The artistic rebirth of engineering women

Chapter 72 Program
Because of Chen Yunie's move, Yue Wenjing spent a lot of brainpower these days.

She never intended to perform guqin on the school stage.It has nothing to do with the prejudice of elegance and vulgarity, nor does it deify the guqin. It is simply out of the consideration that the audience cannot appreciate it and thus cannot get effective communication.

Unlike Guqin Collection, now Yue Wenjing is facing audiences who know almost nothing about Guqin.Because of the lack of cognition, unless there are extremely talented people, in today's cultural gap, if they are not immersed in it and have a certain sensibility, it is really difficult for ordinary people to appreciate Guqin music.

Now there is such a concept that good music is good music.Since most people cannot appreciate Guqin music, or even distinguish it, why should it be preserved and passed on?

In this regard, Yue Wenjing’s opinion has always been this: Guqin music does not conform to the current appreciation concept, because today’s music is more inclined to melody, so the music has less sound and more rhyme, and it is broken and not continuous under rough listening. Guqin music is a little too old to accept.But that's not to say it doesn't sound good.

Just like the appreciation of ancient Chinese.Since the grammar used in ancient times is quite different from the vernacular, if there is a lack of understanding, it will only feel jerky.But after mastering a certain amount of knowledge of ancient Chinese, you can find it infinitely interesting when you read those classic classical Chinese, and its explorability is even better than that of vernacular Chinese.

When she was in college, she once heard a senior sister who did some research on guqin music say that the incomprehensible part of guqin music is its blank space, but this is also the most interesting part of it.

Appreciating Guqin music, apart from mastering relevant knowledge, it is more important to draw a picture in your mind while listening.All it needs is your imagination.As for what kind of associations you can have, that's all up to you.You are what you hear.In other words, this is also the explanation that listening to Guqin music lies in another angle of self-communication, right?
For modern music, listeners don't need to spend too much brainpower on their own, they just need to immerse themselves in the performer's world, feel and experience it.I am used to being dominated by others, and then listen to this kind of music with strong autonomy, how can I get used to it?

These are not Yue Wenjing's subjective assumptions, she had a deep understanding of that performance in college.

At that time, she collaborated with two dance lovers who had no professional training and a classmate who studied Chinese painting. She played a prelude for them, which lasted about two and a half minutes, and then played the original song, and the two danced together. At the same time, the students who painted traditional Chinese painting completed a picture of plum blossom in about 6 minutes.

During the period, the classmate who studied Chinese painting had some interest in Guqin and also learned about the particularity of Guqin music, so he worried that in the first two and a half minutes, the audience would feel a little bored just watching the painting and listening to the piano. Let the main planner of this show, the main dancer of the duo, add a solo dance in front to add some visual things.

In order to match her performance, the classmate also spent some effort, and finally found a dance movement with a style that did not conflict, but the movement was also somewhat different from the style of modern dance, but it was closer to ancient dance.However, in Yue Wenjing's opinion, if this dance is done properly, it would be better to have some connotations of ancient dance.

What was the official performance like, but she had no chance to see it.When she was playing the piano, she put all her heart and soul into it, and never took her eyes off the surface of the piano, only vaguely hearing some applause.In the part where she played only her solo, the following can be said to be almost calm, until the light hit the classmate who was the main dancer, and there was immediate applause.And when the main theme of the original song sounded, and the two began to dance to the main theme, the applause never stopped.

In all fairness, she didn't think there was any problem with her playing technique, and she was not a little bit better than the two dancers in terms of expression.Although she didn't see their performance on stage, she only watched them during practice and rehearsal, and she had a general understanding of their level.Even if the performance is extraordinary, after all, there is no dance skills, and the heat is there.

Later, Zang Mu also told her that the piano is very good and the traditional Chinese painting is superb, but the dance is not amazing enough.Overall, the whole show was pretty good.

So why did she not get as good a response as the two unprofessional dancers?

She didn't mean to criticize anything, and she didn't mean to care about her performance not getting the recognition she deserved. She just wanted to explain the current situation: Guqin is not suitable for the stage, at least not for the stage that is open to the public now.Because there is no correct appreciation method, no matter how excellent the performance is, it is nothing more than repetitive and lengthy melodies in the eyes of everyone.

Therefore, she had a difficult time choosing the program.

If you can't choose guqin, what else is suitable for you on stage?

piano?too common.Moreover, in Yanzhi Middle School, there is an art class specially set up for students with special talents in art, and their schedule is completely different from that of students without special talents.And piano is a subject that almost all students with specialties in musical instruments must learn. Even non-instrumental students sometimes choose this subject because of the need for second majors.In front of many people who majored in this, she was not sure to stand out.

It's not that she has to go on stage, it's just that she also knows how exciting the other two shows in the class are. If it's only her show that gets rejected, let's not mention her face, first of all, Chen Yunie's side won't Easy to explain.Moreover, people still have very high expectations of her.

Martial arts?Performing Tai Chi at the New Year's Eve party?When Yue Wenjing thought of that scene, he felt a chill.The next sentence lingered in my mind: "Don't make trouble, okay?"

When she was at a loss, a sudden knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

"Did I bother you?" Cen Xi thought it was a bit funny seeing Yue Wenjing, who had messy hair and was obviously caught thinking like this, but asked about her situation first.

"No." She looked at him with a sad face.

"Why, there are things that our Highness Qin Ke can't solve?" There was obvious ridicule in the tone, and the hint of concern was still captured by Yue Wenjing.

"I'm really crying, I don't know what show I'm going to perform..." He briefly explained the cause and effect.

Cen Xi was silent for a while, lowered his head slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, without any warning, he suddenly walked towards the piano by the wall.Because of the ingenious location, there is nothing discordant between the black piano and the boudoir-style room layout, but it adds some lively flavor.

Fingers dance on the keys.The melody is familiar to Yue Wenjing, "Farewell".

The lyrics of this piece were written by Master Hongyi, and the tune is selected from the American song "Dream of Home and Mother".This piece of music can be regarded as one of the successful examples of the combination of Chinese poetry and foreign songs. The tune is fresh, elegant, and melodious. Since its creation, the popularity has never diminished.

Listen, listen, Yue Wenjing suddenly had an inspiration.

Simple piano performance is not enough, and poetry recitation is too common, so what about the combination of recitation and piano?
Suddenly enlightened, Yue Wenjing's complexion also suddenly relaxed.

Cen Xi, who had been paying attention to her all the time, saw the change in her expression and understood that she had an inspiration.There was a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, he stopped playing, and said: "It seems that you already have an idea. I won't bother you, go to bed early."

After all, he got up and left the room.

(End of this chapter)