Please, come home and practice the piano

Probably only she knows where Che Lin's little iron train wants to go.

The only thing she left at the scene was probably that clear smiling face.

It must be said that this child is smiling more and more naturally now.
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A busy and fulfilling day has come to an end.

From recognizing creation, to understanding creation, to trying creation, the children seemed to have experienced a series of friction and collision events between inner fantasy and musical cells today.

It's time to get started.

Tonight’s meal is beef and mutton soup.

Liu Fengrui did three fires by himself, and after finishing the meal, he said that this place was heaven.

After dinner, the children gathered again in the church concert hall. Tonight’s concert was brought by the senior children and two other foreign professors.

Arthur Dumay opens the show, and the slightly gloomy-looking bald professor’s fingers are not lacking in brilliance at all.

"Lightness", "Dance of the Gnomes", "The Forgotten Waltz"

Playing three consecutive Liszt concert etudes, the bald professor conquered every eye at the scene with his thorough romantic dazzling skills.

The children were delighted, and the teachers had rarely seen such a stunning performance.

Warm applause warmed the scene and ushered in the appearance of the second performer.

Ji Yang, the senior sister from Piano Classroom No. [-], brought Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

The first movement sings deep but vital ancient tunes under his affectionate fingers, the second movement's carefully crafted timbre combination demonstrates the condensation of emotions, and the fast running of the third movement repeatedly sparkles with metallic luster.

Three movements were completed in one breath. Sister Ji Yang calmly and steadily stopped her hands and stood up at the end of the music.

"Wow————" The children in piano classroom No. [-] stood up and applauded collectively.

Ji Yang stood up and bowed three times, the first bow to all the audience, the second bow to the direction of piano classroom No. [-], and the last bow to the teacher.

Sun Liwen applauded and whispered sideways: "The children have their own music in it, which is really good."

Li An smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Teacher Sun."

While the two were talking, a figure ran onto the stage. Li An frowned and thought to himself, why did the flower in Wang Xiaohu's hand look so familiar?

After listening to Ji Yang's performance, Li An went out during the intermission to call Chen Xuan.

When I came back, the kid who was the first to play in the second half had already played to the end.

When the concert ended, Li An organized the children to go back to the hotel. On the way, he asked Wang Xiaohu where the flowers he sent to Ji Yang came from. Wang Xiaohu hesitated for a long time, and finally said that he picked them in the garden next to the mill before dinner in the afternoon.

Ang Lee: "For the last time, do you hear me?"

Wang Xiaohu stuck out his tongue and said, "I heard it."

After sending the three boys back to 2004, Ang Lee told them not to play too late, "I'll call you at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."

After the teacher left, the three little boys felt liberated. Xiao Liu did not complain about the mysterious sock on his bed.

The three of them got together to brag for a while. Xiao Liu talked about the summer camp in Jinmen, and Wang Xiaohu and Marco talked about yesterday's icebreaking game in detail.

The dry blowing was not enough, so the three of them simply took out their food and drinks and sat on the floor, shirtless, eating and blowing at the same time. When they were tired of blowing, they would lie down separately, not caring that the ground was dirty.

"It's still comfortable to lie here." Liu Fengrui sighed.

Wang Xiaohu: "That's right."

Marco: "I don't even want to play games at all."

Wang Xiaohu: "Me too."

Liu Fengrui: “All my games have been uninstalled.”

The three of them just looked up at the ceiling.

Suddenly, "Have you practiced piano these two days?"

Wang Xiaohu: "No, I really want to play the piano. There won't be any of us in the concert tomorrow night."

Marco: "No, I will be the car god the night after tomorrow, and I will be the day after tomorrow."

Liu Fengrui sat up: "Should we get together a little bit?"

All three of them sat up immediately. Wang Xiaohu said, "How about we ask the teacher?"

Marco: "Let's ask Senior Sister Ji Yang in the group first."

Each of the three children took out their mobile phones @Jiyang Senior Sister.

Upstairs in 3006, Xiao Bei was telling Xiao Che that he wanted to play the piano, when several messages flashed on the phone screen.

"Senior sister!" Xiaobei shouted towards the bathroom. "Wang Xiaohu and the others are in the group @you."

Ji Yang came out of the shower, called Wang Xiaohu, and then turned on the speakerphone.

"Hello, sister."

When the call was connected, Wang Xiaohu's voice was accompanied by two chuckles.

"What are you laughing at?" Ji Yang asked pretending to be fierce while holding up the phone, "Speak quickly."

Marco's voice came: "Senior sister, we would like to ask you if you want to play a duet together?"

Xiaobei leaned closer to the phone and said, "Let's think about it. Linlin and I were talking just now."

Liu Fengrui: "Then what are you waiting for?!"

Ji Yang: "Don't worry, take the time to memorize the music in the next two days."

Wang Xiaohu: "Listen to Senior Sister."

Ji Yang changed the subject: "What are you three doing?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Let's drink and have fun."

Xiaobei: "Huh? You actually drink?"

Then came a burst of laughter.

Liu Fengrui: "Don't listen to his bragging, we drink sugar-free Coke."

Xiaobei: "Sugar-free Coke tastes terrible."

Marco: "Xiaobei, I'm starting to question your taste."

Xiaobei: "It's obviously very unpleasant to drink!"

Ji Yang: "Okay, okay, you three, don't drink so much at night, go to bed early, and remember to bring a notebook and pen with you tomorrow morning."

Wang Xiaohu: “Yes!”

Liu Fengrui: "Hey? Where is Che Lin?"

Car: "Yes."

Liu Fengrui: "Why don't you speak?"

Xiaoche: "I'm listening to you."

Wang Xiaohu: "Well, you haven't told us yet, why do you call it my little tin train?"

Xiaoche: "Can I not say anything for now?"

Liu Fengrui: "Of course, good night, senior sister Xiaobei Chelin, see you tomorrow morning."

The children, one, five and six, said good night to each other over the phone. While Senior Sister Ji Yang was blow-drying her hair, Xiaobei asked Xiaoche quietly.

"Linlin, can you tell me?"

Xiaoche explained: "It's not that I don't want to tell everyone, it's just that I haven't figured out how to say it yet." Xiaobei suddenly became happy: "I understand!"
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The next morning, Li An got up and went to church as soon as the alarm clock rang.

Old Charlie listened to a piece of Ang Lee's performance again while praying. Today he heard a piece from the classical period.

Just like the music he heard when he walked out of the church door yesterday, it had a distinct direction and vitality.

Different from yesterday's initial evaluation of this young teacher, especially after listening to Ji Yang's "Moonlight" last night, during today's listening process, old Charlie fully felt the young man's touch with the works of the classical period. Control of key and style.

If the other party can be more specific on the small notes, the entire concert will have unexpected effects.

Take the Tempest Sonata that the other party is playing at the moment. The transitional motive of the four bars is very good and full of charm. But if the other party can split the entire four bars into 1234 and make a transition at 14 in the middle of 23, then the entire four bars will be It will not just be a tone, but a sound word, so that the subtopic that appears later will be amazingly convincing the moment it appears.

But already very good.

After the prayer, old Charlie left the church.

An hour later, Ang Lee faded out of the music, closed the key cover, picked up his phone and left.

Today is the piano theme course day. Two teachers, Professor Anna and Huang Chuxian, brought two different research topics to the children.

After breakfast, five groups of children gathered in the classroom where yesterday's class was held.

After everyone sat down, Wang Xiaohu realized that Tang Xiaoxing had not come.

After asking Liu Zihan, I found out that Tang Xiaoxing was picked up by his family after the concert last night.

Delicate bag.

Wang Xiaohu thought of this word immediately, but he didn't say it out loud.

As Professor Anna and Boss X walked into the door together, the classroom became quiet.

From 08:30 to 11:30, Professor Anna will give children a three-hour explanation on the topic of music and technique.

Boss X is a translator and demonstration tool person.

This is a course that focuses on theoretical explanations. Rather than telling the children some playing techniques, Professor Anna wants to provide some daily practice ideas for the children and teachers.

The core of the subject revolves around the two words "spirit" and "body".

Professor Anna raised a question worth thinking about: Why are performers often unable to perfectly integrate their spirit and body at the moment of playing with all their strength?
What often happens is that the emotion arrives first and then the body catches up, or the body triggers the emotion during the performance. Neither of these two can be called a unified whole.

Of course, this is also a pain point for some pianists. Refer to some performers who perform the same piece but perform differently in different performances.

In response to this situation, Professor Anna pointed out that the key to the problem lies in the daily practice process.

"Music and technique are trained and developed separately to the greatest extent possible."

While translating, Boss

This is exactly what Professor Anna wants to say. How to balance and resolve this contradiction has always been an important issue in Russian piano teaching.

When a performer plays a piece of music skillfully, he will occasionally have a flash of inspiration during the performance and complete a beautiful sentence in an instant.

This situation is usually considered to be the arrival of the muse, but Professor Anna points out that this is not the case.

"At this moment, the technique obeys the command of the ears, giving the whole body's movements a high degree of restraint."

"This kind of restraint can be exercised in daily practice. As long as comprehensive and rigorous training is carried out, the distance between the mind and the body will gradually shrink, and eventually a unity will be formed."

Wang Han raised a question about this: whether the body or the spirit is the leader during the practice.

Professor Anna replied: "Equally important, but the organ connecting the two is not the fingers, but the ears."

The importance of listening is once again emphasized. Li An strongly agrees with this point, and he has always guided children to be good at listening during the teaching process.

However, Professor Anna said something later that made Ang Li reflect on himself.

"Pure finger exercises are sports. The more such exercises are done, the less help they will provide to the specific technical problems that arise in the music."

Ang Lee has not yet found that his skills are not effective in specific performances, but he did once polish his fingers specifically.

He will pay attention to this during the subsequent practice teaching. Although he understands that Professor Anna means to connect the fingers with ears and musical thinking, it is very difficult for children to do this.

After writing down this question in his notebook, he followed Professor Anna's ideas to the next question, how to specifically solve the relationship between music and music. This was obviously an extra meal for the teachers present.

Compared with Professor Anna’s class, Teacher Huang Chuxian’s class in the afternoon was more experiential and interesting.

Because I can play the piano.

For the afternoon classes, the children’s classes were held in the multi-purpose hall next door.

Ten pianos seem to be prepared for everyone.

Huang Chuxian prepared a specific lesson plan for the practice of the sonata collection. Li An quietly left after receiving the message from Yuan Xiaoyu halfway.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, in the sixth game of the first round of Fallen Bell, Chen Xuan will make her debut in this game.

The two of them had agreed on the phone last night that Li An would not go there today, but Li An finally decided to take a look and buy something for Teacher Xiao to send over.

At least before Chen Xuan's parents arrived, he had to meet Teacher Xiao first. It didn't matter if he couldn't meet him. It was also an attitude to leave things at the door.

Different from last year's relationship with Chen Xuan, this year not a single thing about etiquette can be neglected.

He had already greeted Huang Chuxian in advance during lunch. It was not that he didn't want to support him, but there was indeed a reason for the incident. Huang Chuxian expressed his understanding.

Yuan Xiaoyu wanted to go back to the corridor to get props for tomorrow's event. Li An took a car and the two chatted a lot along the way. Yuan Xiaoyu told him that Tang Xiaoxing had finished practicing the second voice.

Li An didn't answer.

Yuan Xiaoyu sent Ang Lee to the commercial street near the Poly Theater, and then the two tentatively decided to meet at the entrance of the Giger Art Gallery at 09:30 in the evening.

"I'm not in a hurry. Depending on the situation, it doesn't matter if it's later."

"Thanks."

After getting off the car and saying goodbye to Yuan Xiaoyu, Li An walked through the crowd and walked into the mall.

An hour later, he deposited the purchased gifts at the front desk of the Giger Hotel, and then went to the Poly Theater.

Since there were no live auditoriums for the first two rounds, Ang Lee could only watch Chen Xuan's first round performance on the court through the event live broadcast platform on the sofa in the theater hall with his mobile phone.

After listening to three consecutive players, he made a horizontal comparison and was impartial. He believed that Chen Xuan's performance was more stable. 95 scored 42, and Chen Xuan should have no problem.

Three pieces, two designated and one of your choice, Bach's A minor without accompaniment, Paganini etudes, and Telemann sonatas.

Vertically comparing Chen Xuan's three works, he felt that Bach played the best, Paganini's speed was slightly conservative, and Telemann made a small mistake.

As Qianying in the live broadcast stepped down, Li An received a message from Chen Xuan after a while.

Xiaomi: I’m done!
Ang Lee smiled.

[-]: There was a wrong note at the end.

One minute later, Li An received a call from Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan's tone on the phone still sounded a bit excited about being on stage, "Did you listen?"

Ang Lee: "Of course, that's a good call. I'm in such good shape that we can definitely enter the finals."

Chen Xuan: "Nonsense, I think it would be good if I can advance to the next round. This year is really strong."

Li An: "You are also very strong."

As the two talked, Chen Xuan told Li An that she should go to the rest room to change clothes first.

Li An hung up the phone and came outside the theater. When he received a call from Chen Xuan again, he heard the voice on the phone and heard that Chen Xuan had already come out of the competition venue.

"I'll tell you the truth, the players in this class are really amazing."

As she walked out of the theater door, Chen Xuan suddenly heard the call coming from behind her at the same time - "So powerful?"

Chen Xuan was stunned and smiled, then turned her head and rolled her eyes movingly.