The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 57 The whole army is on alert
Haiyin gradually became tense. Although the members of the first group and the second group did not have many conflicts on the surface, in fact, both sides began to prepare for the next concert ensemble, preparing to overpower the other.

certainly! The main thing is a bunch.

With the second group in Chen Qiu's hands, many of them just want to avoid being crushed too hard by the first group.

Everyone is practicing their content in their own piano room, and no one is slacking off at all.

They dare not.

Because now the emotions of everyone in the orchestra are concentrated together, and everyone is preparing for that concert.

If they really hold the whole team back, they will not simply be scolded by the band conductor, but will be looked at with discriminatory eyes by the entire band.

At that time, it’s really better to quit the group.

Of course, this sentiment is not just among the members of the orchestra, but also exists among the conductor.

Chen Qiu dug out the score of "Brahms' Fourth Symphony" from his music library, looked at the content on it carefully, and frowned.

Brahms composed four symphonies in his lifetime, each of which is a rare masterpiece.

Among these four symphonies, the greatest one, as well as the saddest and most elegant one, is the Fourth Symphony in his hands now.

This is why so many orchestras choose the Fourth Symphony as the core piece of their musical performance.

For example, when the previous troupe chose the principal of the second troupe, they gave Chen Qiu and the others four works to choose from: Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Bolero, and Brahms' 4th Symphony.

In the previous Haicheng competition, Eastern Normal University, which represents the strongest normal school in the east, also chose to perform Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.

The choice of so many people is enough to prove how lovable this piece is.

Even though it is a sad piece, it is completely different from the particularly strong emotions in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

But this does not affect his influence at all.

It is worth mentioning that sad emotions can be seen everywhere in all of Brahms's music creations, and Brahms as a whole also belongs to a slightly sad character.

Although he lived in the romantic era, he adhered to the last brilliance of classicism, just like the last shooting star of the era.

Brilliant, dazzling, but short-lived.

Many people have even said that Brahms' existence far surpasses that of Beethoven.

He is like a genius standing on the shoulders of giants.

Leading classicism further.

In Germany, he is known as the German 3B, ranking with Bach and Beethoven.

And not just any ordinary musician.

It's just a pity that the times are advancing, and the abandoned classicism is still lonely after all. No matter how beautiful his classical writing is, he finally has no way to become the genius like Beethoven who kicked off an entire era.

His works are more limited to music lovers, rather than reaching the general public.

In this piece, sadness is not like other works, it is just an embellishment of music.

In this work, sadness has become the dominant emotion. It permeates every fiber of the work, and even in your bones, you can feel the sadness that transcends everything.

"Oedipus the King"

This is the source of Brahms' musical expression.

It is said that some time before writing this symphony, Brahms read the famous work "Oedipus King" by the ancient Greek tragic poet Sophocles, which greatly shocked his soul. In this symphony, he also unconsciously revealed the sadness and horror emotions in the famous novel.

Chen Qiu walked to the study room of his home, flipped through the books on the bookshelf, and soon came across the book "Oedipus King". Obviously, in this kind of classical music home, this kind of music is helpful for understanding music. is not a particularly rare book.

Maybe someone has used this book to reflect on interpretation in music before, right?
He couldn't help but think deeply while looking at the book in his hand, colliding it with his own understanding of music, thinking about how he should interpret it.

Playing music is not just about playing the notes on the score.

The emergence of generations of musicians has long brought music performance into an era of extreme involution.

Notes are just tools they use to express their understanding of music.

The same piece of work can present completely different feelings in the hands of different musicians.

Therefore, Chen Qiu also needs to think more about the music in his hands.

It's not just about playing music.

He took the books and sheet music in his hands to the center of the concert hall's stage, built his own music stage in his mind, played other top orchestras' interpretations of this piece, and compared it with his own music.

Find the interpretation method that best suits you.

……

At this moment, the school library.

Qin Xian found an analysis of this piece in the school library.

These are the reflections written by some masters. The above are some of what these masters thought when they were playing.

Qin Xian picked up the printed score in his hand, carefully analyzed the content of the music, found every turning point and every musical modulation, marked it down, and then wrote down how he needed to express it.

His learning method is different from Chen Qiu's. He prefers to mark the music by himself, and then thinks about how such musical expressions will feel after actually playing them.

He has a strong ability to seamlessly interpret the feeling he wants.

Whatever he wants to feel, he can interpret it.

So many times, he will focus on thinking instead of simply practicing.

After all, he has been practicing piano for almost 15 years.

In 15 years, he went from practicing 4 hours as a child to 8 hours a day as an adult. Even if he averages 6 hours a day and 360 days a year, he has practiced violin for more than 3 hours.

These are basically the results of practicing with full concentration, rather than playing with your phone while practicing.

How to express his thoughts has almost become his conditioned reflex ability.

Therefore, he paid more attention to the training of his thoughts.

He looked at the music in his hands and gradually fell into deep thought.

There was silence, music echoed in his head, and his mood gradually dropped, with a hint of sadness.

He had fallen into the music.

Immersed in it, unable to extricate myself.

Whether it's for Chen Qiu, or for the Second Group, or for himself.

He must interpret this piece of music to the best of his ability.

……

Haicheng, Little Star Art Training Center.

Buzz...click!

The bow strayed from the strings and fell outside the piano. What followed was an aggrieved expression on the face of the little baby, ready to cry.

But soon, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Because her teacher did not criticize her, but fell into deep thought.

She tilted her head, thought for a moment, picked up the bow in her hand, poked the dazed teacher in front of her, and whispered.

"Teacher Ruijia?"

"Ah? Commander Chen Qiu! I'm not late!"

Ruijia woke up suddenly. She looked at everything around her blankly. She soon woke up from her daze, shook her head vigorously, looked at the little baby in front of her, and said with a kind smile on her face.

"Huh? What's wrong? Have you finished practicing? Well...let me see where we just practiced?"

"Teacher! Please don't change the subject, please! You were clearly in a daze just now!"

"I didn't, you must have read it wrong just now!"

"I didn't! I saw it clearly!"

"You must have seen it wrong!"

Ruijia stretched out her hand and rubbed the head of the little girl in front of her, and said with a smile: "You just missed the bow. I heard it. The bow must be pulled steadily. Even though we are double bass players, we are in the orchestra." We don’t have much of a presence, but we are still very important~”

"Teacher, you just..."

"I'm not in a daze, I'm just thinking about things. In fact, I've been listening. Okay, let's not discuss this matter anymore. Let's continue class now~"

Rui Jia spoke in a very gentle voice, stretched out her hands, rubbed the little girl's face, and said with a smile: "If you can do it again, I will reward you with a candy, okay?"

"Ho, ho..." the little girl whose face was rubbed by Rui Jia said inarticulately. After seeing Rui Jia let go of her hand, she asked with a hint of curiosity: "Teacher Rui Jia, what did you just say?" Who is Commander Chen Qiu? Is he someone you like, teacher? Why did you call him by his name just now?"

"No, he is the teacher. I am the conductor of the orchestra. The leader is responsible for the daily operation and direction of the orchestra. He is a very powerful person. He has a very good ear and a strong understanding of music!"

Rui Jia raised her head and thought about Chen Qiu's previous performance in music and the scene where he invited her to dinner before. She couldn't help but licked her lips and spoke affirmatively.

"Well, he is a good man! It would be better if he could tolerate me and ignore my being late!"

"Huh? He criticizes you? Teacher Ruijia, I know! This is called CPU! He's CPUing you!" The little girl immediately raised her hands after hearing this, but she didn't expect to be hit on the head by Ruijia.

She couldn't help but cover her head, and looked at Ruijia with tearful eyes, only to find that Ruijia said seriously: "This is not a PUA, he never cares about those things, he only cares about music, as long as our music is good , then there is no problem! So everyone in our orchestra admires him!"

After saying that, she couldn't help but raise her head and look at the ceiling above her head, seeming to be thinking about something.

"If you were to play Brahms' Fourth Symphony according to the mood of Oedipus Rex, it might still be a bit ordinary as a double bass, but if..."

As she thought about it, her mind wandered far away again.

Looking at Ruijia, the little girl was in a daze again, her face could not help but bulge, she angrily poked Ruijia with her bow, and said loudly.

"Teacher Ruijia! Teacher Ruijia! Wake up! We still have class! Stop being obsessed with your orchestra conductor!"

"what?"

Rui Jia was stunned and said immediately.

"I'm not obsessed with him, I'm just thinking about music!"

"But as soon as you mentioned him, your mind went to the side!"

"I!"

Rui Jia was speechless and rubbed the little girl's hair angrily.

"Children should not get involved in adult matters!"

"But you're not much taller than me!"

"Ah ah ah ah, don't say I'm short! What's wrong with me being short? Okay! Practice twice as much today! You can't go home until you finish practice!"

Rui Jia pointed at the little girl's double bass and pretended to be angry: "Okay! Practice! We have to learn new music today!"

"oh oh……"

Seeing the change in Rui Jia's tone, the little girl pouted and did not dare to continue complaining, so she could only continue to practice music.

As for Ruijia, her thoughts began to wander again to the sound of the little girl's piano.

Brahms' Fourth Symphony, how should I practice my own double bass...

What should be done to do better than Tuan Tuan.

As I thought about it, my head began to feel empty again.

Then she felt her stomach being poked.

"Teacher? You must be thinking again..."

"No! I was thinking about band practice!"

"No way! Teacher, look at you..."

"Ahhhh, class! Don't discuss this!"

Ruijia started playing with the little girl again and continued class.

No matter what, work hard to make money first.

Oh no, let’s work hard to get the band together first.

emmmm, no, first...

Ahhhhh, deal with this little girl first!
Rui Jia shook her head vigorously, pushed all the thoughts in her mind aside, and started teaching seriously again.

Haiyin's Ai Gu in the practice room, he postponed all the rock music performances he had originally scheduled, and devoted all his attention to studying the content of Brahms's Fourth Symphony.

The same goes for everyone else besides him.

They basically threw everything aside and focused all their attention on Brahms' Fourth Symphony.

Their professional teachers originally planned to assign new works to them, but seeing them like this, they had no idea and asked them to finish the orchestra work in their hands first.

Yes, but basic exercises are still required. They should do more simple works to maintain their feel, and they will not be assigned particularly difficult works.

At the same time, Yituan received the same treatment.

Compared with students in school, teachers first know the competitive relationship between the first group and the second group.

They began to place bets on both bands as if watching a show to see who would win and who would lose.

They have done a very good job of keeping secrets. No one has been told, and everyone in the band is also tight-lipped.

Therefore, apart from them, no one else knew that the first band and the second band were competing. It was just that the people in the two bands seemed to be very busy.

Even if some people guessed that the first group and the second group were competing, it was quickly denied by both parties and has not been confirmed.

Therefore, it is limited to speculation and no subsequent progress.

The competition between the first group and the second group was fierce, and no one was slacking off.

Soon, both orchestras began their first rehearsal.

Neither side avoided the other and went to rehearse according to their normal practice.

Chen Qiu took Qin Xian to the scene of the group.

The piece played by the group was actually a piece they had already played, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Destiny.

Normally, this kind of work should have been rehearsed long ago and will not be included in the repertoire.

But no one could have guessed that the first group, as if in response to the provocation of the second group, directly chose Bei Wu as their repertoire.

The first troupe plays the bass five of the second troupe.

The second group played Brahms’ Fourth Symphony from the first group.

The two sides completely switched over.

There is no use in putting together a concert in such a simple way. Since they are going to target each other, then just play a big one.

They all play each other's works.

See who plays better and who plays worse.

After all, no one knows better than them the quality of the other party's performance.

They have all played.

When the other party compares the quality of their performance, even if they don't say it verbally, they will have an idea in their mind.

While listening to the Beiwu played by a group, Qin Xian's expression gradually became deeper.

Qin Xian's expression did not recover until he finished listening.

He and Zhao Xi, who was sitting in the chief position, looked at each other across countless seats.

With a smile on his face, Zhao Xi looked at Chen Qiu and Qin Xian and nodded slightly.

Chen Qiu returned the gift.

Qin Xian took a deep breath, his eyes drifted to the side, and followed Chen Qiu's footsteps to leave the concert hall.

Yituan's strength was very strong, stronger than he imagined.

The strength shown by the group in the first rehearsal is basically the same as the feeling they showed before after all the rehearsals were completed and when they were shown to the school leaders.

When the second troupe has rehearsed so many times and can even show off the music in its entirety, is it actually just the same strength that the first troupe showed during its first rehearsal?
Such a huge gap was a bit difficult for Qin Xian to accept.

However, Chen Qiu didn't feel anything. He just took Qin Xian back to the Second Regiment.

Yituan's strength surprised him a lot, but it was still within the acceptable range.

But I want to surpass a group, or catch up with a group.

It depends on how everyone in the second group feels when rehearsing.

Chen Qiu was thinking about this while sitting on the bus and walking towards his home concert hall.

It didn't stop until he came into the orchestra.

Everyone in the orchestra gathered on the stage and they were practicing before rehearsals started.

When they saw Chen Qiu, all the instruments in their hands stopped and looked at Chen Qiu expectantly, waiting for his command.

Qin Xian also came to the chief position from behind Chen Qiu and sat down. He looked at Chen Qiu and nodded slowly.

This time, Rui Jia was not late. Before Chen Qiu arrived, she was already standing on the side of the double bass, and it was obvious that she had already tuned it.

Although they didn't know the strength of the group, they were already prepared.

Facing the orchestra, Chen Qiu couldn't help but laugh, pointed to the oboe, and said.

"Oboe, give me a 440hz standard A"

(End of this chapter)