Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1343, Section 563: Brilliance! A Trap? [Part 1]

The corner of the hall, now darkened, seemed to mark the start of another countdown.

The children, fully immersed in their learning, had no doubt that if no one announced the song before a certain time, all the lights in the hall would be turned off.

However, none of the children felt nervous at that moment.

Under the dim light, each team calmly entered a new round of discussion.

"When night falls, five stars guide the way."

The car murmured to itself, pondering the first two clues once more.

If the first clue represents the direction of the work, then the second clue represents the confirmation of the style.

Four dancers, bright and elegant, just as she had predicted earlier.

With the direction and style of the work identified, all that remains is to provide clues about the subject matter.

Ma Wenqi raised her hand: "Dear brothers and sisters."

The four groups of people looked over upon hearing the sound.

Fu Yu quickly asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Ma Wenqi: "Did Mozart have many nocturnes? I don't know many of Mozart's works, but I think this piece might be a nocturne."

Shen Shiyao added, "I also think it's a nocturne. The nightfall refers to a specific time period, and the five stars indicate that the sky is clear. If the sky is not clear, you can't see the stars, so this implies that the music is in a major key, which echoes the brightness of the previous music, like sunlight."

Fu Yu nodded: "That's the same as my idea. Combining the three clues, I also analyzed it as a major key nocturne. Mozart has many major key nocturnes."

As they spoke, the group looked at the car.

Fu Yu continued, "What do you think, Captain?"

Xiao Che pondered for a moment, "The five stars might also represent the tuning scheme."

Jian Jiahao's eyes widened: "Six! That means five flats or five sharps! That gives you the key!"

The four groups instantly felt a surge of excitement, as if they were close to uncovering the final truth.

Xiao Che felt like she had overlooked something, but she couldn't pinpoint the problem for a while.

Based on the information from the three clues, they should be heading in the right direction at this moment.
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As the four groups analyzed, and combined with the new clues, the other groups have all deduced up to five stars.

A group.

Lu Hanwen: "The fifth sharp is in B major, and the fifth flat is in D flat major, Lao Miao?"

Miao Hengrui tried hard to recall, and after a moment said, "It seems there is no Nocturne in B major, nor Nocturne in D-flat major."

A group of people: ~
Lu Hanwen: "Are you sure?"

Miao Hengrui shook his head, somewhat annoyed that he hadn't accumulated enough knowledge in his daily life.

Just then, Xiao Bei came up with a new idea: "Do those five stars represent the fifth one? Like the Fifth Sonata, or the Fifth Symphony?"
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Group Two.

DouDou: "Nocturne No. 5?!"

Liu Ziqian: "Yes! Or it could be a classical piece in B major with a dance-like style."

"First of all, I think it can't possibly be a flat key piece, because the stars in the sky serve as a guide, and from our perspective, they are in a higher position. So if the five stars indicate the key signature, it can only be a sharp key."

Xu Mingche: "Wow! Does anyone know the number of Nocturne No. 5?"

Liu Ziqian: "Let's take another look at the open letter!"

Just then, everyone noticed that Marco hadn't said a word for the past two minutes, and they all stopped unconsciously.

Liu Ziqian: "Brother Kezi?"

Marco grunted in agreement, then looked around at everyone and said, "We might have fallen into a trap."

Everyone was confused.

DouDou: "What's wrong? Aren't we following the clues closely?"

Marco didn't answer Dou Dou, but instead looked at Liu Ziqian: "Brother Qian, you have the most professional knowledge here. Can you name a few of Mozart's nocturnes?"

All eyes turned to Liu Ziqian's face.

Liu Ziqian immediately looked ashamed: "Only four. If I remember correctly, Mozart should have more than a dozen nocturnes."

Marco: "At this moment, I can't say a single word."

DouDou: "Me too."

Su Jingzhi: "I know Chopin's and Tchaikovsky's nocturnes."

Wu Youran: "You guys are all amazing. All I know is how to eat."

Hahahaha.

Marco: "So what I mean is, Brother Qian, if even you can't name half the number of Mozart's Nocturnes, then it means that more than 95% of the people involved in this game can't either."

"The problem is that the people who designed this game did not take into account the participants' knowledge base."

"But this game was designed by the teacher, and I don't think the teacher would keep the final answer hidden."

DouDou: "Yes! Teacher Li will definitely take into account the participation of most students. In the previous game, Teacher Li specifically reminded us to pay attention to rescuing the hostages."

Liu Ziqian: "That's right, it was my oversight."

Marco: "No, no, you've thought it through too much. If I knew as much about Mozart's works, I would definitely think the same way as you."

"Therefore, I boldly speculate that, setting aside all other clues, this work will at least not be an obscure piece."

“I was just thinking, if you weren’t on our team, how would we analyze the third clue?”

"Then I suspected I had discovered a potential trap. The teacher was trying to take advantage of the uneven distribution of knowledge among us by planting a point of contention in the third clue, thereby distracting us. Didn't you notice? Every common clue contains a key element."

Liu Ziqian understood and thought to himself, "That's really amazing." "So, what do you think is the key to the third clue?"

Everyone looked at Marco again.

moment.

Marco: "Let's look at the third clue. When night falls, five stars guide the way."

"If night hasn't fallen, then there's no need for the stars to guide the way. In other words, the existence of the five stars is conditional. So the key to solving the problem isn't the five stars, but when night falls."

As he spoke, Marco fell into deep thought again. "When night falls, perhaps it refers to an outdoor scene under the starry night sky, not just the starry sky itself."

"Then, by looking up, we can see what guidance the five stars in the sky are giving us."

The people in Group Two got goosebumps from listening.
Wang Qingfeng: "What direction do those five stars guide us in?"

Marco: "I'm thinking about it too, but I'm sure this is the treasure that Mozart left to the world."

Xu Mingche: "Let's take another look at the open letter."

Marco: "Yes!"
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Three groups.

As the first team to obtain the open letter and the first two clues, Group Three is currently embroiled in a dispute.

The two parties involved in the dispute were Xiao Jingchen and Qiao Zhizhi.

Xiao Jingchen: "Then, Zhizhi, please tell me, if the five stars here don't represent a number or tone mark, what else could they represent?"

Qiao Zhizhi: "I'm sorry, I can't think of anything else for the time being, but the current situation is that we can't reason along this line anymore. First, we can't determine the specific number of the work, and second, we can't determine whether Mozart wrote any nocturnes in B major and D flat major."

Xiao Jingchen: "So we need to keep searching through all the clues! We don't need to be sure we've heard this piece of music before. We've already narrowed it down to one of these two pieces. We just need to find the opus number so we can submit it. As long as the answer is correct, we can get the final sheet music. Then we'll know what piece it is once we play it, right?"

Qiao Zhizhi shook her head: "Does the arrival of night necessarily mean a nocturne? Is it possible that it's just dark?"

"If we follow your reasoning, we don't need the first two clues at all; the two sentences in the third clue are enough for us to analyze this far."

Xiao Jingchen: "We deduced the structure, tone, and general style of the work from the first two clues!"

Qiao Zhizhi: "So, assuming the final answer is Nocturne No. 5 in B major, do you know who the four dancers are in this piece?"

Xiao Jingchen was speechless for a moment, then said, "We don't need to know, Zhizhi!"

Qiao Zhizhi: "If we don't even know the first four sections of our submitted work, how can we deduce that the four dancers represent the classical structure of the April verse? Isn't this just using the answer to deduce the process?"

Just as Xiao Jingchen was about to speak again, A Liu cut him off.

"Alright, alright! You two! Listen to me!"

Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense, Ah Liu quickly interrupted the two, saying, "Neither of you is wrong."

"Ya Hui and Mu Mu are both on Zhan Zhizhi's side. Everyone has already expressed their opinions."

Zhang Ya Hui and Zhou Mu Yan nodded again.

Ah Liu: "I still think the captain's analysis makes more sense. So let's split into two groups with different ideas. Having more ideas means having more security. Let's not rush to deny each other. We're all aiming for victory, so give me some face and let's not argue, okay?"

Qiao Zhizhi laughed: "Did we have a fight?"

Seeing this, Xiao Jingchen smiled and said, "Sister Zhizhi is so gentle and beautiful, how could she argue with me? We just had a clash of opinions. My current idea is Nocturne No. 5."

Ah Liu glared: "Damn it! You old Xiao! You've said everything!"

Hahaha! Just then, Wu Youran whispered, "Could the five stars possibly represent five different voice parts?"

Ah Liu pouted: "Of course, the piano only has two parts."

Wu Youran: "But didn't the captain just say that Mozart didn't seem to have written any nocturnes specifically for the piano?"

Ah Liu: "But the sheet music I'll be playing later will definitely only have two parts. Oh? Right, it could also be a polyphonic piece arranged for piano!"
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Five groups.

Wang Xiaohu let out a sigh of relief, and then stood up amidst the encouraging gazes of the five groups.

He walked towards the center of the hall in front of Lao Tang's live stream camera.

Immediately, all the teams noticed this scene.

"No!"

"Does Group Five have the answers?"

"too fast!"

[Biscuit: Tiger's Claw!]

[Zhang Pangzi isn't fat: Is the truth about to be revealed?]

【Half City in Smoke and Sand: Mozart's Nocturne No. 5 in D major, K.204】

[Bach didn't like practicing: Absolutely impossible]

[Airplane Takes Flight: Why is it 204? How was it calculated?]

【Half City in Smoke and Sand: Four dancers paired up, savor the moment】

[Airplane Takes Flight: What the hell are you talking about? Isn't this just 16? What does it have to do with 204? Just keep adding a 4 to each of them? Dude, let's not force it.]

[Zhang Pangzi isn't fat: But the fourth movement of this piece is a minuet.]

Boss X: "The results for Group Five are in."

Sun Liwen: "Let's see if it's true."

Wang Han: "It's uncertain. Nocturne is definitely possible, but it's not necessarily No. 5."

Grandpa Tang smiled and said, "I don't think it's necessarily a nocturne. Let's hear what Beethoven's team has to say first."

All the teachers looked over upon hearing the sound.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Xiaohu walked up to the time traveler played by Hai Tao.

Then, their conversation began to play from the speakers in the hall.

Haitao: "Hello young man, you look very confident."

Hahahaha!

Wang Xiaohu pouted: "Hello, Mr. Time Traveler who stole Mr. Mozart's wig and quill pen."

Hahahahaha! !

Haitao: "Ahem, hurry up and tell me your answer."

Wang Xiaohu: "Our group's answer is Mozart's Nocturne No. 5 in D major, number K.204."

The entire hall and the live broadcast room fell silent.

next second.

"Unfortunately."

Not really?

Why not?

I said, "That's impossible!"

It wasn't true after all!
Amidst a commotion, the chandelier in the center of the hall went out as Haitao finished speaking.

Another light went out!

"what!"

"Oh no!!"

Before Wang Xiaohu could react, Senior Sister Xiao Ji, the representative of Group Six behind him, also brought the answer.

"Mozart's Nocturne No. 5 in D major, fourth movement, Minuet, K.204"

The scene and the live broadcast room were thrown into turmoil again!
Wang Xiaohu was filled with resentment, but it was all in vain at this moment, because they simply couldn't analyze the piece anymore.

Upon hearing the fourth movement, the minuet, he almost thought that his senior sister had already killed the game.

The minuet filled the last gap in their five groups' discussion results.

Ugh!
However, the very next second and the very next second.

"Unfortunately."

As Haitao finished speaking, one of the chandeliers in the hall was turned off again.

In the dim light, a sense of tension once again spread through everyone's hearts.

At this moment, only the last two lights remained in the entire hall.

This result undoubtedly plunged the team, who had been following the third clue to the present moment, into utter confusion.

Tang Xiaoxing shook her head in self-reproach. In fact, Group Five had not deduced the number of Nocturne No. 5 from the clues at all; she herself already knew the number of this piece.

Xiao Bei: "It really was a trap."

Miao Hengrui: "Then the five stars can only represent five voice parts."

Xiao Jingchen sighed softly, "I was wrong."

Marco: "The final answer will be so simple that it will surprise us. DouDou, show me the open letter again."

The true treasures are not in the yellowed sheet music, but in every moment you play a note.

Like Marco, the members of each group picked up the open letter again.

But the letters kept repeating the same few lines.
More and more children are feeling desperate, feeling that their brains have been drained.

I heard you're looking for my lost treasure?

Haha, actually it was never truly lost.

Upon seeing this again, the car's gaze stopped once more.

The car was also exhausted at this moment, only sustained by a strong belief.

Teacher, what exactly are you trying to tell us in this part?

Having tried interpreting it from various angles, Xiao Che found himself becoming more and more complicated the more he thought about it.

But Mozart's music has never been complicated or difficult.

Suddenly, Xiao Che seemed to remember something and abruptly asked those around him, "Didn't Teacher Haitao say at the beginning that we were going to search for the treasure of the musical prodigy Mozart?"

Fu Yu: "It seems so."

Ma Wenqi: "Yes, Captain, I remember."

"I see!"

As if finding a treasure! The car felt all its fatigue vanish!

She now knows what Mozart's treasures are!

It's childlike innocence!
He showed exceptional musical talent from the age of three!
I started learning piano from my father when I was four years old!

I started composing music at the age of five!
She started learning the violin from her father at the age of six!
He wrote his first symphony at the age of seven!

He wrote his first concerto at the age of eleven!

He wrote his first opera at the age of twelve!
All of this tells the world that Mozart truly deserves the title of the world's greatest musical prodigy!
But all of this is just Mozart's resume. In Xiaoche's opinion, what people should really remember is Mozart's childlike heart that was always full of curiosity about the world.

It is this pure childlike innocence that allows Mozart's music to live on forever in this world.

Looking at the third clue, the car offers a completely new perspective.

She grinned and asked her friends around her.

"What if the five stars simply represent the most basic musical notes?"

If the goal is to find the treasure of child prodigies, why make everything so complicated?
My teacher once said that music is both the most complex and the simplest language.

She finally realized what she had overlooked at the beginning.

This is not a competition.

It was just a game to celebrate the reunion.