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Chapter 37 Guitar Competition
Chapter 45 Guitar Competition

Sun Hao, Wang Jinhua and others came to the judges' seat. After Wang Jinhua's introduction, Sun Hao knew that this competition was led by Fat Boss and several famous bands in H City. As a guitar association, a city-wide competition was held every year.

This competition is divided into only two groups, the acoustic guitar group and the electric guitar group, and there is no such thing as Sun Hao's impression that the acoustic guitar is divided into two separate groups for classical guitar and folk guitar in a few years.

After a while, after the staff installed the equipment, the competition began. This time, as the fat boss said, there were not many contestants, only more than 20 people, and they were not very old. I heard from Wang Jinhua that most of these players are students in the guitar classes opened by these bands.

Sun Hao looked at the contestants' competition and found that most of the contestants participated in the classical guitar competition, but there were only five or six players in the electric guitar competition. Presumably, rock and roll was not accepted by the public.

After watching several students play, Sun Hao found that they were all about the same age as himself. Sun Hao also felt that it was the right age to learn classical guitar when he was [-] or [-] years old. If it was too early, the span of his fingers If it is too small, it will be very difficult to play some difficult tracks.

And if you are too old, your flexibility will drop a lot, and the player on the stage at this time belongs to the former type. Sun Hao sees that he is only eleven or twelve years old, but he is still trying to play The first six-level song "Dream Wedding".

The difficulty of this song lies in the span, so looking at the little boy on the stage strenuously playing this song, and even some sounds were muted because he didn't press the sound, Sun Hao couldn't help shaking his head, really don't know How did the boy's teacher teach him, how could he let him touch seventh-grade tunes at this age?
When Sun Hao first started to study in his previous life, he played the basics for three years, and only started to touch the music above level six when he was 17 years old. Because of his good foundation, after three years, Sun Hao's level is like doing music. Like a rocket, he is rising rapidly, but the boy in front of him is just the opposite. He started to touch some songs that are not suitable for his age when the foundation is not solid, which will get twice the result with half the effort.

"How about it, do you see that my students are not bad?" Wang Jinhua next to him said to Sun Hao, it seems that he is still very satisfied with his students, which can be seen from Wang Jinhua's somewhat proud expression .

"Er..." Sun Hao didn't know what to say for a while, no wonder, even the master is like this, what good apprentices can he teach, looking at Wang Jinhua's tattoo that has spread to his neck, Sun Hao is speechless.

But after watching the game for a while, Sun Hao really saw one or two promising players, such as the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy in front of him, who played the song "Alhan" very smoothly. "Memories of Bra Palace", the stability and fluency are very good. You must know that Sun Hao only started to contact this song when he was 17 years old in his previous life.

Spanish guitar master Francisco Tarega, who has reached the peak of modern guitar music, has both composition and performance talents.There are more than four hundred of his works, many of which are classics.

"Memories of the Alhambra" is a "famous song of famous songs" in the guitar world. "Memories of the Alhambra" was created in 1896. It is a classical guitar piece especially suitable for listening at night. It is unique among the classical guitar solo pieces and has the reputation of "the famous piece among the famous pieces". "Memories of the Alhambra" is also called "Pearl Song" because the whole song uses the ring finger technique for 3 or 4 minutes, giving people the feeling of "beads falling on a jade plate".The subtitle of the piece is "Prayer".

And the technique of the ring finger is already regarded as the intermediate and advanced fingering of the classical guitar. Being able to master this advanced fingering at such a young age and perform so proficiently, Sun Hao wondered if this boy was also reborn I'm back.

The structure of the music is similar to the three-section body, but it is very different from the ordinary three-section body. The music is in 3/4 time. Section A is themed in A minor, full of Spanish-style tunes revealing a touch of sadness, which is a portrayal of the current situation of the Alhambra Palace, which has gone through vicissitudes and has lost its light.

The theme of section B is A major, and the color suddenly turns bright, which is in sharp contrast with the theme of section A. From it, the audience can appreciate the glory of the Alhambra in the past, which is exactly what the title "remembers".

Through the interweaving of "memory" and "reality", the music ends in section C with a kind of complex emotion in tranquility.The content reflects the scene of people running around and living an active life. Some people think that this movement reflects the author's memories of the past.

The author uses this song to express his infinite emotions for this palace, like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes of life, looking at this palace, thinking about it.This piece of music is played from the beginning to the end by using the "fingering method" in the guitar technique, which is quite difficult and gives full play to the characteristics of the guitar tone.

And the boy in front of Sun Hao vividly expressed the artistic conception of this song. Although the interpretation of the style of the song is still a little immature, but overall, it is already good.At least he is much better than Sun Hao himself at the same age in his previous life. It is estimated that in time, he will definitely have his own stage in guitar playing.

Because the competitions are interspersed, basically a few xylophone groups will compete with the electric guitar group, so the next few players will be the electric guitar competition. As for the electric guitar, Sun Hao feels that it is not comparable to the competition It doesn't make much sense, because this thing is mainly compared to musical instruments. As long as there is not too much difference in level, water musical instruments are generally better, and whoever wins has a higher hope of winning.

So when he saw the electric guitar competition, Sun Hao couldn't help but feel a little sleepy, so he squinted his eyes and began to take a nap for a while. After a while, he was woken up by someone patting him.

"What's the matter?" Sun Hao, who was about to fall asleep just now, was woken up, and couldn't help but feel extremely upset. At this time, he was glaring at Wang Jinhua next to him.

"This..." Seeing Sun Hao's vicious eyes, Wang Jinhua couldn't help but feel a little funny, but he still said the idea of ​​the attack: "Sun Hao, you play the guitar so well, let's play a song on stage, so that you Let's study hard."

"Okay then..." Sun Hao, who didn't want to be in the limelight, reluctantly agreed after seeing the expectant eyes of the magnetic field band.

Hearing Wang Jinhua's words, Sun Hao couldn't say much, so he had no choice but to agree. Seeing a classical guitar next to him, he took it in his hand and walked to the stage.

"Welcome Sun Hao, the youngest outstanding guitarist in H City, to play a song for us." The host on stage thought he knew Sun Hao. The audience introduced.

Sun Hao didn't say much, and immediately took a chair, saw a small stool for classical guitar at his feet, took it together, and put it under his feet.

The audience in the audience saw a young boy walking on the stage. Although the majority of the contestants were young, they were surprised when they heard the host's words. City H is the best?The crowd was confused by the supporter's words, and whose disciples could be so praised by the host, so they started discussing in private.

Sun Hao didn't pay any attention to the audience's discussion, because he had encountered too many such situations, and Sun Hao was already used to everyone's doubts and discussions.

Sitting on the chair, Sun Hao began to think about what kind of repertoire to play on this small stage.Classical guitar has always valued quality rather than difficulty. Even if it is an entry-level song, it takes a lot of effort to perform it well.Like the previous players, the foundation is not very solid, but they choose difficult tracks, and they always want to show off their personal strength on this stage. He will laugh at you wantonly, saying "I want to run before I can walk." It is inevitable.

Even so, Sun Hao still chose the classic "Variations on a Theme of the Magic Flute" which was not very difficult, and it was also used as a practice by the way.

"Variations on a Theme of the Magic Flute" was composed by the famous Spanish guitarist and composer Saul in the early 20s, based on a theme at the end of the first act of the famous opera "The Magic Flute" by the Austrian composer Mozart.

This theme is not an important tune in this opera, nor is it an aria by the principal actors.It is only a chorus of Monostatus the Moor, the steward of the palace of Sarastor, the master of the "Land of Light", and two slaves.

Saul liked the tune very much.He found that by adapting it, it was very suitable for playing on guitar.Because of his careful processing and development of this theme, it became a "Variations on a Theme of the Magic Flute" consisting of eight parts: the prelude, the theme, five variations and the epilogue.Sun Hao paused for a moment, looked for the phoneme, and began to play the prelude in this song.

The prelude is in the key of G major, in 4/4 time, and then transferred from Andante to Cantonese in 2/4 time. The prelude is 24 bars long.It starts with three dominant chords.

When the main melody appears, it is accompanied by triplets.The style is relatively free, showing a certain skill.This kind of skill cannot be mastered by ordinary people, so when Sun Hao played the overture, the contestants and the crowd began to be surprised. Those who have just started or learned for a short time have never been exposed to such skills. The repertoire, but judging from Sun Hao's prelude, this piece must not be simple.

Wang Jinhua and the people around him looked at each other. This young man is definitely not simple. It seems that he did the right thing in asking him to take the stage today.After the introduction comes the theme.It is in the key of E major, in 2/4 time, andante to middle plate.Sun Hao expressed the theme vividly and vividly. Although the difficulty of the theme is not high, it is not easy to play it easily and smoothly. All the players present ask themselves, they will definitely not reach this level.

What follows are the five variations of the theme, which respectively play various playing skills of the guitar, and most of these skills are advanced skills of the classical guitar.

The first variation is in the key of E major. Sun Hao played at the same speed, and played with his left hand very fluently with pluck, and added gorgeous ornamental notes.

After playing for a while, Sun Hao repeated it again.When repeating, the playing technique changes slightly, and the difficulty appears at this time, and the decorated syllables are more gorgeous and complicated.

The second variation was changed to G major, and Sun Hao made the feeling of playing lyrical and slow. Everyone noticed that when Sun Hao was playing, his right hand was vaguely leaning up a little, which was deliberately done by Sun Hao. , played in such a way as to create the thickness of the tone.

At the same time, the pronunciation will be softer.The right hand also had to play ornamental notes, which also caused a certain degree of difficulty.The third variation was switched back to E major. When Sun Hao was playing, his right hand approached the bridge again.

In this way, a bright tone can be played.Pronunciation should be crisp, but attention should also be paid to the coherence of the melody.

"Wonderful!" There are many audiences who know classical guitar, and some of them have a good level. They think they can also control the piece "The Theme and Variations of the Magic Flute", but after watching Sun Hao's second and third changes , I suddenly realized that the real mystery of this song lies here. No wonder I can't find the key point, and when I play it, I always feel that the effect is far from the master's.

These classical fans were even more amazed at the young man on stage at this time. At such a young age, he could comprehend the master's techniques and emotions. This boy's future is bound to be limitless.

In the fourth variation, Sun Hao played the triplet on the two strings with three fingers in his right hand, plus the mother finger, and played the arpeggio with four fingers. The pronunciation of the playing was clean and the melody was smooth. It takes a year to become proficient.

The fifth variation is also composed of triplets. The first two notes of each triplet are played with the right hand; the third note is played with the left hand, and the melody is produced in this series of sounds.The first half is composed of the first note of the triplet; the second half is composed of the first and third notes. At this time, Sun Hao did not follow the traditional way of rapid playing, but sometimes soft and sometimes compact. After such a Change, the melody of this piece seems to be more soft.

The last is the epilogue. Sun Hao used the tight rhythm to make the emotions unrestrained.At this time, the climax of the whole song was launched.

Before ending, play an arpeggio or scale composed of triplets five times in quick succession with two fingers.The first note of each group of triplets is played with the left hand, and Sun Hao knocks out the second two notes with his fingers, which makes it quite difficult. After Sun Hao played it, everyone was surprised. What kind of difficulty?I can actually make such a sound with a guitar.

In the end, Sun Hao ended the whole song simply and powerfully with chords.The audience in the audience was silent. Only if I am an excellent guitar player, it is possible to write such a piece of music that takes advantage of the characteristics of the instrument. "Variations on a Theme of the Magic Flute", a tenth-grade piece, has almost become the repertoire of all guitarists in concerts.It is often used as one of the required repertoires in international guitar competitions.Because, from it, the skill level and musical literacy of the performer can be judged.This shows the status of "Variations on a Theme of the Magic Flute" in guitar solos.

At the end of Sun Hao's last note, the scene was quiet.

(End of this chapter)