Second Piano Concerto

Tan Shuo was lying on the single bed, closing his eyes and resting his mind while listening to Qin Haiou's piano CD with headphones.In recent weeks, he has been doing this during his breaks, listening to the borrowed CD over and over again, and then discussing with Qin Haiou about his performance on the CD and his understanding of the work.The recording quality of these CDs is very good, as well as the level of performance. To pick faults from such performances, it is more or less nitpicking.But Tan Shuo had his own considerations and purpose. With this purpose in listening and observing carefully, he gradually discovered a problem worth pondering.

For all talents engaged in music performance, musicality is an indispensable and crucial ability. It refers to people's ability to perceive and express music, part of which comes from innate inheritance and part of acquired cultivation.Tan Shuo discovered that Qin Haiou has an excellent sense of music, which is his innate talent and has been cultivated very little, which is reflected in his performance, that is, he can easily Relying on his natural sense of music to handle the works well, his performance often reveals an unpolished and natural temperament.This kind of musicality is undoubtedly a good help for any pianist, but Tan Shuo found that it is precisely because of this innate advantage that Qin Haiou did not put much effort into self-cultivation of acquired musicality .

This is a very insidious flaw.Qin Haiou's excellent sense of music and superb skills cover up this defect, making him handle most of the works better than ordinary people.But where more thought is needed, he doesn't give enough attention.In Tan Shuo's view, if Qin Haiou can be more attentive, he will still have a lot of room for improvement.

Tan Shuo had such a guess while listening to the CD, and through discussions with Qin Haiou on various works, he gradually confirmed his idea.He guessed that perhaps when Wang Yifu was instructing Qin Haiou, he also relaxed his supervision in this area because the student's musical talent was too reassuring, and therefore devoted more effort to other aspects, such as improving Qin Haiou's performance skills. stringent requirements.This cannot be regarded as a mistake, and it is difficult for the authorities to detect it. The reason why Tan Shuo can see this is not because he knows the method of piano teaching better than Wang Yifu, but because the aspect ignored by Qin Haiou is precisely The aspect he values ​​the most, from his perspective, it is easier to see the problems clearly.

After Tan Shuo figured this out, he began to deliberately guide Qin Haiou to focus more on thinking about music itself.This is the field that the composer is familiar with. Tan Shuo is very familiar with it, and Qin Haiou's response is also very good. He has repeatedly pondered and deliberated on the opinions put forward by Tan Shuo in the discussion.For the time being, Tan Shuo has no idea how to help Qin Haiou overcome his psychological barriers, but he believes that at least this method can be used to make up for Qin Haiou's shortcomings. Playing is always beneficial and harmless.

Tan Shuo fell into deep thought while listening to the CD, Qin Haiou was reading a book in the corner, and the room was very quiet.Suddenly, Tan Shuo's cell phone rang. Qin Haiou saw that he was keeping his eyes closed and knew that he didn't hear it, so he went to pat him on the shoulder and pointed to the cell phone on the table.Tan Shuo took off the earphones and got up, grabbed the phone in his hand, and as soon as he pressed the call button, the person on the other end of the phone yelled: "Rat! Are you still alive!"

"That depends on what you want from me." Tan Shuo sat down on the swivel chair.

The caller was Li Zhenqiang, a classmate of Tan Shuo's composition department when he was in college, and also Tan Shuo's best buddy.He is the only bridge between the professional circle and Tan Shuo, and the only person in that circle who can still get in touch with Tan Shuo so far.Li Zhenqiang's ability to compose is mediocre, and he changed to a sound engineer not long after graduation.He is good at activities, has a wide network of contacts, and when he has an opportunity to make money, he is always the first to think of Tan Shuo.

But today Li Zhenqiang called Tan Shuo because he had something to ask.A performance project he participated in was rejected by someone, and no one wrote a 6-minute piece of original music that was urgently needed.The incident happened so suddenly that Li Zhenqiang was caught off guard, so he had no choice but to come to Tan Shuo anxiously.

Tan Shuo listened to what he said, and then asked the commissioning party's request for this piece of music, and finally said: "When do you want to use this thing?"

Li Zhenqiang said: "The finished product must be produced within a week."

Tan Shuo thought for a while and said, "I'll give you a demo in three days, and you leave one day for me to revise."

Tan Shuo thought that he would use three days to get rid of the demo. On the fourth day, he would revise and finalize the demo according to the amendments put forward by the commissioning party. On the fifth day, he would record the recording, and Li Zhenqiang would complete the post-production, and on the sixth day, he would leave it to Li Zhenqiang. On the seventh day, the finished product will be handed over to the entrusting party.According to past experience, this piece of music can be completed within a week.

"Okay, okay, then write quickly! Hurry up! Put down the phone and write!" Li Zhenqiang also understood Tan Shuo's calculation of time, and urged him repeatedly.

Tan Shuo hung up the phone, turned on the computer, leaned on the swivel chair and stared at the bookcase.The time was short, and he wanted to start writing right away, but the inspiration was not tap water, which flowed out as soon as the tap was turned on. How could it be possible to conceive a 6-minute piece of music in just one phone call?

Although Qin Haiou didn't hear what Li Zhenqiang said, but from what Tan Shuo said, he could hear that he was going to write something, closed the book and stood up: "You are busy, I will go back first."

Tan Shuo nodded when he heard the words, and Qin Haiou went downstairs and left the rice noodle shop.

It was already afternoon, it was neither too late nor too early, and the weather was hot. Qin Haiou didn't want to continue reading, so he went out to town.He first went to Zhao Fei's place to have a look, saw there were customers in Zhao Fei's shop, and then went to Nalan Jin's tea shop.Nalan Jin was packing tea sets for a customer in the store, and Ah Si was also sitting inside.Qin Haiou greeted Ah Si through the glass, saw that Nalan Jin was busy and was about to leave, but Nalan Jin had already seen him, opened the shop door and called him back: "Brother Qin, come in and have a seat! "

Qin Haiou saw that the store was already crowded, so he waited outside until the customer had left, then stepped forward and asked, "Are you busy? Will it affect your business?"

Nalan Jin let him in and closed the shop door: "What's the matter, hasn't this man been sitting here all afternoon?"

Of course she was talking about Ah Si.Qin Haiou smiled and sat down next to Ah Si, and Nalan Jin poured him tea: "Is it hot outside?"

"It's okay." Qin Haiou took a sip of the tea.He was standing outside waiting just now, and he was indeed roasted very hot, but at this time the tea shop is air-conditioned, the temperature is suitable, and there is also the smell of tea and incense, which makes people feel comfortable, and the heat in his body quickly dissipates clean up.Usually when he comes here to drink tea, Nalan Jin would give him a blue Ru porcelain bowl, but today Nalan Jin gave him a white porcelain bowl, the white glaze against the light blue tea soup looks extra refreshing , holding it in your hand as if it is not a bowl of hot tea but an iced drink.Seeing that she was thinking so meticulously, Qin Haiou tapped his finger on the edge of the tea bowl and said, "Thank you."

Nalan Jin smiled knowingly, Qin Haiou saw the guqin beside her, and asked again: "Are you playing the piano?"

Nalan Jin said: "I played for a while in the morning."

Qin Haiou wanted to ask again, but Ah Si said suddenly: "Are you practicing that new song? How is it going? Can you play it for me?"

Nalan Jin shook his head: "What do you think can be done with the piece I learned last week? I don't want to play it, so as not to make people laugh."

Qin Haiou said seriously: "No one will laugh at you. I want to hear it too."

Nalan Jin turned to look at him, with a smile in his eyes, thought for a while and said: "Okay, then I will bite the bullet and play it, and you can listen to it as hard as you can!"

As she spoke, she put away all the utensils on the tea table, and then wiped the table carefully.The shop here is too small to accommodate two tables, so she chose this tea table specially, where tea sets are usually placed, and it can also be used as a piano table when practicing piano.

After she cleared the table, she put the guqin in front of her, lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then started to play.

I just heard her humming along with the sound of the piano while playing:

Remnant Snow Condensing Brilliance Cold Painting Screen

Luomei flute has changed three times

no one is in the moonlight

Her voice was already pleasing to the ear, but it was even more moving when it was accompanied by the sound of the piano.

I am a melancholy

I know what's the matter with tears

Recalling life in the sound of heartbroken

After she finished reading the que, the sound of the piano also stopped, she stopped and said with a smile: "This word should have been sung, but I couldn't sing it well, so I had to smash the jar."

Ah Si said: "You recite very well! You also play the qin well. It has the essence of Nalan Rongruo. It's very desolate and lonely..."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Haiou couldn't help casting slightly surprised eyes on him.Qin Haiou didn't know how to play the guqin, he could only judge the emotion conveyed by the music and the state of the performer through the sound of the qin and Nalan Jin's voice.When Nalan Jin was playing the piano just now, there were several places where the sound of the piano was obviously stagnant. This may be because she is not familiar enough with the music.Not only that, but the emotion of the piano sound and the taste of reciting seemed to be inconsistent with the meaning of the words. Although Nalan Jin had tried her best to get closer to the artistic conception of the words, to Qin Haiou's ears, her efforts were very reluctant. Not only was it not so bleak, but it had the opposite effect.Qin Haiou was very curious about how Ah Si came to the above conclusion, and thought that maybe he had heard it wrong, so he turned his attention to Nalan Jin, wanting to hear what she had to say.

Nalan Jin just smiled and didn't speak after hearing what Ah Si said, first put away the guqin, then put the tea utensils one by one, and when he turned to take the teapot, he took a quick look at Qin Haiou.

Qin Haiou was still puzzled at first, but when she looked at him suddenly, he understood immediately.Nalan Jin's eyes were full of amusement, she was laughing at Ah Si who didn't understand, but kept praising her.Qin Haiou knew what he felt was right, and seeing Ah Si's serious expression, he didn't speak, but just bowed his head and drank tea.

Seeing that Nalan Jin didn't respond to his evaluation, and no one was talking in the room, Ah Si felt a little embarrassed, so he stood up and said, "Go ahead and play, I have something else to do, let's go first."

Nalan Jin smiled and said, "You should go too, how much tea did you drink from me this afternoon!"

Her words were meant as a joke, but Ah Si's face darkened, she turned around and walked out.Sitting next to him, Qin Haiou couldn't see his expression clearly when he got up. Seeing that he was about to leave, he hurriedly said "goodbye" to his back.Ah Si ignored it, pushed open the door and walked out quickly.

Nalan Jin watched Ah Si's figure disappear out of the window, thought for a moment before speaking again: "Brother Qin, I seem to have offended him."

"Huh?" Qin Haiou didn't know where she came from, and was very puzzled.

But Nalan Jin did not continue this topic.She looked back at Qin Haiou, with a smile on her face again: "Brother Qin, tell me, how is my playing?"

Qin Haiou thought for a while, and said tactfully, "You don't seem to have anything sad."

Nalan Jin laughed: "You found out! How did you hear it?"

Qin Haiou said truthfully: "Based on feeling."

Nalan Jin smiled and said: "I'm not a melancholy guest, nor do I cry freely, how can I recall my life with heartbroken voices!"

Qin Haiou also smiled: "If you are happy in your heart, don't force yourself to play sad songs."

Nalan Jin disagreed: "You can't blame me for this, you guys insisted on me playing it! Originally, it was fine for Ah Si to talk about it, but who knows that even you followed suit! Now you know that the twisted melon is not sweet?"

Qin Haiou recalled that it was indeed so, and said, "It's my fault."

Nalan Jin didn't expect him to admit his mistakes so easily, he was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered to ask: "Brother Qin, why are your feelings always so accurate?"

When Qin Haiou came to the tea shop to drink tea, he listened to Nalan Jin playing the piano more than once.He was able to speak to Nalan Jin's thoughts every time, and today was no exception, which Nalan Jin admired very much.

Qin Haiou felt that it was difficult to answer this question. People's feelings cannot always be correct. Besides, he was not familiar with Guqin. The reason why he hasn't made any mistakes until now is probably a large part of luck, so he replied: "Maybe It's my luck."

Nalan Jin didn't believe it: "You are too modest!" After a pause, he continued, "Brother Qin, you are my bosom friend, I already know about it."

Qin Haiou was taken aback, he was actually not that powerful, and he didn't know her as well as Nalan Jin thought, but it seemed inappropriate to refute Nalan Jin's words.He didn't know how to answer, he was hesitating, but Nalan Jin had already changed the topic elsewhere.