Before the two judges could come to their senses, Liu Yufan raised his hands again, and the passionate E-flat minor chord sounded again. Compared to G flat major, this scale is of the same difficulty as the previous one, except for a slight difference in fingering.

Seeing Liu Yufan's previous performance, the two judges had no doubts about Liu Yufan's easy completion of this exercise. Scales and arpeggios are the most testing of a student's basic skills, and an experienced piano teacher can roughly judge what level his level is at by simply looking at the scales played by the student.

And what surprised the two of them slightly was that Liu Yufan actually did not slow down at all in the next arpeggio, and it was still allegretto (allegro)!

Arpeggios are a more difficult technique than scales, which play all the notes in a key in order, while arpeggios just play chord notes, and because of this, arpeggios play with a larger span of fingers and more demands on the wrist!

Generally speaking, students who are taking exams will usually slow down slightly when playing the arpeggios to give their wrists enough time to change positions. However, Liu Yufan doesn't seem to care about this at all, his wrist is very flexible, so that it seems that his hand shape has hardly changed much, after playing the three notes of one position, the wrist is lightly touched, and the hand shape is already ready for the next position. It looks so easy!

"This kid has really worked hard in terms of basic skills!" Hearing this arpeggio played by Liu Yufan, Xie Li roughly knew Liu Yufan's level, and she didn't need to listen to the following tunes, she also knew that this child was the highest level among the more than 30 candidates so far.

"Listen to the rest of his tune." Shelly sighed, looked at the pencil mark on the list, and frowned.

After the basic exercises, all that's left is four tunes. There is no need for the judges to order any more tunes, because according to the regulations, candidates can choose the tunes they play, and what tunes to play have been clearly written on the registration form for the examination.

Liu Yufan's etude is Czerny's etude op.299no.15.

For beginner piano learners, Czerny's etudes are almost the longest with them. From the initial 599, to 849, to 299,718, 740...... The difficulty gradually increases, and in addition to the initial 599, which is a comprehensive exercise, the later books have a focus.

Liu Yufan's current level is in the late 849 period, and the tune of playing 299 is a little higher. Because the 299 etude belongs to the "fast etude", the main practice is high-speed running. Just like this op.299no.15, the speed marked in front is presto (rapid board), 112 beats per minute, which is faster than the allegretto (small allegro) used by Liu Yufan just now!

Of course, in actual performance, this speed is not absolute, depending on the specific situation, some people will be slightly faster, some people will be slightly slower, but the overall speed is still about the same, just like someone marked presto (sharp board), you can't play so fast, you can play a little slower into allegretto (small allegro), but if you are too slow, play lento (slow board), then it is a joke, like a Ferrari, but drive out of the speed of the ox cart, It can wreak havoc on the expression of the song.

However, although Liu Yufan's current comprehensive level has not reached 299, there is still no technical difficulty in this piece alone, because this op.299no.15 should be considered a relatively simple type in the entire 299 song. However, the running of sixteenth notes alternating with both hands is not much more difficult than the arpeggios just now.

Sure enough, Liu Yufan played the original speed very easily, and watching Liu Yufan's right hand run easily on the piano keys, the two judges knew that this piece was not difficult for him.

Of course, if you pick it out finely, there are still some small problems, such as the skipping of the left hand is not dexterous enough, and the priority between the two voices of the left hand is not too obvious, but these are all minor problems, which can be said to be flawed. And compared to the dozens of candidates in front of him, Liu Yufan has done the best, at least, none of the candidates who played this song before him can reach his speed! Not to mention that at such high speeds, there is hardly a single mistone.

Of course, that's almost, not 100 percent. After all, Liu Yufan is also taking the exam for the first time, and it is certain that he is a little nervous in his heart, such a high-speed running etude, it is understandable that there are occasionally one or two wrong notes, just when he was running with his left hand, Liu Yufan did not pay attention to a slight change of sound, and touched the black key next to him, and there was a "dirty sound", but it was not very obvious, and it did not seriously affect the complete surname of the whole piece.

There was a wrong sound, Liu Yufan was still quite remorseful in his heart, and looked at the judges behind the table, the two of them were still looking at themselves expressionlessly, and they couldn't help but feel a little bottomless.

At the same time, Liu Yufan was also a little strange. I just listened to the exam of other candidates outside the door, generally speaking, the judges will not let the candidates finish playing a whole song, most of them only play one paragraph, and they can judge the proficiency of the song, so they signal to stop. How did he get here, but he kept playing until the end, and the judges didn't stop?

Is it because I play too well? Liu Yufan thought to himself.

After settling down, Liu Yufan began to play the next piece of music.

This is polyphony. Baroque section.

Baroque is a popular art style in the 17th century, which is a very distinctive art style that combines religion, romanticism, and rich imagination. It is widely embodied in many fields such as architecture, theater, and music, and is a very important art form.

The great composer Bach lived in that era, so most of his compositions have a strong Baroque style, and because most of his works are polyphonic works, they have high performance difficulty and appreciation value, so they are also called "the Olympics of piano" by many pianists.

In this part, Liu Yufan chose Bach's two-part creative song (No.11), after all, it is only a six-level song, and the difficulty of the two-part creative song is enough to meet the standard. Even Liu Yufan felt that among the four songs, the most difficult was this polyphony. When practicing, he suffered enough. Either you can't take care of your left hand when you play your right hand, or you can't take care of your right hand when you play your left hand. And when the two hands are put together, the one-handed melody that was originally practiced perfectly becomes extremely jerky!

Liu Yufan couldn't help but think of the words of the piano buddy in his previous life: "Some people are dead, but he still has to force the living to die, such as Bach." ”

However, when Liu Yufan practiced the whole piece, he didn't think so.

Unlike other pieces, even if you play Bach's music a hundred times, you will still be interested in it when you play it one hundred and one times. Because when you're playing it, your mind has to keep spinning and thinking at a high speed. When you hear those separate, somewhat incomprehensible melodies, tacitly blended together with your high-speed thinking, and then produce beautiful and vibrant music, you feel a great sense of accomplishment. It's not like some songs with strong rules, after practicing, after playing it a few times, it doesn't feel fresh, and I will never want to touch it again!

It is a piece in the key of B flat major, and in the first measure of the beginning, a P mark is clearly marked to indicate the strength of the piece.

"P" means "weak", and in Bach's songs, dexterous and ornate sentences account for a large part, so in his songs, most of them do not appear too strong dynamics, at most it is an F (strong), most of the time it is P, MP, MF or something. And in the middle of the song, you often see many crescendos and crescendos. But in terms of speed, it is generally not very fast. After all, most of these creative songs are meant to express some delicate, gorgeous images, not impatient and excited things.

The left hand sank slightly, a faint bass sounded, and then the right hand ran at a medium speed like a civet cat, with small finger movements that were not excessive, and at the same time, the left hand also participated at the same speed. The two melodies are completely different, but they work together tacitly, just like two free fish, sometimes swimming together to play, sometimes playing separately, and the change of dynamics adds a dramatic expressiveness to the whole piece.

This is the charm of polyphony, never in a hurry, like a leisurely nobleman, like a delicate glittering silverware, like a room with a golden sheen, with all kinds of carved solid wood furniture, in short, you don't feel any negative, excited, impatient emotions in it, it is always so unhurried, energetic, this is polyphony, this is Bach!

Of course, in order to achieve such expressiveness, superb performance skills and artistic accomplishment are required, and as far as the current Liu Yufan is concerned, he is far from reaching such a level. However, it is not easy to reproduce this piece more completely, and there is a faint charm of that charm. You must know that many candidates in the front, when playing to the polyphonic part, few of them came up smoothly, and the wrong sound was the most common, and a few simply couldn't play it halfway, and started again, but they were stopped by the teacher and jumped to the next song. If it's possible not to choose polyphony, it is estimated that few people like to play this game!

When Liu Yufan finally played this song, he was secretly relieved, there was nothing wrong with it, and it was really not easy to maintain this state of concentration at this moment!

After some adjustment, Liu Yufan is ready to play the next song, which is also his most proud and most anticipated "Beethoven Sonata in G major minor movement 1st movement (OP.49, No.2)"!

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