Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 462 162. Opponents
Beethoven Sonata No. [-] in C major VS Mozart Sonata No. [-] in A minor.

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When Zhao Mengtian heard her name, she walked onto the stage to the applause.

As slender as a moving little red flower.

Like all sixth graders, after this summer, she will be a junior high school student.

She doesn't have too many fantasies about life in junior high school. What kind of new classmates she will meet and what kind of class teacher she will meet are not in her expectations.

She has already made a clear plan for her middle school career. She continued to expand the repertoire in the third year of junior high school.

She wants to study piano abroad, which is her only goal.

So she didn't feel much about losing to Cai Fengnian in scores yesterday, she didn't need the comfort from her teacher and parents, besides, she was very satisfied with her performance yesterday.

She didn't have any pressure in today's finals. It's best to get No.1. If she can't get it, she won't get it. It won't affect her having a happy summer vacation.

At least there is no summer homework assigned by the school this summer. Although I still have to go to cram school, well, homework in cram school can actually be cut corners.

Thinking of this, Zhao Mengtian smiled and bowed deeply to the audience.

Turning around and sitting in front of the piano, she began to adjust her breathing while adjusting the piano bench.

This piece in C major is actually not difficult. She wants to say that if the first four measures can be subtracted.

After doing all the preparations, she raised her arms with a light breath.

Tintin Disilala Xiaobo bless me.

She muttered, and then dropped her hands neatly.

"when-"

The bright first-order major chord shot out from the raised castanets of the piano in an instant, and flew towards the auditorium.

After two beats, the middle finger of her right index finger, supported by her thumb and ring finger, naturally raised to a pair of cute rabbit ears.

Immediately after falling rapidly, a group of third-degree double-tones were clearly pressed for a moment, and her second and third fingers were used as support, and her thumb and ring finger lifted and fell.

Alternate back and forth twice.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang."

He played four short coherent third-degree double tones so easily.

Repeating upwards a second time, her right hand repeated the fingering alternation just now.

With the motivation settled, Zhao Mengtian heaved a sigh of relief.

After successfully completing the first four measures, she felt that both shoulders became more relaxed.

Feeling the warmth brought to her by the stage lights, her fingers were unsealed, she took a breath in the No.12 section, and the whole person was fully devoted to the No.13 section in the No.13 section.

It was as brilliant as a small golden spring breeze blowing from the stage and blowing through the auditorium, and everyone was amazed wherever it passed.

Great finger skills.

Wu Fusheng couldn't help but be attracted by this kind of performance. He heard Zhao Mengtian's Chopin etude played yesterday, and he remembered this little girl.

Listening to it today, he can only say that the child's finger skills are excellent.

Double thirds are a difficult topic in the field of piano technology. For children of this age, the difficulty will be even greater, because double thirds require finger strength and wrist translation experience.

If you want to play a piece of high-quality double thirds, these two points are indispensable.

Both of these things take a lot of practice to get.

On top of this, you can enter double-three learning, and in the learning process, you have to coordinate your fingers and wrists.

If you cooperate well, you may not be able to play fast, and if you play fast, you may not be able to play smoothly.

If it is not smooth, it is doomed to miss some works.

It’s another story to play, but if you want to play it well, such as this C major, the double three in the first four bars of the first movement will undoubtedly become a technical problem that must be overcome.

Wu Fusheng's evaluation of Zhao Mengtian's double-three skills: one in a thousand.

Full and smooth, even rhythm, if you can add a little more strength, it will be even better.

From Wu Fusheng's perspective, we can basically see the thoughts of the young professionals on the scene.

Everyone agrees that Zhao Mengtian is young and can play double-three very well.

The two old seniors Wei Sanwan and Wu Lijuan were even more impressed by the child's state tonight.

In this regard, the elderly must have experience.

Wei Sanwan is fine, Zhao Mengtian understands that the child has such a temperament, as if he doesn't care about anything.

When teaching Zhao Mengtian for the first time, he felt that the child would be distracted at any time, but after class, the other party grasped all the content he said.

When Wu Lijuan saw this child for the first time, when Zhao Mengtian played, she felt that this child was an adult.

This grown-up is not the kind of little grown-up who imitates grown-ups in dress and behavior, but the kind of calm and indifferent.

The mentality is so calm at such a young age, and the future can be expected.

It is indeed the best among the new generation of piano boys in Rongcheng.

Li An also holds this point of view. He analyzed Zhao Mengtian yesterday.

Watching Zhao Mengtian play the piano is very comfortable, without any unnecessary movements, the sound of fingers falling on the piano, all movements are serving the keys.

very beautiful.

Not only the double-three technology, but the type of technology displayed so far, the degree of mastery is definitely outstanding among peers.

But listening to the complete song, especially the final chapter that he was most looking forward to, Zhao Mengtian's handling of the triple tremolo cadenza at the end was a little sloppy.

This prevents the whole work from getting a qualitative sublimation in the end.

From a judge's point of view, Ang Lee didn't know what the other judges thought of it. He believed that the cadenza was the essence of this work, and it was the finishing touch to show the performance characteristics of Beethoven's works.

Zhao Mengtian didn't play what he wanted to hear, so he could only score 95 points for this final piece.

"Wow——"

Hearing the thunderous applause, before Li An was about to pick up the pen, he looked around from the corner of his eye and found that no one was writing.

Then pick up a pen and write a '95' behind Zhao Mengtian's name.

"Wow——"

On the stage, Zhao Mengtian stood up from the piano after playing, bowed to the audience, and another wave of applause hit her.

No one doesn't like applause, responding to the scene with a smile, Zhao Mengtian stayed by the piano for a second, then turned and walked backstage.

Her game is over, and it's time for her perfect summer vacation.

Backstage, there was still constant applause around her. There were contestants on the same stage, hosts, and staff, and she responded with a smile.

Looking at Che Lin, she smiled more cordially. She liked the little piece that Che Lin played last night, and she liked Che Lin's performance even more.

"Come on." When she passed by Che Lin, she paused, "Wait for your performance."

Che Lin was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "Thank you."

After speaking, looking at Zhao Mengtian's leaving back, Xiao Che felt that this female classmate was very elegant, and she didn't quite know what elegance was, it was just a word that came out of her heart.

The host announced the curtain, the sixth player appeared on the stage, and the game continued.

Che Lin was a little tired from standing, so she found a chair under the control room and sat down.

There were still three people before her appearance, and she got the ninth appearance in the lottery.

Beethoven's No. 20 Sonata in G Major was heard on the stage again. The second classmate who appeared on the stage played this song, and she basically memorized the melody.

While humming softly to the music, she was thinking about what the teacher said to him in the study in the afternoon.

There is also the treatment at the end, she hesitated a little, she was afraid that she could not play it well, but she couldn't help but imagine that she would finish it on the stage for a while.

The teacher will be very happy to hear it.

"Hey."

Xiao Che sighed softly, thinking that there seemed to be countless things that he wanted to practice this summer vacation.

She didn't feel this way when she participated in the Blue Sky Cup, but seeing so many amazing students in the past two days really opened her eyes.

After a daze for a while, she took out the Doraemon watch from her bag, and it was already eight fifty.

I don't know if Zhizhi is obedient with Aunt Sun, usually Zhizhi has already started to wake up at this time.

She's a little annoyed that Dad left Squeaky at a friend's house tonight.

Taking out Paganini's score, she turned on the shielding mode.

Not long after she was immersed in the music score, Cai Fengnian hurriedly ran to the backstage bathroom holding his chest.

Rushing into the innermost partition, Cai took his eyes off and bent over to vomit.

After vomiting, he took a long mouthful and felt much lighter.

Walking out of the partition, he went to the sink and rinsed his face. He put on his glasses and returned to the backstage. He heard applause from the infield.

"Wow—"

The sixth player also finished.

There is still one person away from him, and he came to the eighth stage in the lottery.

"The next contestant, Niu Mengmeng"
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During the interval between the appearance of the seventh young player, in a corner behind the right side of the auditorium, Ji Yang and Chen Xuan were still discussing Zhao Mengtian's performance just now.

Xiao Ji: "Sister Chen, why are the kids so scary now? I think she plays much better than me."

Chen Xuan didn't want to hit Xiao Ji, but as Xiao Ji said, Zhao Mengtian played better than Xiao Ji, there is no doubt about it.

"You just took too many detours before."

Xiao Ji knew that Chen Xuan's words were to comfort her. She didn't feel anything yesterday when she heard two children playing Xiao Lian, but after hearing Zhao Mengtian's Beethoven Sonata today, she realized the feeling of powerlessness.

Chen Xuan: "Don't think too much, you haven't started yet."

"That's right," Ji Yang tilted his head, "Sister Chen, how are you preparing recently?"

Chen Xuan: "It's okay, it's relatively smooth."

Ji Yang: "You have to prepare a lot of songs."

Chen Xuan: "A total of seven works will be prepared."

Ji Yang wow: "I've already made an agreement with my mother, when the time comes to watch your game, I will go to Yanjing by the way."

Chen Xuan smiled: "When the time comes, I will take you to eat all over Yanjing."

Ji Yang: "Haha, let's make an agreement, and I will be responsible for carrying your bag and pouring water for you, replacing the teacher's job."

While the two girls were talking and laughing, applause rang out.

"Wow—"

The seventh player enters the stage.

The performance of the seventh player was actually much better than that of the sixth player, but it was really unlucky to draw lots. Zhao Mengtian's shocking performance in the front could only be a green leaf to decorate the red flowers.

I don't know if the audience thinks so, even the six people in the judges' seats have this feeling.

Objectively speaking, the performance of the seventh young player in the final far surpassed that of the preliminary round, and among the top four players, he was only slightly inferior to Li Tong.

But the game is like this, full of various uncertainties.

"Wow—"

Applause sent off the seventh young contestant.

"The next contestant, Cai Fengnian, will play Mozart Sonata No. [-] in A minor."

Before the host finished speaking, there was commotion in the audience.

Then the huge applause seemed to engulf the stage.

The members of Chen's class naturally worked hard to create an opening atmosphere for their juniors. Besides, there were also Cai Fengnian's family members, and it seemed that there was more than half of the row.

The two groups worked together, and before Cai Fengnian made his debut, the atmosphere at the scene had already reached its climax

After the host's voice fell, Cai Fengnian, dressed in a neat black dress, walked out of the backstage with his head held high.

Walking in front of the piano, he turned around like a wind.

Bowing with no expression on one's face gives people a feeling of incomprehensibility and style.

So stylish.

As today's top seeded player, Cai Fengnian's appearance can be said to have stole the limelight.

Indeed, even in the piano department of Chengdu Conservatory of Music, Cai Fengnian's name is no stranger.

In one fell swoop, he won the autumn admission qualification of the Piano Department of the High School Attached to Huayuan. His starting point can be said to be a height that ordinary undergraduates can't reach in this lifetime.

This is the deterrent power of Huayuan High School.

However, in the eyes of several young judges, Cai Fengnian was far from reaching the top level of the attached high school.

Piano Sonata No. 310 in A minor, k[-], is a very difficult piece of Mozart's sonatas.

This piece is Mozart's original piano sonata composed in Paris.

The music reflects Mozart's tense mood, the tone is gray and full of tension.

In terms of structure and content, this work is beyond what a child can carry.

Cai Fengnian chose this work to participate in the finals, which is admirable courage.

Lao Tang really came out of the attached middle school, at least at his level, few can play this piece well.

In the attached middle school, there are often gimmicks, Chopin and Liszt are also available, but no one dares to say that he can play Mozart well.

This is Mozart.

stage.

After bowing, Cai Fengnian turned and sat down in front of the piano, adjusted the height of the piano bench and shrugged.

Taking a deep breath, the whole body sank down.

After about five seconds, when the scene was completely quiet, he raised his arms.

In the next second, he tilted his head slightly, shook his hands, and fell neatly from top to bottom.

"Dangdangdangdang—"

The column chords with the left hand like an army marching have a sense of oppression, coupled with the dissonant melody of the right hand, giving people a strong sense of tension.

At the beginning of the first movement, Cai Fengnian created a unique sense of depression in A minor with his excellent rhythmic palm and dynamic control of his left and right hands.

Comparing Zhao Mengtian's opening fluency, the two can be said to be evenly matched.

But when it comes to the emotional direction of the music, Cai Fengnian obviously wins here.

Taking inspiration from the smallest motivation and developing it into a sustainable musical direction requires a very sensitive nose to do it.

In the corner below the stage, Chen Wenchang nodded in satisfaction after listening to Cai Fengnian's first theme.

The kid finally did it.

Jury seat.

Both Huo Xiaodong and Li An were strongly shocked by Cai Fengnian's performance.

Neither of them expected that the young man who completed the torrent etude with such a swift momentum yesterday would have such a delicate heart.

The Mozart he dealt with was far beyond their expectations.

(End of this chapter)