Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 590 289. Baroque carriage
Ten minutes later, Li installed his phone and returned to the stage, "Continue."

The teaming up continues.

Before waiting for Lin Youyou's call, he estimated that the other party was busy, so he compiled the matter into text and sent it to the other party.
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At 04:30 in the afternoon, the children waited for another rehearsal teacher for today.

It was none other than the familiar Principal Qin.

Among the children, only Ji Yang knew about Qin Yong's academic qualifications.

Under Li An's introduction, everyone got to know their Principal Qin again.

The most excited person is Wang Xiaohu, because he always thought that Teacher Qin’s major was clarinet.

"Welcome Qin Zhi." Li An took the lead in applauding.

The children followed suit and clapped their hands, smiling in unison and saying, "Hello, Commander Qin!"

Qin Yong kept smiling. When the applause fell, he bowed lightly to the children and said, "Thank you, long time no see, everyone."

After a pause, "Also, this was also rehearsed, right?"

The children didn't react at first, and then burst into laughter. They had not rehearsed this scene.

Li An clapped his hands, "Okay, okay, don't laugh. Teacher Qin will have something to do later, so let's hurry up and walk through it."

Qin Yong: "It's okay, don't worry."

While the children were preparing, Li An briefly said a few words to Qin Yong, "Brother Yong, I have done all the preliminary work that I can do, and I will leave the rest to you."

Qin Yong sighed, "I'll try my best, let's listen to it first." He took out the score from his bag.

Ang Lee told him about the specific situation half a week ago. In order to show his support, he indeed squeezed out some time from his busy schedule to come over.

Returning to the auditorium, Qin Yong raised his hand to indicate to Li An that he could start.
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10 minute later.

As the seven teachers and students stopped their hands in order, the performance ended again.

Qin Yong applauded the children in the audience.

"It's really good." Qin Yong said to himself while looking at the stage, then stood up and returned to the stage.

When he came up, he praised the children, "You are so awesome. You are definitely the number one piano ensemble in Chengdu."

The children were said to be a little embarrassed. Chengdu is so big, how could they be the number one?

Qin Yong really didn't say anything against his will. The configuration in front of him and the quality of this ensemble are definitely unique in the entire Chengdu.

With professional repertoire, professional instructors, and excellent personal skills, after listening to Qin Yong, it is absolutely clear that Li An can lead the children to continue to explore the field of piano ensemble in depth. This form of performance is still in the desert stage in China.

"Lee An, why don't you take the children and form a piano chamber ensemble?"

Li An: "Brother Yong, stop praising them. If you praise them any more, they will fly into the sky. Look at that Liu Fengrui's smile."

"Okay, stop laughing and listen to Commander Qin tell everyone."

Getting back to the topic, Qin Yong praised what should be praised, and then it was time to talk about the shortcomings in his opinion.

Unlike Wei Sanwan and Li An, Qin Yong is a conductor.

The conductor doesn't care how you work out the details in the piano room, or what method you use to solve a certain technical difficulty.

The conductor only needs one thing.

It means that when you show up in the rehearsal hall, can you play and sing what he wants according to his ideas?

If Qin Yong were the conductor of this ensemble, he would never accept the musicians playing a Baroque work at such a speed.

Although there were no technical problems.

Before starting, Qin Yong briefly talked about Baroque music.

"In fact, it reflects the spirit of European society from the [-]th to the first half of the [-]th century that had the courage to explore knowledge and shape the new world."

"It is full of vitality, magnificent and represents the spirit of an era. Western music history calls the art of this era the horn of the prophet, and Baroque music is the most direct sound of this horn."

While he was telling the children, Qin Yong turned around and found that Li An was recording him with his mobile phone.

Li An did not interrupt, and signaled Qin Yong to continue with his other hand.

Qin Yong looked at the children: "When you listened to this piece for the first time, did you feel that your emotions became excited and high-pitched?"

Children: "Yes."

Qin Yong: "The era that Vivaldi lived in belonged to the late Baroque period. During this period, instrumental music developed rapidly and has risen to the same important status as vocal music."

Wang Xiaohu raised his hand.

Qin Yong: "Little tiger."

Wang Xiaohu: "Teacher Qin, was vocal music so powerful in ancient times?"

Qin Yong: "Pay attention to the wording. From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, vocal music has long occupied a dominant position. It was only from the Baroque period that instrumental music developed independently. In the Classical period, instrumental music ushered in a prosperous era."

"We have to mention Vivaldi again here. The concerto you know is largely based on Vivaldi's violin concerto."

Marco raised his hand.

Qin Yong: "Marco."

Marco: "Teacher Qin, is this one we are playing also a model for a later concerto?"

Qin Yong: "Well, it can be said that this piece in A minor is one of the very few that is still played among Vivaldi's hundreds of violin concertos. You can definitely regard this piece as a representative of Baroque music. .”

"In other words, it has all the characteristics of Baroque music."

"I'll ask a question, and you can answer it as you please without raising your hands."

"What are the characteristics of Baroque music?"

Xiao Liu: “The rhythm is distinct.”

Wang Xiaohu: “There are many decorative sounds.”

Xiaobei: "Gorgeous."

Marco: "Long phrases."

Ji Yang: "The rhythm is regular."

Trolley: “The moods contrast sharply between the movements.”

Qin Yong: "Very good. It basically adds up to a standard answer."

Regarding the characteristics of Baroque music, it is difficult for children not to remember it, and their teachers emphasize it in their ears every day.

"Then let me ask another question. Should the speed of Baroque music be fast or slow?"

fast or slow?

Liu Fengrui: "Allegro should be fast and adagio should be slow."

Xiao Liu's answer represented the thoughts of most children, and Marco remembered the speed issue discussed with the teacher last time.

Qin Yong looked at Xiao Liu: "Do you think it's faster to take the subway or the bus?"

Xiao Liu thought to himself that it goes without saying, of course the subway is fast, and he was there in just a few seconds: "Subway."

Qin Yong: "Which mode of transportation do you think is faster, taking the bus or taking the carriage?"

"Everyone should think carefully about which one is faster."

The children looked at each other. Although they had never been in a carriage, they thought the bus was faster.

Wang Xiaohu rode a horse, which was completely different from the scene on TV of galloping horses: "The bus is fast."

Qin Yong suddenly changed the subject: "There will be a performance by your teacher tomorrow night. Do you want to go and see it?"

Children: "Think!"

Then, "We have tickets!" "Tickets for consecutive seats!" "Ninth row!"

Qin Yong raised his forehead and said, "Okay."

Li An: "Listen carefully."

The children immediately fell silent.

Qin Yong asked the third question: "Then let me ask you, how will you go to the Chengdu Concert Hall tomorrow?"

"Subway." Ji Yang vaguely understood what Teacher Qin wanted to express, so as not to interrupt the children again, she said first, "Line 3 will be there as soon as you leave the station."

Qin Yong: "Hurry or not."

Ji Yang: "Hurry, we'll be there in ten minutes."

Qin Yong: "No matter where you live in Chengdu, you can definitely reach the Chengdu Concert Hall within an hour and a half, no problem."

Children: "No!" Liu Fengrui: "It won't even take an hour if the subway reverses."

Qin Yong: "Do you know how long it would take to hear a large concert during the Baroque period?"

The children shook their heads.

Wang Xiaohu: "Two hours?"

Qin Yong: "If we go back to the Baroque period, after lunch tomorrow, you will have to take a carriage to catch your teacher's concert."

The children were shocked: "How about five or six hours?"

Xiaobei said cutely: "Teacher Qin, what if my family doesn't have a carriage."

Qin Yong: "Then you have to walk and set off early in the morning."

"Everyone tell me why?"

Children: "Because walking is slow."

Qin Yong: "Which is faster, carriage or walking?"

Children: "Carriage!"

After telling this answer, Xiaobei suddenly remembered that they said the carriage was slow just now.

Qin Yong: "So fast and slow are the conclusions drawn from comparison."

"Today, we think of buses as slow, but in the Baroque period, horse-drawn carriages were already the fastest form of transportation."

"So people who lived in that era, their pace of life would not exceed the speed of a horse-drawn carriage."

"In other words, when Vivaldi asked the musicians to play this piece at a fast tempo, he had to consider the speed that the audience could accept."

The children suddenly realized that everyone seemed to have grasped something, but they didn't know how to express it.

Li An was also thinking, and he thought of many connections between music and life from Qin Yong's prompts.

moment.

Qin Yong: "So when we want to restore the music of the Baroque period, in addition to studying the musical characteristics of this period, we should also consider its speed."

Another moment.

Ang Lee: "Let's try."
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With the help of Qin Yong, Li An and the children finally completed their rehearsal task on August [-] before [-] p.m.

It can be said to be a perfect ending.

After Qin Yong's speed improvements, children find it easier to play because the Allegro movement is slower.

At the same time, Ang Lee also believes that the improved first and third movements can now not only echo the second movement emotionally, but also be more harmonious in terms of listening experience.

Listening to the entire three movements, the grandeur and heaviness brought about by the slowness are more three-dimensional.

He is satisfied.

This is probably the magic of command.

It was the first time that Wang Xiaohu felt the magic of this profession at such a close distance.

But Wang Xiaohu felt that his teacher Li was more powerful, so he didn't care.

"Thank you, Teacher Qin!"

"No thanks, no thanks. I wish you a happy trip in advance and listen to your teacher's instructions on the way. Goodbye everyone."

Amid the children's thanks, Qin Yong returned the score to Li An and left in a hurry.

After Qin Yong left, Li An took the children to clean the stage, and then took the children to have a simple meal at the school gate.

Although it is simple, just a bowl of noodles, the children enjoyed it very much.

Marco was still not full after one bowl, so he and Wang Xiaohu each ordered another pot helmet.

After coming out of the restaurant, Li An led the team to the nearest subway station quickly.

The last arrangement today is to take the children to a concert.

The ninth concert of the festival was a string quartet performance by the Shenzhen Jiaotong University Chamber Orchestra, including Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Take the children to experience the style of string music live.

Just as he was passing by the entrance of the Chengdu Conservatory of Music again, Wang Xiaohu suddenly saw a familiar figure on the campus.

After a while, he remembered who it was, and put down the pot helmet in his hand: "Teacher! I think I saw Teacher Tang!"

"Lao Tang?" Li An quickly stopped and looked around, "Where?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Well, I saw it when I passed by the school gate just now."

Li Anhan: "Why didn't you say anything just now?"

After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and called Lao Tang.

"Who is Teacher Tang?" Xiao Liu asked in a low voice.

"That bald teacher, the teacher's good friend." As soon as Wang Xiaohu said it, everyone remembered it.

Li An: "What a bald teacher, don't talk nonsense."

When the call automatically disconnected and no one answered, Li Anxin asked Wang Xiaohu if he had made a mistake, and asked Wang Xiaohu, "Is he wearing a hat?"

Wang Xiaohu replied politely: "I brought it, wearing a pink top."

Pink top?That shouldn't be the case.

Forget it, when Li An saw that he was going to be late, he didn't care whether it was Lao Tang or not, and accelerated towards the subway entrance with the children.

There are still many people coming to watch the show tonight.

Arriving at the concert hall, Ang Lee showed his performance tickets and led the children through the posters and various peripheral windows, climbed to the second floor and passed through the crowd to the Yunxiao Hall.

No matter how novel it was, the children couldn't stop and followed the teacher in a hurry. They didn't catch their breath until they sat down.

Most of the auditorium is occupied, the whole hall is buzzing, and there are listeners whispering everywhere. The seats of the seven teachers and students are in the right-hand area.

"Set your cell phones to silent," Li An reminded in a low voice.

The children took out their cell phones.

Wang Xiaohu didn't expect to be able to sit next to Che Lin by accident and sneak a glance at Che Lin's mobile phone screen. The desktop turned out to be a bunch of winding lines, just like the desktop that came with the system at the factory.

Cool, very cool.

Wang Xiaohu lowered his head and looked at the desktop of his mobile phone. There was a piano and a clarinet. The clarinet stood on the piano board. The background was a large stage, which was very artistic.

Hehe, it makes me happy to see it.

As the stage gradually lights up and the auditorium gradually darkens, Ji Yang puts down the program list at hand.

The performers came on stage, and there was applause from the audience.

Without any introduction by the host, the four performers took their seats with their instruments in hand, checked the notes on the stage, and then started playing.

The delicate sound of string music suddenly filled the entire hall and reached everyone's ears.

Children's attention is captured instantly.

Bass String Quartet, Op. 18, No. [-].

An early work by Mr. Pei.
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There was one beautiful piece of music, but not everyone in the audience liked it.

Less than half-time, the young couple sitting next to Li An quietly left.

And the big brother in front of Ji Yang, can you snore a little quieter? He wants to go home and sleep. The big brother may have dreamed about the voices of the audience around him. After being awakened by Wang Xiaohu's thunderous applause, he left during the intermission.

Of course, after the second half started, it was obvious that after some people left, there was a lot less rustling on the scene.

While Li An was enjoying the music, he was also paying attention to the audience. Generally speaking, everyone's music appreciation quality was quite high.

There were no children making trouble, and there was applause at the end of the small movement.

Just before Vivaldi's Four Seasons began, Lee pulled out his phone and discovered a missed call.

"Just watch them and I'll go out."

Xiao Ji nodded.

Li An lowered his body and left Yunxiao Hall.

"Hello, hello."

(End of this chapter)