pianist from the sea

Chapter 66 Obsession and Reflection (6k)

"Huh? Do you know where Fu Tiao is?"

Seeing everyone's focused eyes, He Shen thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Maybe?"

"Maybe?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Hmm... I probably, maybe, maybe, almost, barely, know a little... Fu Diao's location?"

Seeing everyone's increasingly hostile gazes, He Shen couldn't help but wryly smiled, and immediately raised his hand in surrender.

"Okay, okay, I said, I do have a little bit of information, but I have to check on Fu Tiao's situation now, and I'll tell you later..."

After finishing speaking, He Shen turned and went out, ready to look for Fu Tiao.

But after walking a few steps, he came back, licked his face and smiled at the counselor: "Old Yao, lend me the car, I don't have money to eat and use Didi, please borrow some."

"..."

Counselor Yao looked helpless, but seeing that all the teachers around him were looking at him, he could only sigh and threw the car keys away; "Go early and come back early, let us know if you find it."

"sure!"

After all, He Shen went out again, found Counselor Yao's car, and walked towards the place where he took Fu Tiao before.

Soon, his car stopped at the gate of the factory area. After greeting the security guard there, he walked into the factory office and took the elevator to the ground floor.

Before, he took Fu Tiao to enter from the underground parking garage because the factory was closed on weekends, and the door of the office could not be entered.

Now on weekdays, the door to the office is already open, so he will naturally not park his car underground, but walk directly on the main road.

When he went underground, the sound of the piano came to his ears vaguely through the glass. Practice on the piano.

It has been almost ten days since he brought Fu Tiao to this place to practice.

For the past ten days, Fu Tiao is still in this place. Has he not left at all?
He Shen was a little surprised, but thinking that he seemed to have practiced so desperately in the past, he was not particularly surprised for a while.

But judging by Fu Tiao's appearance, he is not the kind of rich man, nor is he the kind of person who lives in Haicheng. He is more of an ordinary family. He has a little talent for music, so he came to Haicheng. Study at the City Conservatory of Music.

The distance from Haicheng Conservatory of Music to this place basically spans the entire Haicheng, and he drove for more than an hour to get there. It is impossible for Fu Diao to practice back and forth every day.

What He Shen originally thought was that two days of Fu Tiao's practice would be enough, but who would have thought that...Fu Tiao directly practiced for ten days?
It's been a long time since I played this time, it's a bit big...

Just as he was about to go there, a man in workman's uniform whistled and passed by. His eyes lit up when he saw He Shen, and he waved his hand.

"Yo, Mr. He, it's not easy. The patron's father came to visit the studio?"

"Morning, Wang Gong." He Shen nodded slightly at the man and smiled friendlyly.

This person is the piano master in his studio, Engineer Wang.

The person in charge of polishing the shell of the grand piano wears almost the same overalls and overalls every day. He looks like a fool, but his work is very hard.

Basically, it can be said that all the best works sold are basically the shells he polished.

He Shen looked at Wang Gong, then at Fu Diao in the room, and said hesitantly.

"Wang Gong, let me ask you, that's the one. Has he... always practiced in that place?"

"Who? Oh, you said Moll, he really has been practicing in this place."

"Moll?" He Shen didn't react for a while.

"That's right." Wang Gong nodded without any hesitation, and explained: "Isn't he called Fu Tiao? We originally wanted to call him Minor, but then we thought that Minor is Minor? In German, it is called Moll. Minor and moll thought about it and Moll said it smoothly, and then we kept calling him moll."

"This……"

He Shen didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, Fu Tiao is relatively young and can be called a minor tune. If he is older, will he be called a major tune?Then it becomes a Major, tell?Or Dur, Dur?
The brain circuit of the nicknames of those people in my studio is really...

He Shen pretended not to hear what Wang Gong said, and continued to ask.

"You have also heard a lot of powerful people come to look for the piano, so what do you think... How is Fu Tiao practicing recently?"

"Hey, we're just a bunch of rough people..." Wang Gong looked at He Shen's eyes rolled into the sky, coughed twice, and continued: "Well, how should I put it, the playing is not bad, and it is different from those old players who came before. There is a little gap between the great gods, among the younger generation of pianists, even those pianists before the age of 30, there are not many who can compete with Fu Tiao. If the whole world is counted, there may be only a dozen? "

"Huh? So sure?"

"Hey, I just feel from the few people I heard. After all, I'm a piano hot chick. Don't count on me."

"Hehe... The champion of the young pianist competition is a hot chicken, right? I'll report you later."

"Cut, I can't be kidding, get out, I'm going to work."

Wang Gong waved his hand at He Shen, and walked slowly towards the studio with his hands in his pockets. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head to look at He Shen, and spoke again.

"Although I don't know what you want to do when you bring him here, I must tell you that he is very serious."

"Ok?"

"I came here around twelve o'clock on Monday. Although it wasn't too early, he had finished warming up the piano at that time and was practicing the details of the music. I was tired of listening to some details. He can still play very seriously, without any feeling of irritability, until the details are perfected, and he has practiced many times to ensure that every time is perfect, he will continue to go, and when I leave at three or four in the afternoon, He's still practicing."

Wang Gong glanced at Fu Tiao who was still practicing, shrugged his shoulders, and said casually: "Although I don't know about professional pianists like you, he is really serious and has a great sense of music. , Even in the Chopin International Piano Competition, there should be no problem passing the first round and entering the second round, tsk, I really envy you geniuses."

After all, he glanced at He Shen, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Right? Teacher He?"

"Well, yes, but..."

"but?"

"But you just said that you didn't come to work until twelve o'clock on Monday. I wrote it down. The perfect attendance award you reported to me this month is gone. Later, I will set up a punch card machine and put it in the room. , go to work at nine o'clock, come at twelve o'clock, and leave at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, right?"

"Huh? No, I..."

"Stop talking, you wait to deduct the bonus, you bastard!"

He Shen pretended to be angry and walked past Wang Gong, walking towards the house.

When he reached the door, he couldn't help but hear his footsteps.

It was only a little bit vaguely heard just now, and he just felt that Fu Tiao seemed to have improved a lot.

But after opening the glass door, what if the progress in the music is still the same as before?

It feels like opening a blind box right now, which makes He Shen hesitate.

But soon, he shook his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to push open the glass door.

Whoa!
The moment he pushed open the glass, the sound of music rushed out immediately, rushing out like a valve on the sea.

He Shen suddenly froze for a little bit.

Fu Tiao put all his attention on the music, and the countless details in the music fascinated Fu Tiao.

He is immersed in the music and cannot extricate himself, and he can feel the progress of the music in his hands every time he practices.

Just like online game leveling, the continuous improvement brought about by continuous practice has given Fu Tiao countless positive feedbacks, making it impossible for him to notice He Shen's arrival.

He Shen just stood behind Fu Tiao, waiting for his performance to stop, without saying a word.

He didn't feel anything when he heard Wang Gong say that Fu Tiao was a little crazy practicing the piano, but when he really stood behind Fu Tiao, he realized that what Wang Gong said was not exaggerated at all.

Even... a little shrinkage?
There is a limit to human attention. Not everyone can maintain unlimited concentration to practice the piano. There are often high-efficiency and low-efficiency practice in piano practice.

What appeared in front of He Shen at this moment was a perfect and efficient piano practice, and according to the display on his mobile phone, Fu Tiao had been practicing efficiently for at least half an hour.

In addition, Fu Tiao didn't stop when he came here before.

Roughly estimated, Fu Diao's efficient practice lasted at least an hour!

After more than an hour of efficient practice, He Shen didn't even dare to think about what Fu Tiao could do.

In the short time he listened, he had already noticed that some problems in Fu Tiao's music had been improved, and he was moving in a better direction.

Another half an hour passed, and after Fu Tiao practiced efficiently for an hour and a half, Fu Tiao finally left his hands from the keyboard, got up to relieve his muscles, twisted his waist, and turned his head to go to the bathroom.

As soon as he turned his head, He Shen was already standing behind him, looking at him with a complicated expression.

Fu Tiao asked blankly, "Mr. He? When did you come, Mr. He?"

He Shen didn't answer, but asked instead: "How long have you been practicing...?"

"How long have I been practicing? Teacher He, are you referring to... How long have I been practicing since the morning? Or how long have I been practicing since the rest?"

"How long have you practiced since you just rested?"

"Hmm... not too sure, it doesn't feel like it's been long, maybe an hour or two?"

"I've been standing behind you for more than an hour since I came here and you finished practicing. How could it be only one or two hours?"

"So...how long should I be?"

Fu Tiao looked at He Shen with a helpless expression.

"I never look at my watch when I practice. I don't rest until I'm tired. I continue to practice after the rest. I don't know how long I practiced?"

"..."

He Shen was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. Looking at Fu Tiao's sincere eyes, he couldn't help but took a deep breath and sighed slowly.

"Okay, let me change the question. How many pieces have you practiced? From the time you first came to the piano room that night to now, how many pieces have you completed in ten days?"

Fu Tiao pulled his hand, raised his head and thought for a long time, then shook his head slightly: "A dozen or so, I'm not sure, I can't count."

"Huh? What do you mean? No count?"

"Well, the main reason is that the practice in the past few days took a long time. I practiced for several hours every day, but the number of works I practiced was not many."

Fu Diao sat on the piano bench again, anyway, it was time for a break, so he started talking directly to He Shen.

Fu Tiao raised his eyebrows and said casually.

"From the first day, I didn't actually complete any of the works. I originally wanted to complete the breakthrough Chopin etude Op25-11, but because the interval between them was a bit long, I rediscovered the previous work. It feels like it took a long time, and it took a whole day to fully complete that piece of work.”

"Then I thought about it, only a simple Chopin Op25-11 Winter Wind is not enough, because I have already used this work in the preliminary round, so I can't use this work in the first round , but if I am asked to choose other works, I don’t know which work to choose, and you are not here, Mr. He. I thought about it and used the simplest method to practice all the works. Whichever work I want to choose, I can take it out very easily.”

"Therefore, I started to practice directly from Chopin's etude Op10-1. It was quite difficult at the beginning. After all, I didn't listen to much, practiced less, and the overall feeling was not particularly accurate, and there were traces of previous works. Among them, but after more than one day and nearly two days of practice, I gradually figured out the common things among the works I performed, and finally on Monday... probably on Monday, I completely completed that piece of work."

"And after I finished Chopin's etude Op10-1, the road ahead became much easier."

"Since I have found my way, I can continue to follow my way. I practiced Chopin etude Op10-2 for about a day, 10-3, and I practiced for less than a day, 10- 4 is more than half a day, 10-5 is nearly half a day."

"The following works I basically advance at the speed of one piece in half a day, until I am practicing Chopin's etude, Op25-3."

Fu Tiao's expression was very authentic, but he said to He Shen in a slightly relaxed tone.

"Give me another week or so, no, it may be less than a week, I should be able to complete Chopin's etudes thoroughly, and then I just need to rearrange and make an overall plan for the emotions in Chopin's etudes, My complete set of Chopin etudes should be done."

"The time for the final practice should be around a week."

After all, Fu Tiao looked at He Shen and smiled.

"How about Mr. He, my progress should be okay, right?"

"Well... it should, probably, maybe, it's okay..."

He Shen looked at the unaware Fu Tiao in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

It takes more than a week, nearly two weeks, to complete all Chopin's etudes?

Are you kidding me?
It’s all about being fast, after all, there are still many people who can play those works directly by sight-reading, but you f*cking…you spent two weeks and half a month, you processed all the works?
As far as he has just heard, if He Shen is allowed to practice by himself, he may not be able to do it all in half a month.

Even one day at a time is hard.

Just what I just saw...

Fu tuned him...is he really alone?

What are you kidding?

He Shen really wanted Fu Tiao to tell him that what he just heard was a joke, but unfortunately, it wasn't.

Fu Diao was extremely serious.

It is clear.

Fu Tiao him, did it.

There was silence in the room, He Shen didn't know what to say, Fu Diao didn't know what He Shen wanted to ask, the two just stood there and neither of them spoke.

He Shen is really a little numb. He also knows that Fu Tiao's foundation is relatively good. His performance in music is very strong, and his handling of timbre is also very good. very strong.

But all of this is not the reason why Fu Tiao was able to achieve such high results in such a short period of time, right?

This is too outrageous.

Even when I was studying in Germany, when I practiced Chopin the fastest, I didn't have such a fast speed.

but……

It seems that there is a problem that He Shen didn't expect?
He took a deep breath and looked at Fu Tiao helplessly.

"Well, I probably know about your current situation. The main reason I came to find you today is...you didn't ask for leave last week, and the teachers at school couldn't find you, and they didn't have your leave note, so I found a tutor I just went to the counselor's side, and I happened to go to your counselor for something. I just learned about this situation, so I stopped by to find you and see what's going on with you. I didn't expect you to be here now..."

He Shen's complexion was very complicated, he pursed his lips, thinking about how to sum it up in as accurate a way as possible.

"I really didn't expect you to progress so fast? Is it so fast... outrageous?"

"Actually, it's okay... I have actually seen these works before, and I have thought about them before, but I don't have an accurate feeling. Now that I have grasped that feeling, the rest should be the kung fu of water grinding."

Fu Tiao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and picked up the music score on the piano stand from behind, and handed it to He Shen.

"I made a lot of marks on it. At the beginning, I tried to understand what Chopin was thinking in his head when he was writing these works. Later, after I had a class with Mr. He, I started to listen to other people's recordings. Think of a commonality among their Chopins."

"Their Chopin all have a very sad, a bit blue feeling, but some people are dark blue, some are light blue. In this blue, many people will have a little bit of family and country feelings in their hearts. Among them, some people will choose to add grief, and all kinds of emotions are gathered in it."

"At that time, although I had a lot of ideas, I didn't start playing immediately. After Teacher Shan Yi took me to explain the correct analysis method of a piece of work, I had a greater improvement in Chopin's works. With the work itself as the skeleton, Chopin as the flesh and blood, and history as the shell, I carve out my own Chopin."

"Practicing in this way is always improving, but after I finish playing, I always feel that I am a little bit short of what I want, and there seems to be a thin layer of barrier. When I listen to a lot of Ho After seeing your works, teacher, I knew what the gap between me and music was."

Fu Tiao's expression became a little bit excited. He took two steps forward, picked up the music score in his hand, and turned to the place where he had played for Fu Tiao before, Chopin etude Op25-11, which is the piece winter wind.

"Mr. He, do you still remember this Dongfeng? I played it for you before."

He Shen nodded: "Well, I remember, what's wrong?"

Fu Tiao became even more excited. He stuffed the music score into He Shen's hand, pointed to the content on it and continued.

"It's the control! The strong control makes the music more nuanced, makes the contrast between the music more obvious, makes the music perfect! I found a way to play it, so I adapted everything I played before."

"I started practicing Chopin's Winter Wind from the first day. After all, this work is a work I performed on stage, so I first searched for the feeling on the stage at the beginning, and started practicing with the most obvious contrast. , and then gradually deepen this comparison into other works, which is what I said before."

"This feeling is really great. I still need more time. As long as you give me more time, I should be able to complete all the works in my hand!"

Looking at Fu Tiao who was already a little nervous, He Shen sighed and said.

"Okay, let's take a break first, you have been practicing for more than a week, it's time to take a break."

"Huh? Rest? Why rest?" Fu Tiao was puzzled: "If I continue to practice, I can complete all my Chopin etudes, and then there will be Chopin's Nocturne, Chopin's Ballade, Chopin's Scherzo, and Chopin's Etudes." Polonaise, Chopin’s Mazurka, Chopin’s Sonata, Chopin’s Concerto, etc. It’s already more than May now, and there are still about four months before the competition. After deducting a little time in the middle, I still have about three months. In a month, where do I have time to rest? I..."

"Fu Tiao! Didn't you realize...you're already a little bit obsessed?"

He Shen interrupted Fu Tiao with a very serious expression: "I know that the feeling of continuous improvement is very good, but I have a question, why did you want to play Chopin from the beginning?"

"I play Chopin, for what?" Fu Tiao was stunned, a little confused for a moment: "I play for, to find my Chopin?"

"But why did you find your Chopin?"

"Because... I am going to participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition. Argerich said that I am the only one in my music. Without Chopin, I might not go far."

"Then why are you going to the Chopin International Competition?"

"because……"

Fu Tiao paused, and he stopped abruptly.

Why did he participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition?
From the beginning, my favorite is jazz, and my favorite is the kind of casual music. I participated in the Chopin International Piano Competition because the Mr. Brotz I met when I woke up was a bit like Danny. The piano competition was very exciting, so I just participated in it casually.

Then it fell into it.

There's a lot of fun to this kind of rooting in classical music, just as much fun as jazz.

After all, one pursues depth and the other pursues breadth, and the two do not contradict each other.

What is it that I pursue, what I have been practicing in this place?
Is it Chopin?

Fu Tiao thought about it, and clearly rejected this idea.

What I am pursuing is definitely not Chopin, what I am pursuing should be the depth of music.

When exactly did he fall into Chopin's trap completely, and his mind was full of Chopin's?

Fu Tiao forgot.

He Shen watched Fu Tiao fall into deep thought, couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to take Fu Tiao's arm, patted his back, and said helplessly.

"Take a good rest first, don't be too anxious, I told you from the beginning, Chopin...is just a stop in your life, Chopin is definitely not the whole of your music."

"There are too many composers in this world, and too many perfect works created by them."

"We can't be limited to a single composer. A top pianist can use a certain composer to become famous, but it is absolutely impossible for him to be good at that composer."

"A pianist without breadth can only be regarded as an ordinary pianist forever."

Fu Tiao was silent, looked at He Shen in front of him, and nodded slowly.

"Um"

(End of this chapter)