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The sound of the piano is like gurgling water, flowing out from Lu Wei's fingertips, with a gentle and elegant feeling, like a stream with bright sunshine, and a gentle breeze, sometimes far and sometimes near, with a hint of unreal beauty.

After experiencing the preliminary round, Lu Wei has adapted to the atmosphere of the competition. Those opponents who seemed unattainable before have gradually taken off their sacred coats. Coupled with the encouragement and wishes of family and friends these days, Xiaoling's meticulous care has eliminated a lot of strangeness and tension when he first came. At this moment, Lu Wei has not returned to his peak state in the Beijing trials, but he is much better than in the preliminary round, at least he has reached the level of practice.

Instead of blindly pursuing difficult songs, Lu Wei's performance also made Lu Wei more comfortable, and soon, Lu Wei entered the performance state.

Liszt's Super Skills Etude---"Sigh"

This work, Lu Wei once performed in the "Star Sea Cup" competition, is Lu Wei's favorite among Liszt's twelve super skills etudes.

In fact, if it were not for the rules of the competition, Lu Wei would of course set both songs as Beethoven's piano sonata. However, when it comes to etudes, if you want to choose a song that is as difficult as the competition specifications, it is his favorite, and Lu Wei has not many choices. After all, he has not been studying piano for a long time now, and this "Sigh" is one of them.

It is also Liszt's etude. Compared with the fifth "Ghost Fire", this song "Sigh" does not have the color of ostentatiousness and show off, but has a few more beautiful and sincere emotions. The continuous arpeggios are like water flowing with fog, giving people a dreamlike feeling. Of course, this song is also very difficult. Using intermittent piano tones to create a continuous sound of flowing water, the skills required here are definitely not a small part.

Under the eyes of everyone, Lu Wei's hands gently slid over the keys, and almost no sign of the movements on his hands were seen. However, a series of warm and fine melodies flowed out from his fingers in a undulating manner. Looking closely, Lu Wei's hands were as if they were spread flat on the keys, as if they were on the keys. When each note was played, the fingers would never waste a slight extra effort, which seemed very labor-saving. However, those who know how to do this knew that being able to do this means that they were very familiar with this music, so that every finger keystroke had become a subconscious conditioned reflex. The performance reached this level and the technique was done perfectly enough, and the rest was higher requirements--understanding of music.

Warmly like the melody of the sound of water. Gradually becoming excited and high-pitched, Lu Wei's hands, which were originally quietly spreading the keys on the floor, gradually becoming excited. The chords began to appear in a disharmonious manner, just like a calm river that encountered a turn and became turbulent. The leisurely look on Lu Wei's face also began to be excited by the emotions of music.

At this moment, Lu Wei showed his level, compared with the preliminaries, as if he had changed his own person. When he entered the playing state, the sound of the piano under his fingers seemed to be like bringing life, and he seemed to be spiritual.

The judges also showed a focused expression on their faces, but they were more puzzled. What they didn't understand was why the same contestant had a different performance in just a few days.

At the beginning, Grafman, one of the judges and chairman of Lu Wei, was talking to Zhou Guangren about Grafman, who looked at the center of the stage. He also began to show a hint of interest. He was naturally very familiar with this song "Sigh", so he knew very well and the good or bad Lu Wei's performance. To him, this song "Sigh" was much better than the "Ghost Fire" played by Lu Wei during the preliminaries. If he hadn't seen Lu Wei play with his own eyes in the preliminaries, he really couldn't believe that these two songs were from one person. At the same time, he also vaguely believed Zhou Guangren's initial statement.

"It seems that Lu Wei may be really nervous in the preliminary round," Grafman thought.

After playing the song, Lu Wei felt very good. Although his performance at this moment did not reach his best state, he was able to withstand the pressure brought by the unfavorable preliminaries and reach this level. He was quite satisfied with himself. With this state, Lu Wei only took a short rest for a few seconds and started playing the second song.

With the preview of the preliminaries, Lu Wei's choice of the place this time is naturally his field of expertise - Beethoven's piano sonata.

"Dong!", a dull and abrupt minor chord sounded in the bass area. Lu Wei's hands seemed to carry the weight of his whole body and deeply trapped in the piano's black and white keys. The chord was like a heavy hammer, hitting the audience's hearts with an extremely heavy feeling.

Beethoven's Eighth Piano Sonata---"Pathitic"!

This chord like a cruel fate seemed to carry a magical power, which immediately calmed down.

His eyebrows were frowned, his lips were pursed and slightly lowered downward, forming a cold arc. Lu Wei's mind was instantly immersed in the world of music. For a moment, everything outside the piano was left behind. This chord made Lu Wei completely enter the state.

He slowly lifted his hands, Lu Wei gently opened his eyes and looked at the piano keys in front of him. He also leaned towards the piano, getting closer and closer. His hands seemed to have a hint of hesitation and a hint of uneasiness, and then fell down gently, and two chords that were soft, like moaning, and his eyes were filled with a hint of confusion, as if he was still surprised by the cruel loud noise just now.

However, the next moment, Lu Wei's body suddenly stood up, and the power of his hands suddenly burst out, and a loud noise sounded even more disharmoniously. It seemed that cruel fate made a huge laugh at the shocking and suspicious moan just now!

Then, as if in response, the two weak chords sounded again, as if they were asking something with a cowardly look.

But when he answered him, there was still no trace of warmth, and the more brutal fate, the loud sound, like a will that cannot be violated, sounded in the burst of strong force of both hands!

Then the weak chords became as invisible as candlelight in the wind.

Lu Wei's body also bent towards the piano keys with the faint chords, lowering his head, as if he was thinking about something in pain.

After a brief silence, Lu Wei's head slowly raised and his eyes looked directly in front of the piano.

At the same time, the left hand lying on the piano moved with a very small movement, like a muffled thunder from the horizon. A trembling and rapid decomposition of chords came from the bass area, from weak to strong.

And as the chords rang out, Lu Wei's gaze changed from confusion just now to excitement and anger!

His right hand bounced lightly, quickly turned sharply from the bass area, and a rapid double sound began to rise, like a sudden burst of inner emotions, with an irresistible momentum!

With these awakened sentences, Lu Wei's eyes became clear and firm. He looked straight ahead of the piano, with a fearless aura, and the expression on his face became more and more cruel.

At this moment, Lu Wei's hands were as if they had an independent life. Every phrase and every subtle movement was so comfortable and natural, as if they had been practiced thousands of times, without thinking at all, and even brought people an illusion, as if it was this hand, and was also listening to this piece of music.

Accompanied by the rushing bass of the left hand, the right hand flew towards the treble area again and again, bringing a series of melodies that were like a random throw!

Suddenly, the unruly stream of sound gathered up, and the melody of the left hand moved to the warm midrange area, becoming a tense and orderly decomposition chord, while the right hand, restlessly, jumped back and forth with the left hand in the center of the piano. Sometimes, a string of short small phrases were brought up in the treble area, and sometimes it ran to the bass area, playing an echoing rhythm.

Such skills are very common in many piano music. However, in this song "Pathithletic", the melody written using this technique has an extremely strange feeling. With one shout and one response, the emotions of the music gradually escalate, and the contradictions become more and more tense and urgent.

Finally, accompanied by an almost crazy sound wave, this exquisite melody splashed like a wave hitting a rock!
Chapter completed!