musicians of old

Chapter 335 The first movement: Awakening Poem (12): Piano Trial
From the perspective of geography and cultural common sense, the fertility rate of the Southern Continent is very high, and the population base is not significantly smaller than that of the Northern Continent and the Western Continent.

The reason why it is sparsely populated is because of its vast territory, the area under the jurisdiction of the three city-states is half that of Tiolein, not including the countless oceans and islands...

But today, Fan Ning believes that he has found the deep-seated reason for the "large land and sparse population".

"I swear, we still have normal shops here!"

Luna is very worried that Mr. Scheler will leave certain stereotypes in his mind.

"These hawkers are highly mobile, and toads that secrete hallucinogenic toxins are everywhere, and mushrooms grow in piles every time it rains. It is really difficult to define their catching or collecting behavior as illegal, so there are so many people in the market. Because of these strange stalls, the church and the government can only remind and drive them away with the aim of reducing public security risks and casualties..."

"The best way is not to patronize the mobile stalls. It is easy to buy fake products even in normal categories. Fixed stores will not have such a 'wild' style! A little famous piano shop is coming soon... "

At six or seven in the afternoon, the heat of the scorching sun has begun to ease. The little girl is holding an umbrella and carrying a bag, and she is driving the road ahead, chatting, like a little gold master who pays the bill for a treat.

"By the way, Mr. Scheler, do you prefer the vintage lute or the more popular classical guitar?"

"Classical guitar," Fanning said.

"The violin is generally not bad."

In order to achieve these distinctive temperaments, they often have elegant and timeless melodies, rigorous and varied musical forms, wonderful and complex modulations, and a tendency to create "vocal suites" that "enlarge small works".

"It's the fifth-fret overtone that's weird." He put the guitar back on its wooden stand.

To master art songs, an important genre of serious music, noble inspiration, vocal talent, instrumental attainments, rich experience and literary accomplishment are all indispensable.

"How?" The boss asked subconsciously.

"The grip of the neck with hands and feet tied, don't worry too much, it's a matter of personal preference."

In the Southern Continent, apart from the serious musicians from outside, only genuine troubadours can control their creations, and only professional opera singers can truly present the artistic conception, so that vocals, instrumental music and poetry are integrated.

"Good pitch and stability." He praised slightly.

In terms of structure and expressiveness, its theatricality has been raised to unprecedented heights, aiming to express the emotional ups and downs of the characters in a specific environment, and to reflect the noble musical taste and artistic ambition in the hearts of poets and composers.

As for his preliminary plan to play a troubadour, he tends to carry and compose some romantic art songs—mainly melancholic literary poems, or hazy and poignant love poems.

Most importantly, it has outstanding multi-part playing ability, comparable to that of a piano.

"Ding dong~"

Fanning played a few more ethereal notes.

The genre of "art song" originated from the folk songs of the middle ages, and was more influenced by Shangsong in the Western Continent-a secular a cappella chorus with four to five parts-which made it evolve into an increasingly professional .With the development of originalist techniques and the nourishment of Romantic literature, it has long been a category of serious music rather than street music. Students majoring in vocal music in the North and West Continents will receive a variety of art song training during their school days. .

Wait, wait, why is it only 50 pounds? .what happened?
Thinking of the Haikou that she boasted just now, Luna suddenly felt a little flustered.

Many people simply go through the open strings in the sound test, but it is important to know that the order of the octaves is also very important. The difference between the open strings of the guitar and the 12th fret is an octave. There may be some flaws in the color of the time.

"I was going to give 50 pounds. In this way, my little coffers will only be left with..."

——This is convenient for transplanting the created art songs back to the piano and symphony in the future.

Fanning walked to the rows of hanging guitars, and his eyes wandered back and forth between their shapes and textures.

In terms of accompaniment, piano or orchestra occupies an equally important position. The composer carefully creates and designs after reading the poems, so that the harmony, texture, and rhythm are highly compatible with the rhythm, artistic conception, and literariness of the lyrics. Any notes must not be changed at will. It must also be performed in strict accordance with the techniques of serious music, otherwise it will destroy the process of "reproducing the artistic conception of poetry".

The little girl's face is full of pride, "I'll help you buy whatever you like".

But only 2 minutes later, he resumed his eagerness to sell, and continued to introduce the new target in Fanning's arms:
"All solid wood boards, imported Sedar cedar wood, high-purity silver frets, pearl oyster trim, bright and enthusiastic tone, and an extra set of strings and tuners. The price of this one is 50 pounds. It's a good product."

"Mr. Scheler must be a real troubadour, otherwise, how could his eyes and movements be so accurate, but this violin costs 50 pounds..."

Since Fan Ning wants to play a troubadour, he can't run around with a piano on his back, so he initially chose to take a classical guitar to wander around.

Various thoughts flashed quietly in Luna's mind, but Fan Ning put her down after holding her in her arms for a short time:

Because the contrast between the two people's clothing was too big, he focused more on the expensively dressed Luna. Although she was a rare "discolored person", the person who paid was always a guest.

As a classical guitar, which is also known as the "three major instruments in the world" together with the piano and violin, it has rich sound quality, difficult skills, and countless changes.

Fan Ning casually strolled around while explaining, and finally concluded with a comforting sentence:

"All solid wood board, made of Oak Cedarnia spruce wood, has an ideal sound intensity and weight ratio, stable and easy to control the tone... The great troubadour Senesino has repeatedly recommended advanced players to use this model, you can pick it up for £30, plus a set of strings as a bonus."

"It is recommended to tune the string higher if possible." Fan Ning continued to move forward after throwing down a sentence.

Since it is a "song", it naturally has elements such as lyrics, accompaniment, and paragraph structure, but there are three essential differences between art songs and folk songs:

The boss agreed, and the corners of his mouth under the sunglasses grinned. He felt that this ragged boy was not a novice.

He continued to walk towards the more expensive front, and the boss hurriedly followed, the corners of his mouth became more joyful.

"Of course, it's invulnerable."

The short shopkeeper wearing sunglasses appeared behind the two of them at some point, facing where Fan Ning's gaze stayed, he began his eloquent introductions and quotations.

In terms of lyrics, its text poems are mostly created by great writers, such as Bassani here, and figures of the level of Hugo, Goethe, Heine or Shakespeare in the previous life-just by listing these recognizable names, you can imagine other The threshold of literariness is extremely high, and it is not the same as a "ci writer" in the sense of folk songs.

... This person is definitely not a novice!The boss was taken aback, and looked at Fanning again.

In fact, she felt that 30 pounds was a little expensive, because it directly added more than half of the gift, but how could a troubadour not have a piano?
Fan Ning took down the one in front of him, and after strumming the six empty strings, he dropped his fingers at the 12th fret one by one to pluck the strings.

"Mr. Scheler, you can choose whatever you want."

This is the mainstream choice in line with current trends.

Various parasols stretched forward, and the two walked through potted plants in the flower garden, seafood stalls, berry baskets and cold water shops, and stepped into a large one-story house.

"Press down the height of the strings from the fingerboard. Now you need to spend a lot of effort to produce a real sound. If you press it horizontally, and you need a soft volume, the overall muscle condition of inexperienced players will be reduced. It’s easy to embarrass... Well, but if you lower the distance, you may lose the product. You can try to adjust the neck and grind the frets. I’m not sure if this will affect the texture of the harmonics. The main reason is that there are some problems. The instrument production stage has already been finalized..."

The expressions of the shopkeeper and Luna gradually became dull.

"!! Even a 50-pound classical guitar will not work!"

"But, I am the one who wants to invite him to the market..."

The little girl clutched her bag tightly, her expression gradually becoming calm and tragic.

She decided to buy it even when she was crying...

(End of this chapter)