As soon as he pleased, Chen Baiyu held the piano case, bowed his head slightly to Xu Changgeng next to him, expressed his politeness, and then turned around and went to the stone table in the pavilion, and gently placed the piano case on the stone table.

Chen Baiyu was cautious, every action was serious, and he didn't dare to be a little sloppy.

It can be seen that he cherishes the guqin in the box [Tingtao] very much.

"Grandpa, you still don't know why the two of them talk about flowing water instead of mountains and flowing water, right?"

Taking advantage of Chen Baiyu's careful placement of [Tingtao], Xu Yingying and Xu Changgeng next to her were coquettish.

"Grandpa is thinking, I used to hear about the mountains and flowing water, and the mountains and rivers met the bosom friend, why did today's Qingfeng friend and Master Bai Yu only talk about flowing water, not about high mountains, could it be that this flowing water is not the flowing water of high mountains and flowing water?" Xu Changgeng smiled at Xu Yingying and said what he thought in his heart.

When Xu Yingying heard this, she was extremely happy, "This, your smart granddaughter knows!"

"Then you tell grandpa, why is it flowing water, not mountain flowing water?" Xu Changgeng continued to ask with a kind smile.

Xu Yingying said: "This flowing water is indeed the flowing water of the alpine flowing water, the magic secret score records that the alpine flowing water was originally a qin song, and the piano song is roughly divided into two sections, the first section is really in the high mountains, expressing the meaning of the benevolent Leshan, and the latter section is really meaning in the flowing water, expressing the meaning of the wise man's happy water." ”

But after the death of this piece in the Zhongzi period, Yu Boya stopped playing, and the score was not left, so the original version of Yu Boya's alpine flowing water was broken. Although I don't know if it is the real Yu Boya's original song, it is also very popular among literati and gentlemen, and the qin song itself is also quite good, so it has been circulated. ”

However, when it spread to the Tang Dynasty, it was divided into two sections, that is, two pieces, one qin song called "High Mountain" and the other qin song called "Flowing Water". This is the source of the division of alpine flowing water into alpine and flowing water meander, and it is impossible to know why they are separated. However, the ancients always liked to divide the inheritance of things, such as the Se and the Zheng, and the Zheng is a musical instrument that comes out after the Se is divided into two. First of all, the Yellow Emperor felt that the tune was too sad, so he cut off half of the fifty strings, and then in the Qin period, a father and son were separated in half again because of the fight for the twenty-five strings, half of the twelve strings, and half of the thirteen strings. ”

"I think this mountain and flowing water are divided into mountains and flowing water, and it is very likely that it is similar to the situation of this Se and Zheng, because of the competition, it has become two songs. Although it is not excessive, but at the beginning of the separation of the two songs, whether it is high mountains or flowing water, they are all unsegmented, and then in the Song Dynasty, "High Mountain" is divided into four sections, and "Flowing Water" is divided into eight sections. ”

This segment is a bit like the change between the ancient style poems and the close style poems in the ancient poems, the ancient style poems were originally not divided into the first couplet, the jaw couplet, the neck couplet, and the tail couplet, but it became a close style poem, which is divided into details. Although it helps the later students to better grasp the poetry, it also causes the lack of integration of the whole body. The mountains and rivers are divided into mountains and flowing water, which is not mixed enough. Paragraph by paragraph, it is easy to learn, and it is easy to play, but it is inevitable that you will involuntarily press the beat to play the section, which is difficult to perfect in any case. ”

Moreover, these segments also vary from person to person and from time to time, and different luthiers have different divisions at different times. There are eight sections of flowing water, and there are also nine stages. Along with the segmentation, the fingering of the playing has also changed, and the flowing water that is now circulating has been added to the technique of Zhang Kongshan's seventy-two rolling brushes, which is used to simulate the sound of spring dripping water. And this is also a paragraph added to the fifth and sixth paragraphs of the nine paragraphs of flowing water. ”

"Today's "Flowing Water", several respected masters in the guqin circle have different playing effects. For example, Master Gong Yi's is like a reef drum wave, in the flood and might, there is a kind of elephant, just like the Yangtze River meandering, flowing to such a dangerous place as the pre-pile, although the river is mighty, but the lonely stone stands upright, quite changing. But in the end, the river went to the sea, and it was close to the vastness. ”

But Master Guan Pinghu's situation is different. Some people who have heard it say that the still water flows deeply, and some say that it is on the clear spring stone, between the bright moon and the pine, which is very different from Master Gong Yi's. As for Master Li Xiangting's flowing water, it is up and down again, and those who have heard it think that it is very watery, but some people feel that it is too manic. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Chen, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly interjected, "Three masters are three, and there are two masters here today, will it be two again?"

"Huh. Xu Changgeng immediately laughed, "You asked this question well, but I haven't heard Qingfeng's friend play flowing water before, and the song played by Master Bai Yu last night is not flowing water, so if we don't wait for the two young masters to finish playing, I'm afraid none of us will be able to answer this question." ”

As he spoke, a pair of bright eyes looked at Chen Qingfeng, and his anticipation was beyond words.

"Grandpa, you really have enough to see your Qingfeng friend!" Xu Changgeng's unscrupulous attention to Chen Qingfeng's performance made Xu Yingying very unhappy, "None of us can answer anything, in fact, this question is very simple, I can answer it!"

"Good granddaughter, can you answer?" Xu Changgeng was slightly surprised.

Xu Yingying snorted arrogantly and said: "Of course, after I knew that grandpa you like to listen to the qin these days, I immediately made up a lot of guqin books. Otherwise, how could you find Bai Yu, a genuine guqin master?"

"It's better to be a good granddaughter and grandfather, but do these have anything to do with the next flowing water?" Xu Changgeng praised Xu Yingying, and then questioned.

Xu Yingying hurriedly explained: "Of course it matters! After reading these, I know enough about the guqin, and know which people are really talented and who are pretending to be ghosts." ”

Speaking of this, Xu Yingying's voice couldn't help but become a little heavier, "If other guqin masters know that someone is going to test their piano skills with Chen Baiyu who brought [Tingtao], and the song they play is still "Flowing Water", they will definitely be the same as me, and they will immediately know the next result." ”

"Why?" asked Xu Changgeng and Zhao Chen.

"Because the famous master Chen Baiyu used "Flowing Water" at the age of fifteen to conquer the presidential couple who visited China at that time! Therefore, the next result must be that Chen Baiyu, whom I invited, played the correct note of "Flowing Water", and grandpa, your friend of Qingfeng, what "Flowing Water" he can play, it is unknown. ”

Xu Yingying told the reason she knew, and after speaking, she didn't forget to chuckle at Chen Qingfeng, who was standing quietly on the side.

"Hehehe. Xu Changgeng laughed, "Grandpa doesn't know what "Flowing Water" Qingfeng friend can play, but grandpa promises that he will not disappoint you." ”

Even though he knew Chen Baiyu's glorious deeds, he still didn't think that Chen Qingfeng would be inferior to Chen Baiyu at all.

"Hmph, grandpa, you're just stubborn. Then since this is the case, let's wait and see, we have said that for a while, Bai Yu should also enter the state, and then, let's listen to it!"

Xu Yingying felt that if she didn't listen to the piano, Xu Changgeng would have to be stubborn, so she simply didn't say anything more, and directly turned the words to Chen Baiyu, who was going to play the piano.

At this time, Chen Baiyu was already sitting upright, adjusting the state before playing the piano to the best.

When he heard Xu Yingying's words, he glanced at Xu Changgeng, and with permission, he sounded [Tingtao].

"Khooth!"

A loud bang.

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