My girlfriend is a cellist

Chapter 340: Prisoner Bird - Nanali

At this moment, the light focused on the girl.

The whole audience was silent.

The F holes of the 18th-century Guadagnini cello opened their scarlet eyes under the overhead light, and the gilded serpentine pattern wrapped around the body of the cello was spitting out its message to the jury.

Nunnally plucked the strings.

The first sound of the Longqin Cup - plays!
When the first note was born from the contact between the bow and the D string, the gauze curtain of the air-conditioning outlet suddenly stopped - the entire concert hall became a specimen sealed in rosin amber.

The soothing and gentle music poured down along with the girl's movement.

“The Flying Geese by Saint-Lo.”

Gan Yanyu murmured softly and soon figured out the origin of the song.

"Moth?"

"'Goose' as in swan."

Gan Yanyu added.

Lin Tian was thoughtful, thinking that the author was quite good at naming, as the name sounded like an insect when pronounced.

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Nanali played with great concentration, her sound was pure and spotless.

Bringing the healing wind, it blows gently, sweeping over the audience
Ok?
Something is wrong!
As soon as the prelude started playing, Maple Leaf's frown deepened.

"It seems, not bad?"

Maple Leaf said, stroking his chin.

Both in terms of expressiveness and skillful use of the cello.

They are all worthy of the level of Longqin Cup professional cellists.

It’s not as bad as I imagined!

I heard Maple Leaf's comment.

Zhuye, who was standing by, was stunned for a moment, then touched Fengye's thigh under the table.

What does it mean - it seems pretty good?

If you say that, won't our previous thoughts be exposed?

After being touched, Maple Leaf quickly came to his senses.

Depend on!
Because I was too shocked, I didn't pay attention for a moment.
“It’s a very good piece of music.”

Maple Leaf immediately started to make amends and changed the subject.
"From our past information, it seems that Ms. Nunnali prefers to play classical music or modern pop music with classical elements."

"This time, they brought out this pure modern musical music 'Flying Goose'. It was obviously specially prepared for the Longqin Cup."

It was rare for Maple Leaf to give a serious explanation.

However, this performance was good.

But, it’s not good enough to be called “amazing”.

Qingjiang Province's third place seems to be in line with this ranking. Both its understanding of musical instruments and musical expression have reached a high level.

But we need to go one step further.
Not quite there yet.

at the same time,

In the lounge, Lin Tian, ​​who was watching the performance, leaned back on the sofa.

"Nunali has such a peaceful side."

Lin Tian was a little uncomfortable watching Nanali playing such a soothing music on the stage.

What he didn't expect was even more.

This guy actually gave up classical music?
Come to think of it, too.

Nanali seemed to have never shown her love for classical music in front of them.

It seems that her goal has always been just to "defeat Gan Yanyu".

Since it’s just to defeat Gan Yanyu.

It's no wonder that they play any kind of music to win.
"Lin Tian."

At this moment, Gan Yanyu, who was staring at the big screen nearby, spoke softly.

"what happened?"

"Do you think that Nunnally's playing is a little weird?"

"Weird?"

It was the first time that Lin Tian heard such an adjective from Gan Yanyu.

Weird performance?
Lin Tian looked at the big screen again.

If you have to say it.
This was probably the first time I saw Nunnally play such a "peaceful" piece of music.

In addition, her clothes were also worn very modestly today.

But Lin Tian prefers this style.

“She’s not like that.”

Gan Yanyu stared at the big screen and said, "At least her music is not like this."

Lin Tian looked at Gan Yanyu in confusion.

In her opinion, this doesn't seem to be difficult to understand, right?
After all, not every cellist is as obsessed with classical music as Gan Yanyu.

When it comes to the Longqin Cup, it is normal to make changes in order to win.

Change the song, change the style.

This is not a rare thing.

"Wouldn't it be better if she could be more content? I think her previous songs were too abrupt." Lin Tian commented.

He still remembered that when he first met Nanali, this guy's cello was actually very aggressive.

"No"

Gan Yanyu stared at the big screen in a daze.
“She’s in a lot of pain.”

The dark red skirt spread out in a perfect 120-degree fan shape on the custom-made piano stool, and the tentacles of the crystal butterfly hairpin in her hair trembled with the beat.

This is the battle dress that Kellyan sent to Nunnally from Savile Row in London. Every fold of it is soaked with the scent of the display cabinets in the British Museum.

Under the stage lights, the pearl necklace around Nunnally's neck glowed bluish-white.

The girl accurately copied the teaching video recorded by her mother: her right shoulder dropped 2.3 degrees, and her left pinky finger kept a constant distance of cm from the neck of the guitar. In her heart, she kept repeating:

You can do this, Nunnally.

Listen to your mother and follow her ideas
At least on the stage of the Longqin Cup, I don’t need to have any thoughts.

Just follow your mother's thinking.

Only in this way can he have a chance to defeat Gan Yanyu.

Only then will there be a chance for my mother to fulfill her promise and return home.

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The lake water ripples in the piano case.

But those bows that should have been stretched out have tiny serrations hidden in them - just like the scales piercing the skin under the gracefully curved neck of a swan.
The burning sensation made Nanali grit her teeth.

In a trance, Gan Yanyu couldn't help but clench her hands in worry.

As if on stage.

At this moment, the person sitting there is just a doll playing the cello.

She doesn't understand.

Why did Nunnally suppress her nature so much?

She also didn't know what had happened to Nanali that made her complete the performance even in such severe pain.

suddenly--

When the music reached measure 47, Nunnally's thumb suddenly pressed the bow tightly.

The crescendo scale that should have flowed was cut into neurotic staccatos, and the bow jumped like a ghost between the G string and the C string!
That is, hidden in the Shostakovich-style col legno technique, the ceramic swan paperweight that was smashed by his mother when he was twelve years old. The flying porcelain pieces are now piercing into the gaps of each eighth rest as the bow hits the strings.

"Nice piano!"

The commentator Zhuye couldn't help but exclaim,

"Is this... the Second Cello Concerto embedded in it? This technique is amazing!"

"It's amazing that such a rebellious element is added to such harmonious music, and it doesn't feel out of place."

Maple Leaf said excitedly,
"Wow, audience friends, what a surprise!"

At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room didn't understand what was happening, but they were all discussing:
[What does it mean? Another piece of classical music is embedded in "Flying Geese"? Is this correct? ]

[Wow~ Is this the Longqin Cup? It's so out of scope right from the start?! ]

[Awesome! This is just a show of skill, right?! ]

[To be honest, this insertion was so abrupt that it made my heart tremble! ]

【.】

Just a tremor in your heart.

Seeing this, Lin Tian finally understood where the "disharmony" that Gan Yanyu was talking about was.

This piece of music actually reflects Nunnally's inner world.

This was an inadvertent insertion.

It’s not so much a deliberate “contrast”.

It would be better to say that the gorgeous appearance that Nanali worked hard to package herself eventually revealed its flaws.

Beneath the flaw is Nanali's already manic heart.

Why. Why do you suppress yourself so much?

Lin Tian didn't understand.

On stage,
The overhead light suddenly shrank into a cage with a diameter of 90 cm, nailing Nanali at the boundary between light and dark.

The moment the sweat beads slide down the spine into the waistband,
She increased the amplitude of the vibrato in the seventh position by 1.5 mm. This subtle error, which the mother could never detect, caused rusty ripples to appear in the holy lake of heaven.

The "explosion" that everyone expected did not come after all.
The performance ends here.

When the curtain fell, applause flooded the stage like a rising tide.

Nanali stood up and saluted with the precision of a puppet, but the moment she bent down, the crystal hairpin on her head fell off.

Nanali was slightly startled, then bent down and picked it up.

This was accompanied by even more enthusiastic applause from the audience.

“What a beautiful performance!”

In the live broadcast room, Maple Leaf sighed,
"As expected of a direct descendant of the Nunnally family, this cello performance is truly soul-stirring!"

Although, he still didn't understand many of the emotions in this song.

However, the techniques displayed in it have completely conquered him.

As a commentator, being able to hear this level is enough.

【What about the history of Nunnally's family? 】

【Didn’t you say you were going to talk about it?】

[Yeah, why is it gone? ? ]

Netizens do have a short memory, which made Fengye feel a headache when he saw the barrage. If he continued to talk about it at this time, it would definitely be endless and he would never be able to finish.

He quickly looked at the bamboo leaves.

Who knows, Zhuye seemed to have not recovered from the performance just now.

After he reacted, he looked at Feng Ye and couldn't help but say,

"This is only the third level of Qingjiang."

Speaking of this, Fengye was even more shocked.

Yes.

Why did I feel that Teacher Nanali was a "specially invited contestant" before this?

After all, it was because of Qingjiang’s embarrassing ranking of “third”.

As a result, after watching this performance, it is impossible that this person is a special guest contestant.
With this level, even in other provinces, it would definitely be the number one seed.

If, Nunnally is only the third
Maple Leaf quickly flipped through the list.

"The top two in Qingjiang Province are——"

"Bai Xi, Gan Yanyu?"

(End of this chapter)