful.

His singing style not only has traditional singing techniques, but also absorbs the advantages of European and American pop music singing methods, and sometimes draws on Bel Canto techniques. However, his singing is complete and unified. Under his near-perfect control of various techniques, Qingshan faintly returns to the ordinary. , if you appreciate it carefully, you will hear thunder in silence.

Once said in the article "Faye Wong with Ten Faces, the Transformed Elf": "Each evolution of Faye Wong can simply be regarded as a swing between mainstream and alternative, which is also in line with the cycle of things. The law of development. With each reincarnation, Faye Wong acquires a transformational maturity, becoming more and more refined and grand. Faye Wong is a comprehensive contradiction, and what leads all of this is Faye Wong's heavenly voice. Her singing skills and amazing musical understanding are indispensable, which has won Faye Wong the right to freedom in the music kingdom. "Yes, for any successful singer, a beautiful singing voice is the basis for the singer to attract the audience, and it is also the key to control. The basis of singing skills; extraordinary singing skills are the means of singer's performance. The more exquisite and proficient the skills are, the better they can perform songs with ease; musical understanding is the key to whether the singer can adapt to different music genres and express the connotation of the song. The same song , the artistic conceptions performed by different singers and the listeners' experiences are different. In fact, it has something to do with the singer's own musical accomplishment and style. As a singer, being able to be "free", I think, is already the highest level of musical accomplishment. And under the premise of freedom, starting from the expressive needs of the song, and doing something and not doing something, is the highest level. Li Zongsheng commented on Faye Wong's "Faye Wong" (97) album and believed that it "abandoned skills", which was actually just a return to simplicity. What needs to be explained here is that freedom means that a singer can give full play to his potential and maximize the tension of musical expression. "Freedom" is relative. Freedom is not omnipotent. Faye Wong must be like Mariah Carey to send out dolphins. The sound doesn't make sense.

When appreciating popular songs, the best is listening to the voice, the middle to listening skills, and the best to listening to. The expression of the connotation and situation of the song is a bit abstract, so I wrote another article. This article only starts with Faye Wong's timbre and common singing skills, and makes some analysis of Faye Wong's singing art, so as to communicate with music lovers. *Discuss the same.

Three beauties of timbre:

Faye Wong is born with a rare beautiful voice in the Chinese music world. Her real voice also has certain characteristics of a bel canto singer's voice: it is transparent and bright, the treble is sonorous and powerful, and the bass is natural It is soft and beautiful, and you can sing a bright and full tone without using too much breath and vocals. This gives you the innate convenience of singing some difficult songs with breath and falsetto, which is not available to ordinary people, because the conversion is more comfortable. . From the perspective of Faye Wong's own voice, the biggest feature is that it is ethereal. This is why many people describe Faye Wong's voice as the sound of nature. It's like the mark left by God when he kissed her throat. No matter what type and style of song Faye Wong performs, it will have a unique flavor because of her ethereal timbre. There have been many female singers in the Chinese music world who imitated Faye Wong's singing voice, but in the end they were unsuccessful. One of the reasons was that it was difficult to keep up with their skills, and a gifted voice cannot be learned. You can say that Chen Lin, Jin Haixin, Xu Ruyun, and Xu Meijing are like Faye Wong, and you can find reasons for this or that. However, they do not have Faye Wong's characteristics - ethereal.

The quality of emptiness - transparency.

The texture of sound is the main body of timbre. The beauty of Faye Wong’s timbre is like soft and transparent jade, crystal-clear streams, or the clear and deep sky, with a strong sense of penetration. Coupled with the smoothness of the breath, Faye Wong's voice is born with a special sense of beauty, and she can produce beautiful sounds without any special adjustment of her breathing. This transparent feeling makes listening to Faye Wong's songs give you a sense of ecstasy, and it's as satisfying as chewing borneol in midsummer. Needless to say, albums like "Mystery", "Sky", and "Fei Mi Mi's Sound", Faye Wong's singing style before 1997 used relatively more real voice, and the treble part also went straight to the sky with cheerful and bright real voice. Many Classic songs are all material for experiencing this pleasure, such as "Dream Man" and "The Vow". "Fly" and "Hypnosis" after 1997 are also concentrated expressions of transparent timbre.

Ethereal Edge—Gloss.

Texture is the main body of the timbre, and gloss is the edge of the timbre. Faye Wong's tone has a very natural and harmonious metallic luster. Sing high notes without breaking, sing low notes without being sticky, sing strong notes without being noisy, and sing weak notes without being empty.

Even with only a small amount of breath, the sound is still gathered together and full of luster - this is actually a very advanced singing technique. Speaking of which, let's compare it with the "Meet Me in 1998". It is said that Na Ying's voice is thicker than Faye Wong's, but in the chorus part, Faye Wong's voice is more attractive than Na Ying's voice. It is this kind of metallic luster** *The function of the sound can gather sound and energy, making Faye Wong's voice break out like a sharp sword. Songs such as the 1998 album "Sing You", especially "Face", "Halfway" and "Little Smart", are all examples of this sense of gloss.

Ethereal color - misty.

The wonderful change of Faye Wong’s voice lies in the transformation between the sound and the breath. According to the needs of the song content, Faye Wong slightly relaxed her voice and incorporated the technique of breath voice, resulting in an ethereal and thin sound that seemed to be intermittent and continuous. Some Taiwanese singers once said from their own perspective that Faye Wong's voice was "floating" and criticized areas that were beyond their reach. Just imagine, if all songs were sung in her dense way, there would be no change in popular songs. Faye Wong's ethereal sound is an artistic effect created by the combination of ethereal timbre and breath use. The cadenzas in Faye Wong's songs are often completed with such timbre and expression techniques. Listening to Faye Wong's "Sky", "Flowers of the Other Side" and other tracks, the spacious and lofty artistic conception comes from the ethereal tone, showing the unique style of the song. The song "Split" can only be performed with Faye Wong's ethereal and psychedelic singing to its fullest. Faye Wong also has a song called "Gone with the Wind". The song is really just like its sound, as ethereal and ethereal as the sound of heaven left in the world. It is painful to listen to it.

Six Wonders of Singing:

Singing and timbre expression complement each other. Scientific singing techniques not only make it easier for singers to control songs, but also increase the expressiveness of timbre. Try to compare Faye Wong before 1992 with Faye Wong after. Although the Faye Wong before also had a good voice, she did not have the breathtaking voice charm of the later Faye Wong. Faye Wong returned from the United States. In the past, many music critics only noticed the impact of her soul singing on the Hong Kong music scene. In fact, for Faye Wong, the improvement of her overall singing style and the radiant expressiveness of her voice are the most important thing. Importantly, it is also one of the main reasons why she is still at the top of the Chinese music scene. It can be said that without the breakthrough in singing later, there would be no Faye Wong we hear today.

The greatest significance of Faye Wong’s singing method is that she has absorbed some techniques from European and American pop music, especially black music, combined with the characteristics of her own voice and traditional techniques, and through her own exploration, she has found a way to integrate it and The degree of application of some techniques has reached a considerable level. Therefore, I dare to assert that Faye Wong's singing style has a constructive impact on the Chinese music scene. It is not surprising that many singers imitate Faye Wong. This should be a tolerant attitude. Perhaps in their imitation , we can continue to develop this path. The following is a brief review of some of Faye Wong's commonly used techniques when singing pop songs. Although it is impossible to summarize everything at a glance, a glimpse of the leopard can also reveal the tip of the iceberg.

1. Breathing and singing

A famous foreign musician pointed out: "Whoever controls the breath controls singing." Breath is the support of singing songs. , is also the support for change. The change of strength lies in sound, and the change of virtuality and reality lies in Qi.

If the performance of the sound is divided into two ends, one end is the bright and full tone that fully resonates, and the other end is the volume of the flow of breath. The transition zone between these two ends is Faye Wong's ever-changing tone expression. , either clear or fuzzy, light or dark, hard or soft, thick or thin, these are actually the changes caused by the control of breath. Faye Wong is a singer with a long breath and has an innate advantage in this aspect.

In the past, many singers only knew how to produce a full and round sound through singing. This is related to China’s previous folk songs and bel canto teaching methods. In the past many years, China was Without real pop music, the insufficient incorporation of sound and breath may be regarded as deviant. In the past, teachers in domestic music teaching were warned to avoid "breath sound". In Faye Wong's "You Like It Not as Much as I Like It", she almost gave up singing in the first half, but the effect was good, and it could express a woman's self-pity mentality, but these methods are incompatible with traditional methods. How can the beauty of the sound be maintained after the incorporation of insufficient sound and breath? This is a matter of technique.

The key is how to maintain the texture of the sound.

Take the song "Reserved" as an example. This song is a good example of Faye Wong's use of breathy voice. This song, which embodies the pure and delicate emotions of a girl, requires an extremely soft and slender voice to express. Many sentences are performed with a breathy voice at the end. Faye Wong's voice is as small as an ant's whisper, and her breath is as thin as a hair, but her voice is still It's clearly audible and the texture is still there. Faye Wong can gather a small amount of breath into a thin line, and even the smallest amount of breath can still make a tangible sound. I think singing high notes in popular songs is actually not as difficult as singing soft voices. The main thing is how to be weak but not weak, and not to become breathless without texture. This is more difficult. This requires a high level of control on the part of the singer.

Looking at the fusion of breath sounds and cries, Faye Wong's voice can flow freely between clear and fuzzy, like flowing water without any stagnation. Listen to Faye Wong's "Sky", this kind of fusion and flow of breath and voice is almost at the pinnacle of the Chinese music world.

2. True voice and falsetto voice

As mentioned before, Faye Wong’s voice quality is inherently bel canto, and coupled with her skillful use of skills, the boundary between true and false voices has changed. It's not easy to tell. According to my opinion, Faye Wong knows the "closing" technique in singing very well. Many singers have always only known how to open, hoping to sing loud and bright. In this way, they will eventually lose to changes. The more open they are, the harder it will be. Achieve smooth transition of transposition. Faye Wong achieved a smooth and clear singing voice without needing too much breath. Before turning the pitch, the breath tone was turned off momentarily, that is, she adjusted to a falsetto singing state. The transition between true and false sounds is smooth and traceless. When I first listened to Faye Wong, I always felt that although there were changes in Faye Wong's singing, it was not easy to hear the changes. In fact, it was the skill of the transformation that could blur the voice change point while keeping the voice soothing and natural to avoid the use of skills. It damages the mood of the song. In recent years, Faye Wong has become even more proficient in using her falsetto voice, doing whatever she wants without warning.

When it comes to this, just take the song "Halfway" to illustrate. "Halfway" is a very difficult song. The rhythm is relatively lively, especially the cadenza at the end. It is not easy for such a fast-paced song to frequently switch between true and false voices. Faye Wong's interpretation has reached a level of The complete unity of true and false voices, seamlessly integrated.

In some more artistic songs, it can be said that falsetto is a necessary means and a requirement for the style and artistic conception of the song. Just imagine what the effect would be if Faye Wong sang the high notes at the end of "The New Tenant" in real voice, "Where can I find it...everything is fine..."? It will definitely ruin the scenery. And Faye Wong's falsetto is also a very artistic falsetto. Even when singing "Face" and "Cambrian" with a bel canto-like falsetto, it can be clearly felt that Faye Wong's falsetto is different from both professional bel canto and ordinary pop singers' falsetto. The vocal position of the singer is adjusted backward, but the singing method is actually a special effect obtained by the singing method of pop songs.

3. Vibrato and Frustration

It should be said that most pop singers know how to use vibrato, but Faye Wong is just better. Just like the "vibration" of the human voice, if there is no vibrato in the extended tone, the effect will feel dry. The long tail tone is one of Faye Wong's singing characteristics, so the use of vibrato is very important. The beautiful vibrato comes from the alternation back and forth between the original pitch and a note that is one-quarter or one-half lower than the original pitch. If you think this is not vivid enough, just listen to "Fly" and "You" from Faye Wong's "Singing Tour" album. In Faye Wong's songs, the use of vibrato is not only a vocal technique, but also a powerful tool to express emotions and tug at the heartstrings.

I bring up the frustration sound here just because it is also the way Faye Wong handles the ending sounds of song words. This kind of frustration is also sometimes expressed as a sudden interruption of the breath. For example, in "Sky", it sings "Whose thoughts are hidden", "When will our sky be connected into one", "There are layers of thoughts" and other lines , the end of the ending is suddenly interrupted, making the listener feel the pain of losing a loved one. After the interruption, it is connected again, giving people the charm of singing three sighs; it is also expressed as the sound is recycled with rapid airflow, like "Emotions" "Life" sings "I'm sorry to hear that I'm lonely", and the ending sound is quickly recovered in a breathy voice, expressing a very strong sense of emotion; sometimes it is also manifested as a sudden drop in the ending tone, such as the elongated ending tone of the last sentence in "Crossing the Smoke", With a slight tremor, it changes to a falling tone, which more vividly expresses the singer's helpless mood.

There are many more of these processing methods in Faye Wong's songs. If you are interested, you can listen to them yourself.

4. Pharyngeal sounds.

Faye Wong’s throat singing technique was originally derived from Dolores, the lead singer of the Cranberries. In fact, Dolores did not invent the pharyngeal sound production technology, but she amplified it and introduced it into singing, making it a unique style. I say that Faye Wong's singing style has a constructive impact on the Chinese music scene, and the adoption of pharyngeal sound technology is also a big reason. Pharyngeal pronunciation technology is often proposed in teaching to solve the problem of high pitch. It is to find the feeling of pressing the fingers on the throat to pronounce the vowel α, which can improve the vocal range. For Easterners, it actually has the function of embellishment. Most Eastern people's voices are delicate and pure. How to maintain the beauty of the high-pitched area is a technical problem that must be solved. Just imagine if a delicate voice rushes directly to the high-pitched area, it will obviously appear thin. Using pharyngeal sound production technology, the high-pitched area will appear full. mellow. In this regard, Faye Wong is very smart. What she has learned is the vocal technique to improve the tension of her voice. However, many people often only see Faye Wong singing "La La La..." and say that Faye Wong imitates Dolores. In fact, Faye Wong is the majority Asian female singer shows a way to break through the high notes. Furthermore, pharyngeal voice technology can also expand the tone of children's voices, such as "The Wandering Red Shoes", which shows a fairy tale-like dream. In this song with a faint hint of opera, Faye Wong incorporated pharyngeal voice singing, demonstrating A warm and harmonious color of children's voices.

5. Mixing

The so-called mixing singing method is to find a sounding position in the middle zone between the real voice and the false voice or the real voice and the breath voice, so as to obtain a sound between the true voice and the false voice. Use the falsetto to sing the song, thereby achieving a magnetic, sandy, delicate and ethereal artistic effect. Mixed singing has been developed abroad for many years. Since the development of the Chinese music scene, it is really rare to find a decent mixing singing method. There are even fewer female singers. Among male singers, Du Dewei was the first to try it. Nowadays, with the accelerated exchange of Eastern and Western pop music, mixed singing has gradually become popular. New generation singers like Yang Kun and Adu all sing in this way, but the traces of deliberate singing like Adu are still too obvious.

Faye Wong has actually begun to practice this singing method in the early days, and it is still difficult to see a singer who can master the mixed singing method as naturally as Faye Wong, without any sense of jerkiness or artificiality. . This is also because Faye Wong is skilled in the use of falsetto and breathy voices mentioned earlier, so it is easier than others to find an intermediate voice. If anyone has doubts about this, then first listen to Faye Wong's 1994 "Please Yourself". In this earlier song, Faye Wong has been able to make the mix transparent and ethereal