"That's right," Boss Li added, "You see those documents describe the way the guqin is played, it is called 'fuqin', usually the guqin plucks the strings with the right hand, presses the strings with the left hand, and walks back and forth on the strings, paying attention to chanting, and the fingering of the guzheng is completely different from the guqin." ”

Wen Fangfei stretched out her hands, spread ten fingers, and demonstrated to Li Xiaoru on the spot, "Our guzheng uses the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand to pluck the strings, and the left hand uses the tension of the strings to control the change of the string tone to polish the melody. ”

Li Xiaoru only found out at this time that Wen Fangfei's fingers were full of calluses, the same as her own hands, but the positions of their cocoons were different.

"Guzheng has more strings than guqin, and it seems that guqin is easier to learn than guzheng, but in fact, the ancients thought that guqin is far more difficult than guzheng, because guqin pays more attention to artistic conception, which is a very mysterious thing that is difficult to master.

You see Yu Boya playing "Mountains and Flowing Water" to Zhong Ziqi, Sima Xiangru playing "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" to Zhuo Wenjun, to achieve that kind of artistic conception, you can only rely on understanding and talent, you can't learn it at all, so now there are fewer and fewer people learning guqin, the number of students in the guqin department of our college is only less than a quarter of the guzheng department, and the school doesn't pay much attention to this niche major," Wen Fangfei gave Li Xiaoru a good science popularization.

Li Xiaoru nodded as if she was taught, "I used to think that the guzheng and the guqin were the same musical instrument, but I really didn't know that the guzheng and the guqin were so exquisite." ”

"It's a pity that most parents are like you, they don't know about folk music, and people who haven't studied music always subconsciously think that Western musical instruments are high-end, and when cultivating children's interest, they choose Western instruments such as piano and violin, so that now folk music is gradually declining," Boss Li's tone was very lost.

"I've been running this shop here for 20 years, and in the past few years, the business has been getting worse and worse, and every year is not as good as a year, and I can receive five or six customers a day, and when I don't have a single customer, you can look at the guitar shop opposite, and there is an endless stream of customers every day. ”

Li Xiaoru said, "The guitar is different, those boys rush to learn the guitar, isn't it because they can play and sing at the same time, it's easier to flirt with girls." ”

Li Xiaoru can always amuse the people around her and make everyone feel better.

Wen Fangfei echoed with a smile, "It makes sense, the boy plays the guitar, and a group of girls immediately surround him." ”

"To create this effect, the premise is that you have to be a handsome guy," Li Xiaoru looked at Wen Fangfei and smiled, "If you play the guzheng in public, you won't be able to attract a circle of boys immediately." ”

The three girls talked and laughed, and finally said away the haze of broken strings.

Wen Fangfei asked Liu Yan tentatively, "I see that you are very interested in this guqin, do you want to try playing it?"

Li Xiaoru felt that Wen Fangfei's words were so strange, "You forgot that we are from the piano department, how can Yan Yan play the guqin." ”

"Not necessarily. ”

Liu Yan looked at Wen Fangfei's eyes that had understood everything, and knew that she would definitely not be able to hide her. Liu Yan asked Boss Li, "Can I try playing this guqin?"

"Of course you can, I've already tuned this piano, play it casually," Boss Li said briskly.

Liu Yan brought the stool to the front of the piano and sat down.

"I have a prosthetic nail in my bag, you can put it on and play it again," Wen Fangfei said and opened her shoulder bag.

Liu Yan shook her head and smiled, "I haven't used a prosthetic nail, I always use my own nails." ”

Wen Fangfei's eyes couldn't help but fall on Liu Yan's fingers, she felt very weird, many people know that you can't keep nails when playing the piano, your fingertips must touch the keys, otherwise it is easy to slip on the keys, Liu Yan's nails are trimmed very smoothly.

How do you pluck the strings with such fingers?

Doesn't it hurt?

Since Mrs. Xu's death, Liu Yan has never touched the guqin again, sitting in front of the qin, she didn't know what to play for a while, so she tried to play a minor tune first.

The melody is simple but nice!

Li Xiaoru was stunned.

Hello her...... She actually knows how to play the guqin, her fingers are so flexible, and she looks very powerful, which is similar to the feeling that Fang Fei gave her when she played the guzheng.

Wen Fangfei and Boss Li were also very surprised, one is that Liu Yan has a standard timbre, skilled fingering, and obviously has a deep foundation, and the other is that she played this little song, which they felt very unfamiliar.

The song was very short, and Liu Yan finished playing it quickly.

Wen Fangfei asked, "What kind of song is this? ”

Boss Li said, "I haven't heard it before, but I still think I've heard all the famous Chinese songs." ”

"This piece is called "Opera Spring", and it was made by a court musician named Shi Wu in the Western Han Dynasty," Liu Yan explained, she saw the still puzzled expressions of Fang Fei and Boss Li, and guessed that this piece has not been passed down to this day, and I am afraid that even Shi Wu has not left a name in history.

Liu Yan decided that in the future, she could no longer easily play ancient songs that should not exist in the present world, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.

Fortunately, "Opera Spring" is short and simple, and Wen Fangfei and Boss Li didn't think deeply.

Liu Yan deliberately diverted the attention of the two and said, "My brain is so empty, I don't know what to play." ”

"You try again, play "Liang Zhu", it just so happens that I have the music score," Wen Fangfei took out the music score from her bag and placed it on the music stand in front of the guqin, she turned her head to Li Xiaoru and said, "Xiaoru, you will be the judge later, and the evaluation is whether I play well or Yan Yan well." ”

Li Xiaoru was excited all of a sudden, "Okay, okay, I'll be very strict!"

has rehearsed so many times, Liu Yan is too familiar with the score of "Liang Zhu", she can play it with or without a score.

Liu Yan sat in front of the piano, did not read Wen Fangfei's score, but brewed in her mind the fusion of the story of "Liang Zhu" and the guqin, her guqin, only played ancient songs, never played modern music.

And this is what Wen Fangfei said, creating an artistic conception.

I saw that she figured it out, plucked the strings with her right hand and pressed the strings with her left hand, and then, the beautiful melody of "Liang Zhu" spread in this small shop.

The same song, the guqin and the guzheng are interpreted in completely different styles, the guzheng is vivid and bright, but the guqin is quiet and long, Liu Yan's free and easy posture and quiet expression, very ancient, as if they brought them into the ancient world a long time ago.

Li Xiaoru looked at Liu Yan who played the piano intently, her eyes were full of amazement, Liu Yan who played the guqin and she who played the piano were completely two people, the former was ethereal, the latter was elegant, and her guqin level was much better than her piano.

Wen Fangfei originally thought that Liu Yan was just an amateur guqin enthusiast, and students who learn instrumental music generally know the second instrument, just as Tang Tu can play violin and piano, and she herself knows a little about guqin.

But Liu Yan's level greatly exceeded her expectations, and she wondered why Liu Yan chose to apply for the piano department instead of the guqin department when she took the art exam.