Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1281, 501. Savior in the first half, but just a bystander in the second half?
He's handsome and happy.
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Ang Lee's stronghold is naturally the book people.

The children of the Shuren Choir are rehearsing "I Want to See You" at the rehearsal site.

After listening at the door for a while, he thought to himself that overall it was actually not bad, at least much better than the effect in yesterday's video.

However, the problem is also obvious: the sense of layering between the vocal parts is not clear enough, and the pitch of the entire chorus drops significantly after the male harmonies are added in the chorus.

After a moment's thought, Ang Lee made a decisive decision to simplify.

These two issues are not minor and cannot be resolved in the short term. If we insist on rehearsing according to the current version, we may not even have time to rehearse the Courageous Burst.

Having made up his mind, Ang Lee waited until the stage quieted down before entering the concert hall.

"good morning students."

In an instant, everyone looked toward the entrance of the concert hall.

Wang Xiaohu saw his teacher and exclaimed, "There's hope!"
"Hello, Teacher Li!"

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

The children's enthusiasm was as strong as the blazing sun today.

Seeing Ang Lee arrive, Lao Tang and Yan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief; they had been through a lot these past few days.

"Everyone, take a ten-minute break, have some water, go to the toilet, and don't run outside."

The audience dispersed, leaving Wang Xiaohu and Qiao Zhizhi behind.

"Let's discuss this together."

Along with Teacher Mu from the book club, the six of them came backstage together.

Wang Xiaohu and Qiao Zhizhi, being quite perceptive, went and moved over a few chairs.

"You two have worked hard, please have a seat too."

Ang Lee sat down and looked at Yan Zhenshu to express his approval, "The arrangement is very good. I listened to it at the door just now. It's really not easy to arrange it like this in such a short time."

Wang Xiaohu was deeply moved for Teacher Yan, even though he knew she was just saying comforting words.

These past two days, Little Tiger has been following Teacher Yan almost every step of the way. Teacher Yan has been trying her best to find a solution, but they just can't seem to get anything done.

Today's reading was even worse than the first reading yesterday morning.

Just as Yan Zhen was about to say something, Li An interrupted him directly: "This has nothing to do with you, it's my problem."

The two children were taken aback.

Old Tang smiled upon hearing this, "Brother Yan has been driven almost crazy these past two days."

Ang Lee: "Go to the voice part."

Yan Zhen: "This"

Ang Lee: "We have to go. Little Tiger, bring the sheet music over."

The arrangement of this piece was done entirely by Ang Lee, who knew that such an arrangement would be extremely difficult for a newly established school choir.

His original intention was also to hope that the Shuren Choir could shine in the city-level competition.

But given the reality, we must change our strategy promptly.

Whether it's the issue of voice part layering or the issue of harmony and pitch accuracy, it all boils down to one problem: the voice parts are too complex.

The most direct and effective method is to cut the vocal parts.

“The main melody part definitely can’t be changed, but can the second part be kept?” Li An asked Yan Zhen.

Yan Zhen: "We can keep it, and we can also keep the female vocal harmonies of the three parts. The biggest problem now is the fourth part after the interlude. As soon as the fourth part's harmonies come in, everything is in chaos."

Ang Lee nodded: "The place where you get it from subtracting seven."

Old Tang: "Yes, I also tried leading with the piano, but it didn't work."

Yan Zhen: "Actually, I personally wanted to keep this place; it's very impressive when arranged properly."

Qiao Zhizhi: "It sounds nice."

Wang Xiaohu: "Teacher, could you please not delete this part and make another change?"

Old Tang: "No, if you change the chords here, you won't hear the effect you want."

Ang Lee pondered for a moment: "How about we remove the fifth grade and change the note in the first measure to mi, and Old Tang can play it himself?"

Old Tang: "You mean to go directly from level three to level six, and I'll do a transition process? That would work."

Yan Zhen: "But it's a pity that the bass vocals are missing. I think the vocal transition is the most essential part of the whole song."

Qiao Zhizhi: "But the students can't sing it."

Ang Lee: "If we change it, it will be easier to sing, but the effect will be compromised. If we cut it, we won't have to sing it, and the effect will also be compromised. So cutting it is more appropriate. We'll leave the fourth part to the piano."

Wang Xiaohu: "But the piano's tone doesn't match this piece. Teacher, please think of something else. You must have a solution!"

After a long silence, Ang Lee suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

The cello is one of the instruments that is closest to the low notes of the human voice, and there was a violin on hand right there at the event.

Ang Lee looked around and asked, "What if we changed the four-part harmony to be played by the cello?"

Yan Zhen: "Is that okay?! Is it allowed by the competition rules?"

Ang Lee: "Permission is permitted; two instruments may be used for accompaniment during a match."

Wang Xiaohu: "Great! The cello's timbre can completely replace the vocals in this part."

For a moment, everyone present felt a sense of relief!

With the cello, the four vocal parts can be freed up, which is equivalent to cutting off this part, but at the same time, the original harmonic effect is preserved.

What a perfect idea!
Old Tang: "Then I'll contact Ren Boyuan right away. He should have time."

Ang Lee turned to Qiao Zhizhi and said, "Zhizhi, do you want to take on the challenge? But we can only give you one day, because we don't have much time left."

"That's right!" Wang Xiaohu suddenly realized, "Zhizhi, you pull! Your pulling will definitely be a bonus for us!"

"Teacher, I..." Qiao Zhizhi hesitated, "I..."

Li An laughed: "It's okay, Zhizhi. If you feel it's inconvenient, just forget about it. I was just thinking about you."

Qiao Zhizhi quickly waved her hand: "Teacher, it's not that I don't want to pull, I'm just worried about delaying everyone's rehearsal schedule."

Yan Zhen knew Qiao Zhizhi's violin skills. "Have you played the cello before?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "No."

This made Yan Zhen even more hesitant. If Qiao Zhizhi could pull him along, it would definitely be a plus, but...
Ang Lee sensed that Yan Zhen had something to say, and said, "Just say it."

Yan Zhen paused for a moment: "That's right, the hand positions for these two instruments are completely different, especially the left hand. The cello has a large pitch interval, and people who are used to violins will find it difficult to find the notes on the cello in a short time. Moreover, the finger direction and vibrato method are also quite different."

Old Tang: "The strength required to control the bow is also completely different. I've heard Third Master mention it."

Yan Zhen: "That's right. The most crucial issue is that Zhizhi has been playing the violin for many years, and she already has excellent technique. Therefore, her positional habits and muscle memory are already fixed."

Wang Xiaohu: "This"

Qiao Zhizhi smiled helplessly upon hearing this. She wanted to score more points for their choir in the competition, but the two teachers' analysis was an objective fact.

"I'd rather not try it."

But what happened next was something she never expected.

"Zhizhi, give it a try. I'll give you one day."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Huh?"

Ang Lee smiled and said, "Give yourself a chance."

After saying that, he raised his hand to check the time, "Let's begin. You two go and call everyone to assemble."

The two children hurried away, and Li An watched their retreating figures and whispered, "I don't think there's a big problem, it's just twelve notes."

After a pause, he said, "If she can't do it, let Xiao Ren do it. No problem."

Yan Zhen: "Understood, Brother An."

Ang Lee turned and patted Yan Zhen on the shoulder, “You’ve worked hard these past few days. Relax. As long as we’ve done our best, our ranking won’t be bad. Even if we don’t get a good ranking in the end, it doesn’t matter. Our orchestra has basically secured first place.”

Old Tang chuckled and took the lead, saying, "Let's go, let's get to work!"

It's not just Yan Zhen who's been under a lot of pressure these past few days; Lao Tang is under a lot of pressure too.

The hype surrounding Sigang has been so intense these past few days that it seems like they absolutely have to win by a landslide in both the orchestra and singing competitions to justify their success.

Now, who in the Chengdu circle doesn't know that Shuren and Sigang are completely bound together?
Ang Lee is also a judge for this competition.

Sigh. Even though Ang Lee has said that now, they still can't let their guard down.

If Shuren doesn't win first place in the chorus competition, Rong'ai will probably lose face too.

It's important to know that among Rong'ai's three youth branches, the Children's Palace is a public institution, Lantian is a social education and training organization, and only Shuren is a school.

Although the choir and Rong Ai have nothing to do with each other, outsiders would not think so.

The book rehearsals continued, and as discussed by the important task, the stage quality improved by more than one level after cutting four parts.

Half an hour later, Ren Boyuan, the teacher in charge of the cello literacy class, arrived at the scene carrying his instrument.

The effect of replacing the four parts with the cello exceeded Ang Lee's expectations.

The rest depends on whether Qiao Zhizhi can ultimately handle the role.

At this moment, Qiao Zhizhi was standing next to Teacher Ren Boyuan. There were only twelve notes in total, and she had already roughly memorized the position of each note.

"The second part is too loud!"

On the command platform, Wang Xiaohu waved his hands and shouted.

As Ang Lee prepared to leave the audience, Yan Zhen got up to see him off but was refused.

"Stop messing around, let's start arranging the courage explosion tomorrow."

"Okay, take care, Brother An."

"Also, encourage Qiao Zhizhi more. This child is steady and reliable. She wouldn't have agreed to try backstage if she wasn't confident. It would be best if she could go on stage. That would definitely be a highlight for us."

"clear."
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After leaving the bookstore, Ang Lee rode his electric scooter all the way to Shipo Middle School.

He bought a bottle of soy sauce while passing by a supermarket.

The campus was already quiet during the second week of summer vacation. Before even reaching the auditorium, Ang Lee heard the song "Encounter" playing.

It's not bad either.

Eavesdropping Operation 2.0.

After listening for ten minutes at the entrance of the auditorium, Li Ande said he felt a threat from Shipo.

The singing was wonderful, the vocals were moving, the piano playing was moving, and every move the conductor made seemed to be telling a story.

awesome.

So?

So he was wondering what Fang Zheng had complained about to him last night!

How much more efficient is this rehearsal than Shuren's?!
He now strongly suspects that the recording Fang Zheng sent him yesterday was a smokescreen.

Show the enemy weakness! This will lower his guard!
Based on what he heard live, it sounds like two different groups of people singing compared to yesterday's recording!
To be fair, Ang Lee believes that Shi Po is already fully ready to rehearse the second piece.

Or has the queue already started but he just doesn't know it?!

To find out the truth, Ang Lee felt it was necessary to question these people.

"Teacher Li is here."

"Teacher Li is here."

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

Xiao Guan, sitting in the audience, turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Ang Lee.

"Hello everyone, thank you for your hard work."

I didn't realize until I saw Ang Lee that there weren't many people from the second and third teams in the audience today.

There could be twenty?
Just as the three teachers and students, Fang Zheng, Xiao Che, and Xiao Xing, finished their performance and were about to give everyone a break, guests arrived.

"Everyone, take a rest here for a bit."

Fang Zheng came down to the stage with two young girls, and as soon as they met, he noticed that Ang Lee's eyes were hostile.

"No, boss, let me explain first."

Ang Lee pouted: "I'm not listening. You guys went too far. Yesterday, you were all like wilted eggplants, saying you were going to collapse. Are you trying to portray me? You made me miss my piano practice this morning."

The little car blinked: "But teacher, you went straight to the bookstore this morning."

Tang Xiaoxing nodded repeatedly, "Yes!"

Ang Lee waved his hand: "That's not important. I think they changed the vocal parts too."

Fang Zheng sighed deeply, then grinned and said, "It's been changed. Isn't it perfect now?"

Ang Lee chuckled: "It's alright. So, tell me, whose idea was it?"
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It's a short story.

After a long chat last night, the two girls decided to redistribute the vocal parts based on Tang Xiaoxing's arrangement.

The problem encountered by the book writers was exactly the same: there were many voice parts, the harmony was difficult, and everyone was unable to handle it, which caused the progress to be stalled.

So the two girls changed the original unison singing of the main verse into a duet that only retained the main melody.

One sentence from the girl, one sentence from the boy.

There are no extra vocal parts in the verse.

The harmonic color is entirely provided by the piano accompaniment of the car.

This makes the layers of the music very distinct, highlighting a sense of tranquility.

The sense of tranquility shares the same underlying tone as this piece of music. Fang Zheng's inspiration was immediately sparked after learning about the two children's plan early on.

He arranged for several female singers with excellent pitch, such as Zhang Wenting and Qin Yuwei, to sing the second part in the chorus, which further enhanced the artistic conception of the song and enriched the form of the chorus.

It can be said that the three of them, teacher and student, hit it off immediately.

Of course, this also involves the renewal of talent brought about by the elimination system. During the rehearsal process of the three teams rotating between them, many members of the second team who were already strong made it into the first team through their efforts, which greatly strengthened the overall strength of the first team.

Therefore, they are better able to implement voice part changes.

"How was it, teacher? Wasn't it great?"

Ang Lee had to admit that it was indeed quite good, "but as things stand, you guys are still a bit behind."

The second child stared wide-eyed.

Ang Lee sincerely said, "Really, you guys need to keep up the good work. And I'm not afraid to tell you, the author has a secret weapon."

Upon hearing the words "secret weapon," the two girls couldn't help but exchange a smile.

Seeing this, Ang Lee raised an eyebrow. "What? You guys have a trump card too?"

Fang Zheng: "Boss, don't look at me. I'm just in charge of vocal rehearsals."

Xiao Xing smiled adorably, her eyes narrowed: "Teacher, could you please reveal the Bookman's ultimate move to us first?"

Ang Lee smacked his lips and nodded, "Then let's see who's the best on stage."

After saying that, he looked around and spoke again:
"Keep it up, kids! I have to give a shout-out to the students on stage, you sang so well just now."

"But I want to commend the students in the audience even more. A week has passed, and I see that quite a few people have dropped out. While I feel sorry for them, I am also deeply proud of your perseverance."

"Meeting you was the most beautiful accident; I especially love this line."

"I think the 'you' in this lyric might also represent a better version of yourself in the future."

"Come on."

Before Xiao Che could react, the teacher had already turned and walked a meter away. She quickly called out, "Teacher, where are you going?"

"Go home and cook!" Li An didn't turn around, but just raised his hand and shook the soy sauce in his hand. "I left the electric scooter with you."

Xiao Guan was inexplicably excited, perhaps because Teacher Li's back view was very handsome, or perhaps because of what Teacher Li just said.

"Wow——————"

A burst of applause erupted out of nowhere.

I think the "you" in this lyric might also represent a better version of yourself in the future.

Reflecting on her teacher's words, Tang Xiaoxing seemed to have discovered yet another new face of her teacher.

He's really handsome.

"Classmates! Let's begin again!"

Fang Zheng shouted, "What is our goal?!"

All members of the Shipo Choir: "Happy!!!"

Hearing the joy coming from behind him, Ang Lee was very happy.