Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1052 312. The persistence of young people, Xiao Wang establishes his prestige!

Wang Xiaohu's joining has brought some new ideas to the concert's repertoire.

People of the same age understand each other better about what each other likes, what kind of forms they are attracted to, and what kind of music they like.

It was during the subsequent discussion that all the teachers were completely impressed by Brother Xiaohu, and Lao Feng even said seriously that Wang Xiaohu was fully capable of conducting this concert.

It has nothing to do with Xu Li and Li Ang, and has nothing to do with what Brother Xiaohu said during lunch that day. Today, Brother Xiaohu impressed everyone again with the talents he demonstrated on the spot.

Ge Xingyan was even more exaggerated and wanted to hang out with Brother Xiaohu on the spot, directly expressing his inner respect.

Why did Brother Xiaohu gain the respect of an outstanding fourth-year student at the music conservatory? This has to start with the discussion on the woodwind quintet.

The Harry Potter Suite proposed by Wang Xiaohu was unanimously recognized by the woodwind teachers, but Wang Xiaohu continued to make suggestions on the specific arrangement of the voices.

Brother Xiaohu suggested that Teacher Wang Wenyang play the bass clarinet and Teacher Liang Yudan replace the flute with a piccolo, in order to make the musical levels in the high and low ranges more distinct and better reflect the magical colors of the movie.

Wang Xiaohu's starting point was to make the program more attractive, but it also impacted the traditional concepts of the woodwind teachers present.

What is a Woodwind Quintet?
A musical expression in which five wind instruments, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and French horn, are played together.

In the eyes of most teachers, this change has disrupted the inherent harmony of the sounds of the instruments in No. 5 Middle School.

In other words, the teachers do not think that the new combination can enhance the music.

Wang Wenyang did not deny Wang Xiaohu's idea, but also tactfully expressed that it would be difficult to achieve compatibility in terms of timbre, and said that if the bass clarinet and piccolo were to be added, the clarinet and flute would need to be retained in the existing arrangement.

That means seven people are needed to complete this piece.

Then Ge Xingyan added a hypothesis that five people cannot make it work: "If we don't add performers, and let the flute also serve as a piccolo, and the clarinet also serve as a bass, it won't work in places where all instruments need to play together."

According to Ge Xingyan, this is indeed the case. Wang Wenyang and Liang Yudan can only play one instrument at the same time.

So either add more people or stick with the traditional organization.

At this point, Wang Xiaohu's suggestion is like a child's idea being put aside by adults. It is reasonable and allowed to exist, but it cannot be adopted.

Just when everyone thought it was over, Wang Xiaohu asked Wang Wenyang a polite question.

Wang Wenyang was the first to express his disapproval, so Brother Xiaohu naturally directed his criticism at Wang Wenyang.

"Teacher Wang, the sound of the woodwind quintet is the most different combination in the ensemble, and it is also considered the combination that should not exist. Is that right?"

Everyone was stunned, and the most confused one was naturally Wang Wenyang, because he had to answer this question.

This sounds reasonable, but if you think about it a little bit, it doesn't make sense. But if you think about it a little bit more, it doesn't seem so unreasonable.

Not only Wang Wenyang, but all the wind instrument teachers started to think unconsciously.

Indeed, the five instruments in a woodwind quintet do have the greatest differences in sound.

Is this the reason why it shouldn't exist?
It's unreasonable. Woodwind quintet has long been a part of classical music culture. If it were unreasonable, how could it have continued to this day?

If this is reasonable, then the woodwind quintet form itself has strong sound compatibility.
If you agree with this point of view, then you have to agree with the idea of ​​voice replacement proposed by Wang Xiaohu at the beginning.

The reason why everyone opposed it in their hearts was that replacing the parts and no longer keeping the flute and clarinet would disrupt the balance of the sound.

How was the balance of sound achieved before?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like I had entered a black hole. This was no longer simply a matter of playing an instrument.

Li Anxin smiled. He was worthy of being called Brother Xiaohu. He was so reckless. He gave the musicians a warning right from the start. Do all conductors have this habit?
In his heart, Ang Lee agreed with Wang Xiaohu. In his opinion, as long as it was music, there would be no problem of disharmony, otherwise there would not be so many classic band clips.

But at the same time, he also understood what Wang Wenyang and the others were thinking. Before college, he was an art student and held his musical instrument all day long.

Once you get into university, you'll basically revolve around your instrument and at most participate in some rehearsals. Unless you really like to delve into this thing, the only things in your mind are basically what you've seen before.

Then I turned what I had seen into my own experience.

The question is how much can a college student see?
Wang Xiaohu is relatively different. First, he loves symphony music, then he studies conducting, and finally he is willing to delve into research.

To be honest, most of the teachers here do not have as much theoretical knowledge as Wang Xiaohu. Moreover, Wang Xiaohu has conducted on stage seriously and participated in the production process of large-scale performances.

Putting aside his age and only talking about his experience, Wang Xiaohu is not unqualified to sit on an equal footing with everyone here.

Li An remained silent because he was concerned about whether Wang Wenyang and Liang Yudan were capable of playing the piccolo and bass clarinet. He did not want to embarrass the two veterans on the spot.

He didn't know the details of the low solo, but the piccolo and flute are almost two different states of pronunciation, which Chen Xuan told him.

Since Wang Xiaohu wanted to discuss philosophy with the teachers, he would take the opportunity to see the strengths of these two veterans and see how Wang Xiaohu would end up.

A qualified conductor must not only be able to raise questions, but also be able to solve problems, and musical problems are sometimes the easiest to deal with.

Wang Wenyang's greatest strength is that he knows when to retreat and never pushes ahead. "This question is really my blind spot. This is the first time I've heard of this statement."

"In my opinion, the sound differences between woodwind instruments are indeed quite large, because they are made of different materials and shapes. So it is really difficult to play these five instruments with completely different timbres and pitches together. It is for this reason that I think replacing the voices will increase this disharmony."

Wang Wenyang chose to avoid Wang Xiaohu's question and instead explained his thoughts again based on his own experience.

Then everyone's eyes fell on Wang Xiaohu again. At this moment, no one regarded Wang Xiaohu as a child anymore.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaohu suddenly laughed and said, "I don't know either, that's why I wanted to ask you, Teacher Wang. Just like what you said, because the string quartet and the brass quintet are different from the woodwind quintet, their material sounding systems are basically the same, so they can easily unify their timbre."

Everyone nodded, it was indeed true.

Then Wang Xiaohu changed his tone and said, "But the sound of the woodwind quintet cannot reach the harmony of the first two, so many impossible magical sound effects appear. I wonder if there is a possibility to let them properly combine with more incompatible timbres, whether more magical sound effects will occur. If the advantages of piccolo and bass can be perfectly combined, perhaps the effect of one plus one is greater than three can be achieved."

After a pause, he said, "Hey, I'm just talking nonsense, please don't mind, teachers."

However, no one at the scene thought that Wang Xiaohu was talking nonsense at the moment, and Lao Feng was already thinking about another problem.

Ge Xingyan: "What Wang Zhi said makes sense."

Wang Xiaohu quickly waved his hands: "Teacher Ge, I was just joking. I can't be the leader of the teachers."

Ge Xingyan: "You can. What you just said reminded me of a similar question that a professor talked about when I was taking a master class."

Everyone looked at Ge Xingyan again.

Ge Xingyan looked around: "She said that in the classical music period, "when woodwind chamber music flourished, the French horn was always added to the performance. Why?"

Ge Xingyan paused for a moment, and Wang Xiaohu took over the conversation: "Because among all the brass instruments, only the French horn is an instrument that ordinary people can get in touch with."

Ge Xingyan: ".Uh, that's right."

Wang Xiaohu is still a child after all, and Ge Xingyan obviously wanted to ask and answer his own questions to emphasize the problem, but Wang Xiaohu thought he was asking him.

Everyone laughed.

Wang Xiaohu scratched his head: "Ah? That's right. At that time, other brass instruments were not easily accessible to ordinary people."

"The trumpet was considered the noblest instrument because of its loud sound. It was an aristocratic instrument and only the military could use it."

Xu Hongxin: Is there such a saying? I have learned something new.

"The trombone is considered a religious instrument because of its solemn sound and can basically only be played in churches."

Lao Jiang: “That’s what happened.”

Everyone sighed again, they didn't expect to learn such little-known facts from a child.

Wang Xiaohu: "Only the French horn was a popular instrument, and when woodwind ensembles first became popular, there was actually no unified name for woodwinds. Woodwinds were just a different name for brass instruments, so later on this group with French horns was called a woodwind quintet."

Ang Lee: I see. That’s how the term woodwind quintet came about.

Ang Lee also understood Wang Xiaohu's theoretical fulcrum. The woodwind quintet was a non-standard combination from the beginning. In other words, it was a flexible combination from the beginning. So replacing the flute with a piccolo and the clarinet with a bass clarinet naturally made it flexible for Wang Xiaohu.

Ge Xingyan was a little curious: "Xiaohu, have you also listened to this master class?"

Wang Xiaohu shook his head: "My conducting teacher told me that another reason why the French horn can be used in the woodwind quintet is that its timbre is closest to that of a woodwind instrument, especially the bassoon, so it can be integrated better."

Ge Xingyan: "Xiaohu, I will hang out with you from now on!"

Wang Xiaohu responded embarrassedly: "No, no, the teacher will punish me again."

At this point in the discussion, everyone laughed and completely recognized this young boy who was only in the first grade of junior high school.

It has nothing to do with Ang Lee, and nothing to do with Xu Li.

It's just pure appreciation and admiration.

There is no order of learning, the master is the teacher.

Wang Xiaohu defended his ideas about music with persistence and knowledge, and this spirit is very moving.

Looking at Wang Xiaohu again, the teachers seemed to see a ray of hope that had not yet been "polluted".

Zhang Miao: “Cool!”

Wang Xiaohu smiled shyly when he heard that, and was a little shy.

At this point, the discussion about the vocal parts of the Harry Potter Suite has been concluded.

Wang Wenyang looked at Liang Yudan provocatively: "Can you play the piccolo?"

Liang Yudan chuckled: "Come and try, let's see who ends up lagging behind."

Li Wanying: "I'll suppress my senior sister!"

Ren Boyuan: "I'll beat my senior brother!"

Lao Jiang laughed out loud: "It's going to be a good show."

Hahahahaha——

According to the course of the story, this scene has reached the end of the family fun.

But the problem is that this is not a story, there is still a fatal problem that has not been solved.

"Teachers, please wait a moment."

Lao Feng interrupted everyone and the meeting room suddenly became quiet.

Li An: "Mr. Feng, please go ahead."

Lao Feng: "The performance is on the 27th. Today is the 28th. 1th, 2st, 3nd, 4rd, th. We only have five days to rehearse. Everyone's schedule is not easy to arrange. I estimate that each group can rehearse three times at most. There is also a problem with the score."

"I haven't heard this Harry Potter song yet. If we replace the parts, I'm afraid we'll have to rewrite the parts even if we have a ready-made score. If we rewrite two parts, then basically all the parts will have to be changed, which means we'll have to rewrite the instrumentation. Can we get the score in a short time?"

"I do have an old comrade who specializes in writing orchestrations for wind instruments, but it will probably take about a week, and I can't guarantee the results."

Lao Feng was just thinking about this problem. It is indeed difficult to write an instrumentation that includes both piccolo and bass.

“Do you have any channels?”

Everyone frowned when they heard this, especially Brother Xiaohu. He was just busy talking about the idea and ignored the most critical issue.

There is no score!

At this moment, Li An stood up and said, "Don't worry about the score. I'll take care of it."

Wang Xiaohu proposed the idea, and the idea was established. Then the remaining problems would be handled by him as a teacher.

Yes! Xiaohu felt relieved. With a teacher here, the arrangement was not a problem. "Teacher, how long will it take you to finish it?"

"I write it?" Li An shook his head quickly.

Everyone was stunned. Everyone thought that Ang Lee would write it, so who would write it?
"I can't handle this instrumentation," Ang Lee said. It's not that he couldn't try, but time was really tight. He himself was also short on time. "I have to find teacher Lin Junrong."

Old Feng felt relieved when he heard this name. In recent years, whenever there were major events in Chengdu, he could always see Lin Junrong composing and arranging the music among the main creators of the large-scale performance repertoires.

Lin Junrong can be said to be Fang Yongbo's exclusive orchestrator.

Xu Hongxin whispered: "Who is Teacher Lin Junrong?"

Cheng Peng: "Honorary Director of Rongai."

Zhang Yunshu: "Wow, I thought Teacher Lin was just Rong Ai's resident composer."

The conference room suddenly became quiet again.

Tsk tsk, the principal is the principal. Artists of this level can be easily borrowed to help.

Then there will be no problem with the score.

Wang Wenyang raised his hand: "Brother, there is one more thing."

Li An: "Say."

Wang Wenyang: "I don't have a low order. When I was rehearsing at school, I was playing the school's instruments. We can't take the school's instruments out of the school without permission, you see."

Li An: "I'll tell Teacher Pei, please take good care of it when the time comes."

Wang Wenyang: "It's a must. Even if you sell me out, you can't afford the compensation!"

Li Anle picked up his phone and looked at it. "Oh my god, it's already half past twelve!"
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In the office upstairs, Lao Li looked at An's mother and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Mother An curled her lips and said, "I told you to eat in the morning but you didn't. If you're hungry, drink more water."

Lao Li thought to himself, you only made a small amount and the baby hasn’t eaten it yet, how can I, as a grandfather, have the nerve to eat it?

After a pause, he said, "Our unit's meetings have never lasted more than half an hour."

Then he picked up the teacup and took another sip, "The water here is delicious and soft."
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In the study, Xiaoche played the whole piece three times in a row.

The more I play, the stronger I feel!
Illusion, illusion!

His stomach growled and Xiaoche went to the dining table to continue eating the omelet.

There are three left, enough for her lunch!
I don’t know how much grandma had to work that morning. She must have been very tired. I have to make breakfast for grandma tomorrow morning.

"Hey, Dad."

While eating the omelet, Xiaoche called Laoche back.

"I'm practicing the piano by myself. Well, grandma left some food for me."

"Oh, I know. I'll be sensible."

"Ah? You've already asked for leave for me? The teacher said there's no rush."

"Oh, Monday and Tuesday, right? I'll tell the teacher later."

"Well, has Zhizhi been well behaved these days?"