On Tuesday morning, Yang Jingxing invited Yu Xinting to Li Yingzhen's office to prepare for a work discussion, and when he went upstairs, he met another professor from the piano department, and both of them greeted him politely.

The professor smiled kindly: "It's coming...... It's only half past nine. ”

Yu Xinting said: "Professor Li told us to come early. ”

Yang Jingxing said: "Adapt to the environment first. ”

The professor smiled: "Conference room." Go ahead, and we'll talk about it later...... Yang Jingxing, is that folk music ensemble ready?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Almost, thank you." ”

The professor nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, my evaluation of you is inherited and free, broad and unique...... Go, go, I'll come later. ”

Li Yingzhen was doing nothing, and when she saw Yang Jingxing and them coming, she began to give various advices. In fact, the so-called discussion of works is more common in the Puyin composition department, which is a work defense, but it is rare for the performance major to take the lead, and Yang Jingxing is still a freshman, so Li Yingzhen may be afraid of messing up, she warned Yu Xinting: "Not only for Yang Jingxing, but also for you, this is an opportunity to prove yourself." ”

Yu Xinting nodded: "I prepared seriously." ”

In order to show respect, Yang Jingxing and Yu Xinting went to the conference room to wait first, and sat down on the side of the conference table near the piano, and Yu Xinting's fingertips drew straight lines on the table.

Yang Jingxing suggested: "Drink a glass of water?"

Yu Xinting shook her head and whispered: "Professor Feng is stricter than Professor Li!" Professor Feng is another good teacher in the piano department who is qualified to open a piano teaching studio in addition to Li Yingzhen.

Yang Jingxing said: "They are only strict with good students. ”

Yu Xinting pressed her palms on the table and stretched her fingers, and said, "But there are many people...... Lose face. ”

Yang Jingxing comforted: "No, whoever dares to say that you will let him play." ”

Yu Xinting hehe: "Definitely don't dare." ”

Yang Jingxing said: "Make a bet. ”

Yu Xinting said: "I'm not too nervous, it's okay. ”

A group of teachers came together, He Hongchui, Gong Xiaoling, Li Yingzhen, plus professors from the piano department, and a few teachers who are not yet professors but have old qualifications, a total of twelve people, each with a score. Yang Jingxing and Yu Xinting stood up to welcome them, and were ordered to sit down after the elders were all seated.

The chair of the meeting was the head of the piano department, and he first cared: "You also pour yourself a glass of water." ”

Yang Jingxing went, and first served a cup to a few teachers who didn't take a cup, and got some thanks. Yu Xinting also thanked her after taking her round, and Yang Jingxing smiled.

After taking a sip of tea, the head of the department began to speak energetically: "Yang Jingxing was admitted to the composition department led by Director He with the first place last year. In the school for more than half a year, he has been following the teachers to study hard, and in a short period of time, he has achieved remarkable results, even achievements, which are worthy of congratulations and praise!"

The director applauded happily, everyone agreed, and Yang Jingxing hung his head.

The director looked at everyone again and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and heroes have been sharpened. There are no geniuses in the world, everyone says that Yang Jingxing is the most talented student since the establishment of Puyin, but I would say that he is the hardest working student since the establishment of the school. Not only Professor He and Professor Li, but also other teachers have experienced it. As long as you have this fighting spirit, success is only a matter of time......"

Then, the director said the names of more than a dozen people in a row, all of whom graduated from Puyin, and were all senior masters of composition, vocal or instrumental music, all of whom were accomplished and well-known in their own industries.

The director said, "...... Everyone has put in a lot of effort to surpass others to achieve their current achievements, and Yang Jingxing has put in many times more effort in his studies than his classmates, so I want to praise him. Last year's collaboration with the New York Philharmonic didn't attract enough attention from the school at the time, but he was praised by the Yeromir team, which is a good recognition of Professor Li's hard work......

Li Yingzhen didn't seem to hear it, but Yu Xinting smiled at Yang Jingxing.

The director continued: "...... It is precisely because of the performance skills of the world that he can write piano works that are very high or even the world level. As the head of the piano department, I am glad that Yang Jingxing has not forgotten his original intention, and the Piano Sonata in C sharp minor that I am going to discuss today is, in the words of Professor Hu, one of the most valuable works of Puyin students in at least 20 years......"

Professor Hu on the other side nodded, indicating that he had said such things.

The director looked at He Hongzhui and said, "Of course, Yang Jingxing is an excellent student of the composition department, Professor He and Professor Gong are good at teaching, under their supervision and guidance, Yang Jingxing has completed many different types of works since he entered the school, and they are all very good. "Sun in the Rain" has been conducted by Zhang Jiahuo, "Wind and Rain on the Same Road" has been performed many times inside and outside the school, and the large-scale work that is about to appear on the stage of the music festival will definitely achieve better results. Of course, there are also some popular songs that are also popular with the masses. ”

Gong Xiaoling said to Yang Jingxing: "It's a good thing not to be proud, but don't keep your head down." ”

The other teachers agreed, and Yang Jingxing raised his face a little, his acting skills were not good, and he was not popular at all.

After combing through Yang Jingxing's great achievements, the head of the piano department remembered another person: "Yu Xinting, I have a deep memory of your injury exam, what does it mean that you can be admitted in that situation? It means that you have a level!"

Yu Xinting also learned from Yang Jingxing, bowed his head and did not speak.

Professor Hu said: "Well, I remember that the "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" played at that time was adapted by Yang Jingxing. ”

Yu Xinting raised her face and nodded.

Professor Hu said: "This time, the requirements are much higher. ”

Professor Feng, who was sitting next to the head of the department, looked at Yang Jingxing for a while with his straight body, and suddenly spoke: "Yang Jingxing, let me ask you, why don't you play it yourself? It's not just your own work. You first studied piano, why don't you want to go on stage?" he hadn't communicated with Yang Jingxing before.

Yang Jingxing's sincere gaze, hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't like the stage." ”

"What do you want to learn if you don't like it?" Professor Feng was a little aggressive.

Yang Jingxing said: "I like the piano and music. ”

Everyone looked at Yang Jingxing, and Li Yingzhen spoke: "Without the exercise of the stage, you will stagnate." "Fortunately, the tone was not too harsh.

Gong Xiaoling is still hehe: "This is his stage, school." ”

He Hongchui looked at Yang Jingxing's lesson: "No matter what you use as a stage, you must take every performance seriously and respect every audience." ”

Yang Jingxing nodded.

The head of the department smiled with satisfaction and suggested, "Do you want to listen to it first?"

Li Yingzhen said: "Yu Xinting, you play." ”

Yu Xinting left her seat, sat down in front of the piano before her body straightened, she didn't have to read the score anymore, and started with a little preparation.

In the past few days, Yu Xinting has practiced this piece for at least six hours a day, and now she is at least much better than a week ago. She memorized a good note, worked hard to implement Yang Jingxing's requirements, and even had a few wonderful places. Without an in-depth study of the score, it would be difficult for the average professional to hear anything wrong.

20,000 colorful notes drifted or burst out from under the keys one after another, and after twenty minutes of playing, Yu Xinting sweated on her forehead, and her hands on her knees seemed to dare not look back.

Yang Jingxing was shameless and took the lead in applauding, and the teachers generously gave him some face. Yu Xinting turned around, stood up and bowed, and was called back to her seat by the teachers.

It was the head of the department who took the lead in speaking: "I have read the score no less than five times, and my first impression is the complexity of the harmony, especially the second and third movements, I think we can start from two aspects. First, the superposition of additional tone chords and external chords is more bold. Second, Yang Jingxing's harmonic reference to sustained sound is relatively unique and novel, which is noteworthy. ”

Professor Hu nodded: "I agree, but I just listened to Yu Xinting play, which gave me an idea, I also heard Yang Jingxing play it himself, and in the treatment of these complex chords, they are actually two different styles." Yu Xinting is more traditional and classical, focusing on rich colors and expressing complex emotions. However, Yang Jingxing himself has handled these harmonies very uniformly, and there is a feeling of simplifying the complex, with your level, why should you deal with it like this?"

Everyone nodded yes and waited for Yang Jingxing's answer.

Yang Jingxing said: "Yu Xinting has invested a lot more time in playing than me, in fact, I have only played it a few times myself, and Professor Li has scolded me. ”

Old man Feng asked, "You mean you can't play it yourself?"

Yang Jingxing was conservative: "I like her playing." ”

Yu Xinting lowered her head again. He Hongchui didn't care about what Yang Jingxing liked, and said: "Let's take a look at the first theme first, Yu Xinting, when you played it just now, the theme didn't change much, including the intensity, I can see that you are using harmony and rhythm to realize the change of mood, do you think this is the best?"

Yu Xinting straightened her neck and said solemnly: "I have played it many times, and I have compared it carefully...... Professor Li and Yang Jingxing also said that this is okay, it is better. ”

He Hongchui said: "Yang Jingxing, you play, just like you played with me last time." ”

Yang Jingxing went, practice brings true knowledge, and after discussion, everyone felt that Yu Xinting's interpretation method seemed to be more suitable for her image style, a little more delicate, not so direct and atmospheric. None of you here are uneducated, and this little bit alone is enough for everyone to express their opinions for a long time.

But the most profound seems to be Gong Xiaoling, she is a little fascinated: "This is a kind of meditation, in which I feel good and suffering, and my heartstrings keep fluctuating......"

In addition to Yang Jingxing, everyone had to nod their heads in appreciation.

During the discussion, the teachers will compare different performances, one will play Yu Xinting, and the other will play Yang Jingxing. Fortunately, no one said that Yu Xinting was not good, although she was still struggling with some passages, but the teachers seemed to be afraid that Yang Jingxing would ask them to give it a try, so they only slightly reminded Yu Xinting and expressed encouragement.

Originally, I should have briefly talked about the characteristics of the whole work, and everyone sang high-pitched songs to each other, but because of He Hongchui's rigor and Old Man Feng's relentless pursuit, it slowly evolved into a word-by-word repetition of the work, and by eleven o'clock, the first movement had not yet been finished.

Keeping in mind the teacher's advice, Yang Jingxing answered every question seriously, but basically said it was equal to not saying it, either he had his own characteristics, or he was not mature in his consideration, or the teachers praised him too much.

The first movement wasted so long, and the second movement was even more difficult, and at the beginning, Professor Hu and Gong Xiaoling disagreed. Professor Hu thinks that those dense eighth notes should play a pulsating effect, and Gong Xiaoling feels that playing that way will make the melody less melodic.

Li Yingzhen didn't bother to look at Yang Jingxing's face, and directly decided to have both pulsation and melody, while Yu Xinting was still a lot worse than showing this paragraph smoothly and naturally.

He Hongchui also said: "Yang Jingxing played well in this paragraph. ”

Yang Jingxing has to play a paragraph, which is indeed as Li Yingzhen said.

Old man Feng also seemed to like this paragraph, and said: "In the first movement, I think Yang Jingxing is a student of the composition department, and in this paragraph, I can see his piano talent, skill and beauty." ”

One professor chimed in: "Especially the echo of this legato staccato is very difficult to play. ”

One teacher also commented: "After echoing, it can be seen as a smiling expression, and then there is a little silence......"

How do you feel that the more you talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes, and many opinions are different from what Yu Xinting analyzed with the help of Li Yingzhen, this girl tried hard to listen carefully.

One person was rambling a few words, and before the second movement was finished, it was already twelve o'clock. At the initiative of the director, everyone agreed to come back after lunch.

The two students went to the cafeteria, and after stepping out of the teachers' sight, Yu Xinting said to Yang Jingxing: "Don't let me say anything." ”

Yang Jingxing said: "I don't know what Lu Dao said. ”

Yu Xinting said: "It shows that they all attach great importance to you...... I also think this one is very good. ”

Yang Jingxing smiled: "Xie Luxie." ”

Yu Xinting said: "In fact, many great works are in the ...... It was created in a bad situation. ”

Yang Jingxing said: "I don't expect greatness anyway. ”

Yu Xinting said: "It takes time to be great...... It would have been exceptional!"

Yang Jingxing blamed: "Are we friends?"

Yu Xinting grinned: "Then I won't talk about it...... I had to practice well. ”

After shaking her hands and walking for a while, Yu Xinting asked, "Professor Li and Professor Gong both said that the third movement is particularly sad, is it true?"

Yang Jingxing was annoyed: "You also ask?"

Yu Xinting was anxious: "I'm not asking about the ...... of the work"

Yang Jingxing said: "It should be regarded as a disease-free moan." ”

Yu Xinting said: "That's good. Actually, I wish you hadn't written this ......."

Yang Jingxing pointed to Yu Xinting's face: "You finally told the truth." ”

Yu Xinting didn't smile or be afraid, she raised her round eyes and said, "I hope you won't write in the future, write happily." ”

Yang Jingxing nodded: "Actually, there is a happy side to being unhappy." ”

Yu Xinting asked, "For what?"

Yang Jingxing smiled: "There are two sides to everything. ”

Yu Xinting nodded: "What do you want to eat?"

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