Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1276, Section 496: Selection
Zhang Wenting sang with her clear voice, capturing the essence of youth.

There are sweet dreams, and there is also the bitterness of waking up, but what remains on the stage in the end is the still spirited and smiling face.

"Wow—"

After just one verse and one chorus, Zhang received a standing ovation from the entire audience at the end of his performance.

A moving song has no order of appearance.

Next comes the part that all the students participating in the team selection are looking forward to.

Additional assessment items.

Since Zhang Wenting was the first student to participate in the additional test, Xiao Che explained the rules again.

Zhang Wenting nodded towards the piano, indicating that she was ready.

Five seconds later, the car played a musical scale.

After the car finished playing, Zhang Wenting immediately started singing along with the sound of "ah".

As Xiao Che had predicted, Zhang Wenting not only had good pitch, but also performed flawlessly in the subsequent rhythm test.

"Thank you."

After the two tests were completed, Zhang Wenting bowed and left the stage.

The judges in the audience also gave high scores one after another.

Fang Zheng gave her the highest score of ten, even though he felt that Zhang Wenting still had many areas for improvement, but her genuine emotional investment in the performance deserved a high score.

Moreover, the timbre, pitch, and rhythm are all excellent.

Zhang Miao: 9.8
Tang Xiaoxing: 8.5
Experiencing such a scene for the first time in his life, Tang Xiaoxing didn't know exactly how to fight.

The score of 8.5 reflects her recognition of Zhang Wenting's overall performance, while the 1.5 deduction is for her demeanor and the accuracy of certain notes in her melodic imitation.

"Shen Jingshu, Class 1, Grade 7".

When Shen Jingshu went on stage, Xiao Che also gave Zhang Wenting his score: 9.5.
She didn't know if there would be a better stage later, so she had to leave herself 0.5 points of leeway.

Good morning/afternoon, esteemed judges.

Shen Jingshu sang an English song, which Xiao Che had never heard before. However, she could still clearly tell from the melody that the singer's pitch was on point, but the rhythm was a bit unstable, especially after the chorus.

In the additional test, Shen Jingshu performed reasonably well in the scale imitation, but her weakness was exposed when it came to the rhythm section.

A significant number of people in the audience could tell that Shen Jingshu's singing of "da da da" did not match the rhythm of Xiao Che's playing.

Fang Zheng gave Shen a score of 8.9. In his opinion, Shen's rhythm problem was indeed quite serious and belonged to the type that was difficult to adjust in the short term.

Tang Xiaoxing: 7
Car: 8.3
The eleven students who came up next all encountered problems during the additional question section, which made the atmosphere in the audience tense.

At first, when we saw Teacher Wu's demonstration, we didn't think it was difficult. After listening to Zhang Wenting sing it, we felt it was even simpler.

However, it turns out that the additional items were far more complex than what people had heard or seen.

Being able to sing a self-selected song to a passing grade does not mean that you are capable of passing the imitation singing test.

"Zhang Chenyang, Class 3, Grade 7".

Zhang Chenyang's a cappella piece was "Just Met You".

The moment this student opened his mouth, Ang Lee felt that he must be very familiar with the song. "This kid is pretty good."

Although Principal Min didn't understand music, he could tell that this boy sang better than the previous students.

"It's really good."

However, when it came to the additional assessment, something unexpected happened to Principal Min.

Zhang Chenyang repeated the rhythm part three times but still couldn't get it right.

"why?"

This made Principal Min feel a little strange.

He could understand why the students who sang relatively poorly couldn't sing well in the imitation, but Zhang Chenyang sang really well. Shouldn't he have passed the imitation relatively easily?
"What's going on, Teacher Li?"

Ang Lee: "The pitch and rhythm of a song can be reinforced through repeated practice, thus enabling a relatively accurate performance."

"Generally speaking, for amateur enthusiasts, being able to sing a song clearly in terms of pitch and rhythm is considered to be singing quite well."

"But that doesn't mean the other person can sing every song well."

"This type of situation accounts for the majority in reality."

"Without the memory reinforcement from extensive practice, they absolutely cannot guarantee that they can sing every song to a passing grade."

"This student is in this situation."

"The reason for this situation is insufficient sensitivity to pitch and rhythm, which leads to the current situation."

"Che Lin has actually gradually reduced the difficulty of rhythm imitation."

"But the other person still couldn't sing the rhythm accurately."

Principal Min: "It's still a matter of not having enough talent."

Ang Lee: "Yes, the form of musical expression dictates that thresholds need to be set in some situations. For example, on a choral stage, if you want to achieve a high-quality effect, each member must have enough talent. The minimum standard to meet is to be able to sing scales and basic rhythms accurately."

Principal Min understood: "So this additional test is the core content of the team's assessment."

Ang Lee: "If we were to be even more direct, we could select the members needed for the choir without even needing the a cappella singing segment."

Principal Min: "Give the children some opportunities to showcase their talents."

Ang Lee: "Yes, so far the quality of the children who have signed up is average, but you don't need to worry. Children like Zhang Chenyang only need a few professional training sessions to solve their rhythm problems."

As Ang Lee said, for some people, being able to get one song to a passing grade does not mean they can get ten songs to a passing grade.

However, there are also some people who can easily sing a song simply by listening to it.

Half an hour later, another girl who also sang green was in this category.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Ang Lee made it clear that the best of the first half had emerged.

“Listen, this child’s voice is relaxed, smooth, and natural. The ending of each sentence is handled in its own way, and the voice also has emotional fluctuations. This has far exceeded the basic requirements for pitch and rhythm.”

"Just wait and see, her imitation will definitely be flawless, and there might even be some surprises."

As Li An said, the girl named Qin Yuwei finished the assessment with a perfect imitation singing, and even added emotional fluctuations when imitating the scales.

Principal Min: "That's talent."

Ang Lee: "That's talent."

Founder: Full marks!
Fang Zheng has already set his sights on Qin Yuwei; this child is definitely a promising talent.

Tang Xiaoxing: 9.6
Car: 9.7
Principal Min: "Teacher Li, what score would you give this child?"

Ang Lee: "In terms of the selection of choir members, I can only give her 9.7 points at the moment."

Principal Min: "Where does she still fall short?"

Ang Lee: "Her own part is too obvious. That is to say, she likes and is used to improvising during the singing process. In a choir, this is not really a good habit."

"In the choir, we strive for unity of voice, rather than the prominence of individual personalities."

“Each member needs to understand the meaning of singing in the chorus.”

Principal Min smiled and said, "I've learned something new today. Just like Che Lin said, in the choir, everyone needs to learn how to harmonize their voices with others."

Ang Lee smiled and said, "Yes, this male classmate is not bad either."

Strangely enough, starting with Qin Yuwei, the students who came on stage after her all demonstrated good overall musical skills.

This contrasts sharply with the first half.

The atmosphere in the assessment area below the stage also changed as the selection process progressed, with the team becoming increasingly tense.

Students who have finished their assessments are eager to know the final results.

Students who haven't taken the exam yet are anxiously waiting for their names to be called.

Conversely, the atmosphere in the second team's assessment area was much more relaxed.

Choosing to participate in the second team assessment means that they voluntarily give up joining the first team, and they will be more relaxed in their mindset.

And they only need to sing the songs they have prepared.

Although Xiao Zhang strongly condemned A Qian's decision to stay in the second team's assessment area, she was still very touched.

So she really hopes Ah-Qian still has a chance to be in the first team. After listening to so many performances by the first team contestants, she can guarantee that Ah-Qian's level is absolutely guaranteed to get him into the first team.

Hey.

Looking at Xiao Guan on the other side, silently reciting the lyrics, Xiao Zhang could only pray in his heart.

I pray that Guan will be able to sing the song completely on stage later.

She knew that Guan had never even considered getting into the choir.

Hey.

Thinking back on himself, Xiao Zhang felt a little annoyed by his impulsiveness.

Actually, she wanted to try out for the team assessment, but she couldn't bear to leave someone here to be screened.

As a result, Ah-Qian was also forced to stay.

I hope I can make it into the second team smoothly.

Xiao Zhang knows her true feelings; she likes singing in a choir, even if it's just standing in the group and simply singing "ah".

So even if it's just her alone, she still wants to participate in this selection.

Keep it up, everyone!
When his gaze fell upon Arlene in front of the piano, Xiao Zhang instantly felt a surge of powerful confidence flowing into his body!

come on! Come on!
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So, as seen on camera, Xiao Zhang appeared quite relaxed.

Guan, who was silently memorizing his lines, was lying back in his chair.

Looking at Ah Qian again, the smile on his face never disappeared, and it was unclear what he was so happy about.

These three individuals can roughly represent the diverse range of people in the entire second team's assessment area.

Tang Xiaoxing became more and more relaxed. She found herself becoming more and more decisive in her scoring. She seemed to have found a sense of direction in the process, as it was difficult for a judge to be objective.

Even if two students sing the same song and sing it equally well, there will be no difference in the additional test.

Reason told her she should give both classmates the same score, but she couldn't help giving the second classmate an extra 0.2 points.

The reason is that the voice of the student behind her sounds more pleasant to her.

Of all the children present, only Xiao Che was in the most conflicted situation at that moment.

She increasingly felt that being a judge was very difficult.

When faced with the same problem as Tang Xiaoxing, she couldn't be as decisive as Tang Xiaoxing.

Although she preferred one of her classmates' voices, from the perspective of choir selection, neither of them was better than the other.

That's where her dilemma lies.

If she gives more points to the classmate she likes, she will feel that it is not fair to the other classmate.

If she gives two classmates the same score, she feels it's unfair to the classmate she prefers.

Amidst this intermittent struggle, Xiao Che completed the imitation singing test for the last member of Team One.

"Thank you."

"come on."

As he spoke, the car gave the other party a score of 9.3.

At this point, all the students who participated in the team assessment had finished singing.

While Teacher Wu was speaking on stage, Xiao Che reluctantly filled in the scores of the students who hadn't been graded before her on the form.

Sigh, being a judge is so hard.

The only thing that Xiao Che was glad about was that the additional tests she proposed did indeed filter out many students whose abilities were not comprehensive enough.

As the teacher in charge of tallying the scores collected the score sheets from the little car, the little car got up and went back to the backstage area.

The second team's assessment then began.

The second team only needed to sing a short a cappella piece, so the assessment was very fast.

Sitting backstage with a pen and paper, Xiao Che felt like he heard Ah Qian's name almost immediately.

"Good morning, judges. My name is Chen Qian, and I am from Class 8, Grade 7. My song is 'Last Summer'."

Come on.

Xiao Che has a lot of confidence in A Qian.

After the introductions, Ah-Chien began his performance.

After listening to Ah-Chien sing the verse, Xiao-Che Xin-Xiao thought, "Wow, that's amazing!"

Perhaps because the second team members who came on stage before him didn't bring anything decent to the stage, Ah Qian stood out from the crowd as soon as he appeared.

Everyone in the audience knew Chen Qian; he was the lead singer in the chorus at the Children's Day performance!
So everyone was puzzled as to why Chen Qian wanted to take the exam for the second team. Moreover, Chen Qian was Che Lin's deskmate, so he must have known about the additional content beforehand.

However, strangely enough, Chen Qian, who has been a lead singer before, sang really well.

They were in no way inferior to the outstanding students in the team assessment.

"Thank you everyone, thank you to all the judges."

After singing, he bowed and left the stage.

The judges all started writing.

"Zhang Jiaze, Class 8, Grade 7".

Xiao Zhang took the stage, his signature smile playing on his lips.

"Good morning, judges. I am Zhang Jiaze from Class 8, Grade 7. My song is 'Can I?'"

Zhang Miao felt a headache coming on again, and laughed to himself, wondering if he was getting old, having no idea what kind of songs kids these days listen to.

Just because she doesn't know doesn't mean the children don't know.

They know this song very well, and—Zhang Jiaze sings it really well.

As expected of the lead singer from Class 8!
Tang Xiaoxing was pleasantly surprised; she had heard Zhang sing it at least ten times, and this was the best performance so far.

Even the car was a little dumbfounded.

Finally, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, settled down as Zhang finished singing. Thumbs up!

"Thank you everyone, thank you to all the judges."

Before Xiao Zhang even stepped down from the stage, Xiao Che's heart immediately jumped again.

Because Xiao Guan is going on stage.

"Guan Yutong, Class 8, Grade 7".

As soon as Teacher Wu finished speaking, Xiao Guan got up and walked onto the stage.

Principal Min: "The children sang really well; I think they are all at the level of the first team."

Ang Lee: "This student, Guan, can't actually sing."

Principal Min was taken aback at first, then remembered that this student had performed sign language exercises in a previous performance.

Then, as if he understood something, he smiled.

He had long heard of the strange quartet in Class 8 of Grade 7.

"Hello, judges and fellow students. I am Zhang Jiaze from Class 8, Grade 7. My song is 'Tomorrow Will Be Better'."

A small commotion immediately broke out in the audience.

Isn't this the piece that Class 8 performed before?

As if he hadn't heard a thing from the audience, Xiao Guan bowed to them after finishing his introduction.

She stood up, picked up the microphone, took a deep breath, and began to speak with a smile.

"Gently awaken the sleeping soul—"

Slowly open your eyes—

Listening to Xiao Guan's completely off-key singing and seeing his happy profile, Xiao Che felt a sense of relief.

When Xiao Guan finished singing, Fang Zheng was the first to applaud.

Then came a burst of applause.