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People like ballads.
It is a relaxed tempo where lyrical lyrics, melody, and emotion linger for a long time. When the song flows as if taking a breath, the listener's mind moves at the same speed. Ballads are the most familiar and comfortable music for many.
However, some people who sing choose ballads because they think the rhythm is weak. I'm worried that a fast song will miss the beat, and I think a slow song will be easier because it looks complicated. There are enough emotions when singing ballads, but many of those who are told that they are strangely boring find the cause in the concentration of emotions. Use more facial expressions, breathe more, and put more emotions, but the results don't change much. The reason is in the beat, not the emotion.
Ballads are just slow music, not without rhythm. Rather, the longer the cycle of repetition, the clearer the beat becomes. In fast songs, parts that can be carried over by the flow are also exposed in ballads. Time continues to flow even when a note is turned off for a long time, and how you hold on to the flow determines the density of the sound.
Many people think of the beat as the concept of 'getting it right'. It is considered sufficient if it is not pushed as accompaniment and does not deviate from the metronome (beat). However, in a song, it is a more active concept because it is a sense of dividing time and tying back time rather than a passive concept of matching the beat.
People who sing well feel a unit in it even when they make a long tone. At first, the time is held by counting 1, 2, 3, and 4, but when the sensation permeates the body, the number disappears and only the structure remains. Even if it is not revealed on the outside, there are bundles in the sound, and the bundles form music.
I often hear 'I can't sing high notes' at the lesson site. However, if you listen closely, the sense of time is often shaken rather than the vocalization itself. If you drag the length without the standard of the beat, the body becomes anxious, and unnecessary force is put on the neck to support the anxiety. Eventually, the sound is blocked. Stabilizing time also stabilizes the body, and often sees the moment when the high notes open unexpectedly naturally. This is because high notes are not just a matter of height, but a matter of securing time to support it.
If you list 16 circles in a line, you can't see the structure well, but as soon as you tie four together, order arises. The same is true of music. If you don't bundle the beat like the bar of bamboo, the sound is scattered, and the moment you bind it, the flow has a direction. Ballads look like music of emotions, but behind them lies a sense of dealing with time. It's not easy because it's slow, but it's a genre that's more revealed because it's slow.
If my ballad sounds boring, I need to check how I'm dealing with time before adding more emotions. The beat is not just counting, but the process of counting, tying, and leaving the senses in the body. Only on top of that do emotions become convincing.
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