Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 321 22. What is a job?look

100 is not a perfect score!?
Without waiting for Ang Li to think again, new puzzles came one after another.

'Ding——The student teacher-student index breaks through 100, and the reputation function is activated. '

'Ding--student teacher-student index exceeding 100 will be automatically converted into reputation points. '

In the next second, a group of small pale gold characters floated in front of Li An's eyes, 'Reputation +2'

Gee tut.

prestige value.

Started to live again.

Li An lightly clenched his left hand hanging on his leg, and stretched out a thumb in Xiao Ji's direction.

Then he saw Xiao Ji blowing his bangs on his forehead.

He is familiar with this movement, every time Xiao Ji is encouraged, he will use this movement to cheer himself up.

Suddenly, 'Prestige +1' floated in front of my eyes again

This time he could see clearly, only 'prestige value +1'.

Thinking carefully about the two system prompts just now, he frowned involuntarily.

Until the small golden characters in front of him faded again, Li An's eyes focused on the audience again.

Xiao Ji's laughter is still vivid.

Seeing this scene, Li An felt much relieved.

"Raise your hand."

Li An raised the microphone again, and asked the audience loudly: "Which student can answer these three questions?"

Coming to the center of the stage, he repeated the question again.

The elegant sparrows in the audience were silent.

The 24 students looked at me and I looked at you. They all focused on their surroundings, but none of them had the courage to look in the direction of the stage.

Seeing this scene, Li An felt that he might have frightened the children.

After thinking about it, he decided to change the angle.

"Just now this classmate said that she practiced one hour of scales, one hour of etudes, and two hours of music every day."

"For the art test, there is no big problem with the allocation of practice time."

"Students who practice piano similarly to her raise their hands."

This time more than half of the students in the audience raised their hands.

"very good."

"Why did everyone choose such a practice method?"

"Because it seems very reasonable, the rain and dew are evenly covered, and different practice time is allocated according to different practice modules."

"But I want to tell everyone, don't plan for the sake of planning, don't practice for the sake of practicing."

"Take the scale as an example."

"This can be said to be the most basic and important technique in piano performance."

"Scale running."

Ang Lee played the C major scale with both hands three times in front of the piano.

After playing, he said, "Everyone should hear clearly. At the same speed, the second play is clearer than the first play, and the third play is more flexible than the second play."

"So what kind of thinking do we need to take when practicing scales, for example, how can I make the scales play more clearly? The essence of this problem is how we can solve the problem of finger independence by practicing scales."

"Here I would like to emphasize that there are many practice methods and works on finger independence, but most of them are not as effective as serious practice of scales."

"Excuse me, have you solved the four-finger problem?"

Laughing offstage.

"For another example, when we solve the problem of finger independence in a stage, we want to make the whole scale sound smoother, so we have to talk about finger turning and wrist twisting."

Speaking of this, Li An suddenly realized that the topic of how to practice scales can be taken as a special topic.

It's just that due to time constraints, he can't go any further.

"Everyone may wish to follow this train of thought and think back to how I practiced the scales for that one hour. Did you have a clear practice idea when practicing, which is the so-called-why practice?"

"When we know what problem we want to solve, we finally choose the appropriate practice method."

"Whether it's a scale, an arpeggio, or an etude piece, it's all the same."

"Learning piano is such a process of discovering and solving problems. I hope that everyone can improve the efficiency of practicing piano. There are only eleven months left before the next art test."

"There is not much time left for everyone."

"Everyone, come on."

wow——

There was a warm applause from the audience.

Many students finally realize that they have been practicing in a misunderstanding of thinking before, always thinking that as long as they repeat the practice over and over again, they will be able to play the content they want to connect well in the end.

After listening to Teacher Li's answer, these students finally understood why their progress was slow.

Why do I feel that I have already practiced the part yesterday, but when I wake up and play again, it seems to be back to the day before yesterday.

I found the reason, but I didn't even know what I was thinking when I practiced yesterday.

After listening to the three scales demonstrated by Mr. Li, they knew what a good scale is and how to distinguish between good scales.

It turned out that they didn't even have a definition of a good scale in their minds. Unfortunately, Teacher Li only talked about the scale practice part.

But there is no way if you don't hear enough.

The accompanying parents have really learned a lot today, and some of them thought at first that their children would be charged [-] yuan just to play for about ten minutes on stage, which is a bit expensive.

Parents who think it’s too expensive don’t think so now, and they feel that it’s worth the money just by listening to this teacher Li’s demonstration.

Not only the students and their parents also benefited, but also a young teacher who came here admiringly.

This young teacher, also surnamed Li, named Li Rui, was sitting in the second row and applauding with the people around him.

Li Rui also graduated from the Conservatory of Music. Because he recognized his lack of talent in piano performance during the art examination stage, he finally chose music education as his main major. After four years of university, he devoted himself to how to use piano teaching as a life skill in the future. .

After graduating, Li Rui did not choose to stay in the big city to work hard, but returned to Yucheng. Using what he had learned in the four years of university, he soon opened up his own small world in Yucheng. Last year he just sent a student to After entering the piano performance major at his alma mater, he is now considered a well-known teacher in the piano education circle of Yucheng.

He came here today entirely for Li An's live performance, and he didn't expect to get any useful teaching examples from Li An.

Good playing does not mean strong teaching ability. There are two basic points to measure a teacher's teaching ability, one is teaching experience, and the other is guiding method, and these two points need to be accumulated over time.

In his opinion, Ang Lee's teaching experience is too short.

Although he thinks that Ji Yang's performance of Moonlight Three is very good, he thinks it is more due to the girl's own talent.

In his mind, no matter who teaches such a child, it will be easy for him to get good grades.

Having experienced the cruelty of the art test, Li Rui knows the importance of talent in this line of work. When he gave up taking the piano performance test, he had seen a talented existence like Li An Jiyang. With the same content and the same teacher, he needed to go back and practice hard for two days Can barely grasp, and these people can easily solve it only by spending his time on the way home.

Therefore, Li Rui didn't think that Li An understood the obstacles that ordinary people like them encountered in learning the piano better than he did.

If he has not experienced it, how can he talk about it in depth? To put it bluntly, he thinks that Ang Lee's teaching experience is not enough to cover the majority of ordinary piano candidates.

He thought Ang Lee would be like the master classes he had listened to in college——

Sit there, and then wait for a student to come on stage and play a section, and then start to talk about emotions, composers, and the background of the work. At the end of the talk, the students almost forget what they just played on stage.

In his subconscious mind, watching the so-called master class today is just a show.

But despite this, he still encourages his students to spend money to listen.

First of all, he has seen this Xinghai Cup competition repeatedly, and personally highly respects Ang Lee's performance.

Secondly, Yucheng is a small place, and the children here have almost no chance to see live performances at the performer level before they are admitted to university.

The immersive observation will make the children more intuitively feel the performance charm of the piano as an instrument. For the children at this stage of the art test, it is better to get a real self-feeling than thousands of words of encouragement.

But in the end, he had to give heartfelt applause for Ang Lee's class.

wonderful.

There is no scripture, no profound theory, no anecdotes about composers, and there is not even a mention of anything other than a line of staves.

Only to find the problem and solve the problem.

When Li An was explaining the method to a child, he said, "In the process of practicing the piano, you should try any method that can solve the problem."

After listening to Ang Lee's three questions and thinking about it, he agreed with this sentence even more.

It is such a master who teaches both dirty and plain tricks during the teaching process. He can amaze the audience by just sitting in front of the piano and playing a few sentences.

Now think about it, a teacher who can play all kinds of mistakes with such precision, who dares to say that he has no teaching experience?
He is handsome, has a funny speech, plays well, and can teach.

Comparing yourself, I really complied with the sentence that people compare with others, and it makes people mad.

But Li Rui was not angry at all. He was proud that Li An was from Yucheng.
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Li An bowed slightly to the audience.

After the applause fell, he felt that the Q&A session could be concluded without too many cars.

Just about to call the curtain and go to the backstage to go to the bathroom, a young girl who didn't look like a high school student raised her hand and stood up on the left hand in the second row.

"Hello, Mr. Li, I want to consult. It is best to practice several pieces at the same time."

The female teacher seemed a little reserved, and she didn't ask clearly. Li An smiled and signaled the other party to relax, "Hmm, are you a teacher?"

Li An didn't know whether the other party was a college student or a teacher.

"That's right," the female teacher nodded hurriedly, "I'm a piano teacher, and I'm taking a few art candidates with me. I have a student who learns faster, but I don't want him to catch up with the progress. I don't mean to pressure him on purpose. , I want to let him practice more solidly, students have a strong desire to study, they always ask me when I can play new content, I don’t know what method to take.”

"Thank you."

Ang Lee understood.

The key to this female teacher's contradiction is that she doesn't know how to improve comprehensively by arranging different repertoire exercises.

"That's it."

Li An coughed, "

"Because whether it's in class or in exams, we always demand excellence in the repertoire performed by students."

"The essence here does not mean playing only one piece of music. Good technique must not be improved by relying on one piece of music, whether it is an etude or a piece of music."

"Students at any stage need to practice several different types of works at the same time, this is to allow them to better consolidate their current skills."

"From a long-term perspective, this is a steady improvement that is proportional to the effort and return."

"Knocking on a piece of music, in the short term, the improvement effect may be very obvious, but this improvement will not last long, I think you are also clear about this."

The female teacher nodded seriously, "Then, what is your suggestion, Mr. Li, go?"

"If you have enough time, I suggest you intersperse some related exercises for him according to his current level."

After getting Li An's affirmative reply, the female teacher was relieved, there were still eleven months left, and she felt that the time was still enough.

"Thank you."

The female teacher stood directly in the auditorium and bowed to Li An.

Ang Lee waved his hand: "No need, our focus today is communication."

Seeing the female teacher sit down, Li An thought that this time it should be almost done.

"Mr. Li, I want to ask you a technical question."

Here a boy with eyes stood up again.

"Yeah, tell me." Li An raised his hand to signal.

Boy with glasses: "Can you play the chords differently from the marks on the score?"

Li Anxin sighed that it was this kind of problem that could not be discussed.

"Regarding this issue, everyone can pay attention to the sheet music you are using now. The fingerings marked on it were all marked by the editor later, not the composer himself."

"Because everyone's hand shape conditions are different, the same fingering may not apply to everyone. Sometimes we can choose to adjust fingering according to our own situation. For example, in order to make the lines of the phrase more coherent, I will also make up some by myself. Fingering, there is no way to talk about it empty-handed, we have to use examples.”

"Analyze specific issues in detail. When you come up to play later, I will help you take a look."

"Thank you, Teacher Li." The boy with eyes sat down after asking the question.
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Then Ang Lee answered three more questions, one after another, like it was endless.

Fortunately, Qi Yunsong took the initiative to stand up and finish for Li An, so Li An was able to go backstage to use the toilet.

"It's been hard work."

Back in the lounge, Qi Yunsong served him tea with his own hands, "Let's sit down after we finish our work."

Li An took it and took a sip, "Mr. Qi, I'm really sorry today. The high school reunion tonight has already been scheduled. It's really hard to push this off."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yunsong immediately said, "All right, you can set the time, but you must give your teacher and me a chance for this meal."

Li An waved his hand: "Why are you still polite to me?"

As he said that, he thought about it quickly. Tomorrow night will definitely not work, and he will have a physical examination the day after tomorrow. "Just the night after tomorrow. You decide the place."

Qi Yunsong clapped his hands: "Then the day after tomorrow, Lao Yang just heard the constant applause from below, and I look forward to asking you for advice tonight, and you will have a good chat the night after tomorrow."

Lao Yang is the sponsor of today's event and one of the partners of Zhiyuan Music and Art School.

When Li An got off the car, the old boss Yang was also in the queue to welcome him.

A boss who wants to come to the musical instrument business will naturally not be interested in "how to practice the piano". It just so happens that he also has some questions that have nothing to do with the piano and would like to ask the other party for advice.

"All according to the teacher's arrangement."

Qi Yunsong laughed, brought the topic back and said, "How is it? How are the children from Yucheng this year?"

Ang Lee sighed: "It's better than I expected."

Qi Yunsong continued to play tricks, "The first child in the second half, please help me listen carefully, I am a bit unable to teach."

When Li An heard this, he immediately became interested. Among other things, he knew the teaching level of Teacher Qi, and the background of the original owner was no worse than him.

(End of this chapter)