musicians of old

Several elderly gentlemen in elegant black dresses entered the auditorium slowly.

All the students stood up and saluted until the teachers took their seats in the first row of chairs.

Dean Gould walked to the podium on the front side.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!"

A mellow voice sounded, and the sound pickup effect of the carbon electrode microphone was not ideal, but the decibels were large enough.

"I think, in the graduation season in June every year, the most exciting and highly anticipated thing for me is the graduation concert."

"The history of St. Lenia University is not the longest, and it has only been more than 140 years. However, the School of Music has produced several world-class art masters and a large number of influential musicians."

"Let me think about it, the three representative figures in the period of Bengeism, in addition to Master Gilles, the other two came from here. Master Meyer premiered "The First Symphony", Master Tarakani premiered "Piano Sonata No. 791" at his graduation concert in 814. Later, Master Nieman's "First Piano Concerto" premiered in 898 became his art. The first peak of romanticism in my career"

"Leaving works at the graduation concert of Saint Lenia University, I believe it will be the glory of your life!  …"

"...Then, students who are competing for the selection of large-scale works, come on stage and start improvising, and accept the most fair evaluation from the professors!"

Dean Gould's speech ended soon, but the goal had been achieved, which made everyone fascinated and waited to see.

Indeed, not to mention all of them, but the fame of many music masters here started from the blockbuster debut at the graduation concert.

The empire confers titles on artists with outstanding merits, and artists, like scientists, are one of the groups that are highly respected.No matter the aristocrat with a long history or the emerging business owner, they are eager to be named by a certain work of the master, and regard it as the glory of the family.

People die in only [-] or [-] years, but art is eternal, and the masters are buried in the ground, but they are commemorated every day around the world, their music is performed, and inspiration and comfort are found in the spiritual world.

The final situation of this year's works selection competition is that 182 people will participate in the solicitation competition for small solo or chamber music works, and 22 people will compete for large-scale works.

"Black Envelope No. 1, Roberta Maugham, fourth grade composition department." The voice of the staff sounded.

The tall and thin man in black dress came to the stage, saluted, opened the envelope, took out the music paper inside, and stared at it for a while.

"Show us the material you have in front of you, Maugham, and we shall begin."

Dean Gould sat back in the chief judge's seat and gently reminded.

Maugham finally recovered, nodded, expressed his thanks to the judges, then walked to the nine-foot black Boethius piano and took off his gloves.

He stretched out his left hand a little nervously, and played a melody with only 4 bars in the middle and low range, in C major, all in white keys, with a clear and calm sense of hearing, elegant and graceful, with 2 ornamental notes.

"The distinct Kashunich style theme, and the piano's timbre is so beautiful." Fanning evaluated silently in his heart.

Kashunich, born in 621-685 in the new calendar, was born in the holy kingdom of Janus in the Western Continent. He is a representative music master in the late period of medieval music (430-about 700 in the new calendar).

This period was similar to the Baroque period of Fanning's previous life. The music was either solemn and sacred like a church, or gorgeous and elegant like a palace, with rich and gorgeous ornamental sounds, mostly polyphonic music.

The concept of tonic music is opposite to that of polyphonic music. The former can roughly regard the music composition as melody + accompaniment, while the latter is two or more independent melody parts intertwined and developed, resulting in the beauty of harmonious movement.

In small works, there is a relatively clear boundary between the two, but large works are usually a combination of the two methods.

"This first question is very difficult." Someone whispered.

"The main tune music is more or less better to be improvised. How can this be improvised?" Cecil, the leader of the third grade group, thought about it.

"If I get this question, I will force it to have an accompaniment, and then improvise with the main key music method, but that style may not be right." The leader of the piano department, Murrich, was also silent
The melody developed through Maugham's left hand. In the fifth measure, his right hand added a new creative melody. On the basis of maintaining the clear and generous singing of the original theme, it brought a sense of rhythmic dynamics to form a contrast.

There were even two out-of-tune transitions in the middle, and the changing sound brought the difference in the color of the music.

Fanning was a little shocked, improvised polyphony?Music students in this world are much more powerful than I thought.

Why do they have such high inspiration and talent?

Maugham's interpretation style is relatively pure, which conforms to the characteristics of late medieval music, and there are some mistakes in pronunciation and rhythm alignment.

The music stopped at 24 bars, and Maugham took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and then retreated from the stage with a salute. It could be seen that he was very nervous.

The time is indeed not long, more than 40 seconds, and it does not end in a complete phrase or paragraph (16 or 32 bars), but it is already very rare.

Many audience members, including several professors, showed approval in their eyes.

The average statistical result of the scoring was announced soon, 16.5 points, out of 20 in the first round of tests.

"These professors really like to score. This score should be quite high. It depends on the comparison later." Fan Ning thought to himself.

It may be that the performance of No. 1 Maugham was very impressive, and the performance of the next few were mediocre, with 15.0 points, 15.4 points, and 15.6 points.

"No. 5, Edward Murridge, fourth grade piano department. Next No. 6, Carolne Van Ning ready."

After the team leader sat down on the piano bench, he opened the envelope without haste.

Then with a slight smile, he knocked out 6 bright and warm notes in the high register with his right hand.

"A group of three and three, should it be a three-beat rhythm?" Although Fan Ning couldn't see the sheet music, he thought to himself, "The material is a set of square and rounded sound patterns. If you want to develop How beautiful it sounds depends on the improviser's next harmony direction. Well, the melody also needs to be adjusted, otherwise it will be too rigid."

After showing the material, the piano genius left his hands from the keyboard, adjusted the distance of the piano bench, tried the feedback strength of the pedal, and then played a powerful three-beat accompaniment in the bass area with his left hand.

The right hand joined in immediately, and the even six notes were corrected in different lengths, forming a syncopated rhythm that spanned the bars, and developed into a waltz melody full of enthusiasm and elegance.

"Reminds me of that wonderful dance we had last night."

"The melody is so nice, I didn't expect a simple D major major chord to be so charming." The two ladies in the auditorium were sincerely amazed.

Even those audiences who are tasked with composing music have already opened up the title, but they are not in a hurry, because the opportunity to watch a genius performance is really rare.

While referring to the musical inspiration of the performers on stage, they organized their creative ideas.

The mood eased a bit, the music progressed to the interlude in the middle, and switched to the parallel minor key, the mood became a little more gloomy, and there were obviously a few more modulations later, forming a meaningful contrast.

"Oh my God, his modulation is so natural and charming. It was improvised. I had to think about it for a long time. First, did he switch to a parallel key? What's next? He seems to have changed his key several times." The female classmate asked Fanning in a low voice.

"After b minor, from b flat minor to a minor and then to A major, the descending chromatic harmony improvisation is used to prepare for the theme's reappearance. This is very romantic and completely different from those coquettish and cheap music in the market." Fan Ning Without looking back, I made an evaluation casually.

"How do your ears grow? They are so powerful."

"The old Caroun can hear it, and Fan Ning on Earth can also hear it. Now I am Caroen Fan Ning, I am stronger, okay?" Fan Ning crossed his arms and thought to himself.

The main theme of the exam question was reappeared under the hands of Murrich, and the music returned to elegance and magnificence. Finally, the mood gradually rose and ended in a gorgeous and bright major chord.

The professors and the audience applauded warmly, expressing their full affirmation of this impromptu performance.

The score is given: 17.9 points!
It is very high, but it deserves its name. With more than 2 minutes of improvisation, Murrich has formed a well-structured two-part form. In terms of completeness, it is too much better than the previous ones. One is not amazing.

"6th place, Carlone Van Ning, Department of Musicology!"

The crowd became eerily silent, without a trace of transition, and even made people wonder if there was something wrong with their hearing.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Fan Ning who was sitting in the back row.

Including the professors in the first row.