world number one pianist

Chapter 168 Damn, I'm so awesome...

Naturally, these topics on the Internet would not take the initiative to go to He Shen himself, and He Shen naturally did not know that he became famous on the Internet.

And as Xu Yuqi's popularity gradually increased, she gradually began to show signs of breaking the circle.

After all, He Shen's current attention is all on Ji Mengting.

Now the Huaguo Music Higher Education Competition is the highlight, and it is the most important thing for him at the moment.

If this matter is not done well, more than half of his subsequent career will basically be cut off...

Could it be that he continued to wait for four years, for Xiao Sai four years later?

Or to participate in next year's Huaguo Music Higher Education Competition to see if he can participate in other competitions next year?
It is said that next year, there should be Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, or Van Cliburn International Piano Competition?
These two competitions are not particularly compatible with He Shen's current repertoire library.

So if He Shen does not succeed in getting a quota this year, then all his previous efforts will be in vain!

"teacher……"

He Shen pushed open the door of the piano room, and Ji Mengting immediately stood up, bowed slightly to He Shen, and said in a respectful tone.

"Teacher, the competition requirements for the finals have come down..."

"What is it?"

He Shen closed the door, looked at Ji Mengting and asked calmly.

Ji Mengting took out a leaflet from behind, handed it to He Shen, and then quickly explained to He Shen.

"The repertoire for the final is a concerto, a piano concerto."

"During the competition, each teacher is required to lead each student to play a concerto for two pianos."

"The teacher plays the accompaniment part, which is what the orchestra part looks like."

"Students need to play the main melody part, which is the piano part in the piano concerto."

"Teacher, what shall we...play?"

He Shen didn't answer directly, but stepped aside, took off his coat first, and looked at Ji Mengting.

Just when Ji Mengting was a little nervous, He Shen suddenly asked her.

"Do you have any ideas? What work do you plan to play as the final repertoire?"

"Are you going to..."

Ji Mengting thought for a while and replied very seriously.

"Master, I want to play Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto! I think I can..."

He Shen didn't speak, he was thinking quickly.

Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto is a very difficult piano concerto. Some people even call this piano concerto the emperor of piano concertos, the crown!

If he can conquer this work, he can also conquer all other piano concertos.

And the difficulty of this piano concerto is actually not bad, it can be regarded as the most difficult work among the relatively average...

But the point is...

tired!
very tired!
Keep your mind focused at all times, put all your attention on the piano in front of you, feel your performance, and let your performance avoid other problems.

Let the music keep flowing.

Let the sense of harmony carry through the entire movement.

There are all kinds of places that need attention, especially many, and it is easy to make people feel in a trance...

As a result, mistakes are made, resulting in a whole piece of work, and there is no way to continue playing.

Disaster……

hard...

very difficult...

Ji Mengting, can she play?

He Shen didn't have much confidence in this.

Ji Mengting's current basic skills can be regarded as the top among freshman music students in the country...

Just plain top...

Not the first...

At least not as good as when I was in Wuzhou and studied with my teacher.

I also participated in this competition back then. When I was a freshman, because I just entered school, in addition to re-laying the foundation with the teacher, making the foundation stronger than others...

Everything else is average.

Therefore, I was not as good as some other big shots, and barely won the ninth place in the country, but did not enter the finals.

Later, due to various reasons, I was no longer interested in such competitions, and felt that competitions would only waste time.

Therefore, when I was a sophomore and a junior, I concentrated on my studies and stopped participating in any competitions.

Ji Mengting's current level, in terms of basic skills alone, should be a little behind her level at that time.

However, her feeling for music now is slightly stronger than that of herself back then.

after all……

With herself as her teacher, she can't do without being strong!

Then the problem is coming...

can sheCan she play that feeling?

He Shen thought about it for a while, and finally decided to ask Ji Mengting to give it a try first, and see the situation before talking.

If not, change the tune.

Thinking of this place, He Shen stretched out his hand to Ji Mengting and said to her.

"Come on, show me the piano score..."

"Huh? Okay! Teacher He!"

When Ji Mengting heard He Shen's words, she was immediately overjoyed. She immediately knew that He Shen should agree with her idea now, so she asked her for the score.

Without thinking too much, she handed He Shen a hardcover and pure piano score.

Not only that, she also produced a single piano accompaniment version, a two-piano score version, and a conductor score version...

There are four versions in total.

Two copies of each version...

He Shen looked at the thick stack of music scores in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help swallowing.

It's not that I'm afraid of the number of scores.

These notations are not even one-tenth as high as the ones he has brushed recently.

Isn't it just an ordinary piano concerto score, which is actually not very thick.

The point is...

In front of you are two piano score versions, a single piano score version, an orchestra score version, a single piano accompaniment version...

These are all pure versions...

All are professional scorers, and they are re-transcribed according to Rachmaninov's manuscripts of the year.

Then, according to human observation habits, the pure version is beautified with subsections and paragraphs.

This sheet music is more expensive than ordinary sheet music, much more expensive...

Especially the band score version, the price of this band score version, if He Shen remembers correctly...

It seems to be more than 100 Euros, that is, nearly 1000 yuan...

She casually took out two copies...

He Shen took the sheet music in Ji Mengting's hands numbly, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

I just signed the contract and thought I was rich...

After working for a while, you can get three to four million yuan. Is this price not high enough?

As a result, how long did it take before my students told me...

What is it called, a real local tyrant!
Oh no, it shouldn't be called a local tyrant. At first glance, Ji Mengting's family doesn't look like they got rich temporarily...

People should be...

REAL RICH MAN!

Seeing that He Shen was holding the music score in his hand, Ji Mengting couldn't help but tilted his head and asked He Shen suspiciously.

"Huh? Teacher, don't you like the score version I gave you? Or... Teacher, do you have another version that you like more?"

"No, it's just..."

He Shen looked at the music score in front of him and sighed heavily.

"I just feel the difference in the world..."

"Ok?"

Ji Mengting tilted her head, but didn't understand He Shen's meaning.

But she was too embarrassed to say that she didn't understand, she just walked aside obediently, sat down on the piano bench, and waited for He Shen's password.

She didn't start until He Shen had finalized the score.

He Shen looked at the four scores in front of him, thought for a while, and then opened the score for two pianos and the score for piano concerto.

A rough comparison of the two...

There is no change in the part of the main melody of the piano, they are basically the same, after all, this is the main melody...

The focus should be on the part responsible for the accompaniment. To be a little more tiring, the piano needs to express the feeling of a whole band.

He Shen glanced at it, and then nodded to Ji Mengting after he knew it well.

"Okay, let's get started!"

"Yeah, good teacher!"

Ji Mengting immediately sat upright, looked directly in front of the piano, and let herself enter the state of playing the piano.

She slowly crawled forward, placing her hands on the piano keyboard.

collapse...when,

Collapse...when.

Collapse...when...

Collapse...Dang!

Collapse...Dang! !
The sound became more and more intense, and Ji Mengting's performance became more and more powerful.

She let her body press on the piano keyboard, and let the sound slam down downward.

Then, with the rebound of the sound, the sound rushed from the floor to the entire piano room.

He Shen's expression didn't change at all, he just looked at Ji Mengting and her performance.

Ji Mengting didn't look at He Shen, she just played the piano very seriously, trying to prove something to He Shen...

She can play this piece.

This piece was chosen by her, so she had to prove it to He Shen that she could play this piece of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.

If she can't play...

Then it is obvious that she will be replaced by He Shen and play other works.

Although she can also play other works, it's not that she can't play...

But she still hopes that she can play the works she wants.

It may be that there is a little bit of stubbornness in my heart, and I feel that if I don’t rely on He Shen, I’m not bad at all, right?

She chose this piece.

Ji Mengting completely focused her attention on her hands so that her attention would not be lost.

The chords in his hands are constantly ringing.

Will she still stop and wait for the part where the band enters, and wait for the band to fully match her rhythm.

Even without a band...

But He Shen and Ji Mengting are very familiar with this work, so they don't need a band either.

Just relying on the continuous thinking of my brain, I can guess what kind of feeling the band should show at this time.

Ji Mengting was playing there, while He Shen stood by and watched.

Finally, this work reached its final chapter, and the whole work came to an end...

Following the next sound, Ji Mengting looked at He Shen expectantly, and asked him in a low voice.

"Teacher, how about this piece of mine?"

He Shen pondered, but didn't answer right away.

He touched his chin, looked at the music score in his hand, and just wanted to refuse.

He Shen saw the extremely firm look in Ji Mengting's eyes, and the words of refusal suddenly stopped.

He Shen looked at Ji Mengting seriously.

"Are you sure, do you really want to play this piece?"

"Yeah, teacher, I'm sure, I really want to play this piece."

"If you choose, then you can't go back on your word. We don't have that much time..."

"Well, teacher, I won't go back on my word, I really want to play this piece!"

"In that case..."

He Shen nodded, he already had a calculation in his heart.

Ji Mengting's ability to play this work is still a bit short...

If it sounds good, it's a little bit worse.

If it doesn't sound good, it's a lot worse...

It is probably around the level of Lv3 now?Playing all the notes in front of me gave a little interpretation.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

If you directly use this state to participate in the competition, you should die miserably...

But if you join in...

There are indeed many things missing in Ji Mengting's performance now, but these things are not irreparable!
As her teacher, I naturally know where Ji Mengting has problems.

Therefore, I can completely help her fill this loophole in the future, that is, when I am a band later on.

This, for myself, is a challenge.

After all, I have never played this Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto.

He Shen thought of this place, raised his head suddenly, and said to Ji Mengting with great certainty.

"Since you want to play this work, then listen to you, let's try to play this work."

"Now, follow me, we'll go out and rent a two-piano room, and we'll start all over again!"

He Shen took Ji Mengting outside, found a classroom with two pianos, and asked Ji Mengting to sit down, and he also sat down.

Put the music score in your hand on the piano board, and slowly nodded to Ji Mengting.

"let's start."

"Yeah, good teacher!"

Ji Mengting nodded vigorously, put her hand on the piano keyboard, followed the same performance just now, and it happened again.

collapse...when,

Collapse...when.

Collapse...when...

Collapse...Dang!

Collapse...Dang! !
……

He Shen didn't say anything at this place, this could actually be played better, but He Shen didn't say anything.

He Shen is experimenting to see if he can play at a better level with Ji Mengting by relying on his own performance.

If you can……

Say.

if it is not possible……

Make yourself okay first, then talk!
He Shen's eyes quickly locked on the score of the sub-piano part in front of him, staring fixedly at the place in front of him, where he was going to enter next.

then……

press!

hum...

The sound is ringing!

Ji Mengting couldn't help shaking, she felt that there was a voice just now, supporting the sound of her piano.

Not only that……

This voice even scratched myself, so that I almost didn't call out directly!

This feeling is really great!

She looked at He Shen suddenly, her eyes full of starlight.

own teacher...

So strong!

He Shen seemed to have a telepathy, he didn't even look at Ji Mengting, and immediately spoke.

"Calm down, play!"

"Um……"

Ji Mengting immediately turned her gaze back to the piano in front of her, her eyes continued to be locked on the piano, and she stuck out her tongue a little.

I was really too excited just now...

My teacher is so strong, is it natural that I can do this kind of thing?What are you so excited about?

The most important thing now is to let yourself not live up to the teacher's expectations.

Ji Mengting's eyes lit up in an instant, and she focused her attention on her fingers, trying to restrain herself, not to have other strange thoughts because of what happened just now.

He Shen naturally didn't know what Ji Mengting was thinking at this moment.

He is in pain now, biting his teeth tightly.

It's not that Ji Mengting's performance made him feel painful...

But...

His brain is almost overwhelmed!
At this moment, his brain is no longer dual-purpose.

He is now completely a multi-core processor.

First of all, he has to look at the music score in front of him, recognize it, and recognize the score in front of him.

You must know that this is Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, which is not so difficult.

Therefore, the difficulty for him to recognize the score has skyrocketed.

That's all for the recognition...

He also needs to play the score.

Look at the score of a line in advance, memorize the score first, then let your hands continue to play, and look at the score of the next line with your own eyes.

This is a simple sight-reading method.

Although Rachmaninoff's piano concerto is difficult, He Shen's strength is here, and he can handle it in front of him.

but……

The problem is coming!

The most important question now is that He Shen not only needs sight-reading, but also needs to listen to...

Listen to Ji Mengting's performance, think about the problems that Ji Mengting has had after that, and try to prevent Ji Mengting from having any more problems.

Let your performance perfectly match Ji Mengting's performance.

To see, to hear, to think, to prepare...

All kinds of thoughts are all mixed together, making it difficult for He Shen to separate them.

However, in order to test the limit of one's ability, test to see how long one can withstand this situation.

And in order to help Ji Mengting, see if she can go to the next level.

He Shen must work hard.

The brain was running crazily, and every piece of information was put into He Shen's brain.

Mobilize all the brain cells to find every point that can make Ji Mengting play further.

Ji Mengting didn't know that He Shen's brain was almost overloaded at this moment, she was just shocked.

She was shocked by He Shen's performance, it was so strong!
He Shen, can actually play such a powerful piece.

How deep is he, he can actually improve his performance so much? ? ?

As expected, I still need to continue to learn more from He Shen.

The current self is really too weak...

Finally, at the end of the first movement, He Shen slowly took his hand off the piano and wiped the sweat from his hair with his sleeve.

His back was completely wet, drenched in his own sweat.

Just now, every minute and every second was like stepping on a tightrope, and he was extremely nervous.

However, nothing went wrong, which made He Shen embarrassing on the spot.

In the end, he still completed the first movement of this work....

But above the degree of completion...

He Shen took out a classic salt-flavored lollipop from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and gradually let his eyes go blank.

Ah... I can actually sight-read the most difficult piano piece, and the completion rate can reach 60%. I am really amazing...

Just when He Shen was letting go of his thoughts, Ji Mengting's eyes lit up, and he spoke to He Shen with great excitement.

"Teacher, teacher! Teacher, you are just amazing! When are we going to start the second movement!!!"

He Shen: "..."

He Shen: "???"

(End of this chapter)