Seeing Ye Zi's hesitation, Valentine immediately said: "Bruce, please tell me what you really think, it's very important to me, please." ”

"Okay, Javier." Ye Zi glanced at the two teachers out of the corner of his eyes, and saw that Sun Yun bowed slightly, so he nodded, took out his cigarette and gestured to Valentine: "Do you mind?" ”

"Oh, don't mind, I smoke too." As he spoke, Valentine also pulled out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Javier, I don't know much about composition, so I can't say anything." Ye Zi took a puff of cigarette and sorted out his thoughts, and then said slowly: "I'll tell you how I feel when I play." ”

"OK, that couldn't be better." Valentine immediately agreed: "When I came to Shencheng this time, I originally wanted to hear your opinion on the work. Bruce, you're a talented performer, please tell me what you think, it's going to be very important to me. Again, I reiterate this, please don't worry about what I think, not at all, there are many ideas that we can discuss with each other. I need professional advice like yours. ”

"Thank you Javier, then I'll tell you what I think." Ye Zi casually snuffed out the remaining half of the cigarette in the ashtray and began to discuss his own opinions.

"From my personal point of view, this concerto is a little weird to play." Ye Zi thought back: "Take the first movement as an example, the first theme is a soothing adagio, the melody is very beautiful, it feels a little similar to the color of the "Aranjuez Concerto", and the unique style of Sipanga is well described, I like it very much." ”

"But Javier, I don't know why you wrote so many decorative melodies in the first movement? When I play, it's often when the mood of the performance has just come up, and I am about to brew along with the development of the piece and prepare to explode, when suddenly there are these decorative melodies to break the feeling! ”

"I've read your score carefully, and whenever it's like this, it's often when the mood is broken, and you use these decorative melodies to weaken the lead instrument, and put the love on the accompanying band, and the lead guitar is in a kind of modification. I don't know how you think about it when you're composing, but when I'm playing, these places always give me a feeling that I can't do anything. ”

For this, Valentine must have thought about it: "Bruce, this is exactly what I needed, so I said you played really well. ”

"Actually, you're right, according to the normal creative thinking, the main instrument should be the main instrument, but Bruce, don't you think it's a little more atmospheric to use the accompanying band to take on such a responsibility in the first theme? And it's pretty cool! ”

Ye Zi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Javier, I only felt suppressed when I was playing, and the depression caused by not being able to explode made me very uncomfortable. ”

"Hahaha・・・・・・" Valentine laughed loudly, "That's right. I just need the virtuoso that the player can be sufficiently depressed in the first movement so that there is enough explosiveness in the second and third movements. ”

"It's like a spring, the tighter you press it, the harder it bounces." The more Valentine spoke, the more smug he became, he stood up and waved his hands, his eyes staring at Ye Zi tightly, obviously he liked his arrangement very much.

“ok，ok。 You're a composer, so of course I'm listening. Ye Zi raised his hand in surrender: "But Javier, I can accept the decorative phrases of the first movement, and there is some truth to this arrangement, but why is there such a treatment in each movement?" Of course, the second and third movements have a lot of emotional flashpoints on the lead guitar, but more often than not, the orchestra pushes it, which I feel the most strongly when I play. ”

"Javier, I wonder if this piece has been performed? If so, what has been the feedback from other musicians? ”

Speaking of which, it was Valentine's turn to smile bitterly.

"Soon after the work was finished, I sent the score to Williams, and I wanted him to premiere it." Valentine sat back in his chair and took a sullen puff on his cigarette.

"Is it Mr. Williams from Australia? The Prince of Guitars? Ye Zi asked curiously. This Williams is a classical guitarist he loves very much.

Valentine nodded: "That's right, it's him." ”

"What did he say? Did you perform? Do you have a recording of him here? ”

Williams declined the premiere's request. Valentine's expression was a little frustrated: "He premiered my first two guitar concertos, and I thought he would like this one, but this time he refused to premiere this work." ”

"Did Mr. ・・・・・・ Williams say why?"

"He didn't specify it, but it's kind of similar to what you just said." Valentine smiled wryly and shook his head: "I have written three guitar concertos, and I have spent the most effort on this work, and the score has been changed three times, and I personally like the final product." However, this work has not been premiered until now! ”

"Bruce, I want you to tell me bluntly, is this work really ・・・・・・ really that bad?" Valentine looked at Ye Zi eagerly, hoping to get a different answer from Ye Zi.

Ye Zi was still thinking about how to say it more tactfully, and Ni Jun fired directly.

"If you want me to say, your work is planted." Ni Jun was not polite at all: "I told you yesterday that there is a breakthrough in the writing of this work, but it is difficult for people to accept such a reality." Think for yourself, what kind of status and identity Williams is now, and does he have to take risks for the sake of your practical work? If a performance is not successful and people are criticized, it is not only you, the composer, who is the first performer, can he escape the criticism? ”

"Also, for any performer, who will premiere a work that they can't let them play to their fullest? If you think about it, the performer has played half of the emotion and is about to play it, and suddenly this emotion falls again, Xiaowa, which performer do you say will help you play such an uncomfortable tune? Yes? If you don't do it, you'll suffocate yourself into internal injuries. ”

"Internal injuries? What does that mean? "Valentine has no idea what internal injuries mean.

"Kung Fu knows, right?" Ni Jun asked with a wicked smile on his face.

Valentine, of course, knows kung fu.

"Internal injury, that is, you should hit someone else's kung fu on yourself, understand?" Ni Jun explained jokingly.

"Oh, I see." Valentine was not convinced: "But this is just your opinion, I insist that this is an excellent work, I will definitely find a virtuoso to premiere her, wait and see!" ”

"Haha, I'll wait to see if you continue to hit the wall." Ni Jun deliberately provoked him again.

Ye Zi didn't hide from the sidelines to watch Valentine's jokes, although he didn't like this work very much, but it can be seen from every note of the score that Valentine did put a lot of effort into this work. This is the brainchild of a composer, and Ye Zi will never make fun of it.

"Javier, if you may, can you tell me why you did this?" Ye Zi asked very seriously.

Valentine took a deep breath and sighed, "Actually, I don't want to do this either, but there is no way. ”

Ye Zi didn't ask again, just looked at the other party suspiciously.

Valentine lit a cigarette again, took a few puffs, and then continued: "Bruce, the emotions in this work are very strong and strong, and it takes great explosiveness to show it. If it were a different lead instrument, I wouldn't have arranged this concerto like this. But the classical guitar・・・・・・ if I had been composing according to normal compositional habits, those outbursts of emotion would have been completely inexpressible. I can only use the whole big orchestra instead of the lead instrument to get the full expression of what I need to express."

"I support Javier's opinion." Sun Yun had not expressed his opinion just now, and then suddenly said out loud.

"Ni Jun, Xiao Yezi, you may have overlooked one thing." Sun Yun continued: "Classical guitar, but with birth defects, Xavier's experiment may not be successful enough, but I am very much in favor of this method. ”

"Teacher, do you mean ・・・・・・ volume?" Ye Zi was the first to react.

"Yes, it's the volume." Valentine took Ye Zi's question: "In addition to the first movement, the second and third movements of this work need a grand volume to support the entire frame and achieve the sound effect I need. But as the lead instrument, the classical guitar can't do that, so I had to compromise and put the flashpoint of love on the band. ”

"I see・・・・・・ that's not surprising." Ye Zi muttered to himself. As a classical guitarist, he fully understands Valentine's painstaking composition.

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Although the classical guitar is one of the three major musical instruments in the world along with the piano and violin, the status of the classical guitar is a bit embarrassing in the classical music world.

The history of the classical guitar is very long, it began to sprout in the 13th century, began to rise in the 15th century, and has a history of at least five or six hundred years.

In the West, there are hardly any instruments with a longer history than the classical guitar. The piano, for example, was invented in 1709 by the Italoris Bartolommeo/Cristofori (Christofori), and it has only a short history of 300 years. The violin has a bit of a longer history than the piano, and there is no specific person for her invention. According to historical records, the earliest violin was made by a man named gaspa/ro/da/salo (Dasaro) in Brescia, north of Italy, in the middle of the 16th century, a century and a half before the piano.

But none of them can compare with classical guitars, which were already popular in Europe when violin and piano were still in their infancy.

The original classical guitar used four or five compound strings (several strings wound together to form a single string) that were difficult to tune, but as the requirements of musicians and composers increased, the classical guitar itself continued to improve, and in the seventeenth century the five-string classical guitar became popular. Two hundred years ago, the Germans added a sixth string to the classical guitar, and the classical guitar in the modern sense was finalized. The six-string eadgbe has since been fixed.

As a representative of Western plucked musical instruments, the classical guitar is extraordinary. She has a delicate and varied timbre, rich harmony, difficult skills, and the same multi-part performance ability as the piano, which can perfectly interpret the music of different periods and different nationalities.

Because the classical guitar is played in the arms and is the most communicative with the player, it has the kind of communication that touches the hearts and souls of the listeners. Unlike the royal style of the piano and the nobility and elegance of the violin, the classical guitar is one of the best instruments that players use to express their inner feelings.

There is a Western proverb: When God created people, in order not to make people lonely, he deliberately chose two things that matched the size of people to accompany them, one was a guitar and the other was a dog. The status of classical guitar in the European and American music scene can be imagined.

With a history of hundreds of years, the classical guitar has many masterpieces and masters. Both they and they have left a deep imprint on the history of Western classical music.

However, the classical guitar has had a fatal flaw since its inception - volume! And it is this lack of volume that prevents an ancient instrument like the classical guitar from reaching the pinnacle of classical instrumental music.

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