Commentary article Green Princess in the Music Circle - A Note on Young Singer Yan Minmin One day, composer Liu Shuxian brought a girl as a guest, and a passionate singing of "The Beauty of Miao Country" immediately brought a green poetic feeling. It turns out that she is a student of the famous vocal educator Professor Mi Ruoru - the young singer Yan Minmin, who can be called the "Green Princess of the Music Circle". Why can this Hunan girl, who is only 20 years old, bring such touching poetry and painting to everyone with her singing? Probably we have to start with her short and tortuous experience.

As a child, Yan Minmin would show unique excitement and sensitivity wherever she heard singing or music. When I was a child, I fell asleep to cabaret music every day. Over time, it became difficult to fall asleep without music. That is to say, when she was studying at Heshan Primary School in Jingzhou County, Huaihua City, her father discovered her daughter's talents and sent her to a children's art training class to participate in various artistic performances, intending to let her develop in the direction of music. At that time, the library opened an electronic piano class, and Minmin ran to watch it during the first class. For two days, Minmin stood there watching and listening to the teacher's teachings. Her mother saw it in her eyes and took it to heart. On the third day, her father bought her an electronic keyboard and signed up for a training class. There is also a dance training class that starts at the same time as the electronic keyboard. Minmin is an ugly duckling. She has to practice many basic skills such as front axle, back axle, somersault, big jump, small jump, turn over, step turn over, point turn over, etc. every morning. The teacher's teachings were very strict, and one can imagine the hardship Minmin suffered. However, after persisting like this for several years, she was already a top student at the age of ten. With this foundation, when she was 14 years old, her parents sent Minmin to Zhongnan Art School in Hunan Province to study piano and vocal music. The piano teacher's name was Ran Guanglin. He found that Minmin's proficiency was higher than those of the same year, so he assigned her difficult etudes. Due to her good teaching and Minmin's hard work, she was able to exceed the quota every time she returned to class, and the quality was good. In order to comprehensively train and improve Minmin's artistic ability, the teacher made a request, that is, let him learn to be Teacher Xiao! Minmin couldn't figure it out at first, so the teacher said, "If you don't like being a teacher, why would I like you as a teacher?" After reflection, Minmin gave it a try and felt that she could indeed teach and communicate better with her peers. , even though he was at the top of his class, he actually helped the teacher complete many unfinished tasks.

At the same time, he studied national vocal music with Xu Jingcun, executive director of the Provincial Music Association, national first-class actor and educator. This is also Minmin's first exposure to vocal music. At that time, it was still in the childish stage, and Teacher Xu was a little reluctant to accept it. Because of her father's insistence, the principal accepted Minmin on the condition that her father would help him work as the acting director of the Academic Affairs Office. Teacher Xu taught Minmin not to sing with a white voice, but to sing softly. Minmin didn't understand and suddenly felt voiceless, so she became resistant to teaching. Later, I made up my mind to learn from Teacher Xu. After a week, the teacher said that Minmin had made great progress.

When I got home, my father asked Minmin to sing a song, and Minmin sang "Azalea", but her voice was only as loud as a mosquito. Her father said, "Can you make your voice louder?" The singing was still the same, and Dad said again: "Sing with your original voice." Min said: "I can't sing it!" Dad asked again: "Can you sing like a singer?" Min said: "No." Dad. Said: "What's going on? Is it like this?" Then asked Teacher Xu: "What's going on." The teacher said: "She can't grow a child's voice now, and she hasn't learned the adult voice yet. This is a process... "

After returning to school after a summer vacation, the school happened to recruit people to perform, so Minmin took the initiative to ask the principal: "Can I go too?" The principal said: "You are too young, please be older. You can go!" Min said again, "Can you let me try singing?" The principal said, "Okay. "When Minmin sang, everyone was shocked. They thought she was staying in the "process", but they didn't expect the sound to come out! Soon, Minmin won the first place in the singing competition on campus! Professor Xu Jingcun also After participating in the competition, I was shocked and said: "Minmin, I didn't expect you to make progress, which makes me very happy! "Yan's voice comprehension is getting better and better, and the teacher's requirements for her are getting higher and higher. During the two years of music theory study classes (third year in junior high school and first year in high school), Minmin attended classes with both senior classes. During this time Minmin mainly paid attention to the charm and emotional processing of the songs. At the same time, she also established her own artistic development point and main direction - national vocal music.

In 2003, she came to the High School Affiliated to Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music. Was recommended to university vocal music professor Lei Huilan.

After hearing about Minmin's conditions and singing skills, Lei Huilan felt that she had great potential for singing, so she let her get more exposure to operatic works, focusing on guiding her to sing softly, heavily, slowly and urgently, and further strengthened the emotional processing of the songs. progress. The piano major of the attached middle school is very strong, and one year later Minmin’s piano reached a new level. When she was in her second year of high school, the Beijing Contemporary Conservatory of Music went to the high school to recruit students and selected Minmin, thinking that she had the best qualifications. Let her jump into the music education vocal music major of Beijing Modern Conservatory of Music and become a freshman. Teacher Chai Lin will teach her vocal music. Chai asked Minmin to grasp the midpoint of the song, keep the sound in mind, and pay attention to its inner sound point and volume to make the sound brighter, thicker, and more stable. He suggested that Minmin should find a better teacher to learn from. During her three years at school, Minmin also took the double-keyboard elective course with teacher Wang Xiaolian from the Haizheng Song and Dance Troupe.

At this time, her mother put forward higher requirements for Minmin: "You have learned singing, piano, electronic keyboard, and dance, but what songs will you sing in the future?" Yan said: "Sing whatever you want to sing. What?" Mom reminded: "Can you write your own songs in the future?" Minmin gradually discovered that many songs in the society have the same tune... Minmin still doesn't understand what creation is. With continuous inspiration and encouragement, I found that I often dreamed of many beautiful melodies when sleeping, but I forgot them all after getting up... Looking back, I thought: "Such a beautiful melody, it would be great if I could sing it myself." !” One night at the end of 2004, a melody suddenly came to mind naturally. Minmin got up and picked up a notebook to record it. I would write and think for a while, then suddenly stop writing. I couldn’t think of anything anymore, so I lay down to sleep again. As she fell asleep, the interrupted melody picked up again, and Minmin got up to write again, and continued writing like this until 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning. Mom opened the door and asked, "Did you get up very early? Or didn't you sleep all night?" Min made a mysterious "shhh" sound. Mom ran to the table and took a look. The notebook was filled with dense numbers. I wonder what they were? When Min finished memorizing all the notes, she said: "Mom, I have thought of a melody... Minmin marked various emotional symbols and calculated the first draft of a score. But I still feel that there is a melody, So I tried it and it seemed that there were still parts, so I composed four harmonies on the main theme. Then I said to my father: "My song is very nice..." Dad said: "But how do you grow up?" There is no word..." Minmin said: "How to write this word? "Dad said: "You can only write it yourself. “Minmin looked at the score and thought about the scene, and then wrote it out as soon as the sun came out. "It didn't rhyme at first, so I spent three consecutive days revising it based on the feeling in the song. In this way, "Miao Xiangmei" was born with "inspiration at the age of eighteen" during the Spring Festival in 2005. Afterwards, my father specially designed it for Min Min wrote the lyrics, and Minmin composed the songs "Little River in Hometown", "Everyone Calls the Motherland Dad", "Moon in Hometown", "Jingzhou Beauty", "Meet in Jingzhou", "Marry a Red Rose from Miao Township" ", etc., and has been published in various books, newspapers, and magazines and won awards in many competitions.

During her studies in Beijing, Minmin combined artistic practice and theory and participated in many competitions. In music activities and competitions, he performed very well in a competition in 2006 and won first prize for lyrics, music and singing! He was discovered by many experts and judges in the music industry and became a member of the China Ethnic Minority Music Association, a member of the Chinese Music and Literature Association, Among them, composer and critic Shen Zunguang recommended Minmin to Mi Ruoru, a famous vocal professor at the School of Music of Minzu University of China. After hearing Minmin sing, Mi Ruoru’s first impression was: “There is a lot of potential to be tapped. , had a strong understanding, so he accepted Minmin. Ask her: "You can't compare with the same people at the same level. You have to stand at a higher place to see it. Being first in the class doesn't count, and being first in school doesn't count. You have to be first wherever you go." , we must strive for excellence and learn from each other's strengths. "Xuehua celebrates the New Year and welcomes the new year with red plums. Congratulations on the founding of Anjiang" Director of the China Ethnic Minority Music Association, sponsored by Beijing Tianlongyuan Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., the "Original Music News" was published on November 18, 2006 in the 2006 National Original Lyrics, Songs and Singing Selection Activity. It fills the gap of original music in newspapers and periodicals in our country. Originality is the foundation of music, and innovation is the soul of the nation. The publication of "Original Music News" will provide high-quality music resources and performing arts food, which has far-reaching significance for the prosperity of our country's music and art and enriching the cultural life of the masses.

The main purpose of "Original Music Newspaper" and original lyrics, songs and singing selection activities is to innovate and promote new ones. Whether they are professional or amateur, whether they are from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, or overseas Chinese, whether they are workers, farmers, teachers, students, or soldiers, they all have a platform to showcase their music and art. At the same time, it recommends new performers to introduce social music trends in a timely manner, and provides information on various lyrics and song singing competitions across the country. It is a good teacher and helpful friend for the majority of music lovers and music professionals.

The "Original Music Newspaper" cooperates with the annual original and singing series activities, with the theme of promoting new talents, and based on the principle of fairness and justice, it treats everyone equally and evaluates excellent works and selects talents in an eclectic way. The threshold for participating in the event is low, the starting point is high, and the cost is low. With high taste, you will produce more excellent works, spend less time, have many channels to promote new people and new works, and take fewer detours. Thousands of people participated in the event, hundreds of excellent new works were released, and a group of newcomers showed off their talents. The event was a complete success, with wide publicity and great influence. For example, Yan Minmin (19 years old) was unanimously recognized by the expert judges in the first original lyrics song and singing competition in 2006, and won the first prize for the work, the first prize for singing, special awards for lyrics, music, and singing, and outstanding improvisational composition. Award, Special Excellence Award for Improvisational Singing and other five major awards. Trophies and certificates of honor will be awarded by the event organizing committee. At the same time, a series of recommendation activities will be published in the first issue of "Original Music News", including his photos, introduction, and works, and a first look at the album to develop his works. She is a first-blooming red plum cultivated in the spring season in the "Original Music News" and selection activities. "Original Music News" is backed by leading figures such as Qiao Yu, Wang Shiguang, Ren Zhiping, Liu Qinming, Fan Zuyin, Shi Xiang, Wang Yuming, Zhao Yi, Cheng Yuan, Han Ruilin and dozens of experts and celebrities. In the season of beautiful snowflakes, It is gratifying to see the publication of Li's first publication with a high starting point and high taste. I wish that thousands of newcomers and new works will shine brilliantly in the land of China in this flawless original music field. ——Excerpted from "Original Music News" Pastoral Poems in Dreams - Listen to Yan Minmin's "The Beauty of Miao Countryside"

This is the debut song of young singer Yan Minmin. She used her inspiration at the age of eighteen A beautiful musical and poetic picture was painted in the dream. The use of colorful ethnic minority music languages, harmonious accompaniments, dance rhythms, and lyrics and accents can reveal the complete and rigorous structure of a lyrical song. Although it is still a little immature in some places, it has been seen that The versatile singer has deep creative potential. So, what is the beauty of "The Beauty of Miao Countryside"? listen! Amidst the light embellishment of the electronic keyboard and the sound of rushing water, the male a cappella chorus "Ayiye" quickly started. The rise of a nation with distinctive characteristics, even harmonies, and softness gently finalized the unique artistic conception of the Miao ethnic minority throughout the song. Among the brightly colored melody and percussion accompaniment of various labor sound samples, the female solo lead is first introduced. "The sun shines when it comes out, and it shines on the Miao countryside." "It shines in front of the building on stilts, and the green hills accompany the green water." The music adds an appropriate amount of excess according to the language density and tonal characteristics of the lyrics, and cleverly develops the melody characteristics of 5642 At the same time, the 7-lowering feature of 7121 appeared. It depicts the refreshing artistic conception of the song in a relaxed and romantic way. In particular, the lining word "Ayiye" combines the distinctive characteristics of the Miao tonal style and quickly switches the first 1 to the last 6, making "Sing that folk song/folk song and fly with the wind/sing that happy distant/brother and sister come." "Meet" adds female chorus singers to the tight beat, and the singing introduces the first beauty of the song "Miao Countryside Beauty" - the beauty of love during the scale conversion.

Under the guidance of the intensive percussion of XXXX drums, it enters the allegro, a three-part chorus with dance rhythm, female high voice, male chorus, and the liner word "oh" performed simultaneously. However, the melody of "Brothers and sisters come to meet / singing and laughing together" adds an extra 1-note transition to the 5-note variation, and the group interpretation effect quickly reverses the words in the melody with dense rhythm and distinctive national colors, full of jumps. Swinging feeling and quick foreshadowing. The Miao ethnic group's colorful short-lived lyrics "Ayeyiyo, brother and sister, come to meet", and the intense lyricism of solo and accompaniment lead the song into "come to meet, both pairs". In the phrase "Come and meet each other", which is a blazing love phrase. However, the dance rhythm is distinct, and the rapid inversion of the lead singer, female solo singer, and male chorus backup singer, with the intensity of the dance rhythm and the energy release of the group's emotional explosion, set off a dynamic dance wave. Then the group started singing the long sentence "Aye Yo", and the melody variation showed two characteristics of flat 7 and flat 3. The accompaniment singers are also female high school students and middle school students.

The six parts of the male voice, including the high and low parts, set off a lyrical climax at the same time, presenting a wild, passionate and unrestrained singing emotion and a rich flavor of life and national color. The beauty of love inevitably creates the beauty of life. This is probably the second part of the beauty of life that "The Beauty of Miao Countryside" wants to express. The lyrics present a change of "Sing that Miao song to get drunk with the fragrance of flowers and birds/Sing that high mountain and all the mountains are right/Listen to me about the mountains and rivers/You are the most beautiful in Miao country". The music turns to a slow solo lyric at the beginning of the day, and the melody is in A While maintaining the musical style during the development and changes of the section, more use of flat 3, flat 6, flat 7 and restoration are used. The complex tone makes the narrative beautiful and grand, and the emotional expression expands from the inside to the outside, focusing the camera on the happy labor life of the Miao village. ...

In order to sing lyrically about the specific content of this section, the author also created a second section for girls with the chorus accompaniment of the line "Haye...hey!" and a novel foreshadowing of the male voice's accent. , and cleverly connected the B section of music and added new words to it, "Look at that Miao village/The reeds are accompanied by bursts of singing/Look at that singing competition field/The Miao singing is flying everywhere", giving it new life implications. The rhythm of the group's dance and singing is still succeeded by the Miao people's colorful short-term lyrics singing "Ayeyo Lusheng accompanied by bursts of singing and singing everywhere in the Miao countryside", which is a solo and accompaniment of the intense lyricism.

In order to express the theme of "The Beauty of Miao Countryside" to the maximum extent, and fully display the style and lyrical characteristics of the Miao people: after a percussion interlude, the author captured the two flat 7 and flat 3 characteristics of the B section The lining word "Ayeluo" is a long and lyrical sentence with tension, and the new words "Songs accompany the Miao countryside to fly" are added. The B section solo begins with "Sing that Miao song/The fragrance of flowers and birds is intoxicating/Sing to that high mountain/All the mountains are right/Listen to me about the mountains and rivers, Miao country, you are the most beautiful" and the two-part female vocal line "Ha Ye... Hey "Yeah" chorus accompaniment, the novel foreshadowing combination of the male voice's singing, the three fast and different musical color blocks formed an organic connection and produced the third lyrical climax - focusing on the deliberately warm and explosive emotional expression of Miao village life... … Immediately afterwards, the song returned to the music at the beginning of section A, "The sun shines when it comes out, and it shines on the Miao countryside/The hanging feet in front of the building, the green mountains, and the green water." In the pure and pure artistic conception, the beginning and the end echo In the soothing singing, "Mandarin ducks come in pairs on the water/Golden roosters crow in the mountains for wealth/Folk songs fly leisurely in the wind/Happy songs sing together in the Miao countryside", which is beautiful and lyrical. Finally, it is sung and extended with the liner notes of high 51, which accurately expresses the theme of the song. . ——Excerpted from "The Big World of Fans" and "Lyrics Forum"... ▲(Beginner Vocal Music Teacher) Xu Jingcun: When I first met Minmin, she was still a 14-year-old girl, and her voice had not changed yet. However, Minmin is very smart, has quick receptivity, and reads music very quickly. Her songs have good charm, and she is a child with great potential. ▲(Vocal teacher of the attached middle school) Lei Huilan: When I first accepted Minmin, I was very worried. Surprisingly, she is very young, but her voice is very good, her songs have good charm, she has great potential, and she is very receptive. I like her very much. I hope she can keep going and not give up, otherwise, I will feel very It’s a pity. ▲(College Vocal Teacher) Chai Lin: Minmin is a very understanding student, and she knows how to draw inferences from one example. She also has creative potential and has a lot of room for development. ▲(College Vocal Teacher) Wang Xiaolian: “Minmin’s The singing ability is very good, it can be used well in combination with the piano, the foundation is solid, the ability to accept is very fast, and the comprehension is very strong. ” ▲ (Undergraduate vocal teacher) Mi Ruoru: Minmin has strong singing ability and high comprehension. She has a very beautiful high-pitched range. She knows how to learn from each other’s strengths and has her own characteristics. She has great potential. ▲ (Undergraduate vocal teacher) Ma Shuming: “Min Min's works are very unique, with a combination of originality and nationality. His handling of the treble area is excellent, and he has great potential and room for development. He is an all-round talent. ”▲(Graduate Vocal Music Theory Teacher) Meng Xinyang: Minmin’s singing already has its own unique style, and her creative ability is very strong. Her works can be used as vocal music teaching materials.

▲Lyricist Yan Su: " Minmin can both sing and write. She is versatile, very good, very good! When I met Minmin, she only said that she was studying vocal music, but I was surprised to hear her singing her own compositions. I thought she sang well and wrote the music well, which was great. " ▲ Lyricist Tong Wenxi: "The first time I met Minmin was when I saw it in the newspaper. Minmin is a good girl. She can sing and write, and she writes very well and is very talented! ” ▲ Lyricist Li Changming: “Minmin is very young and a young composer. She writes good works and sings well. She is a young talented woman.

” ▲ Singer Zhang Huamin: “The works created by Minmin are very unique, and they are also very suitable for her vocal range and timbre. She can combine creation and singing very well, and she is a potential talent. ” ▲ Singer Wang Jieshi: “Minmin’s voice is very good, she sings very well, and her performance is very strong. ” ▲Music critic Shen Zunguang: “Minmin is a really good kid. She sings well and writes well. She is versatile and popular. She is a good youngster with great potential for development. ” ▲ Composer Liu Shuxian: “Although Minmin’s vocal performance is good, her composition ability is even more outstanding. She is really a little creative music genius. When I first saw Minmin's work, I thought it was very good. Such a work should be written by an old lady. But when I saw the person, it turned out to be a little girl, which made me very surprised. What surprised me even more was that this was her debut novel. I really admired this little genius. ”

▲Composer Cheng Yuan: “The first time I met Minmin was when she participated in an original song competition I organized. She was very young, but her works were very good. Many composers and lyricists are here. Minmin's work was awarded the first prize, and her singing was also ranked first. She was also published in the first "Original Music Newspaper", and the musicians all recognized her very much. , I also think she is really good. ” ▲Composer Lei Yuansheng: “Hey! This girl's songs are well written, her style is unique, and she sings well. She deserves to be called a talented girl. ” ▲Composer Wang Shiguang: “Minmin’s works are well written, have national characteristics, can sing and write, are very good, and are versatile. ” ▲Composer Fu Gengchen: “Minmin’s style of music is good, it is a real innovation, a new work by a real newcomer, and a real talent in singing and composing. ” ▲Musician Li Fante: “When I first met Minmin, I found that her works were very good. I didn’t expect a little girl to be so talented, and I admired her very much. ” ▲Musician Zhang Hongguang: “Minmin’s works are very grand, very standardized, and very popular.” "She is such a person - She is very slender, but not tall; She eats well, but it is difficult for her to gain weight; She sleeps well, but she can also endure; She is casual, but not casual; She loves to be lively , but doesn’t like to join in the fun; She loves to be clean, but doesn’t like to be too deserted; She is confident, but she is not proud; She loves to dress up, but doesn’t like to be pretentious; She is impatient, but she is not impatient; She is smart, but she She doesn't like to play scheming; She is serious, but not rigid; She is careless, but not sloppy; She is excited, but not impulsive; She is straightforward, but not direct; She has a temper, but does not play tricks;

She likes to relieve worries, but not jokes;

She is persistent, but not obsessed; She is enthusiastic, but not attentive; She is kind, but not weak; She is strong, but not Strong; She is persistent, but not demanding; She is decisive, but not arbitrary; She does not care, but will not condone; She has principles, but will not be restrained; She is innocent, but not childish; She loves fantasy, but does not No hypocrisy.