Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 548 247. The past: a paragraph about muscle and memory
Li An really didn't pay attention to the phone.

Just wait for the result.
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Following the high-quality completion of scales, arpeggios and chords, Xiao Liu then completed the etudes and pieces of music from memory.

In fact, this is a big plus in Ang Lee's heart.

At the same time, it also aroused his curiosity. After the end, he had to ask Xiao Liu.

To be honest, at first he didn't think that Xiao Liu would dare to recite the music.

Although he knew that Xiao Liu memorized things quickly.

I have to mention here that among the five children, in terms of ability to memorize scores, in Li An's mind, Liu Fengrui is by no means inferior to Che Lin, and he can barely match Xiaobei.

Why did Ang Lee make such a judgment?
Not to mention far away, from the start of the intensive training class to now, according to the backstage, Xiao Linzi beats three Liu Fengrui during her piano practice every day, and has to add half a Marco.

Xiaobei can also hang and beat two Liu Fengrui during his daily piano practice time.

The check-in videos posted by the two girls in the group yesterday were all playing music for the exam from memory.

They are also new repertoires for the grade examination obtained at the beginning of the month. There is no one who has practiced them in advance. How can you, Xiao Po Liu, memorize the score with less practice?

This is personal ability.

From the perspective of the repertoire, Liu Fengrui's repertoire for the grading test this time is definitely not long in terms of length, which really brings convenience to memorizing scores.

Referring to Xiaobei’s Kurao after the grade test last year, Huang Juan knew that Li An had chosen Kulau for Xiaobei, what did she say?
Huang Juan asked suspiciously, "Why did you choose this one?"

Among the third-level repertoire, Kurau's sonata is too long, so it is not very suitable for the examination.

Especially this kid.

Huang Juan spoke very euphemistically, and her mental activities were also euphemistic.

To put it bluntly, Xiaobei is slow, and she can't memorize the long text.

Of course, we all know later that Xiaobei not only memorized it, but also memorized it very well.

So what I want to say here is that shorter works are more convenient to memorize.

But is the repertoire that An Li chose for Xiao Liu this time only short?
Short is a bit short, but the fingering on the sheet music is complicated.

Complicated fingering is not easy to form muscle memory in a short time.

it is good.

Here is the turning point.

Talk about quite a misunderstanding of music learners-about muscle memory and memorization.

Many performance learners, including a large number of students and graduates of conservatories, rely on the muscle memory of their fingers to grasp the melody by reciting scores.

This is also the fundamental reason why, whether in the examination room or in the competition field, many performers overturned all the way to the end.

Never just rely on muscle memory, this is what Lao Wei often said later and told his later students.

Tell a story.

Let me tell you a little story about Youyou, except for Lao Wei and Youyou's parents, no one else knows about it.

Youyou, who is in the fifth grade, has some similarities with Xiao Linzi, both of whom are desperate mistresses in the piano practice world.

As long as you can't die from practicing, practice to death, as if the two of them have nothing else to do except practicing the piano.

It was a winter at that time, and Youyou participated in a competition. The specification was somewhat similar to today's Blue Sky Cup. The organizer was a musical instrument factory, but the boss had emigrated to Africa.

This is not the point, the point is that after this competition, for the next two years, whenever Youyou thinks of the final piece, her hands will shake.

The situation was quite serious. At that time, Lao Wei was frightened, and Youyou's parents also took Youyou to see many psychiatrists because of this matter.

Seeing that the child had improved, the three adults were relieved. After all, it was related to the child's piano future.

What's the matter.

On the night of the finals, Youyou just played the song casually to secure No. 1. This is also a bit like the night of Xiao Linzi's Blue Sky Cup.

The two Sanniangs are fault-leading, forming a tendency to reduce dimensionality and crush the surrounding players.

However, Youyou made a wrong sound halfway through playing, and it was this wrong sound.

God damn misspelling.

This wrong pronunciation made Xiao Youyou never play that song again.

At that time, Youyou's mind was blank, and Chopin, who was usually memorized fluently, turned into a wordless book at that moment, and all the muscle memory disappeared into nothingness.

At that moment, there was no sound from the audience, and all the audience just looked at Youyou, sitting in front of the piano, like being in a huge cage.

So much so that today, when Lin Youyou sat on the stage, she was still shrouded in fear from that night. It was a kind of suffocation that she couldn't describe. She always felt that the next time she dropped her finger, she would make a mistake.

Only she knows this.
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Well, there must be some people who think it’s too mysterious. Learning to play the piano has caused psychological trauma. Isn’t that ridiculous? There are so many people who learn the piano, aren’t they all good?

Well, a Brazilian man named De Souza was sleeping soundly in bed at home when a cow fell from the sky and hit him through the roof.

Quack.

Only 45.

Isn't that ridiculous?If D'Souza is not in the habit of sleeping, it is not like this.

Well, someone really cares, I don't care if it's a cow or a human, I just care about how my baby learns the piano by reciting scores.

If someone really asked, what is the reason, Ang Lee might not answer that way, but he would think so in his heart, you have to find a teacher who has a high awareness of piano teaching, is responsible and has a method.

Ha ha.

Don't laugh, unless your child is the child of luck in the novel, there is no other way but this.

Brother Lang along the way, every teacher taught us the piano, and Lao Wei even handed over his granddaughter to Li An to take care of him!

It must be admitted that 99.99999999% of the Qin boys do not have a grandfather like Lao Wei.

The most common situation for them is that after learning the piano for so many years, they have no foundation in harmony. They have a little understanding of music theory, they can understand staffs, and they can play some ditties, which may not be complete.

This is factual, not critical.

But with a teacher who has a high awareness of piano teaching, this achievement should not be the only one after a few years.

The kid can at least stay in school, can't he?
Here, the teacher's "high teaching awareness" is not equated with absolutely excellent performance ability.

A teacher with a high awareness of piano teaching, if he is responsible and has enough experience, he will crush everything on the score and tell the children a little bit at the beginning.

It happens every lesson, every new piece you get.

This so-called everything includes every corner of the chart.

Then through daily practice, instruct the children to make every mark on the score little by little under slow conditions.

Whether it is musical terms, facial expressions, or even the why of harmony changes, children must be guided to use supporting knowledge to understand.

In such a state, in the process of learning a piece of music, the child invisibly builds up another memory system besides the melody.

coordinate.

Link each coordinate in the system in order to form a line. This line is called the context of music.

The music context will guide children from passive to active, to memorize the sheet music, coupled with auditory memory, at this time, the path of memorizing sheet music is no longer single-threaded or double-threaded.

At this time, the weight of muscle memory in the memorization score is also invisible to the minimum, and it simply becomes an auxiliary method accumulated due to a lot of practice.

I would like to ask, does the whole process require a teacher who has a high degree of understanding of piano teaching, is responsible and has a method.

But why didn't Li An say that out of his mouth.

Because he is still groping on this road, he is still young and does not have enough teaching experience to support his ideas.

To answer every parent of Qin Tong, he can't just come here casually.

But faintly, he feels that this path is correct, although it will be very troublesome in many cases.

For example, teaching children to learn and analyze charts from the most basic three elements.

For example, organize the children to teach music theory.

For example, in one afternoon, tell the children that the colors of triads should not be stereotyped by telling stories.

There are countless examples, and Ang Lee has always worked hard on the road of piano teaching.

Even though his hard work has received equivalent material rewards, Chi Yu did not persevere, Luo Xiaoran's progress problems, Wang Qichun's left hand, etc., these problems still make him think about how to be a good piano teacher.

Of course, he also got more than material rewards.

For example, Xiao Ji successfully received the university admission letter.

For example, Xiao Che won the gold medal in Group A of this year's Rongcheng Cup.

For example, Wang Xiaohu has completed practicing piano at 08:30 in the morning for one week in a row.

For example, Xiao Bei shocked the scene with Fantasia.

For example, Ma may use his own words to explain to Lin Guoguo what long hair is with a shawl and big waves. (Volume 113, Chapter [-])
For example, how did Liu Fengrui, a little guy, do it? Memorizing scores is becoming more and more efficient. Could it be that after his abnormal performance in the Rongcheng Cup finals, he secretly worked hard?
He will have to ask about it later.

Now he has to listen carefully to the sonata that Liu Fengrui will record next.

The study room was quiet, and everyone was waiting for Liu Fengrui's last performance.

Seemingly very satisfied with his performance just now, Xiao Liu showed a smug smile when he stopped.

All smiles, he can't relax, there are more important sonatinas that haven't been played yet.

Imagining that I am sitting on the resplendent stage at this moment, and there is a camera shooting at me not far away, suddenly a sense of awe runs from bottom to top and runs through my whole body.

Xiao Liu let out a long mouthful and raised his hand.

As soon as he lifted it, Li An saw that something was wrong, and thought to himself, what is the matter, the shoulders have been put down all the time, why are they still raised?
But he didn't make a sound to remind, whether it's a simulated grading test site or a simulated recording site, the purpose of doing this is to let the children find problems through the simulated situation.

Sure enough, as he expected, when Xiao Liu's sonata came up, the sound of the first four bars was wrong, and all the notes hit the wrist, which made people feel uncomfortable, and it was no longer in the state of playing the lyrical waltz just now.

Not to mention Li An, even the other three children except Ji Yangchelin could hear that the tone of Liu Fengrui's Sonata was a bit stiff.

Not only could Che Lin hear that Liu Fengrui's wrist was stiff at the moment, but also the rhythm of the left hand accompaniment was unstable.

This lyrical waltz by Shostakovich was the repertoire she signed up for the Rongcheng Division of the Xinhai Cup last year. She remembers quite clearly that when the teacher told her this piece, the teacher emphasized more than once that the left hand is "strong and weak" touch key.

Not only that, but it is only the first step to be strong and weak. The strong beat needs to maintain the feeling of the sound. Although the sound at the weak position is weak, you should not dare to play it just because it is weak.

To her ears, Liu Fengrui clearly no longer dared to play the soft notes, and he couldn't even play the rhythm of the strong notes clearly.

Ji Yang was a bit inaccurate. Her analysis might be due to the problem of starting hands, otherwise it shouldn't be. Except for Che Lin, she strictly checked every song of the remaining four children.

After 2 painful minutes, Xiao Liu pressed the last note as if relieved.

Standing up and bowing, the sweat on his forehead flowed down to his chin, but the air conditioner was on in the room.

Bowing deeply to his friends, Xiao Liu raised his head and curled his lips, obviously dissatisfied with his performance of the last piece.

But who can he blame, alas
After he returned to his seat, he didn't dare to look at the teacher. Wang Xiaohu patted his leg and sighed, as if indicating that it was okay.

Originally Liu Fengrui was fine, just a little uncomfortable, but Wang Xiaohu sighed and slapped, the atmosphere at the base of the wall suddenly changed.

It's as if Liu Fengrui really didn't pass the exam.

Xiaobei secretly looked at the teacher from time to time, wondering if the teacher wanted to comfort Liu Fengrui, but found that the teacher had no expression on his face.

Marco swallowed, and the study was eerily quiet for a while.

"Candidate No. [-] is late, Wang Xiaohu." Li An spoke again, his tone not as cold as Siri's.

This time, everyone lost the feeling of playing at the end, and the study room really seemed to be an examination room for a while.

Ji Yang took advantage of the time when Wang Xiaohu got up to signal everyone to give Liu Fengrui a grade.

All the children started their hands one after another.

Wang Xiaohu walked to the piano, played the piano and turned around, not paying any attention to the fact that his partners were lowering their heads and writing, and bowed: "Hello, examiners and teachers."

Looking up for a moment, he found that Che Lin glanced at him, and that look was clearly cheering him on.

Rush!
Turning around and sitting down, Wang Xiaohu was not dazzled, but calmly adjusted the piano bench and adjusted his breathing.

After a while, Ji Yang: "A major and F sharp minor."

Wang Xiaohu said thank you, Sister Ji Yang, for picking him a scale that he practiced the most.

The same thought went through in his mind, and then he flicked his hands and dropped his fingers, Wang Xiaohu completed the investigation content of all the scales at a medium speed.

Although according to the grade requirements, his scale only needs to play three octaves, one octave less than Liu Fengrui's, but the quality of his performance makes people feel that he can play one more octave.

After playing the scale, Wang Xiaohu didn't hesitate at all.

The textbook for the grade examination was right at his hand, but he didn't open it, and played the etude directly.

This scene not only surprised Liu Fengrui, even Ji Yang didn't expect it.

Just yesterday, Wang Xiaohu was still watching the score and playing the song!
Ji Yang's heart was about to jump into her throat at this moment, and with Liu Fengrui in front, she was really, really worried that something would happen to the next few younger siblings.

For more than 20 days, it can be said that she has been practicing with these younger brothers and sisters throughout the whole process, and she also wants the teacher to see the results of a high-quality report at the end.

And the younger brothers and sisters are fine, everyone has reached the upper limit of their current level. She dare not say anything about Che Lin, but she dares to guarantee the others, including the troublemaker Wang Xiaohu on weekdays.

But the premise is that Wang Xiaohu, you have to read the score!
However, Wang Xiaohu has already started, and no one can stop him except the teacher.

(End of this chapter)