Please, come home and practice the piano

When music teachers talk seriously about a musician with their students, they mostly talk about their work.

This is the responsibility and obligation of every music teacher, but Ang Lee never hesitates to tell students stories other than his works.

Just like a student learning to play a musical score, he should not just focus on the work itself, but also understand the reasons behind the creation of the work.

Musician is a broad term. The first sentence of Baidu Encyclopedia's explanation of musician - focuses on artists in the field of music, which includes people who create music and perform music.

In Ang Lee's case, first of all, the musician is a person of flesh and blood.

"Compared to most musicians, Mendelssohn was indeed a happy man."

“He didn’t have to fight fate like Beethoven did.”

"You don't have to compose and perform in order to make a living like Bach and Mozart."

"Mendelssohn came from a distinguished family, was extremely talented, and worked and lived entirely based on his interests."

"He's a master of melody and very lucky."

"In his nineteenth century, melody was the only criterion for testing musical genius."

"Mendelssohn is like a comet falling from the sky. He seems to be able to write melodies that the world worships without any accumulation or preparation."

"His works never wait until several years before being noticed. Countless publishers are waiting for his new works every day."

"He was a musician, a star, and a philanthropist. He was keen on promoting music education. It can be said that he was the most brilliant figure in the music field of that era."

"Is this the Mendelssohn you know?"

Car: "Yeah."

Li An: "But do you know how he passed away?"

Xiaoche: "Because of his sister."

Li An showed a surprised expression: "Can you understand that paragraph?"

Xiaoche nodded sheepishly.

Ang Lee: "Don't worry, if you can understand, you must know that his love life is not going well. He fell in love with his sister."

Car: "Yeah."

Ang Lee: "You know what this is."

Car: "Yeah."

Ang Lee: "So he could only hide this feeling in his heart, watch his sister get married, watch his sister die of a stroke, and then he himself also died of a stroke."

"Like many musicians who die young, he could have left behind more music."

"Now when we look back at Mendelssohn's life with a magnifying glass, you will find that he also experienced human suffering."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, I want to ask a question."

Ang Lee: "Yeah"

Xiaoche: "What exactly is love?"

Ang Lee thought for a long time: "Everyone will encounter love, everyone cannot avoid love, and the love that everyone encounters will be different, but one thing is that love should include responsibility."

"The reason why Mendelssohn could not express his love to his sister was because of that responsibility. He was responsible for himself, his sister, and his entire family."

Xiaoche: "So there is sacrifice in love."

Ang Lee: "You can say that."

Xiaoche: "It's like Teacher Chen is going to study in France."

Ang Lee: "Huh?"

Xiaoche: "Teacher Chen went to France, so you couldn't be together every day, but she still went, and you sacrificed your time together."

Ang Lee: "So in your opinion, love requires being together every day?
Xiaoche pursed his lips, lowered his head for a moment as if to continue drinking porridge, and whispered: "No."

Li An smiled, picked up the phone and took a look.

There was still half an hour before Ji Yang came, and he figured that since he and Xiaoche had talked to this point, he might as well use this time to vaccinate Xiaoche.

First, children have also reached the age of ignorance.

Second, being born in such a family, Xiao Che may be a little bit innately sensitive to some issues.

Third, the car should have never raised such a problem with my family.

Lao Che is the older one, but Sang Ping is more attentive. However, given that the mother and daughter have just established a healthy relationship, Sang Ping and Xiao Che should not be able to get into such problems at the moment.

Nail, forget it, Nail is still a child.

Li An: "Tell me, why do you think it's not the case? Don't be embarrassed. I won't be surprised even if you tell me that you like a boy now."

Xiao Che raised his head, his little face was filled with surprise.

Li An: "Isn't this strange? Girls mature earlier than boys. You are already thirteen years old. It is only natural to have some affection for the opposite sex."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, I know what you mean, but I don't have anyone I like."

Ang Lee: "Never."

Car: "Never."

Ang Lee: "Then tell me why you think love doesn't mean two people must be together every day."

Xiaoche: "Everyone has his own freedom."

Ang Lee: "Then since it is freedom, why do you think that Teacher Chen's going to France is a sacrifice for my love for her."

Xiaoche: "It's been too long and I can't see each other a few times a year. You will definitely miss each other very much."

Ang Lee: "Then can I understand this? You think love is free, but two people can't be together for a long time."

"Absolutely," Xiaoche scratched his head, "Teacher, I don't understand either, so I'm asking you."

Ang Lee: "Why are you asking me this question?"

Xiaoche: "Because you said that Mendelssohn's misfortune was due to his unfulfilled love."

Ang Lee: "You think Mendelssohn's life was complete."

Xiaoche: "Well, he was much luckier than most people. He just didn't become a couple with his sister, but many other composers died because they had no money for medical treatment and food."

After basically reading the lives of all the composers in the classical and romantic periods, Xiaoche believed that Mendelssohn was the happiest.

Listening to Xiaoche's answer, Li An suddenly felt that Xiaoche was far more mature than he thought.

Ang Lee: "In other words, you think that a person's life is happy if he can afford food, afford medical treatment, and have a stable job."

Car: "Yeah."

Li An: "Then I'm sure that whether it's you or Xiaobei, including your sister Ji Yang, Nailizhi, Marco, Wang Xiaohu, and Liu Fengrui, your future lives will be happy."

Xiao Che bared his teeth: "And Xiao Xing."

Li An sighed softly, "Then let's summarize your problem. Temporary love includes responsibility and sacrifice, and you have to be together for a period of time within a year."

Car: "Yeah!"

Ang Lee: "So your problem has been solved for the time being?"

Car: "Yeah!"

Li An: "Okay, then the teacher also wants to ask you a question."

The car nodded.

Li An: "If a male classmate suddenly appears in your mind one day, he appears frequently, whether in class, doing homework, or practicing piano. He always pops up suddenly. What should you do?"

Xiaoche thought for a while, "Adjust yourself."

Ang Lee: "Oh? How to adjust? You know what I mean by this situation."

Xiaoche: "Well, I understand that studying is the first, practicing is the second, eating is the third, and sleeping is the fourth. I keep telling myself this."

Ang Lee: "What if it doesn't work?"

Xiao Che wrinkled his nose and said angrily: "Teacher, you are looking down on me! I am not like the classmates in our class. They say they like each other so casually and are not responsible at all."

"Okay, okay," Li An laughed and said three times in a row.

Now Li An was completely relieved. Considering the state of the car and the above chat content, he believed that his worries should no longer exist.

Compared to Wang Xiaohu, Xiaoche is much more powerful. No, compared to many adults, Xiaoche can be regarded as a mentor in a realm.

Ouch, tell me how this kid's brain is grown, he doesn't seem to understand anything, that's a clue.

"Hey, have any male classmates ever chased you?" Xiaoche: "One of them wrote me a letter before graduation. He said in the letter that he liked me and asked me if I could be his girlfriend."

Ang Lee: "How did you handle it?"

Car: "I tore up his letter and threw it into the trash can. I went home and told Nail."

Ang Lee: "Huh?"

Xiaoche: "Because he was always waiting for me at the school gate, Dingzhang went to pick me up after school once, and he never waited for me again."

Li An: "You handled it very well. You will do the same in the future. If anyone in school bothers you, just tell me."

Car: "Yeah."

After hesitating for a moment, Li An asked again: "Have you known the boy you mentioned before?"

Car: "Yeah."

Ang Lee: "We have had contact with him."

Car: "Yeah."

Li An: "Did you know that he had a crush on you before he wrote to you?"

The car shook its head.

Li An: "Don't notice it at all?"

Xiao Che continued to shake his head, and Li An probably knew it in his heart.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the teacher and student looked at it at the same time.

"Sister."

Li An signaled, and the car hurriedly opened the door.

Ji Yang had just changed her shoe covers outside the door, but she didn't expect that the person who opened the door for her was not only a car, but also wearing slippers. The most important thing was that the car didn't have any socks on!
"Good morning, senior sister!"

"It's not Linlin, what's going on?"

Look at Xiao Qi, who is wearing home pajamas and a T-shirt. He clearly looks like he just woke up. "Did you spend the night at the teacher's house yesterday?"

"Come in and talk." Hearing the teacher's voice coming from the room, Ji Yang hurriedly entered the room.

What's even more surprising is that as soon as we enter the room, there are two bowls on the dining table. One is the teacher's and the other is?

"teacher."

Li An waved: "Have you had breakfast?"

Ji Yang came over and said, "I got up late today and didn't even wash my face carefully."

Li An smiled: "That's just right. Che Lin cooked the porridge early in the morning. Let's have some."

Ji Yang: "!"

"No teacher, did Linlin really sleep here last night?"

As the two of them talked, the cart had already gone to the kitchen to get a bowl.

Li An: "She moved here yesterday and will live here from Monday to Friday."

Ji Yang was stunned at first, and then showed an expression of ecstasy. This is simply the most perfect ending!
The trolley pushed the porridge in front of Ji Yang and said obediently: "Sister."

"Hey!" Ji Yang looked at the porridge, looked at the teacher and Linlin, she felt very comfortable looking at everything now, "Linlin, eat quickly."

The teacher and student continued to eat, and the topic came to Ji Yang.

Before the National Day holiday, Ji Yang got a new piece of music, to be precise, the first sonata arranged by Mr. Wei for Ji Yang.

Haydn's Piano Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-1.

The score of the music was not difficult. Ji Yang used the first three days of the National Day holiday to play all three movements, but the speed of his right hand was really hard to describe.

"Whose version have you heard?"

"Roland Bartik, and I don't know who played it."

"Let's listen to it later."

After the meal, the three teachers and students came to the piano room. Xiaoche was very happy that he was asked to listen.

Ji Yang took out the sheet music from his bag and sat down in front of the piano, "Teacher, let me warm up."

Ji Yang moved his fingers away and started playing.

While his left hand quickly played Alberti's accompaniment pattern, Ji Yang's right hand steadily played quarter notes one after another.

The melody is crisp and sweet, and the air in the room seems to be flying with the fingers on the keyboard.

Looking at the keyboard again, Ji Yang's right hand has clear graininess and his left hand has flexible finger movements. Li An can hear the framework of the Allegro movement played by Ji Yang.

But the problem is also clear.

When Ji Yang finished playing the first movement, Li An stopped.

"First point, go back and practice the first movement again."

Car: Huh? Senior sister can play it without any problem.

Ji Yang: "Yeah."

Ang Lee picked up the pencil on the piano and marked 2/2 in front of the first movement.

Car: Two or two shots?

Ji Yang looked at this 2/2 and had an epiphany. She said that no matter how he played it, he felt that the speed could not be increased. She admitted that she had just got the piece not long ago, but she could not forcefully speed up the first few bars. Come to the accompaniment rhythm in the performer's audio.

It turns out that the problem lies in my own consciousness.

The music score is in four-four beats, so in her mind, a quarter note is one beat, and the accompaniment for the left hand is four notes per beat.

In the process of beating the time, she always felt that her left hand was too strong to use.

Now switch to 22 beats, using half notes as one beat, but the beat speed is slower, the beat speed is slower, and the playing speed remains the same, she can focus more on playing the left hand during the beat time process. Full, that is, fill the beat up.

"Teacher, I want to try again."

Ang Lee: "I'll give you a speed, 1, 2, 1, go."

With a sound of walking and falling, Ji Yang's left hand seemed to be equipped with a small motor. The moment it was lifted and dropped on the keyboard, it was hard to see clearly.

I watched and compared it twice in the car. This time, the rhythm of the senior sister has changed, although the overall speed has not changed significantly. Secondly, the melody line of the senior sister has changed. What a magical two-two beat.

It turns out that you can also practice by changing the time signature written by the composer!

"stop."

Ji Yang stopped.

"Understood?"

Ji Yang bared his teeth, "I understand."

Li An turned around: "Che Lin."

Xiaoche: "Senior sister's use of two-two beats sounds more coherent, and the music is moving forward."

Ji Yang gave a thumbs up!
Ang Lee: "Both of you, listen carefully. In the end, this piece of music must be played in four or four beats, because their strength and weakness patterns are fundamentally different."

“I just change the beat to find the rhythm of the accompaniment, and I have to change it back after I become proficient.”

"clear?"

The two senior sisters nodded at the same time.

"Okay, second question, grace notes."

Ang Lee then circled four wavy grace marks on the first page.

“Bones consist of three notes, either upper or lower, usually starting on the fundamental note, except for one type of note, Haydn’s half note.”

"Haydn's semitone starts from the note above the original note."

Li An said and sat down in front of Xiao Hei, raised his hand and played the first movement of this piece.

The first note on the right hand is Haydn's semitone.

Li An's right index finger and middle finger flicked, and an Austrian-style decorative note rose out of thin air. Coupled with the lightning-fast finger movement of his left hand, the two sisters were stunned!

Ji Yang: This is audio! !
Car: Teacher’s left hand! !