The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 70 Teaching? teaching!
Li Tian stood there a little cautiously, glanced at Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, just grinned, nodded to them, and expressed his greetings.

Zhao Yize stood there very seriously, his eyes swept over Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, and nodded without a smile, without saying anything.

Wang Hai was the only one who happily jumped in front of the two of them, hugged them with open arms, and said with a smile on his face.

"How was it? Surprised or not? Surprised or not? How did you feel when you saw our three major commanders coming to help?"

"I'm fine, but Qin Xian..."

Chen Qiu's expression also didn't change at all, but Qin Xian next to him was dumbfounded.

He was shaking a little while holding his violin.

To put it simply, it is now a world of academic masters. The four major conductors Chen Qiu, Li Tian, ​​Zhao Yi, and Wang Hai discuss music together.

Chen Qiu must have done a little practice when he brought him here today, otherwise Chen Qiu would have come alone and would not have chosen to bring him at all.

And with so many conductors specifically targeting his violin, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure and even wanted to leave the room directly.

Therefore, he couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva and leaned behind Chen Qiu.

His behavior did not attract the attention of other conductors in the classroom.

Because Chen Qiu spoke.

Chen Qiu faced Professor Li who was standing far away and asked: "Professor Li, why are there so many conductors here today? The number of people coming is a bit too much, right? If you are included, it will be enough." There are four of us!”

"I'm just here to save the game, not here to teach you."

Professor Li stood at the far end and faced Chen Qiudao.

"Because the main competition of the national competition will be held in a few days, the school is a little worried that your performance will not be perfect, so our command department has stepped in and invited several top conductors to come over to help take a look and check."

"How is it? How am I treating you Haiyin? You have to know that I am the acting commander of the Eastern Normal University. That is, I am in Cao Ying and my heart is in Han. I leave the Eastern Normal University alone. If you don’t take command, I’ll come here to check on you. Tell me, how do I treat you and our Haiyin?”

Wang Hai said carelessly, without any sense of guilt because he was the conductor of another school.

Li Tianze also scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.

"I also brought a school, Haicheng Normal University, which also entered the first round, but I have already taken care of everything for them. I am now in a state of complete trusteeship, so I shouldn't be considered a betrayal, right? perhaps……"

"Hey, hey, hey, what is betrayal? I was originally a mercenary in major schools. I basically have names in all schools. I must not be betraying, right? What you said is really .”

Wang Hai said noisily from the side.

But he soon shut up because Zhao opened his mouth.

"Chen Qiu, I am looking forward to your subsequent performance."

As soon as the words fell, the pressure of being the first commander of Haicheng was instantly felt on the two people beside him. They immediately did not dare to make any more noise and just looked at Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi looked at Chen Qiu and spoke calmly and calmly.

"I listened to what you showed in the first round. I like it very much. Your thinking about music is very to my liking. If you can still show such good results in subsequent performances, I think you shouldn’t have any problem getting top three in the national competition. After all, I am the judge for the main competition and finals of this year’s national competition.”

"Why does it sound a bit like Chen Qiu is planning to do something shady..." Wang Hai couldn't help but muttered softly when he heard this.

Zhao Yi's eyes swept over him, and he immediately covered his mouth and raised his hands to show that he didn't say anything. Then he spread his hands and smiled naively, bending down and pushing Zhao Yi to let him speak first.

Zhao Yi didn't pay attention to Wang Hai's showmanship, he just continued.

"Normally I shouldn't come here because I am a judge and I need to avoid suspicion, but because of the invitation from Professor Li here, as a conductor who once taught at Haiyin and led several Haiyin student orchestras, , I must come.”

Professor Li added on the side.

"Commander Zhao was the school commander many years ago. During the second or several nine-school league, he led the people from Haicheng to win the championship."

Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, raised his hand and added: "The third nine-school league."

Professor Li nodded vigorously: "Yes, the third one, and how many consecutive championships have you won as the conductor of the school?"

Zhao Yi added again: "Three consecutive championships."

"Ah! That's right, from the third Nine Schools League to the fifth Nine Schools League, we all ranked first!"

Professor Li felt a little emotional, as if he was missing the past time.

"Commander Zhao Yi is still strong. After Commander Zhao Yi left, our Haicheng side gradually fell from first to second position, and even fell to third if we were unlucky. The following Ninth Schools We should have only won the championship once in the league. It’s really impressive..."

Zhao Yi was silent at this time, and Li Tian seemed to have thought of something, and also remained silent.

Only Wang Hai took over the conversation and sighed.

"There is no way. The tricky conductor at the Central Conservatory of Music is really too strong. After Zhao Yi left, the person who took over the baton from the Central Conservatory of Music is now the number one conductor in China. Yu Tu, holy shit, this tough guy is so damn strong, he still holds his position and leads the Central Conservatory of Music to win several championships in a row! We, Zhao Yi, only won three with us and stopped winning. , this unruly man took five, right?"

"Six!" Zhao Yi added again, "First three in a row like me, then he retired for one term, and Central fell to second place. He picked up and took two more, and retired for another term, until The last session of the Central Committee invited him back and he won the first place again that year."

"Holy shit, this cunning guy, a top conductor who is number one in the country, actually goes to the nine-school league to play with students from the Central Conservatory of Music when he has nothing to do. Is he crazy? It's really hard to fry fish like this. happy?"

"Probably, but I feel like he may not be a fish fry."

Li Tian, ​​who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

He explained to everyone in the room: "I am from the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. I studied with conductor Yu Tu for a long time, so I should know him relatively well. He When I conduct the Central Conservatory of Music, I conduct it more with an assessment attitude, selecting people who may have a chance of joining his orchestra, rather than just ordinary conductors."

"Hiss... the student who monopolizes the highest level, right?"

Wang Hai said angrily: "I knew that this cunning man had no good intentions in leading the team to monopolize the championship of various command competitions. Now it seems that my guess is indeed right. He monopolizes the best talents and controls the best talents. Send them all to his band, and the fittest will survive, and the only band that will be eliminated is the number one band in the country! Bah! It’s really disgusting!”

When Zhao heard Wang Hai's words, he seemed to have thought of something. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked Wang Hai, "Do you have a grudge against him?"

"How can I have a grudge against him? Every time I participate in any command competition, whether as a mercenary or actually leading a team to a competition, he intercepts me in advance. How can I dare to have a grudge against him?"

"Oh, I see, that's impotent rage."

Zhao Zhi said bluntly, and Wang Hai was so angry that he almost turned over.

He raised and lowered his hands continuously, and opened his mouth for a long time to refute, but nothing came out. He just came out with a lot of meaningless words such as "I, you, tut".

He went crazy for a long time, but in the end he just took a deep breath, patted his face hard to calm himself down, and nodded to Chen Qiu.

"Well, let's not discuss our past affairs first. Let's first discuss the works we need to perform in the national competition. What do your second group plan to perform?"

"It's Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony."

Chen Qiu said immediately.

During the discussion between the three conductors just now, Chen Qiu had been reluctant to interject. After all, the level of the place was too high.

Now that we've discussed the pieces he'll be playing now, it's time for his home turf.

Chen Qiu thought for a while and spoke to the three of them.

"Because of the rules of the competition, I need to play a concerto in the first round and then a piece of music in the second round. After thinking about it, I chose these two works."

"You don't need to tell us the rules, we all know them."

Wang Hai vented his temper that was rendered speechless by Zhao Yi. He rolled his eyes at Chen Qiu, walked to the piano in the classroom, patted the piano hard, and said to Chen Qiu.

"Let's try it out first and see how you play. If it works well, we'll discuss other things."

"Row!"

Chen Qiu nodded, walked directly to the piano, and spoke to the three conductors.

"Then I'll just start playing?"

"Otherwise, do I still need to kneel down and beg you?" Wang Hai pursed his lips, and then cried: "Conductor Chen Qiu, conductor Chen Qiu, please play Mendelssohn's E minor concerto for me. , if you don’t play it to me, I, I, I, I’m going to die, ah, my body feels so itchy, so itchy!”

"Wang Hai, don't lose your temper in this place. If you lose your temper again, I will ask you to leave."

Before Wang Hai finished speaking, Professor Li, who had been standing aside, spoke directly.

After hearing Professor Li's words, Wang Hai did not dare to continue to lose his temper. He could only scratch his head, walked to the side, and nodded to Chen Qiu.

"Okay, okay, just pretend I just farted and you can just start playing."

"OK, all right."

Chen Qiu nodded, looked at Qin Xian who had been standing aside, smiled at him and said. "Qin Xian?"

"Well, Commander Chen Qiu, I'm here!"

Qin Xian immediately stepped forward, walked to Chen Qiu with his violin in his arms, and said nervously to Chen Qiu.

"I just started playing like this?"

"Ah."

Chen Qiu nodded, seeming to notice Qin Xian's nervousness, and smiled at him.

"Don't worry about me, and don't think about your performance in particular. You are not the key to today's lesson, I am the key. We are here to discuss the conductor part today, and it has little to do with your strings. So, don’t be nervous.”

"Huh? Oh, okay, okay."

After hearing this, Qin Xian seemed to completely believe Chen Qiu. He breathed a sigh of relief, tightened the violin in his hand again, and said to Chen Qiu.

"Then I'm ready, conductor Chen Qiu, please give me a standard tone!"

"Ah."

Chen Qiu's fingers pressed, not only giving a standard note, but even giving the violin chords.

Qin Xian immediately followed Chen Qiu's steps and readjusted the pitch of his violin. After making sure it was accurate, he nodded to Chen Qiu.

"All right."

"Okay, then I'll get started."

Chen Qiu smiled and nodded at the people behind him.

Several conductors gathered around him, looking at the music score in front of him, waiting for his performance.

After Chen Qiu's eyes made contact with Qin Xian, they nodded at the same time.

Chen Qiu's fingers landed on the piano keyboard in a particularly smooth manner, and music instantly flowed from his fingers.

Qin Xian, on the other hand, waited for him to enter and followed directly without any hesitation.

Chen Qiu was right. The class this time was Chen Qiu's class, not his. The conductors only cared about Chen Qiu, not him.

Therefore, you don't need to be nervous.

After Qin Xian relaxed his mind, the strings he was rubbing in his hands became much more soothing.

He didn't notice the intersecting gazes of several conductors.

They didn't pay much attention to the concertmaster in the orchestra before, but now they suddenly heard Qin Xian's performance, and they realized it.

It seems like this Qin Xian is pretty good, right?
I feel that as long as I make some adjustments, it will be no problem to directly enter the first violin part of the orchestra in the future.

If you're lucky, maybe this Qin Xian can also be their chief?

but……

Others must have heard Qin Xian's performance, right?

The three of them's eyes collided with each other, and Li Tian moved away first.

He has no concern for the development of the orchestra. He is just an ordinary conductor, nothing more.

Wang Hai looked at Zhao with a provocative expression.

It's just a pity that Zhao Yi ignored him.

He just glanced at Wang Hai and then focused on Chen Qiu.

What he is most concerned about now is not Qin Xian.

Qin Xian may be a very talented violin player who can hold important positions in a top orchestra in the future.

But not yet.

And today's lesson is not about Qin Xian.

So he doesn't need to pay too much attention to Qin Xian. The last thing he pays attention to now is Chen Qiu.

Music runs on Chen Qiu's fingers.

He directed the keys at his fingertips like he was conducting an orchestra, making them make the sound he wanted.

The music is beautiful, so beautiful that it even surprises people.

Even if Chen Qiu is regarded as a professional piano talent, it would not be too much.

Because Chen Qiu's piano level is indeed not low.

It is consistent with a talented conductor, his understanding and ability of the piano.

But now no one is paying attention to the piano, and they are not here to listen to music.

They came here to listen to Chen Qiu's understanding of music conducting.

What they are listening to is the feeling of harmony in the music.

This is the most important.

Even the melody isn't particularly important.

The piano is actually more like a tool for the conductor.

A tool for understanding harmony within music.

This is why it would be more useful for a conductor to learn piano.

This is because the piano is the most complex of all harmonious instruments, and it is also the one that best embodies the feeling of musical harmony.

When playing the piano, you need to understand in what direction the music is moving at this time.

For example, is it going from level one to level four, or is it a parallel between level one and level four, or is it going directly to level five and level five parallel?

They no longer understand music from its appearance, but from its core key points.

Contents like this make people think deeply.

They listened to Chen Qiu's performance very seriously and kept writing something in the notebooks in their hands.

From time to time, I write something, cross it out, and then write it again.

He frowned and kept thinking, listening to Chen Qiu's expression.

Just like students.

Until the end of the first movement and Chen Qiu was about to start playing the second movement, Zhao Yi spoke.

He raised his hand to stop Chen Qiu from continuing to play, and instead asked Chen Qiu.

"Okay, let's go to this place first. I've prepared a few questions here. Please explain them to me. I feel like I may not understand what you meant by playing."

After saying that, he turned over the document in his hand, placed it in front of Chen Qiu, pointed to the content on it and spoke to Chen Qiu.

"First of all, why do you not feel relieved immediately when you reach level 5 in this place? Instead, you become more nervous. It is not until level 5 returns to level 1 that you relax in one breath. ?Is the music in this place too intense?"

Before Chen Qiu could speak, Li Tian beside him said directly: "I know this place because this is how I play. The main content of this place is to make way for the violin to create a sense of stairs and layers." Feeling, when I was studying with Yu Tu before, he also expressed it in this way."

Li Tian picked up the notebook in his hand and asked Chen Qiu curiously.

"But what I'm more curious about is why you didn't play according to the marks on the score in bars 23, 56, 77, and other bars, but made changes without authorization. I’m not sure the reason for your change, can you explain it?”

"I know this……"

Wang Hai had a complicated expression. He looked at the two people around him and said with a strange expression: "Because the content in this place has been adapted by future generations. There are many people in this place who are struggling with whether to use the original score, and I am the one who Choose whoever uses the original score.”

(End of this chapter)