Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 665 364. Journey Notes Fifty: "Hot stalks, how much can one Dol carry?"

It was the teachers who applauded at the beginning, led by teacher Wu Zening.

The children laughed and joined the applause after a short while.

Ever since, the hot meme of the first Giger Piano Summer Camp was born.

“Did you transpose this year?”

"I haven't. I'm still off-key."

The children deepened their understanding of each other through transposition and off-key questions and answers.

Different from the children's perspective, teachers can think of more topics about life through Li An's examples.

How many times in a person's life will he experience transposition and deviation before he can reach the other side?

Perhaps the other shore we are looking at now is just a half-ending, and what is waiting for us may be the beginning of a new tone.

Perhaps for most ordinary people, all they can do is to take every step down-to-earth and do every step before transposing. Even if it is only a temporary shift, they should not forget to experience the scenery along the way.

Perhaps there are only two shifts in a person's life, once when he comes to this world and once when he leaves this world. All the processes in between are just shifting out of tune again and again.

Or maybe people came to this world only to experience a long detachment.

There are too many possibilities. Maybe Ang Lee didn’t think too much and just gave an example casually.

who knows.

But no matter what, his answer was remembered by everyone present.

At this moment, in the hearts of the children, he is not only a master with superb martial arts, but also shows everyone the image of a mentor full of fantasy.

Many children are already looking forward to Teacher Li An’s future open classes.

Who wouldn't like to take classes with such a teacher?
It's just that their mission today has not been completed yet.

The second round of the three-in-one challenge course will begin in the next session.
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"Have a good rest. If you want to go to the toilet, hurry up. Then we will move on to the next step."

Song Kang gave the order, and the classroom suddenly became empty.

"Ma Hao!" Huang Chuxian stopped Ma Hao and asked sternly: "What are you going to do?"

After hearing this, Ma Hao returned to his seat honestly. He didn't urinate, he just wanted to watch the fun.

Seeing the aggrieved look on the little fat man's face, Boss I won’t plead for you anymore.”

Although he got Shang Fang's sword, Ma Hao still didn't dare to make a mistake. He didn't dare to move unless Huang Ma nodded.

Upon seeing this, Huang Chuxian said: "Go ahead, go ahead."

With a whoosh, following Liu Fengrui's buttocks, the little fat man rushed out like the wind.

Boss X: "I think this kid is much more honest this year. He was so skinny last year."

Huang Chuxian sighed: "I have definitely made progress this year, and I will be in sixth grade soon."

While the two were talking, Song Kang came over and said, "Shall we allocate tasks?"

Boss X nodded and then gathered the teachers together.

The three-in-one challenge is not to ask children to complete three voices with both hands and mouth at the same time. This level of difficulty is hellish for most children.

The so-called three-in-one challenge is actually mainly to guide children's feelings about the sound in the process.

The length, pitch, and size of the sound.

That is rhythm, pitch, volume.

The three elements work together to form the flow of notes in time. Only the three together can serve as a carrier for musical emotional expression.

The first part of body percussion trains children to experience the significance of rhythm as the skeleton in music through their limbs.

The second training that is about to be carried out is to train children to understand the mystery of pitch.

Most children mainly play music on weekdays, and the parts involving singing are quite limited, which results in children developing a highly mechanized understanding of pitch.

The beginning of music is the human voice. Vocal music comes first, and then instrumental music.

Today's music education occasionally puts the cart before the horse. Teachers will emphasize to students over and over again that middle C on the piano is dol, and then the children will remember it.

Over time, as long as children press middle C, no matter which piano they are on, they will think that what they hear is dol.

But the piano is an industrial product after all. The actual situation is that the strings of the piano may be loose due to various factors, resulting in inaccurate pronunciation.

So is this DOL still DOL at this time?
Children with good ears and innate awareness will find that the sound of the Dol is inaccurate, but the problem is that most children do not have such ears and awareness.

So singing is even more important, because it is the cornerstone of a child's pitch concept.

A pitch system established by singing in tune is far more reliable than a pitch system established by any musical instrument.

Musical instruments and some electronic devices are only tools used to assist in establishing a pitch system and cannot directly replace the pitch system.

Is it really that important to have a set of pitch concepts established by singing?

The answer is yes, because music has not been mechanical since its birth.

In addition, the importance of singing goes far beyond establishing a pitch system. Many teachers repeatedly emphasize three words in the later process of handling music for children - singing ability.

Why should singing be emphasized when playing the piano?
Because singing is the most natural music, bar none.

Singing is not only for children to sing the melody of the music score to be played, but also to solve the emotional expression of part of the music through singing.

Boss X has always advocated integrating singing into piano teaching. He requires students to sing well and accurately.

When teachers discussed this issue together before, Sun Liwen also put forward a similar point of view. Sing first and then play. Only by singing well can you play well. This is an important part of the Xingyu piano teaching system.

In the following lessons, children need to experience the real feeling of pitch from "singing" under the guidance of the teacher.

The course is divided into two parts.

In the first part, Boss

"I'll lead three groups later." In order to prevent Ma Hao's troubles from affecting other children, Huang Chuxian was the first to propose.

Wang Han: "I'll lead a group."

Sun Liwen: "Teacher Li and Teacher Wu, you guys?"

Li An: "I can do it, Teacher Wu."

Wu Zening did not hesitate: "Then I will lead four groups."

Sun Liwen: "I will lead five groups."

The remaining two groups will naturally be led by Li An.

10 minutes passed by, and as all the children returned to the classroom, Boss X took Song Kang's place and started the class.

Boss X has been preparing for this class for a long time.

His class is not only to teach children, but also to share with teachers some of his singing and playing teaching experience that he has accumulated over the years.

Based on his observations and exchanges with grassroots teachers in various places over the years, he found that most teachers’ teaching habits are still the same as they were 20 years ago.

When it comes to singing, many teachers think that "singing" is the process of sight reading, in which students sing with standard pitches based on the sounds they see.

If they only reach this level, most students will miss the opportunity to get closer to music.

When singing, you must not only sing the standard pitch, but also sing with emotion based on the standard pitch.

Mr.

This example fully demonstrates that almost all teachers will be emotionally invested when singing. This uncontrolled inside-out proves one point - singing is the most direct way to express musical emotions.

But why when it comes to children's singing, it becomes mechanical singing and there is no need to sing with emotion.

Hearing this, six words about the concept of music education popped into Li An's mind.

If Boss X hadn't analyzed this issue alone today, he wouldn't even have realized it.

In the past, he asked children to sing during the teaching process, more to solve the problems of rhythm and playing method, and did not actively want the children to find the expression of musical emotions through singing.Except occasionally when the atmosphere is high, he will let the children who sing have more imagination.

However, what is the purpose of letting the children solve the rhythm and playing method? Is it not to let the children play beautiful music.

After being taught, Ang Lee decided to go back and do some research to see how to better integrate singing into his piano teaching.

"Dear students, we are now watching the big screen."

After Boss X finished speaking, a staff sheet appeared on the big screen.

On the line spectrum, there are only seven notes of the most familiar C major scale.

"What's the first note?" Boss X asked and sat down in front of the piano.

It's so easy!The children sang in unison: "dol!"

The different pitches of dol blend together to form a slightly harsh "harmony".

The children seemed to realize this and shut up one after another, and the classroom became quiet.

Boss X waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and then played the Dol on the piano.

"when--"

"Come."

The children chorused again: "dol."

This time, with the piano's pitch as a reference, the children's pitch reached the same level, and the effect was at least two levels higher than before.

It's just that this time everyone subconsciously used a softer voice, so the combined voice sounded particularly soft.

"Does this DOL look like a shy little girl?" Boss X asked.

There were bursts of chuckles from the audience, it was indeed like that.

Boss X played a dol again, "This time we sing a brave boy."

A brave boy?How to sing this?
"Dol!" the children chorused again.

Some people amplified their voices, some tried hard to pronounce the words, and some were too embarrassed to sing and did not open their mouths. This time it was far less tidy than before.

When Boss X saw this, he said, "We are like this, everyone close your eyes."

The children obediently closed their eyes, and the whole classroom was dark.

At this time, "No one can see anyone now. Let's boldly imagine how a brave boy should feel."

Boss X pointed his finger: "dol!"

next second.

"Dol!" Powerful voices gathered over the classroom again, crisp and short but full of explosive power.

A magical scene appeared, and every child felt a sense of courage to move forward.

Boss X: "Very good, now let's imagine another picture, a candle that is about to be extinguished by the wind."

The classroom became quiet again, and looking around, a pair of little brows were looking indescribably cute.

Candles that are about to be extinguished by the wind~~~
In Wang Xiaohu's mind, the flames should be swinging from left to right.

Xiaobei felt inexplicably nervous in his mind.

In Marco's mind, since the flames were not extinguished by the wind, at least it meant that the wind was not a rapid one.

In Liu Fengrui's mind, the candles should be placed on the birthday cake.

In Xiao Che's mind, the flames were struggling.

Five seconds later, Boss X fired another dol like a starting gun.

next second.

"dol!"

Weak and short, trembling, throat-clamping, strong first and then weak, all kinds of dol come together and merge into a sound that contains a variety of emotions.

This is just a simple dol.

"Okay, everyone can open their eyes."

The children opened their eyes one after another, and when they regained their light, they seemed to have gained something.

It turns out that a note can also carry various emotions.

The key is how they imagine it.

With imagination, they can't help but bring their emotions into it and then sing it out.

Looking around, Boss X smiled. The expressions on the children told him that they seemed to have some feeling.

Without being too pretentious, he told everyone directly: "This is the transmission and expression of musical emotions."

It's that simple?It's that simple.

Compared to expressing an emotion, singing is much simpler. After all, the voice, as a vocal organ, can easily imitate some easily associated tones and intonations.

For example, the sound that Xiaobei sang just now makes people know that this sound is very nervous.

But if Xiaobei is asked to play, Xiaobei will definitely not be able to get this feeling.

Boss X did not try to let children master how to add emotion to piano playing with just a small game. This is absolutely impossible.

Many masters have spent their entire lives studying it.

It can be said that emotional expression is the ultimate issue in music performance.

Isn't there a widely circulated joke - whatever you play, it's all about emotion.

This statement is "sarcastic" that the performer has no skills.

However, if you turn this sentence around, it becomes the real reality.

What do you play? It’s all about technique.

This is definitely not a compliment.

This is the current situation of higher music education. There are hundreds of people with perfect skills, as if they are produced in an assembly line.

So Boss X hopes to use such a method to plant a small seed in the soil of these young minds.

Of course, watering and fertilizing still depends on the teachers.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Before giving the emotions to the sounds, we must be able to find their specific pitch positions in various situations."

"Look at the big screen."

The screen flashed, and three lines of staff appeared.

The first line is various single tones.

The second line is various intervals.

The third line is various chords.

"I'll give you three minutes to sing, and we'll find out where their true coordinates are hidden later."

"start."

After Boss X finished speaking, Zhang Haoyang was the first to sing the first note of the first line of the score loudly.

"Very well, sing boldly."

Immediately afterwards, the classroom was full of children's voices.
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At the same time, Yanshi Railway Station.

Song Lian and his wife had just boarded the train.

(End of this chapter)