Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1377, Section 597: Let's all take the level test together! [Part 1]

The next morning at 6:30, Ang Lee set off for Sigang.

The morning exams start at 8:00 AM sharp, so he needs to come to the store early to check them again.

The entire grading process needs to be recorded and sent to headquarters. Lin Youyou emphasized this point repeatedly last night, and the video must be complete and clear.

After carefully checking everything from top to bottom and front to back, Ang Lee recorded a video himself to confirm that the equipment was working properly, and then sent the video to the group.

Within a short while, everyone responded.

Old Tang: Principal, you've worked hard!
Mu Xin: Thank you for your hard work, Principal!
Old Tang: Principal, you've worked hard!
Yan Zhen: Principal, you've worked hard!
Xu Li: Thank you for your hard work, Principal!
Ang Lee: @Wang Xiaohu, are you itching for a beating?
Xu Li: Hehe, teacher, why are you there so early?

Ang Lee: I'm willing to let you tell me what to do. If there's nothing to do, hurry up and come over. The sooner you come, the sooner you can take the exam and get it over with.

Xu Li: Okay! Teacher, what do you want to eat? I'll bring it to you.

Ang Lee: Bring me a beef sandwich, with extra green peppers.
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Upon receiving the message, Wang Xiaohu immediately picked up his phone and sent a message to the car.

The teacher wants to eat the beef sandwich from downstairs, with extra green peppers.

Then I transferred twenty yuan to him.

moment.

Car: Do you eat?
Wang Xiaohu: Eat!
Little Car: Where's Auntie?

Wang Xiaohu: My mom made the sesame paste herself, so I don't need to buy it for her. See you downstairs at 7:30!

Car: OKOK
Xiao Che put down her phone and continued eating breakfast with Tang Xiaoxing. After they got up, they found two breakfasts on the table.

Grandpa Tang got up even earlier, buying breakfast around 6 a.m. and returning home. He's probably off for a stroll somewhere now, but he left a message for his second child saying "Good luck this morning."

After a quick breakfast, the two girls set off with their sheet music, went downstairs to buy four roujiamo (Chinese hamburgers), and arrived at exactly 7:20.

Not long after I arrived at the entrance of the residential area, the familiar white sedan slowly pulled up to the side of the road.

"Keep it up, kids!"

Xu Li dropped the three children off at the store entrance and then drove away.

The area in front of the Fourth Steel Plant was already bustling with activity.

"This, this, this!"

Just then, Ah Liu's voice came. The three children looked over and saw Ah Liu and Zhang Ya Hui standing behind the notice board on the right side of the door.

"Zhizhi will be here soon, Xiaobei might be a little late, Marco has already gone in."

Ah Liu urged, "Hurry up and go in to get a number. There are already six people ahead of you. I'll be first."

Upon hearing this, the three children immediately ran up the steps, and upon entering, they saw a banner that read, "Please keep quiet, thank you for your cooperation."

Several parents sat around in the rest area, while a rather long queue had already formed at the front desk, with Marco standing in the middle of the line.

Xiao Che let Wang Xiaohu and the other person go to line up and register first. She looked around and then ran up to the second floor.

Today, the second floor has been decorated to resemble an examination room.

[EPTA Summer Piano Examination Scene]

Red text scrolled on the LED screen above the stage, while several teachers were discussing something below the stage.

"teacher."

The little car ran over immediately, put the prepared tote bag on the table, greeted the teachers, and then turned and ran downstairs.

Li An ignored him and continued to instruct, "Haitao, you stay down here and keep an eye on things. Make sure to maintain order on site."

Haitao: "Don't worry, bro."

Mu Xin: "Boss, hurry up and eat a couple of bites."

"Okay." Li An glanced at the time again. "Ten minutes left, it will start promptly at eight o'clock."

As he spoke, he opened the bag that the cart had delivered. Besides a thick roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), there was also a bottle of AD calcium milk.

He guessed that AD calcium milk definitely wasn't put in by Wang Xiaohu.

eat!-
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Li An, Mu Xin, and Yan Zhen were already seated below the stage.

Although the judges' seats were set up temporarily, they still looked quite professional.

Li An sat in the center of the judges' panel, with Mu Xin and Yan Zhen sitting on either side of him.

Old Tang was ready at the camera position directly in front of the stage when Hai Tao's voice came from the speakers downstairs.

"The exam is officially starting. Please keep quiet, students and parents. Students numbered one through five, please line up at the stairwell."

Before long, five children, led by Ah Liu, arrived on the second floor.

Old Tang: "Good morning, everyone. When you go on stage, please introduce yourselves to the camera, including your names, grades, and songs."

The five children nodded; they had already practiced it downstairs.

"Don't be nervous during the performance. If you hear the judges call a stop, stand up and bow to take your bow."

The five children nodded again.

"Number One, Liu Fengrui, is preparing."

Old Tang smiled and gestured for the other four children to sit down and wait.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Ah Liu.

Ah Liu strode confidently onto the stage, stopped in front of the piano, turned around, and bowed to the camera.

"Good morning/afternoon, esteemed judges. My name is Liu Fengrui, Level 4, and my piece to perform is Kabalevsky's Etude."

After smoothly completing the announcement, Ah Liu sat down at the piano and took a few deep breaths.

He wasn't actually that nervous. The stage was the one he knew best, and the three smiling faces in the audience were the ones he knew best.

But as soon as he sat down, he started to get a little nervous.

He suddenly remembered that his teacher had told them that the pass rate for the EPTA exams was less than 40%.

If he fails this time, Wang Xiaohu will laugh him to death.

Huhu——

Come on!

Go Liu!

Let's set an example and get off to a good start!
A moment later, he raised his hand.

Once he had calmed down a bit, he started to strike with both hands simultaneously.

"Clang clang clang"

"Clang clang clang"

The left and right hands simultaneously produce clear triplets in counterpoint, followed by a set of small, articulate dotted notes.

The moment the wrist made a snapping sound, it enlivened the atmosphere of the entire examination room.

In just a moment, Ah Liu completely returned to his usual state of practicing this piece.

Immediately, the piano music that filled the venue began to rise and fall naturally and smoothly.

Feeling the serenity in the melody, Mu Xin and Yan Zhen nodded at the same time.

Although they were already very familiar with Liu Fengrui, they still wanted to give him a thumbs up at this moment.

In this situation, the fact that Liu Fengrui, as the first contestant, was able to find his rhythm and get into the music in such a short time is enough to show that his mastery of this piece is not only technical but also psychological.

As the music ended, Ah Liu gracefully raised his hand, stood up, and bowed to the camera while playing the zither.

Although there was no applause, just by looking at the expressions of the four young contestants, it was clear that A Liu's performance had moved everyone present.

Although the piece is short, its level of completion is astonishing.

"good."

Ang Lee put down his pen and began to comment, "The staccato part was completed with very high quality and energy, basically expressing the artistic conception of the piece. Very good."

"However, you should pay attention to the outward rotation of your wrist when playing legato. This time it was a little too large, so some notes in the left hand are not very solid."

Ah Liu nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, judges."

Ang Lee looked to both sides.

Yan Zhen shook his head, and Mu Xin continued, "To be more specific about the 'weak' part starting with B, everything else is fine, thank you."

Ah Liu nodded again: "Thank you, judges." Old Tang, seeing that it was about time, called the second candidate to the stage.

The second candidate to take the stage was not a student of Sigang Steel, but came from Jia Mingyu's organization. Compared to A Liu, his overall performance on stage was somewhat inferior.

"Good morning, examiners. My name is Wu Yining, Level 3. The piece I will be playing is General Bam."

Wu Yining introduced the program with his head slightly lowered and his voice not loud, seemingly lacking stage confidence.

Ang Lee smiled and said, "Relax."

Wu Yining took a deep breath and sat down at the piano. Perhaps due to excessive nervousness, his right hand did not land the keys firmly, causing him to play the first accented note of the introduction weakly.

Fortunately, the girl regained some of her form after two bars, but the subsequent continuous dotted rhythms became unstable again.

Li An thought to himself that this child's mental fortitude was really lacking. Before Mingyu enrolled this child, she had sent him a video of the child.

The child in the video plays very well.

Sigh, this is clearly not going to pass.

He turned to look at Mu Xin, who gave him an inquiring look, and after a moment he shook his head.

Mu Xin nodded.

at the same time.

Outside the main gate downstairs, Ah Liu was vividly describing his stage performance to the children of the Fourth Steel Company.

"I can only say it's very formal. The teachers sit silently in the audience, but once you step onto the stage, you'll feel a sense of pressure."

Xiao Bei: "Really? Is the teacher very serious?"

Ah Liu: "Really? There will be live commentary after it's over."

Wang Xiaohu: "What did the teacher say about you?"

Ah Liu: "The teacher said I'm alright, there shouldn't be any major problems, but you guys need to be careful later, the stage lights are a bit bright."

Qiao Zhizhi: "Were you stopped?"

Ah Liu: "No! I thought I would be stopped at B, but I kept playing until the end. I felt that the teacher was not like a teacher today, but an examiner."

Xiao Che: "Hmm, what you said is making me a little nervous."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Me too."

Marco: "You two don't need to, do you?"

Car: "Really, I'm afraid I'll make a mistake."

Tang Xiaoxing: "I was also stopped by the teacher last night."

Ah Liu chuckled: "Anyway, good luck everyone, I'm free now, oh ho~"

Xiao Bei: "Get out of here! I'm waiting for Huihui to come out. I feel like you're deliberately trying to scare us!"

As everyone was talking, a few minutes later, Zhang Ya Hui finished her exam and came out.

Xiao Bei and the others quickly surrounded her, asking, "How was it, Huihui? Was it scary inside?"

Zhang Ya Hui nodded with lingering fear, the sweat on her chin still damp.

She whispered, "The girl in front of me probably didn't pass. Teacher Mu said she had a big problem with rhythm, but actually I thought she played pretty well."

As soon as Zhang Ya Hui finished speaking, the room fell silent. Everyone knew Zhang Ya Hui's skill level; Zhang Ya Hui thought the other person played quite well, so it shouldn't be so bad that they wouldn't pass.

Therefore, there is only one answer: EPTA's review process is far more rigorous than the teachers told them.

Panic gripped the crowd as everyone realized that a 40% pass rate was no joke.

The children's analysis was correct.

A 40% pass rate is no joke.

Last night, Lin Youyou made it clear to Li An that out of ten people taking the CET-6 exam, only the top four in terms of overall performance would be selected to pass.

Of course, this is ultimately up to Ang Lee, who is the chief examiner.

However, when the headquarters issues certificates, it also randomly selects some candidates' videos for spot checks.

Therefore, if Ang Lee wants to promote EPTA effectively, he needs to be even more rigorous in his oversight. If he relaxes his review standards just because someone is someone else's student, then what difference is there between him and the heads of those profit-driven exam preparation institutions?

Therefore, he could only be even stricter with his students.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the third batch of candidates entered the venue that morning.

Marco was stopped two-thirds of the way through the game, and the person who stopped him was none other than Ang Lee.

"This waltz adopts the form of Russian folk dance, which not only needs to be smooth but also needs to ensure natural transitions."

"#F Try to use your wrist to carry it."

"Let's go down and consolidate it further, thank you."

Marco nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, examiners."

As the third group of candidates finished and all the candidates left the room, Lao Tang turned off the camera and looked at Li An, saying frankly, "Marco played quite well this time."

Mu Xin added, "The sense of rhythm is excellent."

Yan Zhen: "I'd like to give it to you."

The three weren't pleading for Marco; they were just concerned because if Marco couldn't pass, how were they supposed to grade the other children?

Ang Lee pondered for a moment, then said, "Pass."

The grading exams continue.

The fourth group to appear included Xiao Che, Xiao Xing, and Wang Xiao Hu.

The three children felt that the atmosphere on the second floor was different from what they had imagined.

The first to take the stage was Old Tang's student, who played Schubert's Wild Rose.

It not only received high praise from all the teachers present, but also earned a thumbs-up from the three children.

Indeed, the playing was impeccable.

"It was excellent. Playing narrative songs on the piano is challenging. To bring out the feeling of human voices on the piano requires more delicate handling of the sonic layers. Your performance was very moving. Thank you."

"I hope you keep it up, and I look forward to your continued progress."

As Ang Lee finished speaking, the little boy on the stage was so excited he almost cried. He had been terrified after listening to the descriptions from his classmates who had taken the exam downstairs.

But at this moment, he actually received such praise from Ang Lee!
"Thank you, examiners. I will definitely continue to work hard."

Old Tang couldn't help but smile with satisfaction; he was not only an examiner but also a teacher.

"Next, candidate number seventeen."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaoxing stood up and looked at the car with a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

"Come on, little car!" the car seemed to say.

"Keep it up," Little Tiger said, moving his lips slightly.

Go for it! Tang Xiaoxing has been learning the piano for ten years and this is her first time stepping onto the stage for a graded examination.

Under the bright lights, she recalled her teacher's advice: "Every time you go on stage, you must imagine the stage as the Chopin Competition stage."

In just a moment, Tang Xiaoxing exuded an aura of unparalleled confidence.

"Good morning, examiners. My name is Tang Caiyun, I am a Level 9 examinee, and my piece will be Chopin's Winter Wind Etude."

The teacher and student looked at each other across the distance, and Li An nodded slightly.

Tang Xiaoxing was not bothered by the teacher's indifferent reaction at all; on the contrary, she became even more emotionally stable.

She turned around, sat down at the piano, adjusted the distance of the piano bench, placed her hands on her knees, closed her eyes for a moment.

About two or three seconds later, she opened her eyes and placed her left hand on the keyboard.

"when."

The next second, the piano music began, and the slow yet sharp sound instantly spread to every corner of the venue.

Hearing this, Ang Lee felt reassured.

Xiao Xing finally understood how to sink herself down.

A brilliant motive.