Annotation Whiplash

Micheal 2022-03-20 09:01:08

DoubleTime Swing is a clue to the drummer's skills throughout the film. Under normal circumstances, Swing tempo is generally between 80-200bpm, which doubles the normal speed. Some bebop tracks use speeds above 300, which is really a challenge for drummers. [produced by mikkeydee] In order to win the championship, the Demon Instructor desperately tried difficult tracks, and he was constantly looking for a drummer who could play a fast swing.


The title Whiplash is the theme song of Three Eagles with One Arrow. Whiplash itself is an existing track. Whiplash is also a metaphor for the devil’s infinite whiplash against the drummer. The third meaning is that I want to hehe all the film critics. The film tells about the double time swing pursued by the protagonist and the demon. There is a Moeller technique in jazz drums, which is a technique that many people pursue to achieve high speed. The important action is called Whiplash. [Mikkeydee produced]

The most exciting of the whole film One paragraph is actually in the front part-the freshman drummer Andrew Neyman participated in the band rehearsal for the first time, serving as the assistant of the original senior drummer and was responsible for the translation. A fusion style music played by the band is the movie theme song Whiplash. It's 14/8 beats. [produced by mikkeydee] can also be simply understood as 7 beats. For most people, two beats and four beats are better to follow. The 7 beats shows that the band's benchmark starting point is quite high. You can also see that Andrew kept marking the scores 2+3+2 on the score before the first practice. This little detail drummer can understand.


The devil's instructor caught someone out of tune with his delicate ears, and he asked the wood pipe part and the brass part to play the 115th bar.

20:26 "Reeds"-the word is not turned out, it is not surprising that the subtitles are stumped-it is an unfamiliar usage.


Wind music is generally divided into wood pipe parts and brass parts. All pipes are wood pipes, including flute, oboe, clarinet (clair), saxophone (saxophone), bassoon (big pipe), etc. All horns are brass, including French horn, trumpet, trombone, and large. Number, sun number, etc.


The woodwinds in the jazz big band combination are generally clarinet and saxophone. Both of these instruments use reed Reed as the vibration source, so it is natural to call them Reeds. The orchestra cannot call it this nickname because it has the flute, a lip vibrating instrument. Generally speaking, it is called woodwinds. pipes or simply woods. If you want to ask why the woodwind part does not seem to be made of wood, learn the basics yourself.


20:21 "Bones" brass part-the same is also a pictographic slang. It is generally called Horns-or the standard term Brass.


25:13 "let's hear some fills" --- The translation team apparently misunderstood "let's hear some feels" (a bit of a feeling). The original sentence means "play a little over the drum here (add flowers to fill)", and the demon's gestures also help explain-this one needs to add flowers, don't always play rhythmic patterns.


25:56, the demon guides the rookie Neyman --- "Down beat on 18" does not mean starting from the 18th bar, but "you have to step on the accent on the first beat of the 18th bar", downbeat ---- no expansion Up. Immediately after the next sentence, the subtitles cannot be understood for a lifetime-"Bar 17, the AND of 4". The seventeenth bar, the third sixteenth note of the fourth beat. The English method of subdividing each quarter note beat is very useful, but unfortunately it is not spread out much in China, 1-e-and-a, 2-e-and-a, 3….. where and is each beat The third dot (of course, the premise of this counting method is based on dividing each beat into four dots).


Around 54 minutes, the demon began to tell the musicians the story of the former band member trumpeter Sean who unfortunately died in a car accident. "I came across a kid who was working on his scales..." Note, this means that I came across a kid who was working on his scales. Practicing scales is the basic skill of various instruments, which is often boring but must be studied every day. The subtitles are "tuning scale", if you want to tune, only the tune is accurate.


The film's screenwriter and director Damien is 85 years old. The posterity is terrible. I have been learning drums since I was a child, and I have also met very strict teachers and accumulated creative inspiration. After being released as a small production film, the results are obviously very brilliant. It can actually get a certain response among Chinese literary and artistic youth, and it can be regarded as a ripple caused by the tepid jazz. However, it is difficult to give praise in the music circle. A few points were pointed out: The


cymbal that JoJones smashed at Charlie Parker was encouraging and joking. It was not angry and violent like a devil, and it was facing the feet instead of the head. This detail of jazz history should not be misunderstood and misrepresented.


The film misleads many young music learners and parents that they can become geniuses by insanely forced training. In fact, people's motor and nerve limits are innate, and it is useless to practice without talent. As for the bloody drumming shots, it's just a stupid joke.


Miles Teller, who starred as a rookie, turned out to be a young man who had learned some drums. Obviously he learned the symmetrical grip. [Mikkeydee] learned the traditional jazz grip for temporary assaults, that is, the left hand holds the drumstick across the mouth. This thing can't be done in a few weeks. Obviously, the left hand gesture of the protagonist in the film is drumming, and the old smoker looks like a rare cigarette that doesn't smoke.


Finally, I would like to remind you that, except for the rookie practicing alone at the beginning of the film, the demon discovered that the segment was really recorded. All the others were recorded first and then used mtv to broadcast the recording on-site with action shooting. The real hero-the recording drummer of the film, the producer did not list it in the credit, he is really a mature and old recording drummer. Not only is he proficient in playing all the repertoires and solo, but also interprets the male lead's mistakes vividly, which requires super-high control ability. Those who learn musical instruments understand that once they can play a part correctly, it is difficult to deliberately make a mistake, because the brain simply does not allow it. The mystery of the hero behind the scenes is the most fascinating thing, like the mysterious professional racer Stig in Top Gear, who always wears a helmet to show others.

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Whiplash quotes

  • Terence Fletcher: If you deliberately sabotage my band, I will fuck you like a pig.

  • Terence Fletcher: Nieman, you lost the fucking part.

    Andrew: No, I didn't! You can't fucking do this to me!

    Terence Fletcher: CAN'T?

    Andrew: Yeah!

    Terence Fletcher: When did you become a fucking expert on what I can or cannot do, you fucking weepy willow shitsack?

    Andrew: I earned that part.

    Terence Fletcher: You never earned anything. God, you are a self-righteous prick. The only reason you are a core is because you misplaced a folder. The only reason you're in studio band to begin with is because I told you EXACTLY what I'd be asking for in Nassau! Am I wrong?

    Andrew: Yeah, yeah. I'm in studio band because I'm the best player...

    Ryan: [interrupts] Hey, why don't you just back off, bro?

    Andrew: Hey, you know, fuck off, Johnny Utah! Turn my pages, bitch!

    Terence Fletcher: Hey, I can cut you any fucking time I want.

    Andrew: You would've cut me by now.

    Terence Fletcher: Try me, you fucking weasel!