The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 17 Beater

Autopilot.

This is a very headache for many conductors.

This problem often arises in works that are very familiar to musicians.

For example, the Radesky March and the like.

This is the main reason why Chen Qiu did not choose those simple works to practice for his first piece, but directly chose Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for his first piece.

He wanted to find a medium-to-high-level difficulty and well-known work to practice on.

Having a wide reputation can make the work faster to practice.

A higher level of difficulty will allow the musician to focus more on himself.

Unexpectedly, the people in the second group were so familiar with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony that they started their self-driving journey without even reading it.

Just like the Vienna Philharmonic.

The Vienna Philharmonic's autonomous driving is actually quite good. After all, they are orchestras that have collaborated with them countless times. There must be a tacit understanding between them. Even if they are autonomous, the level is better than that of ordinary orchestras.

But now the second group in front of Chen Qiu...

Although there is basically no problem with the sound, the overall rhythm can even be played in a stable state.

But the problem is that musicality and thinking about music are almost completely confused.

Although their works can be closed, they are only closed.

One person wanted to make a fade-out in a certain measure, to make the music disappear.

But some people feel that this place should be filled directly with ammunition.

So the music gets really weird in that place, and it sounds like it's not thinking at all.

If some people who don’t listen to classical music very much, or listen to relatively little, come to listen, they probably won’t hear any big problems.

As long as the most classic phrases are right, there will be no problem.

But Chen Qiu is the conductor.

Chen Qiu is the commander of the second regiment!

He felt that what he was hearing now was almost the same as the Haicheng Radio Orchestra he heard when he woke up. The feeling of their performance was almost the same.

The orchestra itself is playing its own.

There are even several factions within the band, and the messy thoughts are intertwined so that the listeners can't figure out the band's thinking.

The mispronouncements are actually not bad, there are not particularly many mispronounced ones, but in some places someone pulls the string incorrectly and makes it very loud, which is very problematic.

and also……

Chen Qiu looked at the clarinet and oboe in the middle.

Those few people were playing, and the timbre was a headache. It was mixed in the orchestra and could barely be heard.

If it were the Berlin Philharmonic...

No, they can't get into the Berlin Philharmonic yet.

If it were the Haicheng Radio Band that he had heard before, Chen Qiu believed that the people at Haicheng Radio would also be angry and tell him to get lost.

But there is one thing that is better, probably the pitch is good, right?

Chen Qiu beat the time slowly and comforted himself.

Although pitch is the cornerstone of music, if you want to make good music, just pitch is useless.

The most important thing is that the musical expression needs to be more perfect.

The musicality of this group…

I can’t say it’s not possible, I can only say that the conflicts within the band are a complete mess.

So it needs to be reorganized.

Chen Qiu shook his head and said nothing, just letting them continue playing.

Everyone was happy playing.

After all, it is Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the most famous first movement of Destiny.

Looking back, even if I put it out for a performance, I feel like it can still attract some outsiders and help everyone join in the fun.

Only a few people frowned slightly.

Chen Qiu obviously noticed their expressions, but he didn't say anything and just continued to beat time.

And when certain instruments have been resting for a long time and are about to start, give them a prompt to let them start.

That's it.

The music was exciting and everyone expressed their own understanding in the music. The instruments in their hands represent their ideas, anxious to convince others.

Although the overall situation is very neat, the current orchestra is as noisy as a wet market.

And there is a trend of getting more and more noisy.

But just when everyone was going crazy, the music inexplicably slowed down.

Their hands relaxed and their expressions gradually became blank.

Because at this moment the music has become unpleasant.

Even they themselves could hear it, and the music had become unpleasant.

Bad music gives people a completely different feeling.

In the past, I could rely on my sense of familiarity to perform, and even if the music was mediocre, I could still get past it by tricking my ears.

but now……

The beauty in music almost completely disappeared under the collision of their musical thinking.

Even the dullest among them can hear something wrong with their music.

Therefore, they began to hesitate, became confused, and began not to know how to play.

Finally put his hands down.

The music automatically ends.

One.

two.

three...

More and more people stopped the instruments in their hands and looked at Chen Qiu.

The getting smaller and smaller sounds also made others discover the problem. They also put down their instruments and looked at Chen Qiu.

What they have in common is that their eyes are filled with tension and helplessness.

They didn't know why they could play such a familiar piece as they did now.

Obviously at the beginning, I felt like everything was playing according to my memory.

But why in the end, everything was so...

Specious?

It sounded like the music in my memory, but it felt so different from what I wanted.

Therefore, they looked at Chen Qiu and waited for his answer.

The room became extremely silent, even a little bit depressing.

Chen Qiu didn't seem to notice it at all. He just waved the beat and seemed to be immersed in his own music.

Such a movement made everyone in the orchestra a little nervous and a little at a loss.

Don't know what I should do.

Should I remind Chen Qiu that they are over and there is no need to continue beating time?
But looking at Chen Qiu's appearance, they didn't dare to say it directly.

Therefore, the room immediately froze.

Everyone's mood became extremely heavy.

Except Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu stopped tapping, looked at the top of his head, let out a long sigh, then looked at them, smiled helplessly, and then slowly shook his head.

He bent down and took out an iron box like a radio from his package, placed it on his music stand, and clicked it gently.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

A clean and crisp electronic sound sounded from the iron box, explaining to everyone with an unchanging rhythm.

This is a metronome.

Chen Qiu pointed at the metronome, looked at everyone in the orchestra, and said.

"How about you ask him to be the commander?"

(End of this chapter)