musicians of old

Chapter 151 The Responsibility of Being the Chief (4K [-]-in-[-])

"Bow technique?" Julius asked in surprise.

"I have marked the upper and lower bows at key places." She removed the part sheet and moved it to a position facing the podium.

At a closer distance, Fan Ning saw some sparse upper bow marks of "V" and lower bow marks of "Π", as well as some legato marks in upper brackets.

"That's it?"

Fan Ning shook his head: "...and I found that even the things you marked, the members of the team were not completely unified. Just now the musicians in the fifth, sixth, and seventh rows behind you adopted inconsistent with yours in measures 79 and 80. The students in the seventh row found out that the bowing method was wrong, so they changed it to a longbow and pulled out more than [-] notes at once."

Hearing this, some people in the other voices who also had minor flaws just now felt guilty.

This Professor Fanning not only has a keen sense of hearing, but also has a particularly good memory.

"In this passage of fast passing phrases, you not only messed up yourselves, but also messed up the second violin part, and even the chromatic third note of the woodwind group in the semi-cadence was weakened by you. Miss Julius, you Not only the chief violin, but also the chief of the entire orchestra, this is your negligence, how do you usually lead your team members to train?"

"I want them to follow me." Julius said, "Professor Fanning, is there any problem with my performance? What is negligence?"

"There is a problem." Fanning denied her point of view mercilessly. "This is not your solo occasion. Your dereliction of duty is that you did not think about the entire musical structure from the chief position."

Julius tried to explain: "But I studied and judged the band fragments, made all the expression marks, and thought that the pitch was in good order, and the bowing method was also divided according to the normal way. They just need to keep up, and I The notes were also shared, and I usually told them to go back and practice more."

The eyes of many musicians focused on the two, and Fan Ning suddenly felt in a trance when such a scene had happened.

It should be the concert hall of the college. At that time, I was sitting under the stage and listening, and Mr. Anton was standing on the podium.He has a good-natured personality, coupled with the setbacks in his creation in those years, he always thought that the musicians were willing to play his works, and they were already grateful, which led to the failure of the next performance.

Pretty much the same.

After some problems were pointed out, the communication went on here, and after the raised doubts were compromised, there was only one sentence, "Go back and practice hard", and the rehearsal continued as if nothing had happened.

Fanning slightly restrained the idea of ​​scolding the chief violinist.

Teacher An Dong is gone, and pure emotional venting is meaningless. I can neither punish according to the practice of professional symphony orchestras, nor is it appropriate to persuade all dissatisfied chiefs to leave.
Moreover, he has always held the view that the authority of a conductor is not conferred by this position, but comes from his insight into music and the accumulated trust in musicians.

The student orchestra has assumed the function of music education. To slowly rectify the unhealthy tendencies of the orchestra, the most important thing is to let the heads of each voice understand their responsibilities...Teaching them well is also for their future professional symphony orchestra Cultivate or scout candidates.

Not everyone is as hopeless as some individuals.

He calmly explained to the students: "In the orchestras of Bengeism and earlier periods, as long as the string group determined the up and down bows and broken bows, they could basically play a uniform effect. But with the later string performance skills The expansion, rhythm and orchestration texture are becoming more and more complicated. This extensive mode can no longer meet the needs of music. String music not only needs to consider up and down bows and broken bows, but also unifies the breathing rhythm of the players in specific passages. As well as the starting and ending points of the bow, the vibrato should not be too free and loose.”

"A passage similar to the 76-bar fast-passing sentence is also bowed. Some of you use the full bow, while others only use half of the bow. It sounds like every note is being beat, but the effect is still messy. The same The same principle, the same string tremolo, imagine someone playing at the tip of the bow, someone playing at the root of the bow, do you think the sound effect will be satisfactory?"

Many string musicians showed thoughtful expressions at this time.

For the same piece of music, the sound is obviously correct, but sometimes it feels that there is a gap between the playing effect of a professional orchestra, and this may be the reason.

Fan Ning turned his attention to the right side: "Student Roy, please come and share with us how you think and how you do this section from measure 76 to measure 102."

"Okay." The girl nodded immediately.

"Although the violin has already appeared a passage with a strong emotion, the cello is still a stable andante for the time being. This is a descending bass line. In order to express the mellow and reserved tone, I asked the team members to touch the bow hair to the piano. The string position controls are near the cardboard, played with the G-string four-position…”

"There is a crescendo mark in measure 79, but I don't think it should be overly forceful here. There are two reasons. One is that the note density of the violin and viola here is too high, and it is a third-degree relationship. If the cello is too aggressive, the texture will be blurred. , Second, there are several strong beat chords on the score, and the melody sound is also in the woodwind group. If the bass is too heavy, it will be difficult for their timbre to blend in, and the audience will feel top-heavy..."

Fan Ning nodded, approving her analysis: "There is a crescendo, but you can't use too much force, so tell me how you deal with it?"

The girl replied: "I designed the bowing method in this section to be played with the upper half of the bow. The performance starts from the tip of the bow. During the progress of the melody, I asked the team members to follow me to gradually move the point of force to the root of the bow. In this way, Use the distribution changes of bow sections to indirectly achieve the musical feeling of crescendo."

Fanning looked at Roy with encouraging eyes: "Go on."

The musicians listened attentively to the explanation of this cello genius girl, and even many students in the string group took out their pens and began to make inferences on the score.

It is very likely that the sense of crisis created by the quota limit.

"Then we quickly switched to the cello through the sentence, which was similar to the emotion of 'undercurrents'. At the beginning of the practice, we also felt that it was difficult to be neatly unified. I organized a discussion with everyone, and found out in the communication that it was not because of our technology. Rather, we have fallen into a misunderstanding of solo thinking..."

…mistakes of solo thinking?Many people's interests have been brought up. As performance students with solid basic skills, most of their usual piano practice is indeed solo or concerto.

"The misunderstanding is: since these notes can be played in the low position, everyone defaulted to the most direct way—from the perspective of solo thinking, the distance between the fingers in the low position is large, and the intonation is easy to grasp. The distance between the fingers is small, and we have no reason to increase the risk of pitch for ourselves. But later we found out that although this is true, there is a characteristic of low-position playing: frequent string changes!"

"It doesn't matter in a solo, but in an ensemble, because there is a slight time difference between each person's bow switching on the strings, it has become an obstacle for us to be uniform. Later I designed a new fingering. This sentence is all in D Playing on the strings, although the position is higher and the intonation is more difficult, but because it does not involve changing strings, our bowing does not need to be scattered too much, and after intensive practice, we finally solved this uneven problem."

Fan Ning nodded, and said loudly: "Pitch and neatness are the most basic requirements of the string group. Chiefs of the other four parts, do you know how to solve similar problems in the future?"

"From today's student Roy, I have seen a rigorous attitude towards art and a passion for music research. She knows how to respect every musician by analyzing the score. Try and discuss with members, collect everyone's opinions, and finally give a solution... This is what every chief voice department here should do."

"You don't want to cause the team members to lose the opportunity to perform in the imperial capital because of your negligence, right?"

At this time, Fan Ning inadvertently saw Julius's unhappy face from the corner of his eye.

... It is inconvenient to directly attack you as the chief of the orchestra, why not set up a few other outstanding chief models first?
Hearing Fanning's praise, Roy's eyes once again smiled, and dimples appeared on her cheeks, but she suddenly realized that the musicians were all looking at her, so she turned her head slightly to the other side .

"Do it again, and continue to go after the presentation department." Fan Ning held the baton.

After the theme's Andante ends, the music comes to the interlude that symbolizes the storm in the middle. Amid the restless tremolo of the strings, the timpani rolls intermittently, interspersed with short chords of the brass pipes.

"Timpani, make your crescendos a little more dramatic."

After listening to it again, Fanning reminded again: "Recall the effect of the thunder you heard in the stormy weather? What is the difference between the distant thunder and the nearby thunder? The kind of thunder that scares you What's it like again?"

"Your crescendo and decrescendo are too smooth, try going from slow to steep."

The timpani player nodded, and followed the band through Fanning's request again.

"It's still a little bit of a feeling. Come on, when the 144-bar band rushes up, boldly smash down, make a sudden strong effect and then roll, see my prompt."

"Very good. Keep going." Fanning praised loudly during the band's unison.

At the end of the middle section, there is a transitional passage dominated by woodwinds. The main melody is a reminiscent duet of flute and oboe, while the bassoon intermittently blows disturbing and predictive bass.

"The pitch of the flute is too high, the pitch of the oboe is too low, and the bass of the bassoon is not closed. Start again from the 220th bar." Fanning stopped again.

After repeated attempts, even with no improvement in the performance of the woodwind group alone, Fan Ning named the heads of the three voices: "This passage has problems with intonation and neatness. Who will make a speech?" Come on, let's talk about your thoughts."

Another surprise attack?This senior Fanning. No, Professor Fanning's hobbies are so unique.
Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing whether it was because Roy's speech level was too high before, or they felt that they couldn't explain why.

"Joan, tell me a few words." Fanning deliberately called her name.

Although her complexion was a little bad at the beginning, her performance has not been a problem. She even took the initiative to choose a class of papers in the solfeggio and ear training test.

Later, as the performance progressed, the state gradually returned, and there was even a faint tendency to lead the team. The woodwind group felt more and more that following her voice seemed more stable than following the chief.

So Joan put down the flute he was holding, and the little man stood up. His soft voice wafted through the rehearsal hall, attracting many people to turn their heads.

"That... this duo has a wide range of melody. The oboe has a limited bass range, and the flute has a high range. It is necessary to listen to the other party's voice when playing. In terms of pitch, I can only talk about it. How can the flute avoid being too high..."

"That... I just listened to the performance of two senior sisters. The problem is first of all that the strength is too high, and the airflow is used too much, resulting in a hard and tight sound. Then the effectiveness of the sigh is too low, and the sound drops downward after Qi deficiency. It is so powerful that it leads to loss of balance when it is raised in the later stage. My suggestion is to practice more sighing to support the production of sound, and properly amplify the tuyere to fully vibrate to produce a stable pitch."

"It's really difficult for the students who play the bassoon, because every time they enter the rhythm point, they are on the sub-beat. As a bass instrument, the internal control point of the oral cavity is at the back, the vibration frequency is low, and the pronunciation speed is slower than We need to be slow, it is more difficult to grasp... My suggestion is to focus on listening to the plucked strings of the double bass students in the previous beat, and imagine that your voice is "brought out" by them, so that it is not easy to misplace it...I usually I will also pay attention to Professor Fanning's hand gestures when playing, and do a shoulder shaking movement similar to a pre-pat, to give a hint to my teammates..."

"That... is purely a personal suggestion, seniors and sisters can refer to it by themselves." She smiled around and sat back in her seat.

…As expected of Professor Fan Ning's former chief flute, she is actually a junior from another department, not a music major, but still so strong, it's too scary.Everyone felt the gap again.

"Do you remember what Joan said?" asked Fanning.

The three original woodwind chiefs nodded their heads.

"I would like to add two points. There is a large difference in the flexibility of the keys of the woodwind group. The distance between the keys of the mid-bass instruments and the base is relatively large, while the distance between the keys of the treble instruments is small. I suggest that you think about making the key movements more uniform after rehearsal lessons. training methods."

"Furthermore, because your pipe body size and mouth shape are different, the vibration frequency is quite different, and the mouth shape and strength will be deviated due to the difference in airflow. Everyone must achieve a high degree of mental and auditory concentration. The chief must first maintain your stability so that others have a standard to listen to."

"If you understand, go ahead."

"Trombone group, have you noticed that the two A notes in measure 235, you have different timbres before and after each time? Try again."

After a while, Fan Ning pointed out the problem again. Unexpectedly, the chief trombone who questioned his assessment rules before stood up.

The boy took the initiative to speak and said: "The front of this is the mid-high range, which suddenly jumped down from the octave, and then jumped up from the sixth. When playing this note, you should pay attention to the changes in the mouth. The mouth of the bass A is opened first, and at the same time Add air at the back, otherwise the air pressure and velocity will decay, and the tone will not be uniform."

Although he was not as detailed as Roy and Joan's sharing, he talked about principles and problems, which was inspiring, but he also showed his own thinking and pointed out the solution in a concise manner.

It is Fan Ning's idea to start from the key minority of chief vocalists, gradually drive everyone, and reverse the rehearsal atmosphere.

So he encouraged with a smile: "Very good. The same is true for the big jump in the back."

...I'm relieved to see you all rolled up.

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