Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1307, Section 527: The Troubles of a Genius Mentor! GoGoGo!
"You two are living a good life."

"hey-hey."

"whee."

After the two girls' efforts throughout the night, the coffee table in the living room is now piled high with snack bags.

Ang Lee even packed a serving of pig's trotters for the two of them, saying, "Looks like you two are out of room for food."

Upon learning that their teacher was serving braised pig's trotters, the two girls immediately declared that they could still eat more.

So the three of them moved from the living room to the dining table at exactly midnight.

"Teacher, have you just finished eating?"

"just ate."

After Li An and Xu Li finished setting up the stage, it was already 9:30. They drove back to the city and said they would have dinner around 9:00.

Just then, Lao Tang, Mu Xin, and the others finished their live stream and got together for a late-night snack.

"Then you don't need to go over tomorrow," Tang Xiaoxing asked.

Ang Lee: "No, we're not going. There's nothing much going on there. I'll take you there to try it out in a couple of days."

How was your practice today?

Car: "It's alright, it's mostly smooth sailing."

Tang Xiaoxing: "The only thing left to do is to finalize the speed of the expansion department."

Ang Lee: Is there a problem?

Xiao Che: "The speed we set might have been a bit too fast."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Teacher, do you have time to listen to it for us tomorrow?"

Ang Lee: "I'll play it for you tomorrow morning, and I'll also listen to your two etudes."

After having dinner with the two children, Ang Lee went to the bathroom to wash his face and then went back to his room.

He was too tired to take a shower today, so he video chatted with Teacher Xiaomi for a while and then went to sleep.
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The next morning, when Li An got up, he found that the coffee table in the living room had been cleaned up and the two little girls were already dressed and sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

"Good morning, teacher."

"Good morning, teacher."

Have you eaten?

"You've already eaten, teacher. Your breakfast is on the table."

"Okay, you two go over and warm up first. I'll take a shower and get ready, then I'll come over."

The two young girls took the room key and went to room 2201 first. Li An took a shower and ate breakfast half an hour later. He then went downstairs to pick up his package and followed them to room 2201.

The living room was filled with the stirring sound of a piano, the notes soaring high. Two little girls sat side by side in front of the piano, their twenty fingers flying across the keys.

They heard the teacher come in, but none of them stopped.

"Dangdang!"

The small car on the left played two powerful chords in succession, while Tang Xiaoxing on the right followed up with a series of ascending notes.

Crackling and clattering, the theme of fate never strayed from their grasp.

"excuse me."

Before entering the exhibition area, Li An frowned.

“This isn’t right.”

The second child immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and the teacher rarely directly criticized them as wrong.

This means that they made a fundamental mistake here.

But they clearly played this piece with the feel of a symphony in mind.

"Whose idea was this?" Li An asked.

Xiao Che: "This is an idea we came up with together."

Ang Lee: "Little Star".

Tang Xiaoxing: "Linlin and I spent an hour here yesterday studying it."

Ang Lee reached past his two children and pointed to the second line of the sheet music on the left page. "Does it say 'speed up' here?" he asked.

Car: "No."

Ang Lee: "What gives you two the right to speed things up?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Um, teacher, we referenced the recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra here."

Ang Lee: "My question is, what gives you two the right to speed things up?"

The second child remained silent.

Ang Lee: "I encourage you to listen more, not to imitate. Symphony versions and piano versions are two different things. The score clearly says 'presto' after five bars. What does 'presto' mean?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Quick tempo."

Ang Lee: "Anything else?"

Car: "Hurry."

Ang Lee: "What do you mean by 'urgent'? Does it mean we need to speed things up here?"

Xiao Che: "Yes, teacher."

Ang Lee: "You accelerated five measures earlier, but the speed hasn't changed at all here. So what's the point of marking 'presto'?"

Xiao Che: "Teacher, our idea is to add these five sections to the presto at the end."

Ang Lee: "What is the significance?"

The two little girls looked at each other, the teacher's question was back, but they didn't know how to continue answering.

The reason they designed it this way yesterday was because they referenced the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's version; they just thought it sounded good.

Ang Lee: "Did you separate each musical section?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Yes, teacher."

Li Anxin said, "No wonder. I don't know what to say about these two little ones."

Little Car: "Teacher, is this not allowed?"

Ang Lee: "Of course not. Although this work changes fate, it is an independent piano work. You should not consider how to perform it in the way of a symphonic work, but rather start from the perspective of a piano work."

"Even if you want to refer to the handling methods of some large groups, you must follow the most basic principle of speed."

"Whether it's a solo performance or a duet, the choice of tempo is relatively free, but you must consider the tempo relationship between one section and another in the same piece."

"Your treatment is tantamount to separating the beginning and the end. It's like you're treating this as a single-movement piece as a three-movement sonata. It's that simple. Can you play the second movement at the tempo of the first movement of Moonlight Sonata?"

The two children shook their heads. In fact, they had already realized what the teacher meant when she mentioned the sense of separation!
They explained why they felt awkward playing the piece after entering the development section yesterday; it turned out that there was a logical problem with the score design from the very beginning.

Fortunately, the teacher let them hear it today, otherwise they would have been referring to the Berlin Philharmonic's tempo development section again.

This will only make the music after the development section even more disconnected from what came before.

Little Car: "Teacher, I understand."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Teacher, I understand now."

Ang Lee's words caught in his throat; he hadn't finished speaking yet!

Then, Xiao Che gave Tang Xiaoxing a wink, and the next second Xiao Che raised his hand, and Tang Xiaoxing understood and raised his hand to follow.

"when!"

With all four hands working together, the magnificent piano music rang out again. Tang Xiaoxing, who was in charge of the melody, played the main melody at a slightly slower pace this time, and the accompaniment part under the chariot followed Tang Xiaoxing's pace.

In the presto after five bars, the car increases the volume, and the fingers gently push the music forward by grasping the keys, instantly accelerating the music's momentum. Tang Xiaoxing also speeds up his finger movements at this moment.

"Dangdang!"

"Clang clang clang!"

A grand musical effect immediately appears, even with a hint of brass.

In an instant, the rise of the melody line resembled waves of surging clouds, giving people an endless sense of imagery.

In the blink of an eye, the music entered the development section, and the second child followed the feeling of the music and continued to play.

Strangely enough, the problem that had been troubling them yesterday seemed to have vanished at this moment.

The second child imagined the version performed by the Berlin Philharmonic last night, and with Tang Xiaoxing's slightly faster tempo, the musical lines achieved a concise and refined effect.

The second child was overjoyed upon hearing this!
Isn't this exactly the final result they hoped to achieve in their discussions?

The music of fate, deep and solemn, already seemed to burst forth, ultimately leading to its final conclusion.

"when!"

The four hands fell in unison again, and the lingering sound around the piano seemed to take four or five seconds to dissipate. After finishing their piece, the duo turned around and looked behind them. Neither of them spoke, but the expressions on their faces were quite subtle at that moment.

It's like a child who has done something wrong, but at the same time, it has a hint of cunning.

"Hey"

With both children in this state, how could Ang Lee possibly hold back his laughter?
“You two reacted quickly,” Ang Lee shook his head and sighed, “At least let me finish what I had to say.”

The little car chuckled, "Teacher, we were wrong."

Tang Xiaoxing giggled: "Teacher, we were wrong."

moment.

Ang Lee: "You guys make me feel very unfulfilled, you know?"

Hahahahaha——

In no time at all, the problem that had been troubling the two children all day yesterday was solved, and the speed issue of the development section was also resolved. They can even tackle the issue of the ornamentation today.

Ang Lee: "Alright, alright, look how smug you two are."

Xiao Che immediately said in a coquettish tone, "We're not showing off. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to play this part well tomorrow."

Tang Xiaoxing immediately chimed in, "That's right, we really want to go to class every day, but you're so busy."

Xiao Che then chimed in, "We didn't dare bring up the class with you, only because we knew you weren't busy today."

Tang Xiaoxing then chimed in, "You need to take care of your health, teacher."

"Stop it, stop it!"

Ang Lee couldn't take it anymore; who could endure this?

Although she knew the two children were just teasing him, he hadn't paid any attention to them for several days.

After the choir competition, he gave a lesson to every student except for these two children.

To be honest, he trusted these two little ones too much, but after hearing what he heard today, it seems there are some things he still needs to personally oversee.

"Ahem, I have indeed neglected you two recently. Well then, to make amends, I will accompany you to practice the piano for the next few days, okay?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Huh!?"

Car: "Really?!"

Ang Lee: "Really, really. But let's make this clear first. I've emphasized more than once that you should look at the score, especially when you get a new piece. The purpose of looking at the score is to ensure that we don't deviate from the composer's original intention in the initial stage."

"When you can break away from the score to a certain extent and fully understand the composer's intentions, then you can create your own interpretations."

"It's obvious that neither of you has fully grasped this piece, otherwise you wouldn't be unable to answer my question."

"Right, you guys play it so well, tell me why, what's your motivation?"

"No one can predict the outcome, so isn't this just a meaningless premature acceleration?"

"Alright, you two can practice your Destiny pieces this afternoon. I'd like to listen to your etudes first. Who wants to go first?"

In this segment, the little car always raises its hand first, but today Tang Xiaoxing spoke first.

"Teacher, I'll go first."

"it is good."

Xiao Che immediately got up and gave the piano to Tang Xiaoxing completely.

Without wasting a moment, Tang Xiaoxing raised his hand and, in the blink of an eye, slammed his right hand down and then drew a rapid sonic stream upwards.

Then, a powerful chord slammed down with his left hand!

"when!"

This shout had the force of a thousand troops, and Li An was secretly amazed, thinking to himself that this girl had finally broken through.

Xiao Xing watched from the side, a smile playing on her lips. It seemed that the conversation between the two last night had indeed touched Xiao Xing.

Xiao Che has even more authority to speak on this point than Li An, because she has been listening to Tang Xiaoxing practice the piano every day for the past month.

She knew exactly what Tang Xiaoxing's problem was.

Although Tang Xiaoxing was only playing an etude at this moment, his mental breakthrough was already evident in the musical phrases.

Xiao Xing became confident.

To Xiao Che, this was a kind of self-confidence, a self-confidence that didn't need anyone else's affirmation.

very nice.

"Okay, this one is approved."

Upon hearing this, Ang Lee immediately expressed his approval, saying, "You can continue practicing the Grand Polonaise with Chopin."

"Okay!" Tang Xiaoxing breathed a sigh of relief. She was finally going to face the Great Poland again. "Linlin!"

Tang Xiaoxing gave up the piano and jumped to her teacher's side.

The little car sat down in front of the piano, paused for a moment, and then raised its hands to rest on the keys.

The next second, the scorching moonlight of the third movement, like daytime fireworks, illuminated the pitch-black Victoria 17.

Ang Lee listened attentively, occasionally nodding his head to the music played by the little car.

After the little car finished playing and stopped, he announced loudly, "You two can now move on to the next phase of the plan."

Nothing could be more exciting for a second child than this.

With the teacher's approval, you can advance to the next level before the summer camp instance begins.

"Thank you, teacher!"

"Thank you, teacher!"

"You're welcome. This is the result of your hard work. I'll treat you to lunch."

The two children were even happier to hear this, as they hadn't had lunch with their teacher for several days.

But despite their happiness, they had a little scheme that needed their teacher's approval.
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Two hours later.

Dongmen Dumpling Restaurant.

"Teacher, have we been behaving well lately?"

Upon hearing Xiao Che's tone, Ang Lee immediately put down his chopsticks. Experience told him that what was about to happen would be anything but simple.

Meeting the expectant gaze of his second child, Li An pondered for a moment, "Go ahead and say it, as long as it's not too outrageous."

Tang Xiaoxing chuckled and said, "Teacher, I'd like to request a day off."

Ang Lee raised an eyebrow. This sounded rather awkward. He glanced sideways at the car and asked, "You're not going to ask for a day off too, are you?"

The little car chuckled and said, "Teacher, you are very perceptive! But I'd like to ask for a day off for someone else."

Ang Lee snorted, "That's exactly what I was thinking. Let someone else talk to me."

Xiao Che sighed, "It's no use, teacher. He's ignoring us. You saw it yourself; you were the only one who replied to the picture I posted in the group yesterday."

Ang Lee tapped his fingers on the table for a moment, then asked, "Where are you planning to go?"

Little Car: "Happy Valley! Perfect, Little Star hasn't been there before!"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Mmm-hmm!"

Ang Lee: "When are you going?"

Car: "Tomorrow would be best! I'll do as you say!"

Ang Lee: "Okay, I'll give him a lesson this afternoon. You guys can go have some fun tomorrow."

The car says: "I love you!"

Tang Xiaoxing: "I love you!"

Ang Lee grinned: "Alright, alright, hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, go back and get some sleep."

The three children haven't had a single day off since the start of choir rehearsals, so they deserve a little relaxation.

Regarding Wang Xiaohu's trip abroad, Ang Lee felt it was about time to let Wang Xiaohu know.

He and Xu Li discussed this matter yesterday, and they decided to wait until the children came back from playing tomorrow.

At exactly 2:00 PM, the two girls went to 2201 on time. At 2:15 PM, there was a knock on the living room door.

Ang Lee got up to open the door, where Wang Xiaohu was carrying two gift boxes.

"teacher."

"What is this?"

"This is barley wine that my uncle brought for you."

"Hey, how was his trip?"