Chapter 55: Growing Pains
Out of Zhou Xiuying's house, Qin Fangge was still thinking, sure enough, it was more profitable to plagiarize such a classic song.
But in his current state, he doesn't have much desire and enthusiasm for money.
What he needs to do most now is to practice the erhu as soon as possible, as well as the piano erhu ensemble that he promised Huang Jing, at first he planned to copy two pieces casually, but after Huang Jing gave him the erhu, he changed his mind and planned to really create it himself. The experience of Zhou Xiuying's family and the selfless experience sharing of his predecessors have broadened his horizons, in fact, composition is indeed like what Zhou Xiuying said, you can't rely on inspiration completely, first you have to keep trying to create, and then you can burst out of inspiration in creation, so that you can feel and move people with emotion.
And he himself can't live without his own things, otherwise, there is really so much good music in his head.
It is said that "if you are familiar with 300 Tang poems, you will not be able to chant poems".
So many classic composition techniques can be borrowed, and with his current talent, he can completely create completely new and own songs.
On the way back on foot, Qin Fangge had been thinking about this, and for him, when he walked, he could accumulate ideas and inspiration very well.
After filling his stomach near the piano room, Qin Fangge went directly to the piano room.
He first continued to practice Bach's 12 equal laws, and there were 48 of them!
In addition to the necessary basic fingering techniques and a deep understanding of the ideas of the pieces themselves, he also gained a deeper understanding of Bach's ability to compose. A great musician like Bach used all kinds of techniques when composing, and classical music is really broad and profound, and modern pop music has a lot of nutrients to draw from it.
Then, Qin Fangge began to create the piano part.
He had heard a lot of piano and erhu ensembles before, and his understanding was not particularly deep, but in terms of experience, he was unique.
The ensemble he wants to compose now still has the erhu as the protagonist, and the piano as the supporting role, but it is by no means an optional trick or accompaniment.
He decided to set the emotional tone of the whole piece first, which was poignant.
The material and timbre of the erhu determine the effect of the performance, close to the human voice, very singing, and the emotional color is also sad and desolate, which is also the emotional feature of many erhu solo songs, such as crying and complaining.
The piano is much more colorful, and music that is too sad and desolate is very palpitating to listen to, and it is always bad to listen to too much. But if you add amorous and romantic colors to it, it will feel much better, and Qin Fangge himself will like it more.
Other people's compositions are generally written on the stave, changed and then played, Qin Fang Song is good, relying on himself to be a genius and has a super memory, so he directly finds the feeling on the piano.
With his current piano level, it is really not a problem to play such a piano erhu ensemble, especially the piano is a supporting role.
But when it comes to working on the piano, it's not that easy.
Fortunately, Qin Fangge was not in a hurry, he was thinking of a new song in his mind, and he was playing the piano very casually in his hands. His requirements for his works are not low, first of all, the melody must be beautiful and moving, and then there must be emotion.
This night, he tossed in the piano room for four hours, and finally got the piano part out, but it didn't exactly match the tone he set before, and Qin Fangge didn't demand himself too much, so let's do it first!
He played it again in its entirety in the end, and in terms of form, it was a simple narrative song format, just follow the routine.
This piece is intended to be given to Huang Jing, and the protagonist of the narrative is, of course, her.
The first sentence of the introductory section ascends cheerfully, then descends gently to introduce the theme.
Then the presentation department began to tell the story, a smart and clever girl with a cheerful personality since childhood, lively and active, carefree, happy to grow up, and the melody is also happy and joyful.
When the part was unfolded, the little girl came into contact with the erhu, began to be curious, practiced again, worked hard, was praised, had achievements, was happy, performed on stage, was nervous, excited, won the award, and was so happy that she cried.
The reproduction department is the little girl gradually growing up in setbacks and achievements, liking, loving, harvesting, honor, sweat, tears.
The epilogue is very romantic and beautiful, like a song that celebrates the growth experience of youth.
The piano part is relatively simple, because you don't need so many parts to do it, but you have to be responsible for the chords of the whole song, and the overall emotional color is still more romantic and poetic.
In the words of the erhu voice, Qin Fangge is ready to arrange to tell a more tragic and desolate story, and the emotional color shown is quite heavy and sad, just like Qin Fangge now uses the erhu to pull out the sound and hear the feeling in the ears, which is miserable.
Endless crying, wanton destruction, selfishness, naïve cruelty, boring exercises, unpleasant voices, temptations outside the window, parents' expectations, teachers' scoldings, desperate thoughts, thoughts of leaving home, bleak futures, longing for freedom, inexplicable rebellion......
I feel that Qin Fangge is to hand over all the negative, gloomy, and sad emotions of people from childhood to adulthood to the erhu part to complete, anyway, how miserable it is.
If he wrote the erhu solo alone, Qin Fangge felt that he would have to wait a little longer. But in the case of the ensemble, with the piano part he is most familiar with, no matter how badly the erhu part is written, it will feel a lot better!
In short, what Qin Fangge wants to express in this ensemble is the troubles of the girl Huang Jing's growth!
It's not about love, it's just moving, grateful, nostalgic, emotional.
It's also like reminiscing about his own artistic journey.
And everyone's growth experience has this similar growing pain.
After returning to his residence, Qin Fangge hurriedly put what he was thinking into the computer, which was also easy to modify.
When Xiao Yuran knocked on the door, Qin Fangge was busy!
The girl asked curiously, "You've written a new tune again!"
Qin Fangge nodded, and then took advantage of the still little inspiration to continue his own.
Xiao Yuran sat aside and quietly watched him busy on the keyboard, his fingers flying, and a series of symbols were drawn on the staff.
He was working on the piano score, she looked at it carefully, and felt that it was not difficult, it was not a problem to play it at her level, and the theme was also her own favorite, youthful and lively, positive.
But then she couldn't understand the score of the erhu part, it was really a bleak and sad, it felt completely opposite the piano part, and the technique used was not new, compared with the polyphonic model into the fugue, and the piano part could still echo and intertwine.
She can still see this, although she also knows that erhu is the best at expressing this kind of feeling.
But it feels too dark and heavy, and she doesn't like it very much!
She still likes the kind of romantic and beautiful, slightly sentimental, rather than this kind of heavy taste.
Of course, although she was thinking, she kept quiet.
Qin Fangge also revised and changed a lot in the end, and then it came to an end temporarily.
Xiao Yuran asked him, "Are you writing a piano erhu ensemble?"
Qin Fangge nodded, "Yes, my erhu level is like this, and it will feel much better to have a piano ensemble." ”
Xiao Yuran smiled and expressed his opinion, "I like the piano part, the melody feels very beautiful, and the feelings are ......."
The meaning of her words is self-evident.
Qin Fangge smiled, he didn't mind, and he felt that everyone had many facets, and the dark part could not be avoided, as long as it could be treated correctly.
Xiao Yuran was concerned about how well he learned erhu.
"It's the same as this erhu song. Qin Fang's song was bad, "Do you want to listen to it?"
Xiao Yuran grinned and said okay.
Qin Fangge told her not to regret this decision.
She nodded hurriedly, saying that she would never regret it, and then she was in the mood to gossip about whose erhu it was.
Qin Fangge smiled bitterly, "It's a gift from my local tyrant master Huang Jing, no, I have to write a tune in a hurry, otherwise I really deserve it." ”
"Is her family rich?" Xiao Yuran was surprised, her eyes widened, and then she asked her.
"Her family makes erhu, but this gift is too expensive, and I can't accept it. Qin Fangge was also helpless.
Xiao Yuran's small hand stroked his chest, "That's okay...... This erhu is very good, and it should sound good when pulled up. ”
Qin Fangge also didn't say a word, adjusted his sitting posture and hand shape, and then raised his bow and pulled it up.
After Xiao Yuran heard this, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, and asked him with a face full of grievances, "How can this be! You must have done it on purpose." ”
It's so ugly!
It's like a ghost crying wolf.
Qin Fangge explained, "I'm just getting started, and I still need to practice more. ”
"You come again......" Xiao Yuran didn't believe it.
He continued, and took it seriously, it was better than just now, but it was still noise, especially since this guy didn't know the height of the sky, and he just wanted to play the tune he had just written.
Xiao Yuran's expression was better than before, but he still felt that he couldn't hear it.
After Qin Fangge dragged on and on, Xiao Yuran didn't plan to continue to torture his ears, but asked him when he planned to go back, saying that it was best to book a train ticket in advance.
Qin Fangge calculated, it seemed that there was nothing else to do in Yanjing.
It's best to do this piano and erhu ensemble before leaving, and when Chen Yushan is there, there is an explanation, Professor Deng Hongmei, there is also a meeting to say goodbye.
"How about buying a train ticket for the night after tomorrow?" Qin Fangge discussed with her and said, "Or, let's just fly back, I've made a fortune today." ”
Xiao Yuran was happy for him, on his round face, the small dimples showed his head again, and he danced hand and foot, "The songs you wrote are sold! ”
"It's just those songs with better melodies that are suitable for the stage of the party, a total of 900,000, and it will take a while to get the money. "Qin Fangge, this will be very calm.
Xiao Yuran smiled happily, "That's really rich! Who is willing to spend such a lot of money to buy it?"
Qin Fangge said, "It was all taken by Mr. Zhou's students, giving Mr. Zhou face and allowing me to take advantage of it." ”
Xiao Yuran disagreed, "These songs you wrote are classics, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are priceless, Mr. Zhou and her students are people with vision." ”
Qin Fangge smiled and thanked her for the compliment.
But Xiao Yuran didn't want to take a plane back, and Qin Fangge couldn't let him invite her to take a plane if he got rich!
She said, "Teacher Deng said today that you have given me so much help and taught me to play your tunes, which has taken a lot of advantage, and if you change someone else, you will definitely have to charge tuition." ”
Qin Fangge was annoyed, "We're still not friends!"
"Just because they're friends...... If I take a plane, I can't go home and I can't explain it, my parents will definitely scold me. Xiao Yuran explained.
"Then I'll accompany you on the train back. Qin Fangge changed his mind, he also knew that this girl was actually more assertive and weak, not to look at the soft and weak hee-hee-haha.
Xiao Yuran smiled and said Okay, go back to Rongcheng and pass through Jiangcheng, they can buy train tickets together, she said that she will go to the train station to buy tickets tomorrow.
Qin Fangge said to go with her, but Xiao Yuran refused, saying that it would be good for her to go with Chen Yushan, and give Qin Fangge enough time to practice erhu, she really couldn't bear to listen to him at his current level.
Before leaving, Xiao Yuran also asked him for this score, but Qin Fangge didn't give it, saying that he would revise it later, and he would give it to her when it was finally completed.
Xiao Yuran said yes, asked for his temporary ID card and said to buy a ticket, and after getting it, he happily went back to the room to rest.
Qin Fangge practiced the erhu again, but soon someone knocked on the wall to protest, is he killing pigs or slaughtering sheep!
Qin Fangge was helpless and didn't dare to continue to pull, he practiced the guitar and had a beautiful melody that others could appreciate. At his current erhu level, he still insists on playing sad and sad tunes, no wonder others can't stand it. If you really dare to continue, it is estimated that the person next door will come directly to him to find a real PK.
This ensemble is not perfect, it is the prototype, there are still many things that need to be changed, Qin Fangge kept improving, so he continued to revise on the computer, and was busy until more than four o'clock in the morning, when he was finished, and went to bed to lie down for a while.