Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 844 104. Shocked! Senior sister has actually experienced that kind of thing? !
As a "experienced person", Ji Yang shared a lot of experience in preparing for the art exams with the art candidates.

Later, Ang Lee was basically only responsible for correcting performance problems, leaving the communication process completely to Ji Yang.

Because he found that when Ji Yang said the same thing, it was more convincing than when he said it.

And he also discovered some issues that he had overlooked from the conversations between Ji Yang and the art candidates.

Let’s talk about one of the most common questions – how to not be disturbed by distracting thoughts when practicing piano.

The so-called distracting thoughts are nothing more than "What to do if you can't get the certificate", "What to do if you don't pass the exam", "What to do if you don't perform well in the exam".

Almost every art candidate cannot escape from these problems.

Ang Lee was also troubled by these problems. His way of coping was to practice more and force himself to focus entirely on the score.

His theoretical support is that human attention has an upper limit. The more attention devoted to practicing piano, the less attention will be distracted from thinking about other issues.

It is impossible for a person to be able to think about things other than practicing piano while being highly focused on practicing.

Just by using this method, Li An almost felt less and less anxious in the middle and later stages of preparing for the exam. He practiced until he was exhausted every day and fell asleep, leaving little time to think about other issues.

In his words, he has entered a virtuous cycle in the later period.

Practice piano, sleep and eat, practice piano, sleep and eat.

It was also during that period that he would have a big breakthrough almost every week. Before the exam, he was worried about which music school he would enter.

In fact, if you are worried about this problem, there is basically no problem.

Therefore, when providing psychological counseling to a group of art candidates, he repeatedly emphasized that they should focus more on practicing the piano.

But the effect is hard to describe.

It's not useless. People like Yang Shuangyu and Gao Shen made obvious progress after following his words for a week.

In others, the effect was minimal.

This gave him a bit of a headache at first, because there were only a few other candidates who were frequently disturbed by the outside world.

It was not that Li An had not reflected on it. After reflection, he realized that the key problem was that the other candidates' own foundation was too weak and it was difficult to build self-confidence.

Unlike Yang and Gao, who have strong foundations, it is easier to find a psychological balance.

Now that the contradiction has been found, Ang Lee directly addresses the contradiction during the guidance process and bluntly tells the children that they can use his "mental method" at any professional stage.

In order to strengthen the children's sense of belief, Ang Lee found many similar cases.

But the results are still not ideal.

After listening to Ji Yang's analysis, he realized where his problem lay.

From the beginning to the end, he always spoke and shared from the perspective of an "excellent student". No matter how he put himself in someone else's shoes or brought it in, he had an important missing piece: he had never really experienced this group of "poor students." ’s mental journey.

But Ji Yang came forward and told everyone that he was once a poor student.

When he heard this, Li An felt that calling Ji Yang here today was unintentional.

"real or fake?"

Hearing Senior Sister Ji Yang say that she was once very bad, Luo Xiaoran couldn't help but answer.

Then Luo Xiaoran covered her mouth and said, "Senior sister, I have no other intentions!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji smiled and said it didn't matter, "So you still don't believe it."

That is to say, Luo Xiaoran is a child who is simple and straightforward. Seeing her senior sister's friendly smile, she nodded. It's not that she didn't believe it, how could she believe it?

Senior Sister Xiao Ji then looked around and glanced at everyone: "You don't believe it."

Everyone avoided looking at her. It was not that they didn't want to believe how a poor student could be admitted to the Rongai Piano Department. This was one of the reasons. The most important thing was that they had heard their senior sister play the piano before.

That Moonlight Three is simply six to take off!

"it is good."

Even Li An didn't expect that Ji Yang would directly take out the recording video.

"This video was recorded at 2021:11 pm on November 7, . At that time, it was only two months before the art exam."

As she spoke, Senior Sister Xiao Ji opened the video, and then handed the phone to Gao Ruijin who was standing aside.

Gao Ruijin took it carefully.

As the piano played on the phone, the phones were finally passed to Zhao Weida one by one.

The video was only five minutes long, and everyone who listened to it really didn’t know what to think.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, they would never have believed that this was recorded by their senior sister when she was still two months away from the art exam.

The rhythm is unstable, there are all kinds of wrong sounds, and some places are simply inaudible.

And in just five minutes of video, it was interrupted three times.

When it stopped for the first time, a sigh sounded in the video.

The second time it cut off, there was another sigh in the video.

The third time it was cut off, the video was filled with thoughts: It’s over, the more I play, the less I can play. What should I do? What should I do? I’m going to move bricks next year.
When everyone hears this fragmentary thought that resonates from the soul, it is simply the "darkest moment" they experience every day.

"Teacher." Zhao Weida looked at Li An.

Ang Lee: "You can say whatever you want."

Zhao Weida then looked at Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Senior Sister, were you very broken at that time?"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "It's not just collapse, it's despair. You should understand."

Everyone: Got it! ! ! !
Gao Ruijin: "Sister, how did you overcome it?"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "I'm still trying to overcome it to this day. Let me give you another paragraph."

Ji Yang then found a video recorded on October 2021, 10.

Everyone fell into silence after listening. Compared with this video, it can be said that the previous video played very, very well.

In other words, even after a period of great progress, the senior sister will still fall into self-doubt when practicing piano.

"I don't think it's necessary to show you the videos going forward. My background is worse than you think."

"I still remember the first time I had a class with the teacher. When I met the teacher for the first time, the first impression the teacher left on me was, wow, he is so handsome."

Luo Xiaoran: "It's necessary!"

Everyone: "Hahaha!"

Li An: "Ahem, some truths don't need to be told."

Everyone: "Hahahahaha!!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "But I have some doubts about the teacher's level."

Gao Ruijin was puzzled: "Why?"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Because the teacher smiles like a salesperson."

Everyone: "Hahaha!"

Li An glared: "Really or not? Don't slander me."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Really, that's what I felt at the time. Moreover, you know so much about pianos and you analyzed my piano so clearly. It made me feel like you are a piano seller."

Ang Lee: "."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji returned to the story mode again: "Then the class started, and my change in the teacher happened in the next twenty minutes." Min Zhen: "Because the teacher demonstrated."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji shook her head: "The teacher didn't demonstrate at first. He just asked me to play the whole piece for a while, and then asked me to break up and play slowly."

Zhao Weida: "It's such a familiar beginning."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji smiled: "You know that during these twenty minutes, the teacher didn't pay attention to me playing the piano at all."

Gao Ruijin: "Huh?"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "The teacher has been writing and writing with a notebook."

Min Zhen: “It’s such a familiar first class.”

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "At that time, I felt that this teacher was really attentive. After listening to the teacher's demonstration, I felt that I would definitely be able to get into college."

Luo Xiaoran: "Yeah, yeah! Me too at that time!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "But in fact, I am still me, still the poor student. No matter how well the teacher plays or speaks, he can't take the art exam for me."

"But I didn't realize this at the time. I always felt that I would be able to sit back and relax with the teacher."

"Later on, I paid a serious price for my naive ideas. While I felt that I was terrible at playing, I also felt that as long as I insisted on taking classes with the teacher, there would be no problem."

"At this stage, I fell into a serious internal conflict. Sometimes I didn't know what I was practicing. It was as if all my thoughts were on how to get the teacher's approval in class."

"It's like as long as the teacher says there's nothing wrong with me in this lesson, I'll be particularly motivated to practice the piano this week, and I feel like I'm playing like that."

Gao Ruijin: "Really, senior sister, that's how I feel!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "But if the teacher says there is a problem with my playing in this class, especially if the problem has not been solved in class, then it's over. I won't know how to practice in the next few days."

Everyone was silent. It can be said that this is the most true portrayal of their hearts.

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Until one day, I was severely scolded by the teacher."

Everyone: "!"

Li An raised his eyebrows. Has he ever scolded Ji Yang?

Sister Xiao Ji: "I remember that day very clearly. At the end of the Black Keys Etude, I kept making wrong rhythms. The teacher asked me to stop and said, stop playing and stop practicing. He said I should continue like this. It’s impossible to pass the exam.”

"I was very aggrieved at the time. During that time, I even practiced piano at night."

"But after hearing this, the teacher not only did not comfort me, but also said that I had no brain."

"When the teacher left, he said one sentence, "You can learn if you can, but if you can't learn, I have nothing to do with whether you pass the exam or not. Ji Yang, I'm not joking with you. If you keep practicing like this, there is no chance. Don't ask." "Why should I think about it myself? If you have figured it out, call me. If you can't figure it out, just go and make up for the cultural classes. Maybe there will be other opportunities."

Ang Lee:.
Everyone suddenly felt that the teacher was so patient and gentle to them.
Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "I was desperate at that time. I felt that the teacher had already said that. It was impossible for me. It was like all the illusions about the art exam had been shattered."

"I cried myself to sleep that night, and continued to cry when I fell asleep. I felt like I was really finished."

"I didn't practice the piano that day because I couldn't help it once I sat down in front of the piano."

"But what else can I do if I don't practice piano? I don't dare to think about reviewing cultural classes."

"So I adjusted myself and called the teacher. I talked a lot with the teacher and made a lot of promises. But the teacher said something and I cried all night again. The teacher said, forget it Ji Yang, don't force yourself."

"I cried even harder this time because the teacher on the phone was gentle and I couldn't find any trace of the teacher being angry."

"It's over, it's completely over."

"For two days, I didn't touch the piano at all for the next two days, and I was completely negative."

"The teacher didn't contact me again during this period."

"On the third day, I sat in front of the piano and my mood calmed down a lot. If the teacher doesn't want me, I still have to take the art exam. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of my hard work for so long."

"The worst thing is that I can go to a junior college. Is it possible that I can't go to a junior college? That's what I thought at the time."

"Maybe once the requirements for myself were lowered to the lowest, I suddenly discovered that I played well. Really, I felt that I could be the boss of any junior college in my current state."

"I didn't play the ending well in class that day, so I played it very smoothly."

"Suddenly I felt that it was a pity that I went to a junior college!"

Everyone: "Hahahaha!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji laughed: "Right? We are saying that although the teacher has issued a death sentence, why? Whoever he said can be admitted to the Conservatory of Music will definitely be admitted to the Conservatory of Music. Whoever he said cannot be admitted to the Conservatory of Music? It doesn’t make sense that you will definitely fail the exam.”

Luo Xiaoran: "That makes no sense!"

Zhao Weida: "Ahem."

Li An: "Zhao Weida, you are determined to be admitted to the Huaguo Academy."

Zhao Weida: "Thank you, teacher!!"

Everyone burst into laughter!

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Then let's practice by ourselves. But the tragedy is that when I think that I still have the opportunity to go to the conservatory of music and I don't know how to practice the piano, every detail seems to have to be practiced to the absolute standard, but I can't reach it at all."

Min Zhen: "I was right."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji: "Then I discovered that as long as I lower my standards, the efficiency of practicing piano will increase. In one morning, I practiced all the homework assigned by the teacher in the previous class. I practiced until I could feel at ease in my heart. Plant well.”

"In the afternoon, when I sat down in front of the piano with high spirits, I was sad again. I had finished practicing the teacher's homework. What should I practice?"

“That’s when I realized that I had no idea what I should practice.”

"It's like I never realized what my problem was, or the significance of the homework the teacher assigned me in every class."

"It was this afternoon that I realized that I had never practiced for myself. I had always practiced for the teacher."

"I didn't have a clear goal at all."

"Everything is based on dependence on the teacher. At that moment, I wanted to call the teacher, but I didn't."

"I took out the classroom recordings of each of my classes and listened to them. Then, like a teacher, I took notes, analyzed the problems, and found the reasons."

"In the end, a magical scene happened. I analyzed what problems the teacher would tell me in the next class and what kind of homework he would give me."

"I found the problem I still have."

"I have a new direction in practicing piano."

"I practice according to my own ideas and no longer think about what school I can get into. Anyway, I have a junior college background, and I can become a boss after I go there."

Hahaha--

"For the next two days, I was immersed in this state and my efficiency exploded."

"When you really experience it, you will find that some words are definitely not self-comfort, because this is the reality."

"And I recognized the reality and accepted it at that time. So what if I couldn't get into a good school."

"My, Ji Yang's life will not be less exciting because of this."

Luo Xiaoran: "Senior sister, you are my idol from today on!"

Senior Sister Xiao Ji smiled modestly: "If you want autographs, I can give you eight hundred."

Hahahaha, who can bear such a cute senior sister? What should I do!
"So you might as well ask yourself, many things are like this, so what can you do?"

After saying that, some of the emotions in Xiao Ji's heart were relieved. Isn't it just a band rehearsal? So what?

I said I won’t participate if I don’t want to participate. What happened?

There's another chapter in an hour.