Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1072 332. Car’s arsenal: comprehensive upgrade!

Old Li couldn't figure it out, so he went home and kept talking to An's mother about it.

Originally, An's mother was very happy, but she was annoyed by Lao Li's words.

Mother An: "Why don't you go to the factory again this afternoon to ask?"

Lao Li: "I've already retired, so what else can I do?"

An's mother: "You've already retired, why are you still thinking so much? Didn't the director tell you that you're still suspicious because you've won several advanced awards?"

Mother An was furious and continued to yell, "You keep talking about the results of your physical examination. The results are out, but the doctor said that the rest of your body is fine, but you still can't figure it out. What can't you figure out? Do you have to get sick again before you can feel at ease? I think you've been eating too much recently."

Lao Li: "What are you talking about? I always feel that my blood pressure is still a little high. I will definitely listen to the doctor. Retirement is wrong. There is no such precedent in the factory."

An's mother: "Even though you won five advanced awards, you still didn't get promoted. Liu Hai joined the factory five years later than you, but he got promoted after winning two advanced awards. This is also a precedent in your factory."

Lao Li: “So I said this is not right.”

After hearing what Lao Li said, An's mother put down the work in her hands and thought for a moment, "That's right."

Seeing this, Lao Li continued, “I’m worried that the factory made a mistake and there will be problems when the pension is paid.”

moment.

Mother An: "Why don't you ask Li Hua? He was close to Peng Jianguo for a while."

Lao Li: "I was thinking of asking him to ask."

An's mother: "Didn't Anzi bring him two packs of cigarettes? Tell Anzi and see what he says."

Old Li took out his cell phone and called Li Ang.
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Li An was cutting vegetables when his cell phone rang next to the chopping board.

He put down the kitchen knife, wiped his hands, and picked up the phone, "Hey, Dad."

Two minutes later, Li An put down his phone, feeling somewhat amused and helpless.

Then he called Li Hua again. After thanking him, Li An hung up the phone and called Lao Li back.

"Dad, I told my eldest brother. He will let you know when he finds out the details."

Lao Li: "Okay, it's nothing, at most it's just one year of seniority, it's not a big deal."

Li An: "Don't even think about it. We've already checked out, so why are we setting up a table tonight?"

Old Li: "What are you doing? Everyone is busy. Your mother will go to your grandfather soon. Let's talk about it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Ang Lee: "Swing it around, make it lively."

Lao Li: “Are you ready to start?”

Ang Lee: "We'll start smashing it next Monday. We can't start work on the weekends."

Lao Li: "Next Monday is the 17th, so I'll go there around the 20th."

Li An: "Then let's go for the 20th. I'll book a plane ticket for you."

Lao Li: "I won't take the plane. Udon Udon is scary. Anyway, there's no rush. I'll take the train this time. I want to take the train."

Li An: "Okay, I'll book you a sleeper ticket."

Lao Li: "Let's go ahead. See if you need to bring anything with you."

Li An: "You don't need to bring anything, just some light clothes. Chengdu has started to get hot these past two days, and the highest temperature next week will be over 20 degrees."

Lao Li: “It’s so hot.”

Li An: "You think so? It's going to be summer soon with this heat."
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Xiaoche was very happy to know that grandpa would be back next week.

After lunch, the teacher and student came to the study.

Xiaoche simply warmed his hands and then opened the first item of 740.

"Come on." Li An put down the teacup and saw the car body.

After a moment, Xiaoche placed his left hand on the piano keys.

Ang Lee noticed that Xiaoche's left palm made a slight grasping gesture, and then relaxed again.

The next second, the piano sounded as the fingers fell.

I saw that the five fingers of Xiaoche's left hand seemed to be equipped with springs, and the clear up and down scales started at a steady speed, like a stream of clear water gushing out of the guitar case.

In a blink of an eye, Xiaoche's right hand was raised and joined in with an accented chord, the song entered the second bar, and the melody unfolded.

Work No. 740 is the most special one in the entire Czerny system.

It is a door. Walking through this door means truly stepping into the professional field of piano.

The younger brother of 740 is 299.

299 is also difficult, and being able to play 299 from beginning to end is a real entry into the professional field.

The two are actually the same. Anyone who can play 299 carefully will not be stuck with 740.

But why doesn't 299 have this particularity?
Because even if you can't play 299 perfectly, you can still get 299 by force.

But this situation no longer exists when it comes to 740. No one can master a whole set of 740 by brute force, let alone the speed required by the score.

Let’s talk about the first piece that Xiaoche is playing right now.

Judging from the score, this is a piece of music that is not difficult to play, with scales running throughout.

But is it really that simple? The title clearly states "Practice for smooth movements of fingers and hands."

What a steady hand and fingers.

First of all, the hand movements must be small, and small movements can make them steady.

Secondly, the keys need to be touched evenly and clearly while the hand movements are small.

Quite a number of learners with weak basics, when they first get the first bar of 740, use wide open and close finger movements in order to play the notes clearly.

The sound is produced, but because the fingers move too much and are lifted to different heights, some fingers press the keys quickly while others press slowly, resulting in the inability to play each note evenly during continuous performance.

Conversely, in order to play the notes evenly, one dare not raise the fingers too high, but the resulting sound will not be clear.

This is the first requirement of 740, which is to have both even key touch and clear sound.

If you can't achieve it, then you are practicing purely for the sake of practicing. The first one is okay, but what about the later ones? They are also works that practice finger movement. The first one is just syllable-type movement. What if you encounter dexterity-type movement works later?
You will find that you can't chew it at all.

Given the above two types of problems, there are many practical ways to solve them.

For example, if the sound is not clear enough, then swing your fingers up and down at the slowest speed, and play each note at the loudest volume. As you practice, the sound will come out.

But doesn’t this sound just like the high finger lift exercises in the early stages of piano learning?

Yes, exactly the same.

In the early stage of piano learning, the distance between them is 740, which is a very far distance.

Why not just go back to the drawing board and rebuild it? Why are you still trying to stick with 740?

So, by the time it reaches 740, people with poor basic skills can’t even hold the door handle, let alone enter the door.

Of course, entertainment and exams are not within the scope of this discussion. Just enjoy playing the piano.

If you want to go professional but are not convinced, then just give it a try and don't break your defense.

"when!"

After playing the last section, Xiaoche put his hands away.

Li An nodded and smiled, "With ease."

Although the teacher praised him, Xiao Che was not happy: "Teacher, I don't know if I am playing it right."

Li An: "No big problem, the framework is ok, don't rush to increase the speed, you can start practicing 740, it's time to start."

Xiao Che felt relieved after hearing the teacher's next words, "Everyone says 740 is difficult."

Li An: “What do you think?”

Xiao Che: “I think it’s OK.” Li An: “Actually, there is no such thing as difficult or not difficult, just like the first section.”

As he spoke, Li Ang leaned down, and the five fingers of his left hand touched the keys. It was as if his entire hand did not move at all, and a series of sounds like a rapid roller coaster flashed by.

Wow, Xiaoche just likes the teacher’s sudden demonstration!
"Just move your five fingers in order," Li An said, putting away his hands and straightening his back. "Is it difficult?"

Xiaoche thought about it and looked at the title again: "It's not difficult if you can keep your fingers and hands steady."

Ang Lee: "It's hard if you can't do it. The reason is very simple. It all depends on whether the foundation is solid."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, now I seem to understand why you asked me to practice all the scales with all the key touches."

Li An smiled: "I understand."

Xiao Che nodded: "It still depends on the skills of your hands."

Ang Lee: "The scale is a performer's arsenal. When you can play whatever you want, you can express the music you want to express."

Xiaoche: "Yeah! You can't do anything without solid finger skills."

Li An: "That's right, but Linlin, you are very good. Technology is endless and needs to be honed and accumulated. You stand up."

Xiao Che quickly stood up and said, "Teacher, wait a moment," and rushed out of the study.

Li An was stunned, and then saw Xiaoche running back with a cell phone.

Xiaoche turned on the video and smiled, then pointed the camera at Li An's face, "You can start now."

Li Anle, "No posting on Moments."

Xiaoche looked at the teacher in the camera and said, "I won't send it."

Li An turned around and said, "Listen carefully, I will upgrade your arsenal today."

Xiaoche: “!!”

"Linlin, look at my left hand."

Lee Ang asked: "Do you remember the position of my left hand now?"

"Remember." Xiao Che stared at the keyboard and ignored the video on his mobile phone.

The next second, Xiaoche's eyes widened, "Teacher, what did you do!"

Just now, my palm, which was originally very wide on the keyboard, suddenly became narrow.

"Hand position!" Xiao Che then discovered that the teacher's five fingers were touching different keys.

Ang Lee: “For some works from the Romantic period, I would use the first hand position as a preparation.”

As he spoke, the hands in the camera began to move, and a bright and gorgeous melody suddenly sounded.

Chopin's Roller Coaster Etude!
Following the flying notes, Xiaoche's eyebrows began to dance!
"Keep your hands open, always with a wide palm."

"I want to stretch. Here, I take a small jump and continue to stretch. Does the feeling of legato change?"

Before Xiaoche could say no, the melody reached a few bars away!
"In coordination with the hand position, our wrists follow up. For all similar fast phrases, we have to pay attention to the uneven rhythm and strength, so this requires our hand position to remain wide when dealing with such phrases."

“Especially when it comes to jumping.”

"when!"

Li An turned his wrist, "Right, you should feel that the whole hand is turning together, and you can't just focus on the thumb. The other four fingers will also move to a new position!"

"When we consciously move five fingers to a new position at the same time, the state of the five fingers remains unchanged, does that mean the state of our palm remains unchanged?"

Little Car Speed: "Yes!"

Ang Lee: "Conversely, if we don't change the state of our palm, the position of our hand will not change, and the state of the five fingers will not change."

The car understands!!
"Ding~"

As a humorous wrong note appeared in the music, Ang Lee put his hands away and ended the performance.

Xiaoche: "Teacher, I understand. As long as you control the position of your hand, you don't need to focus on each finger, because the hand is a whole. If the whole does not change, the parts will not change either."

Li An: "Did I pronounce the wrong word just now?"

Xiaoche: “No!”

Li An laughed: "You listened very carefully."

Xiaoche also laughed, "We must be serious!"

It's funny, but as long as Xiaoche understands it, the next 740 exercises can officially begin.

But then again, "Linlin, no matter how familiar a piece of music is, it won't work if you don't practice it for a long time. See, I can sing it fluently as soon as I say it."

Xiao Che was dissatisfied: "The teacher was talking and playing at the same time. You said you can't do two things at the same time when playing the piano."

"That makes sense. I accept it." Li An stood up and nodded. He glanced at his phone and saw that he could play for a few more minutes. "It's your turn."

Returning to the piano, Xiaoche played the first piece again.

Still at the same speed, this time the rhythm of the entire sentence of the car was clearly further reflected.

"The left hand position is tilted a little more to the side."

"By the way, look, it's completely out, isn't it what you wanted?"

"Look, is the ending of this phrase harmonious?"

"Ding~~"

Facts have once again proved that you really can't do two things at once when playing the piano, and the car made a lot of mistakes.

"Alright, alright, that's enough. If you continue playing, it will disturb the neighbors."

"Yeah~"

Xiao Che pursed his lips with a feeling of unsatisfaction, he really wanted to practice like this for the whole afternoon.

"Teacher, tomorrow is the weekend~"

Li An smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to do homework after evening self-study today."

Xiaoche: “Yeah!”

Li An: "Linlin, wait a minute."

Car: "Huh?"

Li An: "Forget it, forget it, go take a nap, and go to school by yourself later."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, will you come back for dinner today?"

Li An: "I'm not coming back. I'm having dinner with the teachers of the wind band tonight. Do you want to join us?"

The little car laughed and ran away, "Good afternoon, teacher!"
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The child wants to go, but wants to practice the piano more!
Li An knew that he was just teasing the car on purpose.

Actually, I came to Li Ang just now because I wanted to ask Xiaoche about the long sentences, but it seems that there is nothing to ask.

Just wait for the car to digest it, and then when he listens to the music of the car competition, he will know everything.

Let the child fly by himself for a while.

But speaking of the finals, there is only a little over a month left, so why haven’t the audition results been announced yet?

There is no movement on the official website.

Normally the list for the finals should have been released the day before yesterday.

Although he knew that the car would be fine, Li Ang still felt uneasy before seeing the list of finalists.

Just when Li An was busy distributing musical instruments to the children of the book lovers in the afternoon, the official WeChat account of the Xiaoxiao Competition announced the list of contestants who were invited to Yanjing to participate in the national finals.

The contestants are ranked in no particular order, based on the first letter of their surnames. The first name that appears in Group C is [Che Lin].

In the two-inch photo with a blue background below the name, Xiaoche is wearing a red and white striped T-shirt, and it is hard to tell whether he is angry or smiling on his face.