Chapter 123: Heavy Meaning and Light Form
Heaven and earth view, inside the pavilion.
Xuan Wei is discussing Yu Bing's Dao number.
"Do you know the origin of the word 'Yubing'?" asked Xuanwei.
Yu Bing nodded and replied: "Jing Frog can't talk to the sea and be confined to the void, Xia Worm can't talk to the ice and be devoted to the time, Qu Shi can't speak to the Tao, and he is bound to the teaching." ”
This passage comes from the "Autumn Water" chapter in the "Zhuangzi Outer Chapter", and the specific meaning must also be understood by you, which is a metaphor for people who are confined to what they have seen and heard, who are lonely and unheard, who are short of knowledge and do not understand current affairs. Xuan Wei said.
Although it sounds good, it is not appropriate to apply the name of enlightenment.
However, Xuanwei has difficulty in choosing a name, so if he seriously thinks about a Taoist number, he will only entangle himself to death!
"Why don't you call it 'Autumn Water'?" Xuan Wei suggested.
Yu Bing looked at Xuan Wei silently, as if he couldn't understand it, did it turn out that the Dao number was finalized so casually?
"Take these two words as the road number, firstly, I hope that you can take this article as a lesson, don't learn from the well frog and the summer worm, and get out of your own circle in order to recognize the great road of the world!
Yu Bing thought about it carefully, and felt that the name Qiushui at least didn't make people feel awkward, so he immediately nodded and admitted it.
"By the way, I almost forgot about this thing!" Xuan Wei suddenly remembered something, and when his long sleeves were raised, there was an extra guqin in his hand.
Xuanwei had a lot in his sleeves, and he almost didn't startle Qiushui.
But soon, Qiushui couldn't care about panicking, because her mind had completely fallen on the guqin in Xuanwei's hand.
Although Yu Bing is usually exposed to pop music, and the most frequently used instruments are also Western instruments such as guitar and piano, this does not mean that she does not understand traditional Chinese instruments.
Even if you are not proficient, at least you have been exposed to these instruments for a while, and you have some knowledge and understanding of these instruments.
"Teacher Xuanwei, this piano seems to be a bit precious, right?" Qiushui's voice trembled a little, and his eyes burned a little.
For musicians, musical instruments are lover-like existence, and a good musical instrument is attractive!
And the guqin in Xuanwei's hand, just looking at the appearance, is quite good, not at all like the big road goods in the music line, and even faintly reveals the emperor-like extravagance in the stock qin!
Seeing Qiushui's straight eyes, Xuan Wei couldn't help but laugh.
"The Great Sage's Relic Qin, I've sent it to you!" Placing the guqin on the stone table, Xuan Wei said to Qiushui.
"Teacher Xuanwei, do you mean that this piano is the Great Sage's Relic Qin?" Qiushui's voice instantly rose several degrees.
The Great Sage's Relic Piano, it is a precious instrument equivalent to cultural relics, and Qiushui can't believe that he has the opportunity to get up close!
Perhaps because he was a little excited, Qiushui only heard the name of the guqin, but ignored the last three words of Xuanwei.
"The craftsmanship is as delicate as a work of art, and it is exactly as described in the book!" Qiushui, who came to the stone table, stared at the Great Sage's Relic Qin, and muttered to himself excitedly.
"Don't you want to play it yourself?" said Xuan Wei chuckled.
"Is it okay?" Qiushui stretched out his hand, and then retracted nervously, for fear that if he touched it, he would ruin this precious guqin.
"Isn't the piano just for playing?" asked Xuan Wei rhetorically.
No matter how precious a musical instrument is, if it is cherished and put on the shelf as a treasure, it is tantamount to erasing its original and original meaning.
Qiushui bowed slightly, and his hands gently rested on the strings of the Great Sage's Relic Sound Piano.
The green fingers brushed the strings, and a distant sound sounded, beautiful and rich.
"No wonder so many guqin people respect the Great Sage's Relic Qin, which can collect nine beautiful tones and charms of strange, ancient, transparent, moist, quiet, round, even, clear and fragrant, worthy of the name of both nine virtues!" Qiushui, who tried the tone, exclaimed.
To say that Qiushui may have had a trace of doubts about the authenticity of the Great Sage's Relic Piano before, but after trying the sound at this moment, she has completely believed that this is the Great Sage's Relic Qin!
"Let's start "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud"!" Xuan Wei said loudly.
Qiushui, who couldn't wait to officially play a song, nodded, Xiaoxiang Shuiyun was one of the top ten famous songs of the guqin, and she had come into contact with it.
If you read the score carefully, Qiushui is confident that she will be able to write it down exactly at all!
In front of fans and the media, Qiushui has only shown his absolute sense of tone and creative ability, but this unforgettable notation ability is little known.
No matter which point it is, it is almost a god-given talent for musicians, but Qiushui can be combined, and it is no wonder that the system evaluates his qualifications in music are amazingly high!
Ten fingers plucked the strings, mellow and elegant overtones and rising jumping melodies, through the light smoke and rippling water waves, slowly unfolded like a landscape painting in the distance.
Xuan Wei closed his eyes lightly and quietly enjoyed the playing of autumn water.
The introductory part of Xiaoxiang Shuiyun, whether it is the melody or artistic conception, Qiushui is handled quite well, at least Xuanwei can't find any obvious flaws.
On the ground, a sound sounded, like a deep and mournful sigh.
This is a technique used when playing the guqin, which is called "finger swinging".
The melody rises and falls, and behind the vast scenery, there is a sense of melancholy.
"Then is the most quintessential and testing part of the whole music!" Xuan Wei thought to himself.
This part of the passage is known as the elegant name of "water and clouds", and it needs to be glissanded in the low register with the help of fingering techniques such as "back and forth" and "swinging", so as to express the mood of water and clouds.
The ten fingers of Qiushui slid over the surface of the piano, and the Great Sage's Relic Qin suddenly let out a trembling violation, simulating a scene similar to the movement of water and clouds.
This part of the passage with a special expression is not sluggish in Qiu Shui's hands, and the technique alone is almost perfect.
It's a pity that the composer's melancholy of worrying about the country and the people is a little worse. Xuanwei sighed lightly with regret.
The sound of the piano stopped abruptly.
Qiushui frowned, as if he was not satisfied with the previous part of the performance.
"Teacher Xuanwei, I always feel that Fang Cai's passages are a little insufficient, but I can't say anything specific. Qiushui turned sideways to look at Xuanwei.
"There is a saying in Guoshu called 'emphasizing the meaning but not the form', this sentence is actually used in all laws, calligraphy, painting and even music are just a carrier, in order to convey various meanings or realms. Of course, this is not to emphasize that the form is not important, but on the basis of having the form, the form is light and the meaning is important. Xuan Wei explained slowly.
Qiushui thought for a moment and asked, "Then how should you pay attention to it?"
"Cultivate the mind!" Xuan Wei replied succinctly.
(PS: The work has been busy these days, and the rest is seriously insufficient, and I thought about staying all night last night, but suddenly my eyes were dark, and my heartbeat was inexplicably faster, and I was really scared.) )