Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 190 187. Torrent duel from three perspectives

Chopin's Etude in C-sharp Minor Op10.No4
Jiang Sheng.
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Head start!

The first contestants in groups A, C, and E of the three venues started their performances almost simultaneously.

But only the temperature of Taoyuan Concert Hall rose for a moment.

In the early morning, when he was still asleep, it seemed that he was forcibly awakened by the rolling sound. In just ten seconds, the atmosphere of the entire concert hall seemed to have entered a fierce competition stage.

In the contestant viewing area, except for the No. [-] contestant who is waiting to appear in the backstage, the other nine contestants can intuitively feel the explosive power of the petite figure in front of the piano from the perspective of the audience at this moment.

Fast, urgent, fierce.

The pressure was on my face.

Under their seemingly calm expressions, some people have already started to make small calculations in their minds based on their order of appearance.

A game is not a concert, they are not here to enjoy the music.

As far as finger skills are concerned, seven out of the nine have already surrendered.

It's brutal, it's naked, but that's the way the game is.

No one knows how the opponent will appear on the stage.

What they can do is to adjust their mentality in time and try not to be disturbed when facing a strong opponent.

One wonders that, despite her great start, maybe she'll make mistakes later on.

Some people couldn't help but hope that she would make a mistake in the next second.

There is no need to forget the score for falling notes or sticking fingers, as long as there is a little malfunction.

They are too clear that for the judges of this competition, a small problem is enough to kill the work of Riptide.

However, when Jiang Sheng ended the torrent performance with a crisp sound and raised his hand.

Form may have become clear.

The first candidate to advance to Group A has appeared.

It was Jiang Sheng, No. 54 Yangcheng Courtyard, whose name most of them had never heard of.

It's just that some people make judgments when the other party plays to the eighth bar, and some people are forced to have this idea after the other party has finished playing.

In the face of absolute strength, if you want to win, you can only head to head.

Just ask yourself if you have the level to compete head-on with the other party.

Eight of the nine have given up on the idea.

But think about it better, assuming that there are two people in each group who can advance, at least they can fight for another promotion spot.

It may be a bit negative to think so, but who would have thought that there are players in Group A who can stand in the same echelon as Wu Fusheng and Liang Chunyu.

There are only two or three favorites to win the championship in each competition, and everyone knows it well.

Lao Tang's mentality is relatively positive, but he can't help feeling that a dark horse player like Jiang Sheng will basically not appear in the previous college group.

If anyone at the scene had a little impression of Jiang Sheng, it was the male judge surnamed Liu among the judges.

In the second round of the college competition four years ago, Jiang Sheng's first piece was also the torrent.

At that time, this little girl who was selected by the National Council left a deep impression on him. Unfortunately, the opponents she faced at that time were too much older than her.

But so be it.

If there are 13 people in the third round of promotion, then the opponent will also enter.

In fact, in the 18th competition until the promulgation of the rules and regulations, the organizing committee was discussing whether to increase the number of promotions in the three rounds to [-] or No.[-].

Give more opportunities to these young people in China.

Unsuccessful.

Until this year, the organizing committee finally increased the quota for the third round to 15 people, but the male judge surnamed Liu had no doubt that it was because of the upgrade of the event.

Because the three extra places are given to overseas winners to directly advance to the third round.

Therefore, the 104 contestants who entered the second round through the audition can still only compete for the 12 promotion places.

From his point of view, Jiang Sheng, who made a comeback four years later, has indeed undergone a qualitative change in his ability to control his fingers.

As long as there are no major accidents in the next moonlight, there should be no problem entering the third round.

But if the opponent's goal is the final.-
The scene was quiet for a moment, Jiang Sheng raised his hand and dropped his fingers again after adjusting his breathing.

The atmosphere in the concert hall became heavy with the heavy triplet, and it was no longer as turbulent as before.

The femininity of falling keys once again demonstrates Jiang Sheng's manipulation of finger skills, and the flow of decomposing triads is like a sparkling lake under the moonlight.

Still in C sharp minor.

Beethoven No.14 Piano Sonata, op27.no2, also known as Moonlight.

Jiang Sheng's second work this round.

Same as four years ago.
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Backstage, Li An, who had gradually adjusted his mentality, returned half of his attention to Jiang Sheng's performance.

Moonlight is not considered one of his repertoires, but it can be regarded as a Beethoven sonata that he has studied relatively more.

Didn't pay much attention to each other's first movement.

Just listening to the second movement is completely different from his way of playing.

Especially in the use of vibrato, Beethoven designed multiple vibrato performances in the second movement.

At the fifty or sixty bars, when transitioning from D major to D flat major, the performance of vibrato has a great influence on the expressiveness of music.

Ang Lee prefers to play with more volume, while Jiang Sheng focuses on making a fuss about the density frequency.

It is difficult to judge which of the two handles better, and the style presented can only be handed over to the judges for comparison.

It's just that there is no moonlight in his second round of selections, but there are torrents.

It has to be said that the small female player did wash his head with the rapids at the beginning.

Originally, he thought that being second in Group A was not the worst order of appearance, at least not the first appearance, and there was still some time to adjust his state.

However, who would have thought that the first opponent to appear would be so strong, and he would also choose the same etude as him.

The opponent's fierce interpretation style is very powerful, even he can feel it standing in the background, not to mention the judges and contestants in the selection area.

He could imagine the shock created by the opponent being the first to appear on the stage.

There is also a smooth and incomparable speed.

At that time, Ang Lee felt that he had really drawn a lottery, and he might as well be the first one to play.

Playing the torrent behind the opponent, and comparing the interpretation styles of the two, he is at a disadvantage.

But the game has already started, and he must calmly consider how he can adjust at this last moment.

The collision of two adjacent contestants is one of the most talked about by the judges.

This comparison is the most intuitive.

So how to get the judges to break free from Jiang Sheng's torrent is the key to his victory in this small segment.

It is easy to say, but not easy to do.

His thinking continued.

As the infectious fast running on the stage sounded again, the third movement of Moonlight arrived as scheduled.

As he listened, his eyes unconsciously moved to Jiang Sheng's back.

It seemed that he wanted to pass through the opponent's body and see clearly the movement of the opponent's non-stop stepping on the pedal.

Recalling the torrent played by the other party just now, he let out a soft breath.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Loosen the shirt at the wrist, it's almost time for him to play.
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No one realized that on the second day after he came to the highest-level piano competition in China with the purpose of self-examination, when Li An really appreciated the strength of his opponents of the same age, he unconsciously had a feeling that he was not even as good as himself. Perceived - I want to win.
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"Dang Dang Dang!!!"

Three well-arranged powerful and twisted one after another.

Contestant No. 54, selected by the Yangcheng Conservatory of Music, took the lead in completing the second round of performances in the Taoyuan Concert Hall, and fired the first shot of the No.18 Xinghai Cup Piano Competition.

Raise your hand.

Three seconds later, Jiang Sheng got up and held the piano and bowed to the almost empty auditorium.

At this moment, no one dared to underestimate this petite figure.

Because it was a closed game, there was no applause from the audience.

However, the complicated gazes of the nine contestants in the spectator seats were better than applause.

"Peter No. 66, Li An, please get ready."

As a staff member came to the stage to wipe the keyboard and adjust the piano bench, at the same time, the voice of another staff member sounded in the concert hall.

Jiang Sheng turned around and walked towards the backstage holding the dress and long skirt. Halfway there, she saw the tall black figure at the door stepping back two steps and turning sideways to make room for her.

A friendly and gentlemanly gesture.

She said, "Thank you."

The other party said, "You're welcome, you played really well."

After stepping off the stage, Jiang Sheng returned to her seat and sat down. Although there was a small problem in the second half of the torrent just now, the problem was not serious.

Her second round is over, and she is only waiting for the third round.
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After seeing the staff step down, Li An breathed out and walked out of the backstage door.

Under the warm light above his head, he calmly walked towards the center of the stage

After a long absence, he finally returned to the arena and stage.

It's still the second round.

Maybe it's God's will somewhere.

bow.

Take your seat.

The one-stop movements show his stage experience.

The process of Ang Lee adjusting the height of the piano bench.

The people in the spectator stands were not idle either.

For the No. 66 contestant who followed Jiang Sheng, some people sympathized, some were grateful, and some waited for the scene of the car accident with gloating.

After listening to Jiang Sheng's performance, almost no one wanted to follow her on stage.

Doesn't this add difficulty to the game?

It's very simple.

Assuming a full score of 100, the judges gave Jiang Sheng 90 points for his performance just now.

Then the player Xiao B, who would have scored 80 points for his normal performance, may only get 75 points or even lower because he played behind Jiang Sheng.

So, No. 66 demined them.

Secondly, it would be even better if player No. 66 bombed.

It happened to neutralize Jiang Sheng's perfect performance in front of him. Such a quarrel before and after not only lowered the judges' expectations for the performance of their follow-up players, but also made them directly lose one competitor.

Lao Tang felt that the buddy No. 66 looked quite stable, and he might be able to catch Jiang Sheng's field.

After all, the game depends on the strength, as for the order of appearance, etc. are all objective factors.

A capable person, like Jiang Sheng, even if he is the first to appear on the stage, he can still leave tremendous pressure to the people behind.

Everyone in the contestant viewing area had their own thoughts, and the six judges in the judges' seat had overturned Ang Lee's contestant information form.

Etude repertoire, torrent.

See also torrent.

To be honest, the male judges surnamed Liu are not very optimistic about this contestant recommended by the Gansu Music Association.

It was bad enough to come out after Jiang Sheng.

Also crashed.

In my heart, the children of their primary school can also play the work of Riptide well.

But if he wanted to be brilliant, did Jiang Sheng play brilliantly just now?
As the leader of the judges group of Group A, the male judge surnamed Liu could only reluctantly write a small calculation in his heart.

Because Jiang Sheng stepped on the sustain pedal at least four times when playing the second half of the torrent just now.

As for why, it is not to maintain the sound effect before and after.

He sighed, this child still has mental problems.

It was too aggressive at first.

The atmosphere was indeed created, but the problem was also buried.

With the arms raised again in front of the piano, he withdrew his thoughts and looked back at the sound in front of the piano.

Suddenly, he noticed that the other party's hands were lying on the keyboard.

Without waiting for him to react, the figure in front of the piano bowed slightly, and his right hand was slightly raised in a hook shape.

next second.

The palm of the right hand seemed to be smashed down the entire plane.

Then a thunderous crisp sound exploded from the piano!

Explosive but not scattered, the first five notes on the right hand, the sound grains are clear, the extreme processing of first strong and then weak will fill the drama of the whole music from the beginning.

Every change from forte to pianist seems to carry a pure purpose.

Not to mention the gorgeous timbre, but it gives people a kind of rhythm and rhythm that grows and flourishes in the hope.

In this change of strength, the male judge surnamed Liu gradually faded out of the mood of the music, and only then did he hear more clearly——

On the premise of playing clearly, this contestant highlighted the stress of the entire melody with pure finger strength. It must be noted that the opponent did not use the pedal to catch the key sustain note in this process.

In other words, the other party is purely using fingers to complete the processing of each accent.

Coupled with a rare speed, it performed a rare stability.

After the [-]th section, the male judge surnamed Liu had to say that he was a little surprised and regretful,

Such a pure finger technique, why is the tone like this?

Irregular in shape and lacking in texture.

Makes no sense.

Usually, when the finger technique reaches a certain stage, it will play a matching timbre feeling.

In the understanding of the piano timbre by the male judge surnamed Liu, the reason that a person cannot play a good timbre is mostly because he cannot imagine a good timbre.

It's a pity, he speculated that player No. 66 might have poor inner hearing.

Rare speed with rare stability.

If coupled with textured timbre, this torrent is beautiful, at least so far.
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Compared to the extremely silent contestant viewing area at the moment, Li An's heart on the stage is not so peaceful.

Unfortunately, he ran the scales for an hour and a half before dawn.

Otherwise, there is a high probability that his fingers will not be as flexible as they are at this time, and naturally they will not be so stable.

He almost turned the power of his fingers to the maximum, and he silently recited the beat during the rapid running, preparing for the arrival of 25 bars.

No one noticed that there was sweat on his temples.

Li An suddenly straightened up in the first half of his life, his right arm was slightly tilted, and the five fingers of his right hand quickly drew a sound flow with the changing fingering of 24234523.

Quickly return to position after playing the octave!
A new round of running reappears!
Keep the sound of the left thumb, and continue to make crescendo and burst.

The music that expresses emotion again quickly enters the alternate emphasis of left and right hands after his left hand changes to quarter notes.

Hearing the clear appearance of the quarter note in the inner part, the male judge surnamed Liu had a flash of appreciation in his calm eyes.

He likes this kind of performance full of design.

From Ang Lee's acceleration, his attention is focused on the two melodic lines.

One is an ascending scale formed by the thumb of the left hand.

The other is a right-handed regular run.

How to integrate these two interlaced melody lines is the most difficult point in this work.

All displacements must be fast and accurate.

Just now, when Jiang Sheng dealt with this point, he used the sustain sound of the pedal to free his left thumb, and at the same time, he also showed the momentum of the whole piece of music.

This processing can be described as extremely ingenious, but sacrifices a little melodic clarity.

In a powerful melodic leap, this sacrifice is almost negligible.

But Ang Lee only uses his fingers, not only retaining the maximum clarity, but also clearly presenting the two melody lines.

In particular, using the emphasized sound as the fulcrum of strength helps the hand quickly return to the original point and continue to prepare for the next round of running. This kind of performance that requires the rotation of fingers and wrists at the same time is actually beyond the scope of the design.

This is pure fundamentals.

Most players can think of it, but few people will do it.

Its risk is that even if one of the two hands is a little careless, the balance between the two melody lines will be destroyed in an instant, leading to the collapse of the whole song.

This is the scene of the game, without full confidence, who would like to take this risk.

What's more, even if Ang Lee successfully completes it, who can say that the passages he plays will definitely be much better than Jiang Sheng in terms of sense of hearing.

Before they knew it, everyone in the audience unconsciously compared the extremely calm torrent in their ears with Jiang Sheng's ferocious torrent on a horizontal level.
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On the stage, Li An raised his hand and let out a sigh of relief.

Section 33 is over.

Next, it will be his show time.

He suddenly raised his arms high, and in the next second, he saw his left hand stretched out in mid-air——

Fall again! !
(End of this chapter)