Chapter 954 Looseness
"Wonderful!"
“That’s perfect!”
“Master level!”
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Accompanied by Chu Yang's words, the teachers who came to their senses looked at the young man in front of them again. At this moment, their hearts were already stormy!
Unlike ordinary pianists and piano enthusiasts, China has too many pseudo-artists who are known as "playing the piano" to save face. But the people in front of us are all real piano masters!
Chu Yang's song "Hunting" actually shocked them like this. It is conceivable how amazing the achievements of this song have reached!
Wu Yingdi stared at the young man in front of him. At some point, he even forgot to breathe!
He has been playing piano for most of his life, and he knows the difference between so-called "good" and "exciting", "genius" and "master". These concepts may be vague in front of a person who has a little understanding of piano, but in his eyes, it is clear at a glance!
There are so many good pianists in China, and there are many good pianists. Why only one Lang Lang has produced? Is it just because Lang Lang is very lucky? Because he got the chance to play on the bench?
Many people think so, but in fact they are all wrong. Lang Lang succeeds because his performance is unique because his performance is full of spirituality and has a sense of rhythm that can drive the strength of people's hearts!
One thing you have to admit is that his exaggerated performance, whether someone praises or scolds him, is that his playing style is unique and cannot be copied!
At present, Chu Yang's performance of "Hunting" also has such characteristics. A thousand people play "Hunting". There may be a thousand flavors, and his one is undoubtedly the most unique and exciting one!
It is not difficult to play "Hunting" quickly and quickly. What is difficult is that people forget this feeling and can even feel the impression of slowness, lightness, aphrodisiac, and beauty. This is a state that countless pianists who play this song yearn for. However, looking at the world, the only one who can do it is probably Chu Yang in front of you.
Because Wu Yingdi knew this, he would appreciate this song, so he knew the weight behind Chu Yang's performance just now!
His dislike of Chu Yang was only because Chu Yang's previous decision to disrespect the midrange admission notice, and it had nothing to do with the music itself. As the director of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, he naturally did not have such a shallow understanding of piano art, and his belly was definitely not a small amount that was difficult to tolerate. It was just that his almost pathological persistence and love for piano art caused his seemingly extreme behavior!
But just now, this young man used a more extreme behavior to break his previous prejudice!
Maybe he has contempt. Maybe he has arrogance, but he has the capital to do all this!
Everything else is virtual. Only piano skills can prove everything!
After four and a half minutes of playing, the 22-year-old boy silently proved all this with the sound of the piano!
"Director Wu!" Chen Nan looked at Director Wu with a somewhat hot look, and the implication was: "Do you still need to take the exam?"
In fact, after watching Chu Yang's performance just now, her eyes were already filled with excitement, as if she had discovered a big shining diamond!
Such a student must not be let go! How could he be a genius? He is already at the level of a master? Is this song definitely difficult to play to such an extent even if he is played by her! If he is recruited into the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music, let alone other things, the awards will not be swept this year?
What Chen Nan was thinking in his heart was exactly what the other teachers thought. Before that, they naturally knew that Director Wu had prejudice against this student, and they didn't have to say much. But now, seeing Chu Yang's true performance, these people's thoughts were different.
No matter how prejudiced you have, you can't recommend such a student who already has a master level. These people have no bad vision, so they can naturally see what Director Wu can see!
Wu Yingdi glanced at Chen Nan and knew what she wanted to say. He lowered his head, thought for a while and said, "Let's keep taking the exam."
It's just a song. Chu Yang's performance was indeed amazing enough in the song "Hunting", but who can guarantee that he didn't happen to meet it? Many senior students who learn piano will practice some world-famous songs in the end, and this song "Hunting" in Liszt's super practice is undoubtedly the target of their "care for" them.
Well, even if you encounter it, being able to hit this level already shows Chu Yang's talent. You must know that even if you focus on it, being able to hit this level is not only done by hard work, but also by talent!
But he was still preparing to carry out the exam to the end. For nothing else, he wanted to see how good the student's level could be!
At this moment, the wall of prejudice in his heart has gradually loosened. Director Wu is a very "biased" teacher. He is generally very tolerant of the good "schools" and genius students in the piano department. Of course, his black face is also very dark for those "problem students".
Chu Yang's previous behavior had violated his bottom line. Because of his disrespect for piano art and the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music, Director Wu was very, very disliked him.
But now, seeing his piano talent, Director Wu's dissatisfaction and annoyance are slowly disappearing, or being replaced by emotions such as appreciation, surprises, etc.
The artists are mostly like this, a little emotional. He may have hated someone and something the other second ago, but for a small reason, there may be a 180-degree turn. Director Wu is not yet a 180-degree turn, but his attitude towards Chu Yang is far from being annoying!
It is difficult for Director Wu to really hate a truly talented student.
Chen Nan received instructions from Director Wu and continued to start the exam, pronounced the title of the second song to Chu Yang.
"The second work, the 19th song of Bach's four creative songs, is required to fully play the whole song." After reading the exam questions, Chen Nan looked at Chu Yang with encouragement and secretly made a "come on" action.
Chu Yang naturally noticed the cute teacher's little movements, and smiled and nodded at her, but a little naughty flashed in the moment of his eyes. It was an indescribable feeling, very quickly and quickly. Almost all the teachers did not notice it, but Chen Nan, who was communicating with him, keenly captured it.
"This little guy is pretty naughty!" Chen Nan said with a smile in his heart. Somehow, after looking at his eyes, Chen Nan was inexplicably confident in his next performance.
Bach, a famous German composer during the Baroque period, was born in 1968.
For those who have never practiced the piano, they may not have heard his name much, and in the ears of ordinary people, he is far less famous than Beethoven, and even less than a popular pianist like Richard DeClayderman.
But those who have learned piano know that Bach is definitely the existence of the giant bull x in the piano field, and is a figure who can compete with masters such as Beethoven and Chopin!
Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas are widely known, and are called the New Testament in the Bible in the piano world, which shows his status. In contrast, Bach's "The Collection of Twelve Equal Piano Music". In the history of world piano art, this collection is called the "The Complete Collection of Old Testament". It is comparable to Beethoven's piano sonatas!
Bach's greatest achievement in his life was to push polyphonic music to an almost peak position!
What is polyphonic music?
For example, if a person sings, without accompaniment, all you hear is a melody line, that is, you can only hear one sound within a unit of time.
But if the accompaniment is added, the music becomes three-dimensional, and you will hear the singing and accompaniment at the same time. But this is not polyphonic music. The accompaniment is generally a simple contrast to the singing. If the singing is removed, only the accompaniment is listened to. You won’t think it is a song.
But if it is a chorus of the second part, it is a polyphony. Some people have heard a chorus of the second part. Two people sing the same lyrics, but the pitch and melody are completely different. When combined together, they can make a very wonderful sound. This is called a chorus. There are also three people singing three different melody, and even four people singing four different melody. Some people may have seen the accompaniment four-part chorus on TV, which is really wonderful. Just using human voices can show very plump and moving music.
This is polyphonic music.
Using human voices to express is called chorus. Using musical instruments to express is a polyphonic work.
After the above explanation, some people may understand that the biggest difference between polyphonic music and ordinary piano works is that it has two or even more melody lines at the same time. This melody line is different from a simple accompaniment. When it is taken out separately, it also has a certain sense of melody.
Once you understand this, you will understand how beautiful polyphonic music is and how difficult it is!
That's right, it's difficult.
For polyphonic music of the same level, the performance difficulty is at least three times that of other music, and this multiple will increase as the difficulty of the music increases.
Bach's polyphonic works generally include two creative songs, three creative songs and four creative songs. Simply understand that the two creative songs are generally composed of two melodies that are related to each other, while the three creative songs are added to three, and the four creative songs are naturally four.
Don’t underestimate this simple superposition. For each additional layer, the difficulty increases in geometric range!
You can imagine that you play two melodies at the same time with your hands. The rhythm, strength, stress and expression of these two melodies are different. It can be said that they are completely two individuals. Now you have to play them with both hands at the same time. Each melodies should be performed as well as possible. At the same time, you have to consider the overall effect of their combination. How difficult is it? I am afraid that those who know a little bit of piano performance will understand.
Just like the classic martial arts of Zhou Botong, the old naughty boy in the martial arts film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", you should be distracted from the two uses, one hand draws square and the other hand draws round.
Many people can't even do this simplest movement, so what if you let you play two melodies at the same time?
What if it is three or four?
Therefore, among the people who learn piano, there is a very classic saying: "If you hate someone, let him play Bach! If you love someone, let him play Bach too!"
I hate it because it is too difficult. Almost every student who has been learning piano since childhood has had such an experience. A song of other music can be played smoothly in three days after practicing for two weeks. A Bach's polyphony, which was practiced for two weeks, was still stuttering. It was not that I didn't work hard, but that "I can't do it!"
I love it because the polyphonic music is really, really, really good! Although it is difficult to practice, when you really practice it, you can freely play complex fabrics. The huge sense of accomplishment, and the listening experience brought to you by the elegant, dexterity and exquisite music are completely incomparable to other music!
In the formal piano learning path, polyphonic music is accompanied by almost every learning stage of piano students. From the beginning, the polyphonic music begins, at this time every student will see a red, thin music score, "Bach's Two Creative Songs Collection".
This is an introductory song written by Bach for children, allowing them to understand polyphonics and practice polyphonics. Don’t think it’s simple to hear the word “introduction”. In fact, many students who have passed the piano five, six or even eight or nine are still having headaches when facing some of the songs in this book!
What about "The Collection of Twelve Average Piano Music"?
If "The Two Creative Collections" are the songs that Bach believes are at the level of elementary school students, "The Twelve Equal Rhythm Piano Music Collection" is the graduation thesis for university doctoral students!,
From this comparison, we can see the difficulty of this work. It is called the "Old Testament" in the history of piano art. The difficulty of this piano piece is definitely unimaginable to ordinary people!
Play four melodies at the same time with two hands, four different rhythms!
The ubiquitous changes and decorative sounds!
The most complex and exquisite texture!
As the palace-level "Twelve Equal Piano Music Collection" among piano works, each song is a high mountain, and requires superb skills and strong physical fitness to climb.
Just now, Chu Yang had already shown powerful skills, but this time, in the face of such a huge and complex polyphonic work, can he recreate the magic of the previous one again?
The seven teachers all breathed and stared at each other, waiting quietly for Chu Yang's performance.
Chapter completed!