musicians of old

Chapter 150 Solfeggio and Ear Training Exam (4K [-] in [-])

"Only sixty or so people can go to Fort Santa Ram?"

"Uh…"

Most of the people who were still cheering suddenly raised their voices, and a very subtle psychological reaction emerged.

At first, it was gratitude to Professor Fan Ning for his interests, and the expectation of the commercial performance tour in the imperial capital in August. Then the topic changed, and the anticipation was mixed with anxiety... After estimating the ratio, I felt that it should not be my turn unlucky...

Anyway, it's very complicated.

Fan Ning's voice continued: "Everyone still applied to join the symphony orchestra despite their busy studies and won the status of official members. I believe it is basically because of the love for music and the desire to improve their performance skills. Of course, many people There may also be motivations such as gaining assessment points, gaining opportunities to stay in school, better expressing yourself, or meeting social needs..."

"This is all very good, but everyone must understand that commercial performance means that your performance is a commodity. Once fans are willing to pay for it, its nature is not as simple as love and interest. You need to be worthy For every ticket price and time spent by every listener, you need to take on heavier artistic and historical responsibilities for the notes performed on the stage."

Although his gaze was directed towards the entire fan-shaped area, those musicians who were enthusiastic for three minutes, had an over-expressive mentality or social needs, and rehearsed and dawdled, always felt that Fanning was focusing on himself.

"In addition to sharing the box office proceeds from this concert, I will also ask the record company to make live recordings and distribute them throughout the empire...so you have two choices now—"

"Experience a trip to the imperial capital, get a rich reward, let your name be engraved on the cover of the record, and let the music you play sound day and night on the phonographs and relay stations of tens of thousands of people in Tiolein... Or, attendance is treated at will , rehearsals muddle along, and then the precious summer break is for nothing."

"You choose for yourself."

After these few words, Fan Ning clearly saw the subtle expressions of each musician, either excited and calm, or ashamed, or eager to try, or anxious, so he knew that this set of operations It did work.

"The new system has reached a consensus, and the stakes are also informed to everyone. Now let's get to the point. In the past few days, the assessment and rehearsal have been carried out in parallel every day. Today, the opening song is rehearsed. The symphonic poem "Lai Peach's Summer Night."

Fan Ning smiled slightly when he said this, "Before that, let's warm up for the assessment: solfeggio accounting for 20 points."

As he spoke, he took the thick stack that Kaprun held in both hands, and returned it after a simple inspection.

The above content is very simple: just one page, more than ten empty staves, just marked with the title number and score, some are a section, some are a single line, and some are a set of two lines.

It is equivalent to an "answer card".

"There are two sets of test questions. The chief of the vocal department is suitable for the first-class papers, and the rest are suitable for the second-class papers. The former is more difficult than the latter. This time, the questions are all listening exercises. They are common forms that you have encountered in freshmen. Now Find someone to come up to test it first, and you can recall it after observing it."

"Who wants to come up and try first?" Fan Ning swept his eyes, only to see that the audience was silent, and all the people who were swept away looked away guiltily.

Who dares to be dragged up to "public execution" by this professor Fan Ning, whom people love and hate.

As if aware of the timidity of the musicians, Kaplan tried to encourage from the side at this time: "Students, don't be afraid, don't worry, if you don't come up now, you will have to send out the test questions later. Anyway, there is no time to prepare, no Still no, it's okay, it's okay..."

While talking, he observed the expressions of the musicians, and felt that even the sound of breathing and clothes rubbing had disappeared from the silent audience.

Even Professor Fanning on the podium looked at him thoughtfully...

The assistant conductor choked, sorted out the amount of hair that was not much, and added after consideration: "...The main thing is to come up for the test now. If the process is not proficient, there may be more chances to listen to it, right, so There are many people watching, and the presentation must be successfully completed..."

… Next time you can talk, talk more.Fan Ning looked at the orchestra again helplessly: "Those who are willing to come up for the test first, 3 points will be added for the encouraging part of "Daily Rehearsal", and 2 points will be added for other musicians who will choose the first-level paper of the chief difficulty. "

Julius's eyes flickered, and she was about to stand up after several hesitations——

"Let me try it." Roy's voice came from the chief cello position.

Upon hearing this, Kaprun quickly straightened a set of tables and chairs next to the piano, took out a first-class volume and put it on it.

Under the eyes of boys and girls mixed with admiration and admiration, the girl walked to the podium in a few steps, raised her head and asked, "Professor Fanning, what should I do?"

At this time, she was facing Fan Ning and her back was facing the musicians, with a playful smile in her blue eyes and a vague sense of expectation to be praised.

"Please sit down, Roy." Fan Ning pointed to the seat next to the piano with his palm open.

"There is a question number on the test question, and I will read it again to remind you. Play all the notes twice, and you can write down the sound you heard...For demonstration purposes, you can read the answer to the previous question and tell everyone what you heard The sound, but the last two questions are a little complicated, in order to prevent distraction, I don't recommend you to do this."

"Okay." Roy sat down in front of the desk, picked up the pen on it, looked up directly from this position, and could not see the keyboard of the piano.

After Fan Ning gave him an encouraging look, he walked to the piano and sat down.

"The first big question, interval dictation, I will play standard tones and random double tones, a total of 6 groups, 0.5 points for each group."

After Fan Ning finished speaking, he tapped the standard note A, and a double note popped out with his right hand, and he let it go after holding it for more than three seconds.

Before he could repeat it a second time, Roy blurted out: "Major sixth, D and B." Then he wrote the notes on the stave.

Fanning continued to play, and Roy continued to answer. The first three groups were single intervals within one octave, and the last three groups were polyphonic intervals over one octave.

"Minor third, C sharp and E ... minor seventh, F and E flat ... augmented eleventh, C sharp and G ..."

Amidst the girl's sweet answer, everyone in the audience breathed a sigh of relief, and they regained the familiar feeling they had when they were freshmen.

...It doesn't seem to be difficult, why don't you do it yourself?

"The second big question, dictation of chords, has 10 groups in total, 0.5 points for each group."

Fanning continued to strike standard notes, playing a triad consisting of three notes sounding simultaneously.

"D major triad, first inversion, F sharp, A and D."

"B minor triad, in position, B, D, F sharp."

Roy still blurted out, writing as he spoke, and Fanning began playing seventh chords, involving four notes simultaneously.

"...G minor seventh, in situ, G, B flat, D and F."

"...A flat major seventh, third inversion, G flat, A flat, C, E flat."

The girl paused and then spoke, her hands didn't stop, and she still didn't wait for Fanning to repeat for the second time.

Most people's thinking began to lose track of it.

"If it were me, I would need to distinguish carefully for at least a few seconds, write down the root note, judge the type of chord, and then wait for the second play to identify the inversion, but the correct rate should exceed 90%."

Julius crossed her arms and was not on the stands, her eyes were fixed on the empty music stand, and she concentrated on catching the sound.

"Miss Roy is actually a group of three seconds, she is really the school's musical genius!"

"As expected of her, my vision is too good..."

There are also some people who are quite talented in playing, but their comprehensive foundation is weak, and they gradually give up listening to the questions and start to concentrate on appreciating Roy's performance.

There was approval in Fanning's eyes, and the movement of his hands continued to play. There were more and more chords, and the composition became more and more complicated. Roy's thinking time was also getting longer and longer.

In group 10, Fan Ning lightly stepped on the pedal and played a major chord with tense and complex sound effects.

This time, the girl held the pen and stayed there for a long time, her cheeks slightly raised, and her ears couldn't help leaning towards the piano.

Her eyes were closed, she was trying to discern, and she still didn't ask Fanning to repeat.

"I thought too much. It's such a difficult topic. I almost decided to choose a first-class paper just now... I got the 2 points for encouragement, and I'm afraid I will lose 10 points." Many students have already started to feel scared.

The audience held their breath, and Fan Ning saw that she was still trying to pass the level once, with her right foot resting on the pedal, waiting quietly.

"...F half-diminished flat ninth chord, F, A flat, B, E flat, and G flat." After half a minute, Roy announced the answer.

Everyone was really stunned now, 10 groups of chords, and finally reached this level of difficulty, Roy still heard it all over again!
...is this answer correct?Many people glanced at Fan Ning, but did not see his expression.

Fanning continued to take the exam. The next three or four questions were dictation of four-part harmony and dictation of monophonic melody. Roy completed all of them after one performance.

Until the last big question, two-part melody dictation, she needs to listen to a polyphonic performance performed by the left and right hands at the same time, and then write out the two melodies together. At this time, she seemed a little afraid to confirm, so she asked Fanning to play the second time.

However, she didn't make any changes, which shows that she confirmed the result of the first time without a doubt.

"Student Roy, how do you feel? Do you want to share with everyone?" Fan Ning asked with a smile after receiving the test paper she handed over.

The girl turned to face the musicians, and said calmly and calmly: "I think the last few groups of chord dictation are more difficult, and then the last two-part melody dictation is a bit difficult, because its rhythm is a bit complicated and there are some changing sounds. , It may be difficult for less skilled students to take care of it, but generally speaking, more than [-]% of the questions are what a voice chief should do right."

Fanning nodded: "Your score is 19.5 points."

Several boys took the lead in applauding, and within a few seconds, the rehearsal hall erupted into warm applause.

"This is what a chief should look like." Fan Ning said, looking around at the musicians.

Seeing the girl staring at him with doubts on her face, he explained: "The ninth group of chords is a dominant ninth chord in A major with the fifth grade omitted, but when you answer the question, write the B sound It's on, it means you've taken the extra sound effects for granted..."

Speaking of this, he blinked and smiled and said: "The omission of the fifth tone of the dominant ninth chord does not have a big impact on the sense of hearing, but at your level, if you don't show off your skills, you should be able to listen to it a second time honestly. I heard it."

"You're taught." The girl in a light yellow dress made a slight bending motion, "Professor Fan Ning, may I ask if you do this kind of dictation questions, what kind of difficulty can you manage?"

Fanning read the sly smile on her face, her back turned to the musicians.

...I have reason to suspect that you are deliberately "playing tricks".Fanning smiled and waved, motioning for the girl to return to her seat, and then said:

"Don't try to challenge a conductor's ear, especially in rehearsal."

Next, before the exam, Kaplan asked if there were any ordinary musicians willing to try the first category of papers. Although Joan looked a little strange before, she finally raised her little hand from the back row at this moment, attracting the attention of a group of classmates.

After the test papers were released, the chief and other musicians took the test in turn, and then the newly recruited full-time music staff Belinda entered the arena and arranged the parts of Swellinck's symphonic poem "Summer Night at Lebicki" for the musicians .

"This short symphonic poem should be your repertoire that you have practiced for a long time. I have heard you perform it for several years in a row, but before the rehearsal today, I will give a general explanation... Ask, does anyone know what the 'Lebic' in the title means?"

"Miss Violin Chief, tell me?" Fan Ning first ordered the second person in the orchestra.

"Is it... a place name of the Holy Kingdom of Janus?" Julius' tone was not very sure.

"No, that seems to be the name of a poet." Pierre, the new timpani player, raised his stick from behind.

"That's right. Then do you know how this symphonic poem is specifically related to the poet 'Lebic'?"

The timpani player shook his head blankly.

So Fanning began his explanation: "A major feature of the Romantic period is that composers are keen on creating title music, and deeply explore the inner relationship between music and sister arts such as poetry, literature, painting, and philosophy. Everyone is studying symphony When writing a genre such as poetry, we must focus on understanding the humanistic background of the creation of the work..."

"Lebicz was the poet of the Holy Kingdom of Janus. He was born in the 30s. His life was short, and he died in his thirties. This symphonic poem by Sweelink was inspired by Lebicki's love poem "A Midsummer Night," written in a romantic, sentimental narrative, roughly describes a scene like this—"

"The protagonist and his lover dated at the Plaza de la Fiori in Xia Ye. They had some conflicts and unhappiness before, and both parties subconsciously regarded this date as an opportunity to repair their relationship. During the walk and conversation, the atmosphere was warm and sweet, and suddenly A storm came, so they separated among the crowd. After the rain stopped, they saw each other again, but as if their memories had been washed away, they regarded each other as strange passers-by. end..."

Everyone was fascinated by Fan Ning's explanation, and they all felt that such a narrative had a strange imaginative color, and seemed to have a strong symbolic meaning.

"So the three-segment structure of this symphonic poem corresponds to the three-segment scenes in the narrative of love poems. In the theme segment of E major in 6/8 time, we must grasp the tranquility and beauty of summer nights and the sweet mood of lovers on a date. , the interlude in e minor in 4/4 time in the middle part is to vividly and delicately show the scene of the approaching storm..."

"And the most subtle thing is the third section of the reappearance of the theme. The music here is roughly the same as the first section. They both depict the tranquil scenery of summer nights, but the emotions are completely different. We need to make some changes to reflect the sadness of parting. And the complex state of mind that coexists with a sense of relief and loss..."

The chief clarinet played the continuous A note, and after the band's pitch calibration, a song-like Andante was played slowly from under Fanning's baton.

Under Fan Ning's explanation, the musicians grasped the atmosphere of the theme very well. In the mid-tempo rhythm similar to triple time, the column chords of the woodwinds maintained a dreamy and romantic tone, and the strings played moving and breath-taking The long melody is like a summer night street scene rippling with a little bit of sweetness.

After about 4 minutes of the theme presentation, Fanning signaled the band to stop.

"From bar 76, do it again, the sound of the string group is a bit messy."

The music regressed and flowed again. After eight bars, it was stopped by Fanning again. He frowned and looked at Julius.

"What's going on with this passage? Chief violinist, you didn't customize the bowing method for your team members?"

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