Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 810 69. The shortest distance between the heart and the piano

'Ding, do you want to unlock Qiao Zhizhi's primary strategy? '

Ten seconds later.

'Qiao Zhizhi is nervous for a stage performance recently. '
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We finally have a newcomer, at least that’s what Xiaoche says.

Early in the morning, Li An took out a brand new growth file from the bookshelf and wrote Qiao Zhizhi's name on it.

In the past six months, various students who were introduced have been introduced to others by Li An.

His situation is no longer what it was a year ago, and that's only a small part of the reason.

Time and energy are the main reasons, and the number of students he has now is close to saturation.

Little kids on Saturday, big kids on Sunday.

Let's wait until the end of the year to send off this batch of art candidates. By then, his time on Sundays will be basically free, and the school will be started by then.

The reason why Ang Lee is willing to accept Qiao Zhizhi in advance is firstly because Qiao Zhizhi has a serious attitude towards learning, secondly she has good talent, and thirdly she has a good musical literacy foundation.

Such children are easier to teach and more likely to achieve results.

Inevitably, he will also select from students with relatively better conditions in the future.

At a quarter past nine, Wang Xiaohu arrived early.

"Good morning, teacher."

"Why are you here so early? Didn't I just ask you to come fifteen minutes earlier?"

Qiao Zhizhi's class was at 9:30 and Wang Xiaohu's class was at 10:30. Li An asked Wang Xiaohu to come half an hour early, just in time for him to rush Qiao Zhizhi out of class and tell the two about the program.

Wang Xiaohu answered the question, "Teacher, I got up at half past seven to practice the piano! I practiced until nine o'clock!"

"So why did you come so early?" Of course Li An knew that Wang Xiaohu had gotten up to practice the piano in the morning. Not only that, Wang Xiaohu actually practiced the piano for seven hours yesterday.

It can be said to be unprecedented, "Okay, come in."

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, walked around the house leisurely, and didn't ask why Che Lin was not in the house.

"Teacher, why don't you listen to me play first?"

Then Wang Xiaohu said forget it, "It's better to say goodbye. Qiao Zhizhi and her mother will be here soon."

Li Anle: "What does this have to do with it? Come and let me hear it."

Wang Xiaohu: "No, no, no, teacher, I'd better wait until she finishes class before I play."

Li An: "Look at your potential, she will come by herself today."

Wang Xiaohu: "Ah? Didn't she say that her mother sent her here?"

Li An: "Her mother called me early in the morning and she couldn't come over because she had something to do."

As the teacher and student were talking, three door sounds came.

Wang Xiaohu rushed to open the door, and Li An followed Wang Xiaohu. As soon as the door opened, Qiao Zhizhi was standing outside the door, with a pair of shoe covers already on her feet.

"Morning." Qiao Zhizhi didn't seem surprised that the person who opened the door for him was Wang Xiaohu. As she spoke, she turned her eyes to the tall figure behind Wang Xiaohu and said happily: "Hello, Teacher Li!"

"Good morning Zhizhi," Li An said and asked Wang Xiaohu to get out of the way, "Can you please stop blocking the door?"

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, he immediately turned sideways and stood at attention before opening the door. Qiao Zhizhi was amused by Wang Xiaohu's movements.

Qiao Zhizhi had just stepped across the threshold, "Wait a minute," Wang Xiaohu wanted Qiao Zhizhi to change her shoe covers, but when he asked Qiao Zhizhi to wait, he had already seen the shoe covers on Qiao Zhizhi's feet.

He felt so stupid! Why does he talk so fast!

Qiao Zhizhi and Li An looked at Wang Xiaohu at the same time. Qiao Zhizhi kept one foot outside the door and one foot outside the door, with confusion on his face.

"Ahem." Wang Xiaohu said in a hurry, "Um, didn't I tell you that there is a kitten in the teacher's house? Don't be afraid, it is very well-behaved."

Ang Lee: What the hell.

Qiao Zhizhi thought what was going on, but suddenly she discovered that Wang Xiaohu was completely different when he took off his school uniform. He was a bit silly and quite cute.

"Thank you, I understand."

As Qiao Zhizhi walked into the house, the embarrassed Wang Xiaohu hurriedly closed the door.

"Zhizhi this way." Li An really couldn't understand Wang Xiaohu sometimes, it was a mess.

Qiao Zhizhi followed Li An from the living room to the study, her eyes never leaving Li An's back.

Her mother taught her since she was a child that when going to other people's homes, it is not polite to look around without the owner's permission.

But even so, she could still feel that Teacher Li's house was very tidy.

When she walked into the study, she smelled a faint scent of wood, then her eyes fell on the two pianos on the wall and saw various small objects placed on the pianos.

The neat bookshelf was at her hand, no, it should be a music stand to be precise.

As if she had entered an unusually unique small space, she couldn't help but turn her head a few more times.

"This is the Transformers given to me by Ultraman," Wang Xiaohu suddenly appeared from behind and introduced Qiao Zhizhi, "This piano model was a birthday gift from my teacher Chen last year, and this string of wind chimes is a car."

"Wait a minute," Li An said, not minding Wang Xiaohu's warm-heartedness, "go get a bottle of water for Zhizhi."

"Thank you, Teacher Li. I brought a water bottle." Qiao Zhizhi was actually very interested in what Wang Xiaohu introduced, as if she had "snooped" into a small part of Teacher Li.

From the first time she met Teacher Li on the stage in Jinhua, Teacher Li was very mysterious to her. Later, she signed up for Teacher Li's piano class in Shuren. After the close contact, she was more curious about what Teacher Li was like in life. of.

Wang Xiaohu: "If the teacher doesn't have anything to do, I'll get out of here."

"~~~" Qiao Zhizhi once again refreshed her impression of Wang Xiaohu.

"Go and read the music." Li An took out a piece of music from the music stand and threw it to Wang Xiaohu.

Wang Xiaohu took it, opened it, and said calmly: "Four-part chorus."

Ang Lee: "What did you just say?"

Wang Xiaohu: "A four-part chorus."

Ang Lee: "The previous sentence."

Wang Xiaohu chuckled and rushed out of the study with the book in his arms.

After the annoying spirit left, the study finally became quiet, and Li An asked Qiao Zhizhi to sit in front of Da Mi Zi.

Qiao Zhizhi was a little nervous for a while. She put down her bag and sat down on less than a quarter of the piano bench.

"Relax," Li An sat down in front of Xiao Hei, looked at his watch and said seriously, "There are still five minutes left. We will officially start class in five minutes. It's not too late to be nervous for a while."

Qiao Zhizhi, who was still nervous a second ago, suddenly felt much more relaxed when she heard Teacher Li's words behind her, as if the distance between her and Teacher Li had suddenly narrowed.

"Okay, Teacher Li, I'll be nervous again later."

With Qiao Zhizhi's generous response, the atmosphere in the room became happy.

[Qiao Zhizhi’s teacher-student index increased to 47]

"Is Wang Xiaohu like this in Shuren?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "Not at all."

Ang Lee: "Can you tell me about it?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "My classmates all said he was very cool."

Ang Lee: "What do you think?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "Very talented." Li An smiled. He heard his peers say this about Wang Xiaohu, but he agreed, and then changed the subject, "How did you get here just now?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "Ride a bicycle."

While riding a bicycle, Li An didn't ask any more questions, "Come on, lift the piano cover and start warming up, the scales."

After a while, the sound of piano sounded in the study.

Regarding the basic hand shape, Qiao Zhizhi no longer had any problems, including the initial closing of the hand.

This is why Ang Lee believes that Qiao Zhizhi has a certain talent for piano. Qiao Zhizhi does not have a piano at home and has never learned it before. She can fix her hand shape in just five literacy classes. This alone surpasses many of her peers.

Usually for beginners around twelve years old, Ang Lee will start with basic touch and music theory in the first lesson.

But Qiao Zhizhi already had the concept of touch and the music theory knowledge accumulated from years of violin study, so Ang Lee planned to let Qiao Zhizhi try it starting with a small piece.

But before that, he needed to adjust Qiao Zhizhi's condition.

"Let's just start with Mozart's Little Star Variations, okay?"

"Yeah." Qiao Zhizhi spat lightly and sat forward again.

"Relax," Ang Lee said without rushing to open the music score in his hand, "Do you still remember the pianist's little secret I told you in the first lesson? There is no fixed posture for them to play the piano. There is no fixed posture that can make you feel relaxed. It’s not a bad sitting position.”

"In the beginner stage, we should focus on how to ring a note. You have already done a good job at this. Now you just need to find a relaxed sitting position."

Qiao Zhizhi obeyed and obeyed, moved her butt back and shrugged, "Teacher Li, I think it's quite relaxing now."

Li An shook his head: "You don't need to push out your chest and tighten your abdomen. Playing the piano is different from dancing. You don't need to tighten your core. Try to hold your breasts in."

Qiao Zhizhi did as she was told again, and this time she felt her shoulders were much more relaxed, "Teacher Li, I feel that the strength has reached my arms."

Li An smiled: "Okay, now slowly lift your hands and put them on the keyboard. It's like two arms falling on the keyboard. Don't think about the existence of the wrists, rely on the strength of the fingers to support the arms."

"Very good. Lean forward a little. Now tell me where does the power go?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "Finger."

Ang Lee: "C major scale with both hands moving in the same direction, beat one beat at 1 speed, prepare, 2, 3, , adjust your breathing."

"!"

Qiao Zhizhi almost choked with a breath, and her tense arms suddenly collapsed. She thought Teacher Li was about to start!
"You see, relaxation is very mysterious, isn't it?"

Li An laughed, and Qiao Zhizhi also laughed. She didn't smile shyly at all, and there was a look of eagerness to try on her excited little face.

Of course she now knew why Teacher Li didn't count the fourth beat just now, and she readjusted her sitting posture and breathed. This time, Qiao Zhizhi didn't know if she was relaxed. She just felt that class with Teacher Li was so interesting.

"Count by yourself, do it by yourself."

Qiao Zhizhi nodded and counted in her mind. When she counted to eight, she raised and lowered her left little finger and right thumb at the same time.

"when!"

A full and solid sound came to the living room through the study door. Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but look sideways. This sound is awesome!

No need to guess, this must be played by Qiao Zhizhi.

After listening to Qiao Zhizhi's scales, Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but admire how amazing it was, even though only the first few notes remained full.

In the study room, after Qiao Zhizhi finished playing the scales, Li An nodded: "Isn't it very metaphysical to relax?"

Qiao Zhizhi had never believed in metaphysics, but she had to believe it at this moment because she was completely frightened by the volume of the scale she just played!
She can actually play so loudly!

"Zhizhi, the pronunciation of the piano is not complicated. When we let the fingers become the fulcrum of the body on the piano, then you only need to lift the fingers and let them fall freely, and the sound will come out."

"Of course, it won't always be successful at the beginning. This requires us to try more. Everyone's perception of the fulcrum is different, and your task is to find your own fulcrum and then remember this fulcrum."

[Qiao Zhizhi’s teacher-student index increased to 56]

"Kid, remember, if you like piano, then this fulcrum becomes extremely important to you, because it is the closest distance between your heart and the piano."

[Qiao Zhizhi’s teacher-student index increased to 72]

"Now tell me, what are we going to learn before we sit down at the piano?"

As if she had been brainwashed, Qiao Zhizhi subconsciously replied: "Learn to relax."

Ang Lee smiled and said, "Come on, let's take a look at this piano piece by Mozart."

Opening up the sheet music in his hand, "When we get a piano sheet, we need to look at three places first."

Ang Lee drew three circles on the score, "Key signature, time signature, huh?"

Suddenly realizing that Qiao Zhizhi seemed to be distracted, Li An stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine." Qiao Zhizhi shook her head and said with a blush, "I'm sorry, Teacher Li."

"Key signature, time signature, and tempo mark." Ang Lee continued, "Understanding these three elements is the beginning of our understanding of a musical work. You should be very clear about this."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Yeah!"

Ang Lee: "Then let's take a look at what the TEMA marked on the first section means."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Theme."

Ang Lee: "Very good, let's continue looking back. Here's Var.1."

Qiao Zhizhi: "The first variation."

Ang Lee: "Today our task is to learn to play the theme and try to play the first variation."

Judging from the difficulty of the chart, the theme of k.265 is completely suitable for Qiao Zhizhi's current level.

Qiao Zhizhi can play it as a short piece of music or as an elementary etude.

Is it a bit too much for Qiao Zhizhi to try to play the first variation? Just look at the continuous sixteenth notes running in the right hand. How can this be something that a beginner can try.

Even though Qiao Zhizhi has a very good musical background, her background is only on the violin.

Of course Ang Lee knows, but for most beginners, the real difficulty is reading music and recognizing rhythm.

If you can read music like a scanner, the rest is just a matter of moving your fingers.

Even if you can't run fast, wouldn't it be better to run slower?
Isn’t it okay if you can’t run away?

His hands are stable.

Even if my playing hand is unstable, do I need so many rules for the first lesson?
Music is not action, action always follows music.

You can let a child who knows nothing take piano lessons for the first time and play around on the piano. Why can't you let a child with musical skills make a bold attempt in his first piano lesson?
There is no need to stick to the formality. Considering Qiao Zhizhi's situation, Ang Lee believes that Qiao Zhizhi can completely let go of herself.

"Come Zhizhi, don't think about anything, just play whatever you see, and just play whatever you want."

"Yeah!" Qiao Zhizhi breathed lightly and stretched out her hands. She knew this was called sight-reading, and she often used the violin to sight-read.

While looking at the music score, he looked down at his hands on the keys. One note after another, one counterpoint after another, the squeaky little star theme slowly filled the entire study.

There are wrong sounds in the middle, and the rhythm is also random, and there are even inaccurate dotted rhythms.

Qiao Zhizhi only remembered Teacher Li's last words, just play.

As she played, Qiao Zhizhi found that her fingers seemed to be getting more and more flexible, and she seemed to gradually realize the fulcrum that Teacher Li mentioned.

Just like her bow and strings, her hand became the bow, and the black and white squares were the strings.

Outside the study door, Wang Xiaohu's whole body was pressed against the study door.

impossible!
Absolutely impossible!