Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1110 370. Feel the audience and transform into the piano music of the mushroom house
'Feel the audience, feel like you are part of the concert hall.'

Putting down the pen, Xiaoche closed the diary and put it back into the drawer.

Although she didn't pass the test tonight as expected, she still gained a lot.

Until now, she had not actually felt how free she was in the free-tempo treatment of the Puppy Waltz.

In other words, the free speed she played was the free speed she designed, not literally free as she pleased.

During this period, combining the performance and emotions described by his master - that is, using one emotion throughout the entire piece and then expressing it - Xiao Che made two attempts.

The first attempt at a car was called - the spinning little idiot.

Inspired by Ba Wan.

One day when I came back from school at noon, the little car started to flutter in the living room as soon as it entered the door. I could tell from the sound of eighty thousand cars.

When I came to the living room, I saw that Ba Wan was like a madman, constantly trying to bite his tail but couldn't, so he just turned around in circles.

The first look was funny, but the second look immediately reminded me of the puppy waltz.

The spinning 80,000, the spinning waltz, isn’t this the most fitting musical picture!

Treat Ba Wan like a puppy chasing its tail...

Sixteenth-note clusters dance on the key chords... triple-beat rhythms interspersed... like the clacking of pads on the floor...

Isn’t that all there is?
The car was immediately used for experiments on the piano, and then the first version, which the teacher called the Childlike Puppy, was produced.

The reason why this version is called the Spinning Little Fool is that there is no need to explain more about the rotation. The Little Fool includes the love and affection that Xiaoche has for small animals such as Bawan, Xiaobai and even Doubao Douhua.

Therefore, the emotion that the car wanted to convey through music in the first version was a kind of childishness. To put it simply, it was depicting a small animal that was quietly entertaining itself.

The second attempt was made possible thanks to Wang Xiaohu - the damn Wang Xiaohu!
In a recent WeChat chat, Wang Xiaohu vividly described how he played tricks on campus when he was in elementary school.

This gave Xiaoche another inspiration, a sudden feeling, how about turning Wang Xiaohu into Wang Xiaogou?
If Wang Xiaohu is changed into Wang Xiaogou, then the sudden weakening in the middle section can be turned into the freeze-frame moment where Wang Xiaogou deliberately knocks over the vase.

At this time, accompanied by the fast melody in the high pitch, it becomes the motive for Wang Xiaogou's hit-and-run.

The crescendo phrase that follows is the scene of Wang Xiaogou running away in panic.

Then let Wang Xiaogou's claws hit it from time to time.

Then the second version of the Puppy Waltz by Xiaoche came out, and the teacher applauded after listening to it.

Compared to the first version, Xiaoche's performance in the second version does not involve any complex emotions. He simply wants a mischievous kid to keep causing trouble, with the emphasis on humor.

The two versions are completely different in processing.

The first version is dominated by long sentences with a sense of breathing, like a one-shot performance.

With the teacher's permission, Xiao Che even connected some short sentences into long ones in order to highlight the sense of continuity, and the performance of chords was more lyrical.

In the second version, Xiao Che did the exact opposite. She split some long sentences into short ones and expressed the music in the form of several shots. Each shot would highlight one point, without pursuing the coherence of the entire sentence.

In terms of technique, it mainly uses short phrases with staccato notes, supplemented by chords of varying strengths to push the music forward.

The two versions seem to be quite different, but they have one thing in common:

They are all designed to be played.

In other words, the car does not actually feel very free at its free speed.

However, the Puppy Waltz played tonight made Xiaoche experience the feeling of freedom.

Just as the teacher said, she was completely immersed in a state of self-satisfaction.

It was so joyful, especially when imagining the puppy jumping around in the carriage. Xiaoche was sure that he was smiling while playing.

Then came her problem.

Does this version have any resemblance to the previous two versions?

Looking at the dark ceiling, Xiaoche thought for a moment and nodded.

In other words, today's third edition is a fusion of the first two editions.

There are both long, singing phrases and short, split phrases, and the free speed makes the carriage a mess between the static and the dynamic.

It's just like Ba Wan who is chasing his own tail and biting it, and it's also just like Wang Xiaogou who is making trouble everywhere.

But this time, Ba Wan, who was wagging his tail, was no longer spinning in circles, and the mischievous Wang Xiaogou was not doing it just for the sake of being mischievous.

Xiao Che didn't want the big brother in the white shirt to be worried about work anymore, and he didn't want to see the big sister in headphones having empty eyes.

She wanted the lovers, uncles and aunts to remember this pleasant journey for the rest of their lives, and wanted the old man carrying the nylon bag to no longer have to struggle for a living.

So she used the music to transform into a puppy that took away the cell phone of the big brother in the white shirt, knocked off the big sister's earphones, and danced with the couple uncles and aunts. Finally, through the puppy's eyes, she saw through the identity of the old grandfather carrying the nylon bag. It turned out that the old grandfather was Santa Claus, and there must be all kinds of magical gifts in the big bag on his back.

When the puppy felt that everyone in the car was becoming extremely happy, he jumped out of the car.

The moment he put his hands away from the piano, Xiaoche felt that he had achieved success, and he left happiness to everyone in the car.

For her, perhaps this is the true emotion that this music should convey - happiness.

At least up to this moment, Xiaoche thought that what she wanted to play was happiness.

It doesn’t matter whether it is the first, second or third version, it doesn’t matter anymore. Xiaoche has already extracted the puppy waltz she wants to play from a spiritual journey.

The first of Chopin's Opus 64, The Dog Waltz, conveys joy and fantasy.

After sorting it out here, there are only two problems left for the car.

First, how to feel the audience.

Second, how to consider yourself as part of the music scene.

Xiao Che already had a vague idea about these two questions.

But her eyelids couldn't hold up anymore.

Everything in front of her was completely dark, and the girl fell asleep.
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The new week starts with a morning meeting.

The old three things became the old four things.

In the past two days, except for Li Ang, everyone including Xu Li has become obsessed with short videos.

After the meeting, they continued the discussion. During lunch, Haitao held a pancake in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. Brother Tao's task today was to organize the materials for the third episode of Xiaobaicai before leaving get off work in the afternoon.

"Everyone should compile a list of April's performance reports and send it to the group before Wednesday afternoon."

Ang Lee kindly reminds us that we should not be careless in offline work either.

I practiced the piano for a while on the second floor at noon. At 2:30 in the afternoon, Lao Zhao took Li An to the building materials market.
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The renovation work couldn't be delayed either. In order to ensure the construction period, Li An had to pick out the tiles in advance and take a look at the bathroom.

Huang Guohua has given a range of color options for the tiles in the design.

Li An and Chen Xuan were mainly responsible for selecting the style and materials.

After visiting several brand tile stores, Li An can’t stand it anymore. They all feel the same!
Teacher Xiaomi on the other side of the video was dancing wildly, "I have to practice the flute, you and Brother Zhao decide!"

After saying that, he hung up the video. Li An picked up his phone, sighed, looked around again, and smiled helplessly: "Brother Zhao, you decide."

Lao Zhao smiled: "I think both of those two models are quite suitable."

This is where Ang Lee got confused: "I can't tell the difference. Aren't they both beige?"

Lao Zhao: "The lights in the store are too bright, so we can't see the effect. You can ask them to take the bricks home to try. You can't see the difference here, but when you put them on the floor at home, you will be able to see the difference with the natural light at home."

Li An: "It's settled. Is tomorrow morning okay?"

Lao Zhao: "No problem. Let's temporarily choose their 809 and 808 floor tiles. What about the wall tiles?"

Li An: "Can we use the same for the bathroom and kitchen?"

Lao Zhao: "I suggest you choose the same one, and the balcony as well, all in the same color."

Li An suddenly thought of another question: "Wait, Brother Zhao, we want to use white marble for the window sills, so should the tiles on the balcony also be of a similar color? Then all the wall tiles should be of this color."

Lao Zhao: "Yes, or there is another idea, the window sill can be paved with floor tiles."

Li An: "What do you mean?"

Lao Zhao: "Just ask the tile laying master to lay the windowsill with the same tiles as the floor tiles, so that the whole color tone is completely unified."

Li An's eyes lit up, "This is good."

Lao Zhao: "Then let's go and decide on the model of bricks. You don't need to ask about the price. I'll talk to him after he delivers it to your home and you confirm it."

What can Ang Lee say about this?

Half an hour later, Li An finalized the colors and models of all the tiles in the house, and made an appointment with the merchant to test the colors at the construction site at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

Let's just leave it at that for today. If you're not satisfied tomorrow, you can just switch to another one.

Alas, I just lost an entire afternoon. Those who say on the Internet that decoration is easy are all gods.

Li An thought he could still rush back to practice the piano, but when it was already 5:15, there was no time to choose the bathroom, so he had to go get the car.

Lao Zhao walked Li An back to Tianhu Avenue, "Teacher Li, see you tomorrow morning."

"See you tomorrow, Brother Zhao."

After getting off the car and crossing the road, Li An didn't even go into the store. He got in his car and drove towards the stone slope.

As soon as Xiaoche got on the bus, he showed off excitedly, "Teacher, I have finished my homework today."

Li An was puzzled: "What's going on?"

Xiao Che grinned: "All teachers are in a meeting. We have two self-study classes this afternoon."

Li An: "Come on, I will give you some nutrition tonight."
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On the way to Chengnan Lane with the car, Li An called Song Sheng.

There was a dismal flow of people at the alley in the south of the city on Monday. Looking out the car window, there was not a single person in front of the shops near the entrance.

If it had been yesterday, at this time, the front doors of several milk tea shops would have been crowded with people.

"Linlin, I'm going home first. Just walk straight ahead after you enter the door..."

"Teacher, I know where the piano is! Xiaobei and I came here to play once."

"Okay, be safe, I'll come find you later."

After getting off the car, Li An turned around and went home.

He needed to take a shower, change clothes, and pick up Lao Li.

The younger one has been working hard recently, and the older one has been working hard as well, so he plans to reward the grandfather and grandson.
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"Can you leave her there? Is it safe?"

Li An returned home and told Lao Li that he had abandoned the car in a commercial street that Lao Li was unfamiliar with. Lao Li felt that something was wrong.

"She's such a grown-up girl. She's much more familiar with Rongcheng than I am."

Li An returned to the living room after taking a shower. "Go change your clothes. Don't dress like an old man all day. You are not even seventy or eighty years old."

Old Li curled his lips when he heard that. He wanted to curse but didn't know what to say, so he went back to the house in a depressed mood.

Ten minutes later, the father and son set out for Chengnan Lane.
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At this moment, outside the mushroom house in the corner of Chengnan Lane, the lights were on, and three young girls in fashionable clothes were taking pictures of the house with their mobile phones.

The interior of the house is completely decorated as a celebrity check-in spot, and the white piano with wooden partitions is also often used for photo shoots.

Three young girls came here today just to eat and take photos. But when they arrived at the door after dinner, they found someone playing the piano.

It's not that they haven't heard piano before, but this is the first time they have listened to such a beautiful performance live and up close.

None of the three of them understood music, but the music seemed to have a kind of magic that made them take out their cell phones involuntarily.

The camera was focused on the beautiful girl in school uniform standing in front of the piano.

The little beauty is naturally the little car.

Xiao Che has already played three songs, and the three sisters are her audience today.

After playing Bach's three-part inventions, Xiaoche turned his head to look outside the door and smiled sweetly at his three sisters.

"Great, baby!" The sister in the short skirt was immediately infected by Xiaoche's pure smile and couldn't help but applaud.

"Thank you, sister," Xiao Che responded with a shy smile. Thinking back to what the teacher said last night, she did something she didn't expect the next second.

She first waved to the other two sisters, then stretched out her right arm and made a gesture to the three of them to come in.

"Ah?" The sister with glasses was not sure if she understood correctly for a moment, and immediately asked: "Are you inviting us in to listen to you play the piano?"

Xiaoche nodded, with a smile on his face: "Yeah."

Just like that, the three young girls walked into the mushroom hut and sat in a corner with greater curiosity.

This experience is really unique for the three of them.

They clearly just came here to check in, take photos and walk around the streets, but now they were inexplicably invited into the Mushroom House to become spectators.

Seeing the three sisters sitting down, Xiaoche retracted his gaze, and after a moment, he flicked his finger again.

She didn't ask her three sisters what they wanted to hear, but she didn't continue playing the competition piece either.

She chose a piece of music from the playlist of Uncle Fu Tianming’s wedding that she thought was suitable for the moment.

Xiaoche was about to throw herself into the music as soon as it started, but at this moment, she looked at her three sisters again.

With a smile on her face and her eyes still clear, she is now trying to feel the audience.

When Xiaoche looked into the eyes of the sister wearing glasses, he seemed to feel what she was thinking at the moment from her expression.

Her fingers became more lyrical, and soon the mushroom hut was filled with quiet listeners.

The pop piano music is not cliché. Xiaoche plays, feels, and looks at each other, as if everyone who walks into the mushroom house becomes a part of her fingers at some moment.

Gradually, she seemed to transform into another mushroom house.