I Decided To Become a Perfect Girl

145 – Performance or Concert (3)

“Team 1 will go up now!”

“Dohee, fighting!”

As I headed toward the stage from the bustling backstage, I felt like I was entering a competition.

For some reason, it reminds me of a teacher.

Is it because the habits from that time remain?

My pounding heart calmed down a little.

No.

Your heart will still be pounding.

There would be a lot of murmur in the audience.

However, perhaps because the sympathetic nervous system was excited, no sound was heard in my ears, and the sensations I received were limited to my body and became more sensitive, deeper, and more focused.

I went to my seat and sat in front of the piano in the dark and took a deep breath.

Even though I learned it by playing it with my teacher in elementary school, I had to practice it again for two months.

Five key signatures that continually confuse the performer throughout the performance.

The use of so many double flats that it is difficult to even read the score in C minor.

A difficult part in which the right and left hands are divided into four layers instead of two, and each right and left hand must perform two types of performances, a total of four performances.

If one hand moves quickly, in contrast to other songs where one hand generally moves slowly, both hands jump quickly, so this is a song that relies only on the performer’s senses and requires memorization of the entire score.

A song that physically hurts your hands because you have to use the same finger throughout the song.

Amidst these technical issues, this song also requires interpretation of musical expression.

This is an infamous song that virtuosos say Liszt created to show off his playing skills and the greatness of his hands.

La Campanella.

This was the song I was going to play today.

The lights finally turned on, and the keyboard glowed white.

I felt like my heart was going to explode as much as my eardrums from the cheering. My hands were actually shaking a little, no, a lot.

This is my first time performing in front of close to 10,000 people.

In a way, wouldn’t it be a place to prove myself?

“Huh… Huh…”

I took one last deep breath and calmly put my fingers down on the keys.

Yes, the beginning of the performance is comfortable and smooth.

La Campanella.

Small bell in Italian.

This song, which was originally played with a violin, that is, a string instrument, contains the tickling feeling of a small bell and the capricious noise as the title suggests.

When played on a piano or keyboard instrument, the sound that stands out -ta-ta-ta-ta-ta- tells us the true meaning of La Campanella.

A small bell, or in other words a clock.

This song should especially sound like a wristwatch.

A performance that sounds like the second hand of a wrist watch.

There is no need to think too much.

Start by matching the notes accurately along the line.

‘One two three one two three one two three.’

Time passes quickly, but don’t be impatient.

Play with as much leisure as the beat of a clock and without haste.

‘Comfortably, comfortably.’

There is no need to hit loudly with the right hand.

Still concise.

After this, the part that needs to be written in large detail appears.

Take it easy now and save your energy for later.

Instead, put more force on the left-hand base.

Okay, if I were to explain the feeling of this part, it feels like each note is an extension. Like pizzicato technique. A sound like something flying.

And beyond this part, the melody changes. The refreshing sounds of a small bell.

Increasingly, diminuendo only needs to be done once.

When we face the same section again, we wave our hands vigorously, as if waving.

The important thing is to never be in a hurry at any moment.

ㅡBam night night, night night night night

As we move forward, there is now a crescendo.

Now the part where you go down all the keys.

Fingering is important here for musical expression.

4321, 4321, 4321.

The feeling of cleaning your fingers with the piano keys.

Only then will you get a feeling of frictionless sliding.

It’s not easy, but you have to do it.

With an easy feel.

La Campanella is like that.

Now let’s move on and repeat the new fingering 3432.

This must be played very relaxedly.

To the point where I fell asleep later.

Funny enough, only then can the performer continue playing without getting tired.

Because it was a very tiring song to begin with.

Now legato, smooth.

The phrase is always.

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ㅡTtari riri.

The most difficult part comes soon.

The build-up before that.

Build-up is also just as difficult.

Relax and hit with only your wrists.

It is a wrist, not a finger, and the fingers follow the wrist that is shaken with force.

A master made an analogy.

At this time, the wrist moves as if a duck is gesturing to take off from the water.

That would truly be the most appropriate word.

Build-up is coming to an end.

Crescendo. Crescendo. Crescendo.

We must continue to keep in mind that there is a strong Park at the center.

After a powerful performance that could hardly be called a build-up.

The most difficult part and the end has come.

There is no time to think.

Now, you can hit the keys exactly and intensely, just as your hands remember.

With intense force, intensely.

And more intensely.

Because it was very hot.

Let the drops of sweat splash on the piano keys.

Then…

“Huh…”

The burst of breath tells us that the 5-minute performance has ended.

And when you hear cheers and applause.

I feel like tears are about to burst out of my heart as my heart feels like it’s about to explode.

I know it’s a concert, but it really feels like I’m at a competition.

A real competition, not a middle or high school competition.

If it were a contest, it would have been the grand prize.

There was not a single lack of expression or technical mistake.

But it’s a concert now…

That’s right.

What was the next stage?

Ah.

That’s it.

You have to be cute.

Ah.

***

The stage started with cheers, but soon even the sound of breathing felt like a sin.

If I were to express it… I went from being an audience member to becoming an audience member.

Even Chae-rin’s personal fan, who was sitting next to her and chanting and screaming for Chae-rin, was staring at her stage as if captivated by the sound of her keyboard.

Even Homma forgot for a moment that the player was Dohee and was captivated by the sound of the keyboard instrument. He closed his eyes and listened, and only realized it when he opened his eyes.

‘…This is why I listen to classical music.’

It touched me even more because it was such a famous song that even she, who was largely unfamiliar with classical music, remembered the title as soon as she heard it.

How excellent the performance is.

The classical music I listened to through a small speaker in the corner of the room and the classical music I encountered in person were different in the size of the waves that resonated through my body.

‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go see a classical concert…’

In fact, when I was in school, I got sick of listening to the performances of my friends who were good at playing musical instruments in my class.

What was my impression at that time?

He plays well, it’s cool, I think I should learn to play the piano too.

But I’ve never been completely immersed…

Perhaps Dohee is born with more musical talent than fans think.

The degree of softness and strength that changed with delicate hand gestures made it difficult to shake off the lingering feelings even after the recital was over.

And it was Dohee who broke that lingering feeling.

‘Huh? ‘Isn’t it over?’

Dohee, who thought the performance was over, started playing again.

And the prelude to the various sessions that are gradually added.

‘Oh this…!’

When the sounds of various sessions created a lyrical and clean idol-style orchestral prelude, the spotlight illuminating Dohee’s piano in the center of the stage turned off.

The headlights on both sides flashed, naturally drawing the fans’ attention to the stages on either side.

There are two members, Seoyoon and Yeeun, standing there holding microphones and wearing clothes as fluttering as Dohee’s.

‘Ah, that’s why you’re wearing a yellow dress!’

The two walked towards the center of the stage with brisk steps and quietly let out clear voices in time with the prelude.

– Subtly turn your eyes away

Colored with the wind

Fall into a dream

A song that was selected with the QT concept during the 3rd theme evaluation.

It was ‘secretly’.

-My heart is like a small bug

I’m going at a light run

Secret trembling, small greed

It surrounds us tightly.

And the highlight part.

Dohee stops playing the piano, stands up, and repeats hand hearts, ball hearts, and cute gestures as if she is hugging herself to the gentle choreography and lyrics performed by her sisters.

‘What… Is heaven resting today?’

Homma, who lost her intense piano playing skills and lost her cute, idol-like appearance, screamed while holding her dizzy chest and shouting cheering slogans.

***

Waiting after finishing the stage and changing costumes.

The vibration of cheers echoed all the way down to the stage.

“Looks like they’re doing really well over there, too?”

The previous stage we performed had a good response, but it was a cute yet nostalgic song, so Chaerin, Hana, and Sarah, who were added to the dance unit, seemed to be definitely energizing the atmosphere.

“I should have done that…”

“It’s okay. Lee Do-hee is the best when it comes to cuteness.”

I want to ignore it, but when I see Kim Seo-yoon’s mouth muscles holding back laughter, I reflexively get annoyed.

“Oh, a little.”

“hahahahaha, no, why~ It was really cute? Admit it?”

I can’t get used to Seo-yoon Kim even if I try to get used to it.

“Focus on the stage. You are Daum and Harang.”

Kim Seo-yoon placed her hand on my shoulder and touched it.

“It’s cool, but I feel like I’m relieved now thanks to you? Human Cheongsimhwan Lee Dohee, wow~”

I really hate to see this.