pianist from the sea

Chapter 200 A New Jazz Born From the Classics
Fu Tiao?

Everyone in the room couldn't help but looked at each other.

Fu Tiao's reputation outside is a bit confusing. Some people will call it Fu Tiao according to the habit of Huaguo, and some people will call Fu Tiao Dior, or Dior Fu. Therefore, when it comes to Fu Tiao, everyone is at a loss. After a while, I remembered who Hiromi Ishihara said about Fu Tiao on the stage.

Then, some people in the house became excited.

"Ah? Is Dior here today?"

"I've been seeing his news recently. Have you read the music review behind the gramophone magazine a few days ago? The one written by Andre. After reading it, I'm looking forward to Fu's performance."

"You also saw that music review, didn't you? I saw it too. Andre's writing is really touching. I also really want to listen to a Fu Tiao performance, but it's a pity that I can't buy his ticket."

"Ah? Didn't you all get tickets for Fu? Me too. It's really outrageous. Why are there so many people grabbing tickets for a classical concert? I still couldn't get tickets for the first time."

"Don't talk nonsense, could it be that Argerich, Barenboim and the others can buy the tickets? There is also the ticket of Lang Liangyue from Huaguo."

"You're right, I can't afford the first two, but I can't afford the latter..."

"Stop talking so much nonsense, who of you knows if Fu Ta is here today? Why did Hiromi say that? Is Fu Ta really here?"

"I don't know..."

Everyone chatted in low voices, their eyes glanced around, and finally settled on two men and a woman sitting on the side.

According to their understanding of Fu, they knew that Fu was an Asian.

These three are the only Asians present that they don't know.

One of them came over very early, holding a glass of water and drinking slowly at that place, and seemed to be a new member here.

If they are not members, the bartender at the door will not let them in early.

He Shen seemed to have sensed the gazes of the people around him, and nudged Fu Tiao with his elbow a little narrowly, and said with a smile, "Fu Tiao, how about it, she has asked you to come on stage by name, so you should go on stage and obey her. After all, she is also a top pianist in the world, and she is also a girl, she wants you to play by name, you won't even refuse this request, right?"

"no……"

Fu Tiao looked helplessly at He Shen beside him, rubbed his head, and sighed.

"What do I play when I'm on it? If I run according to her rhythm, I'm not familiar with it at all."

Fu Tiao discovered when this group of people started playing that although the jazz played by this group of people can be heard, it is actually very different from the traditional jazz he played before.

The overall rhythm pattern is no longer limited to simple syncopation or swing rhythm, but has gone in a more advanced and incomprehensible direction. Even if jazz chords are still used in the same way, the feeling is completely different.

Listening to her performance now, Fu Tiao has already had a little idea of ​​how to play in the future, but if he goes on stage to compete with her, who is steeped in modern jazz, to compete with modern jazz...

This is equivalent to letting Fu Tiao directly participate in the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition without knowing anything when he just woke up.

To put it simply, it is to send.

Because He Shen was not very familiar with jazz and did not understand the history of jazz, he asked a little doubtfully: "I remember that you play jazz very well? Then even if you are facing Hiromi Ishihara, you will not fall into a special situation. How miserable is it? I remember my friend said that your encore at the end of the concert was very beautiful."

"That's classical jazz..."

Fu Tiao sighed and explained: "Classical jazz and modern jazz seem to be completely different. Judging from what I have just heard, all I can use now are some jazz chords, which have not been used yet. How much has changed, but the rhythm patterns have become a little bit unrecognizable to me."

"That's it, then you go, what are you afraid of, if you can't play the rhythm, just follow her. I remember that your listening skills are not bad, so you just listen to what she plays and you repeat it?"

He Shen didn't mind the matter and arranged for Fu Tiao to play with Hiromi Ishihara on stage. The two played jazz competitions to see who had the highest level.

After all, it is good to have a fight.

Who would refuse to watch the fun?

It's just that He Shen was still a little conservative. He didn't immediately stand up and point to Fu Tiao next to him and shout at Hiromi Ishihara, saying that this is Fu Tiao, but he just fooled Fu Tiao to fight against Hiroshi Ishihara at that place. beautiful.

As for how difficult it is to repeat after listening to it once...

He Shen didn't say anything.

Hiromi Ishihara also looked around at the audience on the stage, and then followed everyone's gazes to Fu Tiao who was holding mineral water. He couldn't help but smiled, took two steps forward, and jumped off the stage. down.

pat...

The sound of the high heels colliding with the wooden floor was extremely crisp, and the way she jumped off the stage made people worry about whether she might sprain her ankle.

After all, her ankles are very slender.

If she hadn't been famous for a long time and was already in her 40s, it would be really hard to believe her age with her current appearance.

Hiromi Ishihara walked towards Fu Tiao's table, stopped in front of Fu Tiao, leaned forward slightly with his hands on the table, looked Fu Tiao up and down, couldn't help but smiled slightly.

"Fu...Dior, is it?"

"..."

Fu Tiao took a deep breath, looked at the group of people who were watching him, sighed helplessly, and nodded slowly.

"Yes, it's me."

"Why don't you stand up, I'm not a tiger, and I won't eat you, let's have fun together, this place is here to relax, play jazz and music, how nice it is."

"It's nothing, I just don't know how to play your jazz..."

"It's okay, just relax, this is not your concert, and no one will blame you if you don't play well, don't be too scared, and..."

Hiromi Ishihara stood up and looked around at the people around, and said with a smile: "And jazz, even if you play the wrong note, no one will notice it."

Almost all the people around understood Hiromi Ishihara's joke and immediately laughed.

If you play classical things wrong, you can say that you have used jazz skills, let alone jazz. When everyone plays wrong, they will joke that you don’t understand jazz.

But Fu Tiao didn't know what to say, so he could only stare at He Shen who was also laughing beside him, got up and walked to the stage.

He looked at the keyboard in front of him, hesitated a little, didn't know what to play, and couldn't help but look at Hiromi Ishihara, who was sitting on the table with his back and legs dangling, and asked helplessly.

"What do you want to hear me play?"

"You can do whatever you want, it doesn't matter, I just want to hear you play the piano."

Fu Tiao looked around: "Where are the rest of you?"

"It doesn't matter! Anything is fine!"

"Come be cool!"

"Some Concert Works!"

"..."

Everyone joined in the fun and shouted, but Fu Tiao didn't know who he should listen to.

Looking at the current situation, Fu Tiao didn't know what he should play, so he couldn't help but look down at the keyboard in front of him, and began to think.

What should I do now?
How about... playing the works I have played?
Such a thought flashed through Fu Tiao's head, but he quickly put it out by himself.

This is a very good stage, where everyone communicates together to see if there is anything new that can help everyone grow.

If he just repeats his past, then there is absolutely no need for him to come to this place, can he just play at home?

And those new things...

Fu Tiao put his hands on the piano keyboard and played a few notes casually, which didn't form chords, melody, or even rhythm.

This is just something he just heard from Hiromi Ishihara's music.

A simple repetition.

But if it's just that simple, it definitely won't work, and I definitely need to change.

That being the case...

Fu Tiao raised his hand and dropped it again.

when……

A simple octave hits the bass, not as full of strength as before, just a simple temptation.

Then the right hand played Hiromi Ishihara's previous content on it.

Very simple repetition, nothing special.

People around looked at Fu Tiao very quietly, waiting for him to show himself.

Now everyone can see that Fu Tiao is trying to repeat what Hiromi Ishihara said before.

No one laughed at Fu Tiao's slow pace of experimentation. After all, if it were them, they might not be able to repeat it at all.

The content of Hiromi Ishihara just now looks very simple, but in fact, it is more difficult than the sky.

If it is not played by a group of people who are very sensitive to music, then they may just play a little bit of content, start to mess up, and eventually become a mess.

Since Fu Tiao wants to try the content of Hiromi Ishihara now, let's take a look and see to what extent Fu Tiao can do it.

Everyone was very quiet, everyone was staring at Fu Tiao, waiting for his performance.

Fu Tiao was meditating on the stage, and the speed in his hand gradually picked up where no one noticed.

He felt a little bit of modern jazz.

Just like Hiromi Ishihara's jazz just now, her jazz is actually divided into two completely different parts.

Part of it is the main melody she played. This place needs to be extremely stable, and it is the thread that pulls the soul of the player.

The impromptu part played by the right hand is pure self-release, allowing the music to show all the inspiration for music.

Just like the body, the main theme acts as an anchor, preventing the soul from drifting away.

Or……

Like yin and yang?
Many thoughts flashed through Fu Tiao's mind, thinking about the content just now, the speed in his hands was also gradually changing, and became more and more dynamic, and the music also flowed.

Hiromi Ishihara sat on the table, her dangling legs gradually stopped moving, and turned up instead, her chin was propped up with her fists, and she looked at Fu Tiao very seriously.

She had heard something a little different.

Fu Tiao seems to have begun to find the key, the key to his own imagination of music.

My own musical construction is also gradually presented in Fu Tiao's performance.

Her music is a very free music, because apart from the main theme, everything else can be constructed by myself.

There are no restrictions.

The main thing is to show yourself.

But she also heard a little different.

Those modern jazz progressions and modern jazz rhythms that she used before, Fu Tiao is basically useless, but uses some more classical rhythm patterns and variations.

This is more interesting.

She was not wandering around, but listened to Fu Tiao's performance seriously, waiting for Fu Tiao to fully present his music.

Not only her, but also other people around, everyone was staring at Fu Tiao.

And Fu Tiao is still trying, feeling the performance of Hiromi Ishihara before, thinking about the way of interpretation that suits him.

at last……

Under everyone's gaze, Fu Tiao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the bored drummer behind him, and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Caramel, can you please also give me a stable seven-beat? There is no need for extra flowers, just a seven-beat."

"Only seven beats?"

"Yes, only seven beats."

Fu Diao nodded, and Caramel's drummer did not hesitate at all. After a very simple start, he gave Fu Diao an extremely stable seven beats.

No more, no less, not even much change in strength.

It is exactly the same as the music for Hiromi Ishihara before.

The bass player next to him heard Caramel's drum, and without any hesitation, he directly gave a little bass, just stuck at the position where the music was interrupted, adding another layer to the music.

Compared with Ishihara Hiromi's performance, his performance is much simpler.

It's not that he looks down on Fu Tiao, but because he can see that Fu Tiao is not familiar with this kind of performance. If he plays according to Ishihara Hiromi's way before, it will obviously take away Fu Tiao's performance and make Fu Tiao appear a little question.

If it's just some simple additions, not only will there be no problems, but it can also add more color to the music.

at the same time……

If Fu Tiao is determined to be stable later, it is not impossible for him to add a little flower.

After hearing the voice of the bass player Burke, Fu Tiao immediately understood what he meant, smiled friendlyly at the piano, then looked at the piano in front of him, raised his arm, and slammed it down.

boom!
The piano's bass was extremely roaring, and it hit the floor directly, shaking the teeth of everyone in the concert hall.

However, this is not the point. Under the roar of the chords, Fu Tiao's fingers ran fast in the sky without stopping, and the sound of the main melody immediately flowed out from the piano and spread to all places in the room.

Dynamic, gorgeous.

It was just the beginning, and the goosebumps of everyone in the room were about to rise.

Almost everyone felt the feeling of rhythm in the music, a completely different rhythm from Hiromi Ishihara's performance, with the characteristics of Fu Diao.

And this is not the end.

Compared with Hiromi Ishihara's previous performance, Fu Diao added a few notes to the octave of the bass, giving the chords a splendor.

It is obviously very modern and avant-garde, with a little bit of rebellious and rebellious music, but there is even a little bit of classical feeling in this place.

If normal performance is added in this way, this classical feeling will definitely feel out of place.

But Fu Tiao's performance is not at all.

When you listen to Fu Tiao's performance, you can not only feel the details of Fu Tiao's music, the avant-garde feeling, but also a force that is breaking through the ground.

Surrounded by the classics, this force did not just disintegrate and sink, but with a tenacious and unyielding spirit, it absorbed those classical forces and transformed them into the driving force for its own growth, gradually becoming more and more powerful. The stronger, the more powerful.

"This feeling?"

Ishihara Hiromi's eyes lit up.

Just like rock and roll, jazz music has a sense of rebellion and rebellion in it, whether it is classical jazz or modern jazz, all of them are like this.

After all, in the classical period, who would use the not-so-harmonious ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords as performances throughout the music?
Who would use an unorthodox rhythm?

That's the kind of nascent jazz that would love to use.

In the performance of Fu Diao, this kind of feeling is presented very simply and clearly, which makes the music more jazzy, and at the same time gives a little room for the development of classicism towards modernity.

In everyone's impression, only Fu Tiao played this kind of feeling. As for the others, they didn't feel like Fu Tiao played at all.

Listening to Fu Tiao's music, everyone couldn't help becoming excited. They never thought that Fu Tiao, who had only heard the name before and had never seen a performance, could give such a surprise.

Sure enough, fame comes with its own merits, especially in the field of music performance.

In the current situation where there is not much privacy, it is impossible for you to praise a pianist like in the past. Even if you praise, not many people have heard this person's performance, and no one can refute you.

Everyone is connected to the Internet, and everyone can access the Internet.

If you are wrong, or too much, everyone can indeed refute it online.

Even if it is published in "Gramophone", some people will post a separate article to criticize it.

Therefore, everyone has given Fu Tiao high hopes after hearing that Fu Tiao's reputation is so good.

And Fu Diao's performance did not disappoint anyone!

After hearing that Fu Tiao was about to finish playing the first theme, Hiromi Ishihara couldn't help laughing, jumped off the table with a bang, went to Fu Tiao's side and squeezed to sit down. When Fu Tiao didn't react, he tried hard Press the melody of the second theme.

"Come on, relax, go crazy, let's enjoy jazz together!"

She watched the corners of Fu Tiao's mouth keep rising, and said slowly to Fu Tiao.

(End of this chapter)