Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1085 345. Inside and outside the camera, the story continues

[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: Minuet is a typical court dance that originated in Poitou, France in the 1650s. The dance features moderate speed, small steps, and emphasis on posture.]

Seeing that user 2821 no longer appeared, Tang Xiaoxing, who was thousands of miles away, took over this task on his own initiative.

On the way to the barber shop, Xiaoche, who was editing the track descriptions, saw the long list and stopped, thinking that Xiaoxing was awesome.

In the first half, out of curiosity, she clicked on Little Star's profile.

As expected~
"Auntie Sang, I'll listen for a while, just a little while."

"Listen, let's listen together."

The mother and daughter each wore an earphone, and their bodies were so close that Xiaoche didn't know where to put her right hand. Fortunately, she had a mobile phone in her hand.
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"Come on grandpa!"

The excited children's voices, mixed with applause, reached the stage.

The second half of the concert began with Uncle Gao taking the stage.

As soon as Uncle Gao appeared on the stage, the feeling of the whole stage did become a little different.

Normally at similar concerts, Uncle Gao's age should be sitting in the audience applauding and cheering for his grandchildren.

But at this moment, Uncle Gao stood in the center of the stage with a solemn expression and bowed, and it was his grandson sitting in the audience who was cheering him on.

I have to say this feeling is indeed a bit subtle.

Who says only children can learn piano? Who says only young people can learn piano? Uncle Gao used his actions to tell everyone inside and outside the scene that older people can also learn piano.

[You in the Clouds: Come on, uncle! ]

[Biscuit: Come on, uncle! ]

【 Ruby: Come on, uncle! 】

After the applause died down, Uncle Gao walked to the piano and sat down. After he adjusted his breathing, he started playing.

A slow melody rose from the castanets of the grand piano.

Perhaps from a professional perspective, the notes played by Uncle Gao are far from being worthy of being described as “performances”.

There are no obvious skips, no smooth legato, no sense of breath between the two hands, and the rhythm is not stable.

It can be said that it is not as beautiful as the introduction in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

If you just listen to it, this kind of music can only be described as playing at best.

But if you sit there, behind the camera, and look at the focused expression of the performer sitting under the lights, you will no longer consider whether this is a performance or playing.

It seems that there is no point in worrying about this issue at this moment. Music at this moment is no longer just for appreciation.

Looking at Uncle Gao's serious expression and listening to his childish fiddling, one can't help but feel moved.

No one stipulates that music must be the privilege of young people. Uncle Gao seems to be telling everyone with his actions that as long as you like it, it is never too late.

"Wow————————"

After playing the last note perfectly, Uncle Gao stood up from his piano, turned to the audience and bowed deeply.

Amidst the warm applause, a little boy ran onto the stage holding a bouquet of flowers.

【Xiao Xiaoxing: That’s great! 】

【Eat my fart: applause! 】

【Uncle Guo: Applause! 】

[Half Fireworks: The old man understands music and life even better]

[Ba Wan doesn’t like coriander either: applause! ]

[You in the Clouds: This is the most beautiful minuet I have ever heard]

[Zhang Pangzi is not fat: Although the music is short, it leaves people with endless aftertaste. Uncle Gao is respectable and admirable. ]

[The wind is light and the clouds are calm: an inspiring big brother! ]

Lao Tang welcomed Uncle Gao off the stage at the sidelines and gave him two thumbs up of encouragement.

Uncle Gao asked, "Are you okay, Teacher Tang? You're still a little nervous."

Lao Tang curled his lips at first and said: "You played it very well, you have to play it again next time!"

Uncle Gao laughed and said, "Then I have to keep practicing harder. Starting next week, I will add another 40 minutes of piano practice time every day."

I was amused by the voice-over of the teacher and the student in the live broadcast room. The old man is really a role model for music learners like me!
Suddenly, a parent's voice rang out from the audience, as if educating the child next to him, "Look at how determined grandpa is. You have to learn from him and practice piano more when you have time."

At this moment, a new track trailer flashed onto the public screen.

【Hu Kai and Hu Dabao】

【Ensemble track: Scottish Dance in G major, op.38, no.2】

【Instructor: Li An】

"Wow——————"

[Ha7mi: The cruel teacher appears again. ]

[Ba Wan doesn’t like coriander either: This.]

[You in the Clouds: Oh wow, play in unison! ]

[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: Scottish dance is a vibrant dance that originates from the traditional culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, with a strong sense of rhythm and movement]

[Beibeibeibeibei: Come on, Dabao! ]

[Bread eating toast: Coincidentally, the rebellious son is learning this song]

[Sunny Pillar: Come on, Dabao! ]

[Biscuit: The rebellious son should have been beaten just now]

[Flowers blooming everywhere on the other shore: I played this piece during my grade-test when I was a kid, and I look forward to the performance of these two children]

Another round of applause.

“Wow——————————————”

Not to mention that only a few people in the live broadcast room knew what was going on, the audience was also confused.

Everyone thought that Hu Kai and Hu Dabao were two children, so it turned out that the ones walking on the stage were father and father!
[Feng Qingyundan: Is this Teacher Li? She looks so young.]

[I heard that you can win a prize by changing your name: What about the other kid? 】

[Captain Karatang: Not a teacher! ]

[Draw Your Sword, Dad: This isn’t Mr. Li, a father and son duo? ?]

[You in the cloud: Just clap and it’s done! ]

[Ba Wan also doesn’t like to eat coriander: they are indeed a father and son duo]

[Captain Karajan: Master's Wife, please pass my verification! ]

Compared to Uncle Gao just now, the stage at this moment is even more rare.

I have seen two students go on stage together, teachers and students go on stage together, and even an old man go on stage for children.

But it’s so fresh to see these two men on stage together.

The curiosity in the live broadcast room was aroused again by the stage. Did dad also learn piano?
[I am Huangpu Ergou: Dabao is scared hahaha]

On the stage, Hu Dabao nervously followed his father, and hugged his father's thighs as soon as his father stopped, making people laugh inside and outside the camera. It was understandable that he was on stage for the first time and was too young.

Hu Kai on the stage just smiled helplessly, bowed to the audience and the camera, then carried Dabao to the piano.

One on the left and one on the right, Hu Kai sat near the inside and Dabao sat near the outside.

When the scene quieted down, Hu Kai looked at his son sideways and asked, "Are you ready?"

Dabao nodded.

Hu Kai: "Come on, son, listen to my beat, 1, 2, 3-"

Following the unvoiced fourth note, the father and son pressed the keys together, and a brisk descending motive was played.

[The plane flies into the sky: So neat]

[You in the cloud: Excellent! ]

Hu Kai plays in the bass range and Dabao plays in the middle range. Although the ranges are different, the melody they play is exactly the same.

In addition, the movements of both father and son were taught by the same teacher, so from that perspective they are indeed very coordinated.

In a blink of an eye, four bars had been played. While playing his own content, Hu Kai glanced sideways at his son, as if he was paying attention to his son's condition at all times.

This scene also made quite a number of parents feel ashamed.

When taking children to piano lessons, the teacher asked if the children had practiced the piano this week. The parents' unanimous response was either that they urged their children to practice every day but just didn't, or that they simply didn't have time this week.

Indeed, children nowadays have heavy homework and parents are even busier.

But if one day the child has time and the parents have time too, would the parents be willing to take some time to sit next to the piano and watch the child practice?

A piano teacher won’t ask so directly, but parents should ask themselves, can they do this?

Hu Kai can do it. He also has work and social life. Hu Kai can not only accompany his children to practice piano, but also accompany his children on stage and perform with his son under the spotlight.

[Feng Qingyun Dan: Lovely baby, respectable father! /Flowers]

[Bread eating toast: killed by the rebellious son]

[You in the Clouds: Hahahaha, when I was a kid learning piano, my dad only made me practice and it was enough for me to hear the piano playing.]

【 Tchaikovsky: You play well, the bass is very full】

[Draw Your Sword, Dad: Speaking of this, a friend of mine had a similar experience when he was a kid. He used a tape recorder to record a clip, and then secretly read the comics while the tape recorder was on. As a result, he was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice the footsteps at the bedroom door and was discovered.]

[Captain Karajan: Hahahahaha! I got it! ]

There was a burst of laughter in the live broadcast room.

[Biscuit: I'm just curious if your friend's repeater is still okay? ]

[Draw Your Sword, Dad: He's been dead for seventeen years. ]

【 Ruby: Hahahaha, it’s not bad to have been dead for seventeen years. I also have a friend who had a similar experience to you. Later, the piano was moved to the living room. 】

[Enthusiastic citizen Liu Laohan: You two should be content. If my parents had dared to help, I would not have stopped playing in the fifth grade. Now it is so difficult for me to play something. ]

[Xia Chong Bing Yu: May I ask all the teachers, can parents usually watch their children while they are in class? Also, at what age is it appropriate for children to start learning the piano? ]

[Idle person 5409: Same question]

As Hu Kai and his son's complete performance came to an end, the topic in the live broadcast room gradually shifted to the issue of children learning the piano.

Everyone held their own opinions and expressed their own views, and the scene was very lively for a while.

Ang Lee also saw many issues worth thinking about and reflecting on in everyone's discussion.

For example, a parent named ZJ said that it was not that he was unwilling to spend time accompanying his child to practice the piano, but that he simply did not know how to accompany his child to practice. Every time he asked the teacher, the teacher told him to just sit there with the child and make sure the child was practicing.

In Li Ang's opinion, this is because the teacher is not responsible enough. In fact, parents have many ways to help their children in the early stages of piano learning.

Just like the parent "mile loves to sing" shared, she would take the initiative to ask to accompany her child to class, follow the teacher to note the key points and methods, and then go home to prompt her child to practice the piano according to what the teacher said.

Another parent with a digital ID said that his child has not missed classes for nearly six months and can arrange a fixed time for practice every week, but he feels that his child has not made any progress. However, the teacher says that the child is doing well in every class and has not made any progress. The parent is worried about where the child has improved, so he asked the teacher, but the teacher only said that the child is still in the stage of laying the foundation, leaving the parent at a loss as to how to continue asking.

Regarding the situation described by this digital parent, if it is completely objective, then Li An supports the views of most people in the live broadcast room that there is a problem with the teacher.

The teacher should at least give parents a plan for their child's piano learning so that parents can foresee what will happen, or clearly analyze the basic aspects of the child's progress to parents, rather than using a method that the teachers themselves understand to fool parents.

So even if this teacher has a considerable level of performance, Li Ang does not think that he is a teacher with a rigorous teaching attitude.

In addition to the voices "denunciation" of the teacher, there were also some voices blaming the parents. Some people cited Hu Kai and his son as examples, saying how many parents could be like this father.

A user who claims to have worked as a piano teacher for three years, "Time Steals the Original Heart", said bluntly: Children learning piano is the result of parents' persistence! If parents cannot persist, their children will give up sooner!

Although this argument is somewhat extreme, there are many real cases of this happening.

Take the students that Ang Lee himself taught, for example.

Wang Xiaohu was able to persist because the old couple coaxed and accompanied him earnestly. If it weren’t for the old couple’s persistence, Wang Xiaohu might not have waited until he met Marco Xiaoche.

Huang Ruyi is in the same situation as Wang Xiaohu. If the child doesn't practice the piano, the parents will say that the child should not learn it. In that case, it will be useless even if he has Lin Lang's talent.

Although every family has its own circumstances, and every parent has different original intentions and motivations for sending their children to learn piano, but looking at the children who have achieved some success, most of them have a persistent parent behind them.

Even if it was Xiaoche, if Laoche had given up on letting Xiaoche continue learning piano because of his own difficult situation at the time, I'm afraid Xiaoche would have been cut short.

In addition to complaining about the teachers and blaming the parents, some people also directed their criticism at the children, saying that the children themselves just don't like the piano and that no matter how hard the parents and teachers try, it will be useless.

When everyone saw Hu Kai return to the stage alone, they realized that this parent actually had a solo performance.

Everyone was impressed again.

No longer having to take care of his son, Hu Kai's complete devotion to the stage is truly moving.

The posture when sitting in front of the piano, the look in his eyes before playing, and the careful handling all show the attitude of a middle-aged man towards learning a musical instrument.

Everyone discussed the importance of passion again.

This is the reality, a complex of contradictions.

Sometimes it is really difficult to judge which party should bear the main responsibility for the child's piano learning.

In Li An's view, the tripartite relationship consisting of students, parents and teachers is the dominant factor in maintaining the ultimate teaching results.

Indispensable.
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When Hu Kai went on stage, Ang Lee took Wang Xiaohu back to the second floor.

When Hu Kai's performance ended, the teacher and student applauded together with the audience.

"Teacher, it's your turn."

"Ah."

"What do you play?"

"I still haven't figured it out."

"slightly."

Brother Xiaohu didn’t believe it, but it didn’t matter if the teacher didn’t say it, as it made him even more excited.
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Ruisen Barber Shop.

Seeing that the number of people in the live broadcast room had reached 900, Xiao Che knew that the teacher was about to go on stage, but she still put away her phone.

After washing her hair, Sang Ping sat in front of the mirror, and Xiaoche stood beside her.

"Don't you want to look at your phone? Go sit in the back and look at it."

"No, I agreed to watch you get your hair cut."

The mother and daughter smiled at the mirror, and the male barber beside them laughed along, "You two have such a good relationship."