Second Piano Concerto

Tan Shuo turned off the computer, got up and stretched his arms and legs.It was bright outside, and it was another sunny day.He didn't sleep all night, but at this time his mind was very excited, he didn't feel sleepy at all, but he was hungry, and he grunted when he moved a little bit.He washed his face, went downstairs to the inn to have a breakfast, but still felt his joints were stiff and his back was sore, so he planned to take a walk in the town.

He hummed a little song as he walked, and when he passed Longge Restaurant, he entered the shop and chatted with Xiao Hei, and when he came out, he turned to Liu An, wanting to see if Liu Yang had opened a shop, but he found Liu An's doors and windows were closed tightly, and there were bursts of noise. The sound of the piano came faintly from inside.

Tan Shuo didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after listening to it, he felt that the sound of the piano was wrong.Liu Yang is a music lover and can play the piano. It is not surprising to hear the sound of the piano near Liu An.But Tan Shuo stopped and listened carefully, and was surprised to find that the person playing the piano was not Liu Yang.

The pianist is playing the "Hanon" etude.This is a set of repertoires for systematically training piano technique and finger flexibility. Both beginners and masters will take it as an essential basic practice, and this practice will always accompany them throughout their piano learning and performance career.Generally speaking, the ring finger and little finger of most piano learners are weaker than the other three fingers, so when doing this set of finger training, there will often be uneven force and unstable rhythm, and the same is true for Liu Yang.However, the person who was playing the piano at this time not only played every sound clearly, cleanly and evenly, but also had very stable strength and rhythm.As soon as Tan Shuo heard it, he knew that this was a person who had received long-term rigorous training and had solid basic skills practicing the piano, and it was definitely not Liu Yang's self-entertainment.Who is this person, and why is he practicing piano here?

According to the rough judgment of the sound of the piano, this person who plays the piano has at least reached the level of a piano major in the Conservatory of Music.But Tan Shuo has lived in the town for so long, and he has never heard of anyone whose child majored in piano.He felt strange, so he walked to the wall of the cafe and listened for a while, and the sound of the piano was indeed coming from Liu Yang's shop.Not only that, but he could hear that the piano's pitch had been corrected.When Liu Yang played the piano in the past, some of the piano's pitches were not very accurate. It seems that he has found a piano tuner to re-tune it.

Tan Shuo thought about it, and felt that Liu Yang, in order to attract business for the coffee shop, had found a master from nowhere, and was going to let him play the piano in the coffee shop for fun, and this master was adapting to the environment, Practice hard!Thinking of this, Tan Shuo felt that it was very convincing, so he didn't delve into it further, and continued to walk forward.

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Since Amao came back to the store, Tan Shuo felt a lot easier when he opened the store.Coupled with Qin Haiou's rapid progress, after a period of practice, he can be half a Mao.This made Tan Shuo feel very gratified, thinking that he might be able to become a hands-off shopkeeper in a few days, and he was very happy in his heart.Now that he doesn't have to be in the store all the time, he has about two hours between lunch and dinner to spare.When he was free that day, he suddenly thought of the new master in the coffee shop, and on a whim, he planned to go over to see the excitement.

These two hours are the best time of the day for coffee shops.If Liu Yang wanted to arrange a piano performance in the store, the best choice would be this time in the afternoon or after dinner.Tan Shuo was just doing it casually, and he didn't expect that he would run into the master of playing the piano this time.But when he stepped into the door of the coffee shop, he discovered a strange thing——Liu Yang's piano was missing.

Ever since Tan Shuo got to know Liu Yang, Liu Yang's piano has been placed in the corner of the coffee shop, even the angle has not changed, but now it has been removed.Tan Shuo was taken aback, he didn't expect his guess to be wrong.Could it be that in order to create an atmosphere of surprise, Liu Yang would go to great lengths to hide the piano first, and then move it out when the masters are playing?This is obviously not in line with Liu Yang's style.Tan Shuo was wondering, Liu Yang had already walked towards him, his words were somewhat condemning for some reason, but his expression was no different from usual, he greeted him, "Boss Tan."

"Miss Liu," Tan Shuo smiled and looked around, "Are you busy?"

"It's okay," Liu Yang said, "Why are you free to come here today?"

"It's been a long time since I received nurturing!" Tan Shuo said, "You've been away for two months, and even I feel that these days are too vulgar to bear, so hurry up and get nudged."

"It's time for you to receive a good education." Liu Yang endured and endured, and finally restrained himself from criticizing Qin Haiou for cutting his finger. Seeing that the shop was almost full, he said, "Go to the yard." Sit down, what would you like to drink?"

"Anything." Tan Shuo answered casually, seemingly casually asking, "Where's your broken piano?"

"What a broken piano," Liu Yang glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!"

"Yes." Tan Shuo nodded.

"Recently, I wanted to practice the piano well, but it was inconvenient to go outside, so I moved the piano to the next room." Liu Yang said.

Tan Shuo took the ice soda from Liu Yang, bit the straw and leaned against the back door of the coffee shop, smashing the bar while watching Liu Yang busy in the shop.This matter is really interesting, Liu Yang actually lied.In order to hide the person who played the piano, she not only impersonated herself, but also hid the piano. In order for the person to practice the piano better, she specially re-tuned the piano.If she put it another way and said that the person who played the piano was a relative or friend who came to visit her, she would immediately dispel the doubts in Tan Shuo's mind.But she insisted that the person was herself.She must have thought that no one in this town could tell the difference between her and that person's playing level, so she said that.From this point of view, this is indeed the safest statement.But it is not difficult for Tan Shuo to identify this gap.He was sure that the person playing the piano was not Liu Yang, and he knew that his ears would never hear him wrong.

Tan Shuo's curiosity was aroused, and his desire to find out the truth became extremely strong because of Liu Yang's lie.He wanted to know who the mysterious player was and why Liu Yang took the trouble to conceal it, but it was obviously unwise to expose Liu Yang's lies in person.Since Liu Yang concealed people so thoroughly, Tan Shuo knew that even if he asked, she would probably not tell the truth, and it might make her angry, and it is terrible for a woman like Liu Yang to get angry. Yes, it is much more powerful than Zhuzhu's broom and brush. Tan Shuo doesn't want things to develop to that point.

Tan Shuo decided to bypass Liu Yang and investigate quietly by himself.He quickly had an idea, the method was very simple, and he planned to try it the next day.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Tan Shuo opened his eyes in pain as the alarm clock rang, and then struggled on the bed for nearly half an hour before getting up.He usually goes to bed late and wakes up late, except for staying up all night, he gets up at noon almost every day, and he hasn't used an alarm clock for a long time.In Liu Yang's words, he is a "person living with jet lag".But today, in order to satisfy his curiosity, he did not hesitate to fight against the "jet lag" and forced himself to "wake up early". Under the amazed gaze of the younger sister, she dropped the bowl and chopsticks and ran out in a hurry.

He hurried all the way to the coffee shop. As expected, the doors and windows of the coffee shop were still closed, the piano was playing, and the piano player was still playing "Hanon".Tan Shuo immediately recognized that the performer at this moment was the same person he overheard that day.He looked left and right, and got into the one-person-wide alley next to the coffee shop.

Tan Shuo walked back and forth in the alley, judging the location of the piano based on the sound of the piano.Standing in this alley and listening to the piano is much clearer than listening in the small street outside.He quickly selected a place with the best sound effect, and squatted down against the wall.He knew that the player was practicing open hands, but he wanted to hear the player play something else, and while listening, he put his hands on his knees, tapped his fingers in time with the rhythm of the piano, and waited.

The mysterious performer did not keep Tan Shuo waiting too long.When Tan Shuo came, the hands-on practice was coming to an end.After practice, a Bach piece came from the other side of the wall.Tan Shuo regained his energy immediately, pricked up his ears to listen, and recognized that it was the "Fugue in E-flat Minor" from Bach's "Twelve Well-Tempered".Bach's fugue is a very standard polyphonic work. At most, there will be four voices playing at the same time, and each voice is an independent melody. Theoretically speaking, these four voices are equally important.For the player, it is not difficult to play the four parts at the same time, but it is difficult to play each part clearly and accurately when playing the four parts at the same time.This places extremely high demands on the player's finger touch.In the face of this kind of music that is as precise and rigorous as a clock, how to play it moving and full of musicality, instead of being as rigid and cold as a real machine, is not only a test of technical accomplishment, but also a test of A test of the player's musicality.

When Tan Shuo was listening to "Hanon", he already knew that the other party's finger skills were very solid, and now this fugue shows that this person's musical accomplishment is also quite good.Among the internationally renowned pianists, Wang Yifu is one of the masters who is famous for playing Bach's works.Tan Shuo carefully savored the sound of the piano, and was soon surprised to find that the rigorous, dignified and elegant demeanor of this person playing Bach was exactly the same as Wang Yifu in his memory.The performers on the other side of the wall practiced the fugue over and over for a long time. Tan Shuo squatted at the base of the wall listening to it with great relish. He reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette to light up the fun.

After the man finished practicing the fugue, he took out an etude by Liszt to practice.This should be one of Liszt's "Super Technique Etudes", but Tan Shuo couldn't remember which one it was.It seems that the man intends to use Bach's fugues to meditate first, and then use Liszt's etudes to consolidate the difficult skills.

Liszt was not only a composer, but also a great pianist.His hands are particularly broad, and he has extraordinary playing skills. He is one of the representatives of the virtuoso school, so the piano works he creates are often quite difficult. "Super Technique Etude" is a set of twelve pieces. Although it is not the most difficult piece of Liszt's piece, it is already extremely difficult-a lot of chords, double tones, and high-speed running sentences, which can't even be heard by the ears. Sound, but to teach people to play with fingers.Even students majoring in piano will choose a part of this set of repertoire to practice only after the technique has reached a very high level.But the etude that Tan Shuo heard now, the performer obviously played it very easily, not only without the slightest burden, but also at a faster speed than normal.This shows that the performer still has sufficient technical skills, and this kind of ease and surplus is no longer something that a professional student can easily achieve, at least it is the level that a professional pianist possesses.

When Tan Shuo came to this conclusion, he was secretly taken aback.He usually seldom smoked, but now he was thinking about things while listening to the smooth and high-speed show, and the speed of smoking unknowingly increased, one after another, and there were more and more cigarette butts at his feet.

The practice on the other side of the wall did not end there, however.The mysterious performer seemed to be in high spirits today. After practicing Liszt's etudes, he began to practice the first movement of Rachmaninoff's "Second Piano Concerto".This famous piano concerto is called "La II" for short by people who are familiar with it. The whole piece is divided into three movements, and it is a piano concerto that is extremely difficult to perform.Tan Shuo first heard this person take out several fragments in the first movement and practice them several times respectively. Then, this person actually played the piano solo part of the first movement completely and smoothly from beginning to end.

This performance is very mature, full of talent and brilliance. Whether it is the control of the structure and rhythm of the music or the handling of details, it shows amazing ability and charm.Tan Shuo was fascinated by what he heard, and forgot about the cigarette, until his hand was burned by the cigarette butt, and he suddenly regained consciousness and threw the cigarette away.He felt that he couldn't sit still, but he couldn't stand when he stood up. He sometimes stood still in the alley as if he lost his soul, and sometimes walked back and forth.The piano concerto is composed of a piano solo part and an orchestra concerto part.Tan Shuo listened to the piano part played by the man, and he couldn't help filling in the band's part in his mind, synthesizing the complete original appearance of the music.Every time he heard a wonderful passage, he felt as if his whole body was electrified, and he couldn't control his excitement.He hadn't heard such an intense live performance for many years.This is no longer an ordinary professional performer, but a top pianist with outstanding talent, cultivation, ability and talent and rich performance experience.When the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Tan Shuo seemed to have been unplugged from the power supply. He lost his strength and slid on the wall again, unable to recover for a long time.He should have had a plan, but now he can't care less about what to do next.The sound of the piano didn't sound again, but he couldn't help replaying everything he heard just now in his mind.He sat quietly in the corner until there was a "squeak" from the back door of the coffee shop, and a person walked out from the door.

Tan Shuo subconsciously turned his head to look, but saw Qin Haiou standing by the door, with one hand still on the doorknob, looking at him in horror, as if he had been greatly frightened.