Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1283, Section 503: The Coolest Guy on the Report Card! Courage Almost Erupted
The next morning at eight o'clock, Ang Lee prepared breakfast for his two children and went to room 2201 alone.

The band competition is the day after tomorrow, and he will be going to the venue, so he needs to work harder during these two days when he has time.

Just as Li An finished his morning practice, the two young girls had already finished washing up and started eating.

Xiao Che was a little nervous. Today was the first day back to school, and she would receive her final report card for the semester in less than an hour.

"Linlin, why aren't you eating?"

I don't feel like eating anymore.

Tang Xiaoxing quickly finished her breakfast. "Let's go, Linlin!"

The two quickly tidied up the table and headed to school.

Getting final grades is a terrifying thing for some students.

This could mean their summer vacation is ending early.

For example, Xiao Guan.

"If I don't do well on the exam, my mom won't take me on a trip."

Xiao Zhang scoffed at this: "You said the same thing during winter break. You didn't do well on your exams during winter break either, but you ended up going to Changbai Mountain."

Xiao Guan: "It seems so."

Ah-Hsien: "I just hope I don't fall out of the top five this time."

Car: "What if we fall off?"

Ah-Hsien: "If I fall out of the choir, I might not be able to join the choir next semester. My mom seems to have some complaints about me rehearsing for the choir every day lately."

Xiao Zhang: "Be content. I only saw my mom twice during the first week of the holiday."

Xiao Guan: "Ah Xing, did you have final exams when you were studying abroad?"

Xiao Xing: "Yes, there are too."

Xiao Zhang: "Is there a ranking?"

Xiaoxing: "Some courses also have rankings."

Several children were waiting for the Last Judgment in a corner of the hallway when they heard a commotion coming from inside the hallway.

Xiao Guan: "Let's go back to class, the teachers have adjourned their meeting."

They had just returned to the classroom when Teacher Gao walked in.

Judging from Teacher Gao's expression, Class 8's grades this semester should be pretty good.

Did everyone have fun these past few days?

"unhappy!"

"happy!"

Some people shouted that they were happy, some people shouted that they were unhappy, but Xiao Che didn't shout anything. She was just praying that she could make it into the top 25 this time.

Although her teachers and parents have made it clear that they don't need her to achieve any academic results, she has been working very hard in her studies this semester.

Therefore, she also hopes to achieve good results.

"Our class's overall performance this semester has been quite good. Many students have made progress, but a few still need to work harder. Take a look at the report cards when they are handed out."

As Teacher Gao passed a stack of report cards from the first row to the back, the students in the back rows began to get nervous.

"Little Star is number one!!"

Sitting in the second row, Xiao Guan immediately saw Tang Caiyun's name at the top of the list when she received her report card.

"Perfect score in English and Math??"

Immediately afterward, another student exclaimed in surprise.

In an instant, everyone forgot about their own scores and turned to look at Tang Xiaoxing's position.

Tang Xiaoxing could only smile modestly at this. She was just answering the questions seriously and had no intention of getting first place.

"That's amazing!" Ah Qian was truly impressed. He knew Tang Xiaoxing was a good student, but he never expected her to be this good!

"You are the eighteenth."

When Xiao Zhang passed the report card to the next person, he stuck his tongue out at the car.

The little car was both delighted and annoyed. It quickly took the test and exclaimed, "My God! I got a 90 on the math test!!!"

She instantly stopped being angry at Xiao Zhang for leaking her ranking in advance, and instead felt overjoyed.

This ranking completely exceeded her expectations!
Tang Xiaoxing: "Ah Lin is great!"

Xiao Che: "Hehe, thank you for the after-school tutoring service, Teacher Xiao Xing."

Ah Qian: "That was close!"

Xiao Che glanced up and found Ah Qian in fourth place: "Congratulations to my deskmate, you don't have to worry about not being able to join the choir next semester."

Ah Qian: "Same to you! By the way, your Chinese score was only 23 points lower than mine this time. That's unbelievable."

Xiao Che: "Do some people not want to sing the first part anymore?"

Ah Qian: "Ahem, what I mean is that we should be about done next time."

Car: "Oh, okay."

Xiao Zhang turned his head again: "Why is no one congratulating me? I've improved too, okay?"

For every school that ranks first, there will be a last one. Shipo is one of the few schools in Chengdu that still publishes its rankings.

This has nothing to do with the children.

Teacher Gao did not specifically praise Tang Xiaoxing, nor did she name the student with the lowest grades.

She encouraged everyone to keep up the good work.

After handing out the final exam papers for each subject, she emphasized holiday safety precautions to the students and then announced the start of the spring cleaning.

Class 8 was the first class on the second floor to start a thorough cleaning.

Tang Xiaoxing was assigned to the west staircase and became Xiao Che's good partner.
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At noon, Xiao Che called home, and Tang Xiaoxing also called home.

A good test score gives you more confidence when making phone calls, like when you're driving.

Ang Lee could hear Xiao Che's self-praise even from across the restaurant.

"I am awesome!"

That's really great. Ang Lee wasn't really surprised that Tang Xiaoxing came in first place, but he really didn't expect Xiao Che to come in eighteenth.

All he could do for his two children was to provide them with a hearty lunch.

This noon, instead of discussing music or the competition, Ang Lee unusually brought up his student days at the lunch table.

It's a kind of memory, I suppose.

Seeing his two children achieve excellent results in their final exams, he couldn't help but think of how he, as an art student, managed to balance his studies with academic subjects during his middle school years.

The two children listened with great interest.

After lunch break, the two children went back to school for rehearsal, while Ang Lee continued to practice piano in room 2201.

Summer vacation continues.

There are six days left until the start of the first round of the choral competition.
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This afternoon, both schools began rehearsals for the "Courage Unleashed" activity.

From a specific timeline perspective, Shipo is faster.

While Yan Zhen was still explaining the vocal parts to the choir members, Fang Zheng led everyone in singing on Shi Po's side.

Compared to "Encounter," the melody of "Courageous Outburst" is much simpler.

Although the arrangement of the car looks complicated, it is actually just adding a few rounds.

She played three parts, three of which served as the foundation for harmony.

The moment Fang Zheng saw the toy car being adapted, he knew he had made the right decision; this kind of work should be left to children to unleash their imagination.

In his view, the biggest highlight of the entire piece is the three-part harmony.

how to say.

From a strictly professional perspective, these cannot be considered harmonic parts.

If we compare the choir to a piano, and replace "The Courageous" with "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," then the first two parts sing the melody "dodososolalaso," while the third part sings "dosomisososomiso," which is entirely an accompaniment to the Alberti motif.

This incredibly childish adaptation would be absolutely laughable in any other choral work.

But there is a strange sense of harmony in this piece, without any sense of incongruity.

The visuals are straightforward: three children, one singing and acting as the right hand of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," another singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and the third playing the shadow of the right hand. Fang Zheng really liked this style.
"Are all the voice parts okay?"

"OK!"

"it is good."

Fang Zheng clapped his hands: "Then let's begin, Arlene."

The little car in front of the piano raised its hand to indicate that it was ready.

Then Fang Zheng gave up the center position on the stage, saying, "Xiao Xing, you come here."

Finally, Fang Zheng emphasized: "Everyone must enjoy performing this piece, bring out your childlike spirit, and don't hold back."

Fang Zheng even thought that the kids could do it without him saying it, but he was dumbfounded ten minutes later.

why? !

"stop!"

He went on stage and interrupted, saying indignantly, "What's wrong, darlings! This isn't about singing 'Encounter,' let's not be so solemn, okay? Where's your energy? Show us your brightest smiles!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at the command platform again, "Xiao Xing, you also have a problem. Can you relax a bit? You need to be cheerful and cute."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Okay, Teacher Fang."

Fang Zheng: "Let's do it again. You all watch the conductor and follow his movements and expressions. There's no problem with the singing. The ethics part is a bit messy, but that's okay. Let's calm things down first."

"She played the piano the best these times. Look, Che Lin is almost jumping up and down."

Pfft hahahaha——

Fang Zhengle: "Yes, that's the feeling. Let's do it again."

Disasters are often foreshadowed.

Xiao Che knew this would happen when Teacher Fangzheng asked everyone to follow Tang Xiaoxing's actions and expressions.

Sure enough, five minutes later Fang Zheng interrupted the stage again.

He didn't know what to say anymore; this time it was even worse than before!

The problem is now more obvious, namely the command structure, but he can understand that.

Getting Tang Xiaoxing to dance around like Che Lin is indeed too difficult.

"Xiaoxing, go home today and look in the mirror to see if you feel like a kindergarten class monitor. Forget all your knowledge about conducting and the stage."

Tang Xiaoxing nodded: "Teacher Fang, I understand. I'll practice as soon as I get home today."

Fang Zheng: "Come on, students, let's not set up a stage today. Let's sing together in three parts first."

Tang Xiaoxing came to the piano, sat down next to the car, and sighed. The car responded with a no-questions-asked expression, "Come on, let's play together."

As Fang Zheng waved his hand, the little car started playing its intro, bobbing its head and swaying.

Each staccato note under her fingers is like a lively, adorable little thing.

"Come on, stars," the little car said in a very soft voice.

Two seconds later, Tang Xiaoxing mustered up her courage, raised her hand, and shook her head along with the little car.

It has to be said that sitting next to the car makes her movements much more natural.

"A seed has been planted in my heart, tick-tock—"

However, since the piano accompaniment only involves the left and right hands, Tang Xiaoxing was worried that it would drown out the singing voice, so she didn't dare to play for a moment.

At this point, "You play the sheet music."

Tang Xiaoxing was taken aback and took over the car's performance, becoming the lead pianist.

With her hands free, the little car started playing, making all sorts of funny percussion sound effects in the high register and enhancing the three-part rhythm.

The change in the piano accompaniment surprised Fang Zheng again; the little car's unexpected appearance made the music even cuter and more interesting.

On a whim, Teacher Fang started singing along with the children.

"OKGo, come on, come on! Laugh—"

"OKGo, come on, come on! Laugh—"

"OKGo, come on, come on!"

Fang Zheng was laughing so hard he was about to cry again. These little devils couldn't even laugh anymore!
"Chen Qian, if you don't laugh, I won't let you go on stage!"

"Ah? No, Teacher Fang!"

With that singing voice, Ah-Chien forced out a smile that looked more like a grimace.

The team members in the audience, however, were amused by the scenes on stage and laughed non-stop.

Fang Zheng turned around: "Yes! You can just laugh like that!"

Ahahahahaha——

The audience laughed even harder, but the person who should have been laughing the most was unusually quiet.

Looking at the students on the stage, Xiao Guan was already conceiving some moves in his mind.

She felt that if everyone had a complete set of body movements, perhaps the expressions and other aspects of the performance would come out naturally.

If you ask Xiao Guan why she had this idea, it's because she had just watched her cousin's kindergarten graduation performance a few days ago. Wasn't the group of children singing, dancing and laughing exactly what Teacher Fangzheng wanted?

At least that's what she thinks.
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The problems of excellent choirs are always interconnected.

The camera pans to the stage of the Shuren Concert Hall.

The scene was quiet, with only the faint sound of a cello coming from backstage.

Standing by the conductor's platform, hands on hips, he looked at the choir members, opened his mouth, and sighed. What else could he do?

At this moment, Brother Xiaohu came down from the command platform and said, "Teacher Yan, let me give it a try, and let everyone take a break."

Seeing this, Yan Zhen immediately pulled Lao Tang to the secret base to smoke a cigarette, otherwise he would go crazy.

It was obvious that the atmosphere on stage became much more relaxed after Teacher Yan left.

Wang Xiaohu: "Raise your hand if you've participated in the Star Returns performance."

In an instant, half of the members raised their hands.

Wang Xiaohu: "Do you guys have problems too? Is it difficult? The tone of this song is cute and cheerful, it requires us to move around, is it embarrassing?"

How are we supposed to respond to that? Some people are thinking, "But you, the commander, are always so serious."

Wang Xiaohu: "Ma Minghao, weren't you the one who was clapping and causing trouble in the back earlier?"

Ma Minghao is a fourth-grade percussion member and one of Wang Xiaohu's close younger brothers.

"I...I...I..." Ma Minghao lowered his head shyly. "When I clapped, it was dark behind me, and the audience couldn't see me. But now everyone in the audience can see what I'm doing, and I'm almost in fifth grade."

Wang Xiaohu laughed angrily: "You better remember what you said today. If you cause trouble in class again, see how I deal with you."

Then she turned to Yan Junze and Lin Ziyang, "Old Yan, are you also holding back? And Old Lin, you two were jumping and dancing on Rong'ai's stage, and this singing competition has you two been completely outmaneuvered?"

Yan Junze said with difficulty, "When we were filming Star Returns, we were wearing costumes and wigs, so nobody knew who we were."

Lin Ziyang coughed and added, "We have our pride too."

Wang Xiaohu was speechless for a moment: "What does this have to do with having a face! I saw you singing 'I Want to See You' with such deep emotion, who do you want to see, huh?"

Hahaha!!!

Lin Ziyang: "I didn't!!"

Sigh, Wang Xiaohu is also a bit tired.

These guys just can't be a little more competitive!

Wu Yifan: "Commander, please demonstrate for us. We really don't know how to do it."

Little Tiger was taken aback, and then everyone clamored for him to demonstrate.

"I...I...I'm the commander!"

"The commander should be the one giving us instructions!"

"Commander, give us a call!"

"Commander, give us a call!"

"Commander, give us a call!"
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Three hours later.

Li An, who was drinking beer on the sofa, received a call from Wang Xiaohu.

"What's wrong? What made you so angry?"