King of Classical Music

"Infinite Motion" is Paganini's most famous etude, none of them.

Just like its name, the melody of this piece is relatively repetitive, just to test and train the player's skills, to test the endurance and flexibility of the left hand pressing the strings, and the skills of bow jumping and string changing with the right hand.Many large orchestras will use this piece as a compulsory piece for recruiting members, so as to test the members' violin skills.

This piece has a total length of 2212 tones. Paganini was able to play it in 3 minutes and 3 seconds, which translates to more than 12 tones per second!

For today's violinists, this is unimaginable and unsurpassable.

Since Paganini, the best violinist in the world can only play this piece for 3 minutes and 30 seconds.Among them, even Professor Akad, he could only play it within 3 minutes and 32 seconds when he was young, which is enough to show the difficulty of this piece.

In fact, the difficulty is not the highest. If the playing time of this piece is slowed down, amateurs may be able to play it completely.However, the test of this piece is to be able to play it completely in the shortest amount of time.

In the quiet rehearsal room, everyone held their breath and looked seriously at the young man who stood in the middle of the room and started playing.

Some people stared at the young man's left hand with wide eyes, while others quietly turned on the stopwatch, preparing to count the playing time of the other party.

I am afraid that there has never been such a long 3 minutes in the world, and more than 10 notes per second sounded in the piano room.All the students couldn't see how fast Qi Mu was drawing the bow and pressing the strings, but at least they knew...

This speed is definitely not slow!

The continuous and repeated melody was played continuously in the rehearsal room. The slender and white fingers of the young man seemed to be alive, dancing on the handle of the piano easily and skillfully, changing the handle and pressing the strings constantly.

No more tricks, just fast, fast, fast!

When the whole song reached the second minute, many members of the violin department felt an inexplicable soreness in their wrists.They who are most qualified to express their opinions on this piece of music naturally know that this piece of music is already testing their endurance at this stage.

This kind of high-intensity string pressing and bow changing makes muscles sore and wrists sore. Most of them can't bear it anymore at this time, so they put this song on a tall building and hear "Infinite Motion" from a distance The three words are considered to be human tragedies.

But what they couldn't believe was——

Qi Mu's speed didn't slow down at all!

Even... even a little bit faster! ! !

Some girls from the violin department covered their mouths in amazement, and De Lan and others who had just entered the rehearsal room also opened their eyes wide in horror, watching Qi Mu's movements in disbelief.

When the whole song seems to enter the last minute, everyone feels that the time has slowed down to the extent of a century.

They watched this handsome young man complete the last two notes calmly and relaxedly. After a long time after the music ended, the whole scene was still dead silent and no one moved.

In the end, Kaijie from the piano department, who was provocative in advance, applauded in a daze, and then, thunderous applause from nearly a hundred members roared in the rehearsal room.

The whole song was over, and at this point, De Lan finally couldn't help but cursed: "God, don't let my teacher see Xiao Qi's performance...or the teacher will definitely scold me to death!"

Lina on the side also nodded and said, "That's right... I finally understand how terrifying Professor Akad is. Xiao Qi's skills are so outstanding, yet she always makes Aka The professor is not satisfied?!"

Many people were whispering in amazement, and finally someone remembered to ask how much time they had played, so the student counting the stopwatch quickly raised his mobile phone and exclaimed: "3 minutes and 40 seconds! No...it's 3 minutes 39 seconds 44!!!"

This answer silenced everyone present. Even Kaijie, who had just proposed the number of 3 minutes and 40 seconds, froze. youth.

If Qi Mu could understand everyone's heart, he might only hear one word in unison——

"monster! 』

At the age of 22, he played "Infinity Motion" to less than 3 minutes and 40 seconds. This is not a monster...or what!

Even Kedori back then, hadn't heard of someone who could be so powerful! ! !

In fact, how did these pure and innocent students know that Qi Mu only accepted a difficult task from Professor Akad when class was over last night——

Play "Infinity Motion" within 3 minutes and 35 seconds in one week!

So Qi Mu started practicing this piece after returning to the apartment last night.When he practiced for the first time, after all, he hadn't touched this piece for many years, so he only reached the speed of 3 minutes and 50 seconds.And by the time of the second practice, I already had a speed of 3 minutes and 47 seconds!

If An Ge knew that he had practiced the piece for more than a month, Xiao Qi had reached his speed after only practicing it twice, then it would be impossible to express Ange's grief even if he vomited three liters of blood.

However, in the next practice, Qi Mu practiced for more than two hours while resting his fingers, but he never broke through the 3 minutes and 40 seconds mark.It wasn't until this morning that Professor Akad made some slight movement corrections that he managed to barely reach the speed of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.

Even Qi Mu didn't even think about it... I was really able to play within 3 minutes and 40 seconds just now. After all, this score is indeed a bit too scary for an ordinary student who has not yet graduated.

But this also means that Qi Mu has completed the almost impossible "band rules".

If we say that the members of the woodwind group were very friendly to Qi Mu just because they admired Min Chen.So up to now... They really admire the strength of this interim chief!

You said "Infinity Motion" is not difficult?

Yes, even amateurs can play.

But, can you play within 3 minutes and 40 seconds? ! !

Not only the woodwind instrument group, but even Kaijie in the color instrument group with empty hands was completely wilted like a frosted eggplant.Witnessed by other members of the orchestra, he apologized to Qi Mu with pouty lips. Although he still looked very unconvinced, he also knew that Qi Mu really had the strength to defeat Lancet.

Not only Kaijie, but even another member of the piano department present whispered in his heart: when will this guy graduate, when will this guy graduate, when will this guy graduate...I have to say the important thing three times.

They in the piano department have resigned themselves to their fate. As long as this "monster" doesn't graduate for a day, their piano department will never get No. 1 in the evaluation.Oh, you said...why isn't Xiaoqi from their piano department?

Now that even the piano department is completely convinced, no one in the entire orchestra will have any doubts about Qi Mu's strength.

So during the rehearsal in the afternoon, Cliff, the senior of the conducting department, took Qi Mu to familiarize himself with the various instrument departments in the orchestra, so that he could get acquainted with all the members.Then let Qi Mu temporarily manage the practice of the members of the first violin group, so that he can be proficient in the task of the chief.

Most of the members of the first violin group are known to Qi Mu, especially De Lan and Zach. They are all "closed disciples" of the mentor, and they often contact Qi Mu for gatherings.

As for the other members of the first violin group, although they don't have much contact with Qi Mu, they all know this legendary figure who helped the violin department win the first place in the evaluation twice in a row.

An afternoon passed quickly, and after Qi Mu played Haydn's "Symphony No. 40 in F-sharp Minor No. [-]" with the orchestra for the first time, it was time for class to end.

While packing his things and getting the seven or eight chapters of the CD, Qi Mu smiled and greeted some members of the orchestra.After he packed up his things, Cliff smiled and walked out of the rehearsal room door with him and locked the door.

"Oh, Xiaoqi, I've actually heard your name before. I've heard the song "The Lark" you played in the second evaluation. It's really great! It's a pity that our conducting department can only sit The audience listened, haha."

Cliff is a student of the Dean of the Conducting Department, so he can be said to be at the same level as Ang.In the setting of the college orchestra of the Paris National Higher Music Academy, in addition to a professor of conducting department as the chief conductor, Cliff is the assistant principal, managing the daily affairs and training of the orchestra.

Hearing the other party's praise, Qi Mu nodded with a smile, and said modestly: "Thank you for your compliment, Cliff. Your conductor is also great. I think the song "No.40" in the afternoon is very lonely and lonely. I mean, you're doing really well too!"

The two left the academy together talking and laughing.

In the days that followed, besides showing his homework to Professor Akkad in the morning, Qi Mu also devoted himself to the arduous practice of the college orchestra in the afternoon.Do you think you can relax at night?

Absolutely impossible!

Evening is the only time he can practice "Infinite Motion", Qi Mu naturally has to hurry up and practice.

Wanting to practice this piece of music to within 3 minutes and 35 seconds within a week, even Qi Mu felt a bit of a headache.So he spent almost all his rest time practicing this piece, and he even had very little time to answer a text message or answer a phone call.

So when Professor Akad was enjoying the delicious chocolate, he suddenly saw a discussion group that hadn’t been spoken for a long time—[Little Angel’s Piano Practice Room] flickering again: Min Chen: [Give him the nearest What a tough job, Reed? 】 Farrar: 【Huh?Did Reed give Angel a very difficult task?Reed, you can't do this, Angel is still a child, you have to take it step by step. ] Reid: [Is it difficult to play "Infinite Motion" within 3 minutes and 35 seconds within a week? 】Daniel: 【...Is there something wrong with my eyes? Why did I see someone think that "Infinite Motion" within 3 minutes and 35 seconds is not difficult...】 Farrar: 【Oh my God!Reed, you are simply inhuman! 】

Reed: [Hmph, anyone can say anything about me, Oston, don't say that, I'm here to help Xiao Qi graduate early, it's too late for you to thank me, send some chocolates here. ] Min Chen: [……]

The next day, another large bag of chocolates was flown from Turin to Paris.

Professor Akad looked at so many delicious chocolates with a smile, and looked up at Qi Mu, who had just practiced "Infinite Movement" and was panting slightly, and said: "Xiao Qi, the speed was a little slower just now, continue to speed up !"

Qi Mu nodded dumbfoundingly: "Yes, teacher!"

Professor Arkad nodded in relief. When he opened the chocolate gift bag, he found a thin card with a silver border inside, on which was written a line of beautiful Italian in beautiful cursive script——

[You are not allowed to embarrass him, Reed. —Auston Burtram. 】Professor Akkad: "..."