CHAPTER XXIV
Easter is coming, the streets are full of joy, clowns will wear colorful costumes and shake the props in their hands, in celebration of Jesus' rebirth and abundant life, people will dye eggs and give them to relatives and friends, and the mild monsoon wind will blow the aroma of roast lamb into thousands of homes.
Louis was not a pure Christian, but that didn't stop him from enjoying this charming holiday.
He held the red wine in his hand, and the fragrant and bright color rippled long.
After a brief greeting, Louis asked Su Qingjia to stretch out his hand for him to look, Su Qingjia is still young, worthy of her tenth birthday, her fingers are very soft, like the green onion root mentioned in the book, slender and long, under the illumination of the crystal lamp, it seems that you can see the cyan blood vessels flowing inside.
"Very beautiful hands." "The length is great, but the strength is not enough. β
The piano is known as the king of musical instruments, although it does not take much force to strike each key, but if it is to play a piece of music, the pianist needs to mobilize every muscle in the body, accumulate power on the wrist, and every touch and every blow he needs to be accurately controlled, so that he can play well.
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 has been called the most difficult piano piece in the world, and playing it has become a challenge for many people. But why are so few people doing it?
One is that they can't reproduce the steely will they want to express in the song, which they can't appreciate without rich experience, abundant feelings, and superhuman experience.
The second is that they don't have such great strength and sufficient body.
Yes, there is not enough body and strength for them to navigate this tune. In this regard, men are stronger than women.
So the most famous pianists in the world are always men, and that's why.
Su Qingjia's hands are indeed very beautiful, and the span is enough, but Louis also saw that Su Qingjia will be restrained by the body.
Louis put Su Qingjia's hand back, a sixty-year-old man's hand was smooth, almost no wrinkles, not to mention age spots, when she just held her, she felt the potential of the huge power in his hand.
"Bella, play a tune for me, play what you want to play the most." Louis took them to the piano room.
With her parents' encouraging eyes, she sat down at the piano and raised her wrist to try the note, Steinway's mellow and crisp voice tinkling in the echoing room.
She smiled at Louis, her neck gracefully raised.
Gradually, the light and ethereal sound of the piano sounded, and one note jumped out of the other, beginning with a few bars of repetition, and then quickly stacking the β‘β‘.
Her fingers jumped on the black and white keys very fast, and the plain white soft fingers were like the wings of a fluttering butterfly, fighting the hurricane.
This piece of music is "Bell", and the three onlookers next to her were very surprised, no one could have imagined that Su Qingjia would use this world-class difficult track to show her talent.
Although Liszt's arrangement of "The Bell" is not long, it is a piece of piano music that requires high requirements for musical expression, comprehension and technique, and is known as one of the most difficult piano pieces in the world.
Louis had just carefully observed Su Qingjia's hand, among girls of the same age, her hand was not big, but her fingers were very long, but due to the age limit, it had not yet reached the size of the palm that easily crossed the octave, and when chatting, he also learned that this girl had only been learning piano for six years, and the formal study was only two years, and Louis was very worried.
But the music flowing from Su Qingjia's fingertips told them that it was superfluous to worry, she mastered the syllables very well, and the piano was like an obedient child, making regular noises under her hands.
The almost five-minute tune soon came to an end, leaving the end of the passionate and strong β‘β‘, Su Qingjia withdrew his hand, and then stood up and gave a curtain call to the three of them.
She didn't wear a dress, but it didn't prevent her from making it extremely elegant, and with the gentle flicking of her pure white woolen coat, Louis seemed to see a young queen.
No one asked her to do this, but Su Qingjia still had a very natural curtain call, she used this small piano room as her stage, and Louis and her parents were her audience.
"Bang bang." A smile appeared on Louis's handsome face, and he took the lead, and the three of them applauded.
Su Qingjia took a curtain call again.
"It's wonderful, it's wonderful!" Louis said to her, "I am amazed by your talent. If I were blindfolded, I would have thought it was a mature musician sitting in front of me playing. β
"May you enjoy your appreciation, sir." Su Qingjia walked over.
Louis patted his temples and said to Su Jingkang: "Ah, I don't know if I have the honor of being the piano teacher of this little queen?" β
Ming Ling was first knocked unconscious by her daughter's playing of "Bell" without warning, and when she woke up, she heard this huge good news, oh my God, she almost fainted.
God, Amen, Buddha, whoever comes to sue me is true!!
Su Jingkang was still more calm, he looked at his daughter and replied:
"Sir, it depends on Bella's intentions, and we unconditionally agree with her."
Louis's gray eyes revealed a sparkle of wisdom, he nodded, and said:
"So, little queen, would you like to be my student? I'm going to teach you a lot more piano knowledge, trust me. β
Su Qingjia smiled, a sweet mess, not at all aggressive when he played just now, "Of course, sir, I'm glad that I can be recognized by you." β
Su Qingjia gently put her hand in the wide cuff, and the pain between her fingers made her dare not move too much.
Of course, Louis also saw that her palm span was not enough, so she had to use faster speed to win, which caused tearing pain to her fingers, and what surprised Louis was not only her playing skills, but also her tenacity to endure the pain.
A student who has both talent and perseverance, who would want to let him slip away?
Louis comforted her and asked her assistant to lead her to the medical room, where a professional masseur would help her with her finger problems.
Su Jingkang and Mingling talked to Louis about the piano professor, and Su Qingjia, who walked out of the piano room, breathed a big sigh.
It would be a complete lie to say that she wasn't nervous, God knows that she sat in front of the piano and didn't know what to play for a while, Louis is not a papier-mΓ’chΓ© tiger, just scary, he pointed out her shortcomings to the point, then, if she didn't show her great talent in front of Louis, this pianist who had only accepted one apprentice would not have accepted her as a disciple again.
The principle of preferring shortage to abundance is applicable in every profession and industry.
So all the tracks she began to prepare could only be invalidated, and the moment she was stunned in front of Stanway, Su Qingjia's mind suddenly appeared Carlos's bright blonde hair, and he sweated on the court and dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
She suddenly understood that in fact, the reason why she liked Carlos was not because he was good-looking, but because he had a determination and belief that "although thousands of people want to do it".
Although he lives at the bottom of society, he does not give up the pursuit of his dreams, and the figure of him running back and forth with a sandbag tied over and over again is the beginning of her first impression of him.
Although he always goes alone, he never hides his ambition for football, and Su Qingjia knows that he is the earliest and trains the hardest.
Although he suffered setbacks, he resolutely did not give up, even if he was ridiculed and suspended from training, Su Qingjia knew that one day he would return to the court because he loved it.
The reason why she paid attention to this boy in the orphanage, in addition to being distressed, came more from the fact that he had what she lacked, he had pursuit, determination, and perseverance.
He was like a fireball that she couldn't help but moth to the fire.
When she raised her wrist, she thought, maybe she also longed to stand on a higher stage, but she never thought about how to achieve her dream.
The comfortable life taught her to relax.
When she dropped her wrist, Su Qingjia resolutely changed the track, she thought, this time, she didn't want to let the opportunity just float in front of her, she wanted to present her wonderful to Luis just like Carlos showed himself in front of Lexach.
She has always had a good talent, and with a new life, she has experience and experience that ordinary people can't understand.
As a ten-year-old girl, she is amazing enough.
Su Qingjia relaxed in front of the masseuse, her fingers weak.
She practiced this piece in her previous life, and it was actually for fun at the time, but she also really worked hard, and it took more than a year of practice before she finally played it well, and in her spare time, she often turned it out to show it.
She practiced the vertical and horizontal touches repeatedly, using her fingers horizontally to align the sounds, keeping the height of her arms within a moderate range.
In fact, she can choose Liszt's "Dream of Love", which is not very difficult, but it is more emotional, which is her forte.
But Su Qingjia still chose "Zhong", just like Carlos, some people questioned his team mentality, and he would use a pass to solidify his central position.
Now, Su Qingjia is being questioned about her strength, and she must show Louis that she has the ability and potential to become his student.
Although her fingers are not long enough, she can slow down her hand speed while working on the song, so that the time it takes for her fingers to move to the next place is short. This is what she heard when she visited the forum in her previous life, and she was extremely glad that she thought it was interesting at the beginning, so she really tried it.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.
Su Qingjia moved the tip of her right hand slightly, it didn't hurt so much, and the masseuse applied a layer of ointment to her, which was hot and slowly penetrated into the skin.
"Miss, you can't move yet." The masseur persuaded softly.
Su Qingjia nodded, "Okay, I'm sorry for you." β
The pearl bracelet on her left wrist was revealed, and Su Qingjia sighed, Carlos continued to work hard and improve in La Masia, and she should not be left behind.
Looking at her hands, in the future, she may really become a pianist, and she also has her own dreams waiting for her to realize.