world number one pianist

Chapter 123 You guys want to call me Senior Sister!
He Shen didn't know anything about what happened in the school. He was just attending classes, studying, and practicing the piano very normally.

Everything is the same as before, living in an extremely stable posture.

As a result, for some unknown reason, some students became very respectful, or friendly to him for no apparent reason?
Some even showed the smile that they saved themselves?

He Shen looked at the people around him inexplicably, and couldn't figure out what happened, but when he asked them, they didn't say a word, they just laughed there.

really strange...

But these things are not big things, as long as they don't affect his normal piano practice.

As usual, He Shen walked towards the piano room with the piano score in his arms.

The military training for freshmen is almost over, so the courses in the school also need to be put on the agenda.

Like a little piano lesson...

In fact, there is one thing to say, He Shen thinks it would be better to put the piano lessons after the National Day holiday.

After all, the students were divided into teachers when they came in, and the military training began without even playing the piano. After the military training was over, it was almost the end of September, and there would be a holiday in a few days.

The hearts of the students will definitely be more loose, and they don't know where to go. It's better not to go to class, just let them relax completely.

It's a pity that the arrangement in the school is the arrangement in the school, and it cannot be changed casually because of it.

So He Shen could only follow the school's pace honestly, go to his piano room, and teach the students assigned to him.

Before reaching the door of the piano room, Ji Mengting was already standing at the door, wearing long sleeves and jeans, and immediately bowed slightly when she saw He Shen.

"Hi teacher, have you had breakfast, teacher? If you haven't eaten, I still have some..."

Ji Mengting flipped through her schoolbag and said to He Shen, He Shen just waved his hand, took out the key of the piano room from his pocket, and pushed open the door of the piano room.

After Ji Mengting came in, he said.

"No need, just eat by yourself, we will go to class directly, you are the first."

"Huh? Number one?"

"Well, first come first, then later, remember from now on, every Thursday morning is a professional class, come early if you can, don't be late"

"Oh oh oh..."

Ji Mengting's head was lit like garlic, and then she took out two pieces of music from her bag, handed one of them to He Shen, and asked.

"Teacher, where do we start today? Do we start directly with the piece I want to play? Or..."

"You wait a moment."

He Shen shook his head, glanced at the sheet music that Ji Mengting handed him, only looked at the cover, his pupils involuntarily dilated slightly, and looked up at her.

Wait... this sheet music?
Chopin's Nocturne, the one she played last time.

But this version is...

Urtext, the pure Polish version? ? ?
This……

He Shen glanced at the music score in his hand, then at the music score in Ji Mengting's hand, and an inexplicable emotion surged into his heart.

I am still excited for someone to give me a pure version of the score. They have already started to use two pure version of the score in class.

One for the teacher's reference and one for your own use.

One copy of this kind of music costs several hundred yuan, and two copies are double the price, so you can buy it casually...

He Shen saw the difference in the world...

It's not that he can't afford it, he can afford it if he wants to, the main reason is that the price is too expensive and it's not worth it...

I can go to the school library and make copies directly. Isn’t it good to use the school’s money to support myself?Why spend so much money on the clean version?
And, and...

He Shen looked at the music score in his hand, then glanced at Ji Mengting who seemed to take it for granted, and sighed again.

Well, he admitted that he was so sore, he even thought about buying one sheet music for a long time, and when others bought two sheets.

My student... is really rich, is this a rich woman?

Ji Mengting blinked, and sat on the piano bench obediently, looking at He Shen with a blank face, she had no idea what happened.

My teacher, after getting the reference score that I handed him, began to sigh and shake his head.

Could it be that...the sheet music I bought wasn't very good?Does not meet the teacher's requirements?
Thinking of this place, she immediately asked.

"Teacher? What's the matter? Is this score not good? I have always heard that it is best to buy the Polish version of Chopin's works. Am I wrong? Should I buy the Henle version? If I want to buy it, I will order it when I go back. !"

"?"

What is the difference between human beings?

Similarly, scores of several hundred yuan can be exchanged as they please, without ambiguity at all.

This gap is too big...

He Shen couldn't say a word, and shook his head.

"No, this version is good, there is no need to change it."

"Eh? Then teacher, what you just shook your head meant..."

"It's nothing, it's just emotion, don't worry about me."

"Huh? Oh oh oh..."

Ji Mengting scratched her head and sat on the piano bench very obediently, not daring to say anything more.

He Shen glanced at the score in front of him, then at Ji Mengting, shook his head, and handed the score back to her.

"We don't go to the music today, we start from the basics today."

"The next class is about two weeks away. Let me see how your basic level is. First, let's play the Harmonische moll, the diatonic scale."

"Oh, by the way, Chinese is called Harmony Minor"

Ji Mengting was still a little dazed when she heard German, but she nodded immediately after hearing He Shen's explanation, and put her hands on the piano keyboard.

Seeing that she was ready, He Shen immediately spoke.

"Speed, 114, okay?"

"can!"

"Start, start with C moll, which is C minor."

"Ok!"

After hearing the sound of the metronome, Ji Mengting immediately pressed down with her hand, and played the C minor scale extremely accurately.

After playing, Ji Mengting did not stop like this, but continued to play, from c moll to cis moll, that is, C sharp minor
String after string, C minor, C sharp minor, D minor, E flat minor, E minor, F minor, F sharp minor...

Going all the way down, when reaching the key of F minor, it suddenly dropped an octave to ensure that there is enough distance above for her to play.

Soon, after she finished playing at this speed, she looked at He Shen and asked tentatively.

"Teacher He? How is my performance?"

He Shen didn't answer directly, but touched his chin, thought for a while, and nodded.

"Generally, I think your limit speed is around 150, but if you want to perform perfectly, every note has quality performance, your speed probably needs to be lowered."

"Quality playing?"

"Yes, quality performance."

He Shen nodded, put his hands on the piano, raised his fingers high, and then dropped them very quickly.

However, when it is about to fall, the moment it touches the keys, let the strength be withdrawn.

After the remaining force hit the first pronunciation point of the piano, the force gradually disappeared, and an upward force was given to the fingers.

Following this force, He Shen's finger lifted up violently, causing the next finger to also rise up and fall down again.

Every sound is extremely pure and thorough.

This is just a very simple scale, but Ji Mengting was stunned, she never thought that the scale could be played like this.

Basic skills, this is just the simplest basic skills, you can play like this.

and……

He Shen's speed is gradually accelerating!

In c harmonic minor, it was only 120 speed, but in cis harmonic minor, the speed increased to 125.

D harmonic minor, 130 tempo.

es harmonic minor, 135 tempo.

The tempo keeps increasing, until the last h harmonic minor (b harmonic minor in German), the tempo has reached 180.

The speed was so fast and fierce that Ji Mengting gradually became dumbfounded.

The quality has not changed at all, and the volume of each sound is exactly the same, but it has a direction.

Music has a direction. This direction indicates the direction of the music and tells the audience that the music is developing in that direction.

Although there is no exact melody, it can make people listen to it completely.

This feeling is really powerful.

as expected!There is no mistake in the teacher I chose, and his strength is indeed the strongest!

She felt light in her eyes.

He Shen naturally didn't know what Ji Mengting was thinking. After playing all the scales, he looked at Ji Mengting and said lightly.

"This is just the beginning. You first lower the speed to about 85, and play according to the way I just played."

"In the next class, I need to see your work, from 85 speed to 95 speed, don't go too high, just keep this speed, okay?"

"it is good!"

Ji Mengting nodded vigorously.

"Then, let's start playing the scale now, the speed is 85, let's make a standard first, and then you can continue to practice."

"Finger requirements, raise the fingers, and play legardo, that is, smooth and soft."

"Uh-huh!"

Ji Mengting put her fingers on the piano. The thinker He Shen played just now, thought for a while, raised her fingers, and then smashed them down.

Great……

The voice is wrong, Ji Mengting is very sure of this, but she has no idea why her voice is wrong, so she can't help but look at He Shen.

After He Shen thought for a while, he opened his mouth and said.

"Do you know the first sounding point of the piano? Just pass the power of your fingers to the first sounding point, and that's it. Don't use up your strength."

"The first vocal point..."

Ji Mengting thought about it, but didn't know what He Shen meant, so she shook her head immediately.

"Teacher, sorry, I don't know."

"fine."

He Shen didn't mind, he had already expected that Ji Mengting didn't know what the first vocal point was, if she knew, it would be a surprise, don't talk about it, if she didn't know...

Then just talk to her.

He Shen said lightly.

"We can first see the piano, which transmits force mechanically, and then hits the strings. This is something we all know, so we can say that the piano is a percussion instrument, or a percussion instrument."

"Normally speaking, for us players, the piano is actually a percussion instrument, because the sound is relatively single. When you hit a note, it is a note, and it does not have a long extension like a stringed instrument."

"When we press the key and the key hits the strings behind it, we can notice a very important point, that is, there is no sound at this distance, you can try to press it."

He Shen pointed to the piano, and Ji Mengting carefully placed her hand on the piano, and then slowly pressed down, but the piano came out without sound.

But when she pressed the piano to reach 1/3 of the distance, she felt a resistance, and Ji Mengting immediately looked at He Shen.

"Teacher, I feel a resistance, that place is..."

"The first sounding point, we only let the sound come out when we touch this place. At other times, there is no sound, and the playing method I asked you to use before is the same. Speak up."

"When we hit the first sound point, we don't apply any more force, let the previous inertia and gravity of the fingers smash the sound out, and then follow the rebound force of the keys to send the fingers back."

"So, can you understand?"

He Shen didn't tell Ji Mengting anything special, he told how to play lightly and coherently, using narrative techniques.

Tell you how much power you need to use in this place and how much power you need to use in that place.

It is enough for the force to touch the piano, whether it needs to continue to push down.

These contents were directly narrated by him, and Ji Mengting immediately understood He Shen's thoughts, and then pressed down the piano keys.

when……

This time her voice was correct, but He Shen shook his head.

"You are not ready. When playing, you don't want to play a single note. You have to have the idea and expectation of playing a whole piece, understand?"

"Thoughts and expectations for playing...an entire piece?"

"Well, yes, when you are playing a scale, you have to plan to play the whole scale. When you press the first note, you have to think, lift the next finger, and then Press down."

"This is also the question that came up when you were in the entrance examination."

Ji Mengting nodded half understanding, put her hand on the piano, and played it down vigorously again.

When the thumb is pressed down, the index finger is already lifted up, and the moment the index finger is lowered, the middle finger is also lifted up.

Every sound is very thorough and clear.

But... not enough!
He Shen frowned, this is not enough, this is still a little short of what he wants.

Between the sound and the sound, it is not well-proportioned!
Ji Mengting didn't feel this. After carefully playing all the content, she looked at He Shen and asked tentatively.

"Mr. He, this look... is it okay?"

"No, no, it's not enough, your voice is not even enough."

"Is the sound not even enough?"

"correct!"

At this moment, the remaining two students who were assigned to He Shen's place also came to the piano room somewhere.

Quietly hiding at the door of the piano room, listening to the content inside, the two showed a look of fear.

"Fuck, is this teacher so strict? Her scales are already very good. In my opinion, her scale level is already the best in our class, right? The teacher said that..."

"That's right, my God, I really didn't expect this to happen. The students who entered No.1 this year would be called so miserable. Then we..."

The two glanced at each other and swallowed at the same time, their eyes full of timidity and fear.

Their piano skills were already at the bottom of all the students this year, so they were assigned to He Shen.

Now, seeing that He Shen was so strict with the No.1 students, they didn't know what to say for a while.

One thing to say, they felt that they might be doomed, because He Shen didn't seem like a more relaxed teacher at all.

With this level of rigor, to be honest, they might have to spend the whole semester improving their foundation.

Looking back at the final exam, everyone else is playing some difficult pieces, should you go up and play a scale and arpeggio?

This is too scary...

He Shen didn't notice the two students trembling at the door, he walked up to Ji Mengting, stood behind her and said.

"Come on, play it again for me, I want to see where your problem is."

"Eh……"

Feeling the pressure from He Shen behind her, Ji Mengting could not help but wiped the sweat from her forehead, put her eyes on the piano, and whispered.

"Well, I'll play it..."

"bomb."

"OK……"

Ji Mengting began to play carefully, so that she could concentrate more, placed it on the piano, and pressed down with her fingers.

when!
That's right, the sound is right, the power is right, and the timbre is no problem, very good, continue like this!
Ji Mengting's eyes lit up, and she continued to play downwards.

But just when she was about to turn her fingers, He Shen spoke again and stopped her playing.

"Stop, your performance is very bad, but I found the problem."

He Shen sat back, spread his fingers, placed them on the piano keyboard, and said to Ji Mengting.

"You, look at my hand, pay attention to this place, the place where the strength of my fingers and thumbs sinks, that is, the joints of my fingers, look at how my thumb is pressed."

He Shen pressed his thumb, and then looked at Ji Mengting. Ji Mengting stared at He Shen's hand, watching his thumb turn up and down, and her eyes lit up.

"Teacher, it's rotation!"

"That's right! It's rotation. The joint of the thumb relies on rotation, pressing the thumb down, not up and down, straight up and down, do you understand?"

"Thumb spin, let me try..."

Ji Mengting nodded, and played the scale again, repeating it constantly, and He Shen kept interrupting her to guide her where she made mistakes.

The two students outside the door had already become a little numb, and they began to wonder what the two people in the piano room were talking about.

Just when they were about to fall asleep, a crisp voice came and said to the two people at the door.

"Are you my teacher's new students? Not bad, Xiao He is developing well in school now, and there are new students besides me!"

"But no matter what, I'm his first student, so you guys want to call me Senior Sister, do you hear me?"

(End of this chapter)