The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 7 Bolero

Chen Qiu's hands trembled slightly in the air, and the trembling intensity seemed invisible.

But he aimed his hand at the player who was playing snare drum in the distance.

He stretched out his hand and pulled slightly, drawing all their eyes to his fingertips, trembling slowly with their rhythm.

Without saying anything, the snare drum instantly understood Chen Qiu's intention and knocked the drum head lightly.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom."

Bolero's most typical melody sounded at this moment.

It is so typical that as soon as anyone hears this rhythm, they will know that the person playing now is probably a Bolero.

Chen Qiu looked at the snare drum, nodded slightly, and made his finger movements more subtle.

Not only that, he even pushed out his other hand and pressed it into the void.

"The sound, more subtle, follows my finger,"

Chen Qiu looked at the snare drum and said to them.

The snare drum is the soul of this piece. It is laid at the bottom throughout the whole process and then slowly moves up.

Therefore, he must grasp this grassroots level from the beginning and prevent it from moving around at will.

The snare drum and percussion students had never thought that a conductor would care so much about them. They were stunned, looked at each other, and tentatively followed Chen Qiu's fingers.

They suddenly discovered that the finger instructions Chen Qiu gave them were exactly the range when they hit the snare drum?

This control?

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The moment the orchestra entered, when the snare drum caught up with Chen Qiu's rhythm, the professors from the conducting department and conductor Wang Hai nodded slightly.

This control is very good.

It is obvious that Chen Qiu has grasped the key points of music.

From the beginning, percussion was considered as the basic content of the orchestra.

But this is just the beginning, the focus is still on how to play later.

There are three main points in Bolero.

The first focus is the rhythm of the snare drum and the overall rhythm, the tone of the whole song.

The second important point is the two melodies of the music.

The third important point is the coordination between music.

Although Bolero sounds like there are only one or two instruments playing throughout, in fact, the violin, viola, and cello still need to be played by hand.

Just like Chen Qiu's wrist waving slightly.

His body leaned back, his curled fingers spread out, and he looked at the flute.

He didn't say anything, he just raised his open hand, palm upward, slowly.

The flute seemed to be in contact with Chen Qiu's thoughts, and it sounded at that time.

"Yes, the sound of the flute is a little brighter, but not powerful enough."

Chen Qiu nodded, stretched out his hand to press down slightly, looked at the stringed instrument beside him, and said.

"The musical flow of the strings should be stronger. I need more music, a sense of lines, follow my hands, don't just pluck the strings."

"The sound on the cello side is lowered. Your voice is too prominent. Make way for the flute."

"Also, second violinist, if someone on your side has a problem, you can handle it yourself later."

Chen Qiu looked at the second violinist and gave him a slight nod.

He did not single out someone's problem at this time because there was no time.

There were two or three people on the violin side who all picked the wrong notes.

If it was him in the past, he might not have noticed much.

But now his ears can definitely be said to be ten times stronger, and his sensitivity to music has almost reached its peak.

The moment the wrong sound came out, his ears noticed it.

So he asked the second vocalist to reorganize it and let the vocal chief handle it. The music in my ears is flowing.

Chen Qiu closed his eyes and felt the flow of music.

Although he couldn't see anything, it seemed that the entire content of the orchestra was constructed in his ears.

He keenly grasped all the problems in the music, and with a slight movement of his wrist, he aroused the emotions of everyone in the orchestra.

[In the accompaniment part, there are two or three people on the violin part who have always been unable to grasp the pitch accurately, and there will be some flaws in the overall feeling of the music]

[In the solo part, there are no problems with the performance of the principals of several parts. This is their advantage]

[The snare drum is still under my control, so it seems there should be no problem at the moment]

【…】

Several thoughts quickly ran through Chen Qiu's mind.

His hands opened and he looked toward the clarinet.

To be precise, it should be the B-flat clarinet, with the fingers slightly raised.

The hand facing the flute has already fallen down.

The connection between the two evokes the emotions of the two instruments.

Flawless control.

Advance arrangements for the orchestra.

Deep understanding of harmony.

The judges sitting in the back heard Chen Qiu's rehearsal, looked at each other, and nodded involuntarily.

"The harmony feeling is very good. The tension in the harmony and the tension in the timbre of the instruments are all achieved. Everything is under his control."

"What he has been doing now is controlling the overall balance. I always thought he would choose to correct the wrong sounds, but I didn't expect him to not. It's a bit interesting."

"He actually noticed that there was a wrong note on the violin, but he did not correct it directly. Instead, he chose to let the music advance first and let the vocal leader handle the matter."

"Good choice."

“His snare drum percussion section is also well controlled.”

Everyone had a small talk and exchanged their understandings of Chen Qiu's current work.

I can't see anything special yet.

Chen Qiu has mastered one of the three most important points of bolero.

The color balance of the orchestra was also under his control.

However, it is only the beginning of the music, which is basically the solos of several principals, and the control is not particularly difficult.

The most difficult part should be at the back.

The sound of all instruments gradually grows in balance between multiple instruments.

It's just like it's normal for you to control one game character to play a game, but if you need to control two or even three game characters to play a game.

Then the level of difficulty is almost doubled.

Bolero is such a work.

From the beginning of a single wind solo with simple string accompaniment, to the later ensemble of multiple wind instruments with string accompaniment.

The demand for sound effects is directly doubled.

Wait until all the instruments resonate at the end and find the most suitable interpretation among these instruments.

The level of difficulty goes up a notch.

and so……

Chen Qiu's eyes gradually condensed, and his body that was originally relatively relaxed and leaning on the command railing gradually became tense.

In the first few bars when the muted trumpet and flute resonated, his eyes were already on those two people.

After taking a deep breath, he slowly raised his hands.

"Attention, look at me."

(End of this chapter)