Chapter 168: Hanging Chords
"What's good, show me it?" Looking at the pages in Chen Siying's hand and the excited look on her face, Jiang Ya asked with a smile.
Today is Chen Siying's piano lesson, of course, according to the agreed time, Chen Siying came earlier. However, Chen Siying is Jiang Ya's old student, and the relationship between them is very casual, and it is normal to have an early and late life.
I don't know why, maybe it was "stimulated" by Liu Yufan, Chen Siying, who had already passed the ninth grade of the electronic piano, suddenly proposed to learn piano with Jiang Ya. The little girl's surname is very high, although she has only studied with Jiang Ya for less than half a year, but with the foundation of the electronic piano before, the current piano has easily passed the eighth level.
"Teacher Jiang, look, this is a new song written by Liu Yufan, I have been practicing it for the past two days, it is very good." Chen Siying said, handing the score in her hand to Jiang Ya.
"Piano music of the night", looking at the name of the score, Jiang Ya read it softly.
The score is written by hand, and the beautiful line Jiang Ya is too familiar, it is Liu Yufan's handwriting.
The score is not long, only three pages, and it looks very simple, with a few arpeggios and soft adagio melodies, which look very Claydermann's style, but not quite the same.
"This is Yu Fan's own creation?" Raising the score in her hand, Jiang Ya asked with some surprise.
"yes, I heard him play in the school auditorium the other day, and it sounded good. But that guy drank a lot of alcohol that day, and I sent him back to the dormitory. Teacher Jiang, you have to take care of him when you have time, this guy is getting more and more disagreeable now, and he has learned to drink. Speaking of this, Chen Siying seemed to remember that night, Liu Yufan was drunk and smoky, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"Yufan drinking?" Hearing Chen Siying's words, Jiang Ya frowned slightly. When we were together before, he would occasionally drink some wine, but it was just for fun at the time, and Jiang Ya didn't care much, but listening to Chen Siying's meaning, he seemed to be drinking, which was not a good habit.
"It's not, I'm so drunk that I walk and shake, but this guy is too, he can still play the piano after drinking like that, Mr. Jiang, this song is good, can you try it?" Chen Siying instigated. It was like having a fun toy that I couldn't wait to share.
"Hehe, okay, let's go to the piano room and see how Yufan's song is written?" Jiang Ya said, got up and walked out of the room. At the same time, she decided in her heart that she would have a good talk with Yu Fan when she found a time. went to junior high school, without his family around to control him, and at this age when he was easily impulsive, Jiang Ya was afraid that he would develop in a bad direction.
Practicing at home sometimes disturbs the neighbors. Since she had a company, Jiang Ya has moved her family's piano here.
Pushing open the door of the piano room, Jiang Ya walked to the Yamaha piano, opened the lid, and put the score on it.
"Piano music for the night? This kid's name is quite poetic. Jiang Ya looked at the title of the score and thought to herself.
The piece is written in C minor, the melody and structure are very simple, and for the current Jiang Ya, it is okay to slow down the tempo and read it directly.
The big finger of the right hand gently rested on the C of the second group of small characters, sank slightly, and then the wrist shook slightly, and a soft melody floated out of the Yamaha piano.
When the last sound of the right hand sounds, the chords of the left hand sound at the same time.
"Huh?" After playing this seemingly simple broken chord, Jiang Ya noticed the difference. At first glance, Jiang Ya thought it was an ordinary ten-degree decomposition chord, just like Richard. Clayderman used to do that, but when she bounced it, she realized that it wasn't like that.
"Siying, are you sure that this score is not wrong?" Jiang Ya carefully looked at the chord in the left hand part, especially to confirm the position of the third note.
"That's right, Mr. Jiang, at first I thought it felt weird here, but when I played it, I realized that this chord was very good, but I didn't know why it was matched like this." Chen Siying said with some confusion. Her knowledge of music theory is too low, and Liu Yufan's chords in this piece are a little strange, but at her current level, she can't see it.
"Really? I'll try again. Jiang Ya looked at the somewhat strange chord, didn't care if it was right or wrong, and continued to play it directly.
Peaceful and quiet, this seemingly unreasonable chord, when paired with the melody of the right hand, has an unexpected effect, bringing out a hint of quietness from the originally somewhat cold melody.
"How so?" Jiang Ya stopped strangely and looked at the chord again, feeling as if she had seen it in a music theory book, but she didn't study music theory very thoroughly when she was in school, and a chord like this should be more out of the way was not familiar to her.
Ignoring the reasonableness of the chords, Jiang Ya continued to play according to the marks on the score.
The song is not difficult, but the chords in the left hand are a little weird, but it is good to get used to playing them. And Jiang Ya soon found that this kind of chord had a particularly good effect, and it seemed that ~~ seemed to change the style of the whole piece.
Compared to those immutable three chords, the addition of this chord has obviously received excellent results!
The song is very simple, however, it is the simple melody, but it seems to contain the power of touching the heart, attracting Jiang Ya to play it over and over again, unconsciously, Jiang Ya has played it seven or eight times, this simple little song, has also been played completely proficiently, she found that she has deeply liked this song.
Simple and beautiful harmonies, quiet and fantastical melodies, the whole piece, full of dreamlike colors.
More importantly, this piece was written by Liu Yufan.
When playing those notes, Jiang Ya seemed to be able to feel his appearance in front of the piano and feel his emotions, yes, although she didn't see it in person, she could just feel it. Even, the state of mind he was in front of the piano after drinking, as if he could understand it.
It's been a long time since I've seen him. Jiang Ya thought faintly in her heart.
"Teacher Jiang, you are so amazing, it took me two days to play this song. The first time you played it, it only took a while to bounce it off, why can't I do it? Looking at Jiang Ya almost watching the score play the song down, Chen Siying said with envy in her eyes.
"Siying, this is what I told you about sight-reading. You usually have a little practice in this area, and you will need to strengthen it a little bit in the future. When you pass the ninth level, there will be sight-reading. Jiang Ya was pulled back into her mind by Chen Siying's question, and explained to her with a smile.
"Well, you teach me, Teacher Jiang." Chen Siying looked at Jiang Ya with a coquettish smile on her face.
"Okay, hehe, Siying, in fact, you and Yu Fan are together every day, and it is the same to learn directly from him. His current level is higher than mine. Jiang Ya said jokingly.
"Cut, that guy, he's too busy right now, and you still have time to teach me? Teacher Jiang, you don't know, now he is amazing, he is definitely a figure in the piano industry of Fu'an No. 1 Middle School. You remember what I told you last time. Hey, it's a pity that I didn't watch it during the selection, and I heard that the guy played a song "Defending the Yellow River", which shocked the whole audience, and Mr. Peng Tielin gave him the key to the school auditorium on the spot, and the best Yamaha triangle in the school became his personal practice piano. Now it's even more amazing, I want to represent the school to participate in the Jianghai Cup. I also heard that two senior sisters in the art class were not convinced, stopped him in the corridor, and wanted to compete with him for qualifications, but listened to his "Revolution" and lost directly. Chen Siying said with a fluttering eyebrow, her expression was half interested and half regretful, regretting that she had not seen those scenes.
"This kid can really toss. It seems that Mr. Mo was right not to release him early, with his surname, he will be tossed everywhere. Jiang Ya gently echoed on the side, but her face was full of smiles, obviously, these words were also insincere.
Getting up and pulling out a copy of "Harmony and Acoustics" from the bookshelf on the side, Jiang Ya returned to the piano and flipped it up gently.
"Teacher Jiang, what are you investigating?" Looking at the thick book in Jiang Ya's hand, Chen Siying asked curiously.
"I want to see what chords are used in the left hand at the beginning of this piece." Jiang Ya skillfully flipped through as she spoke, obviously having put a lot of effort into this book before.
"Teacher, you are so serious, I didn't think about it so much, I just thought about it and played it down." Chen Siying pouted and said.
"Siying, if you know what it is, you have to know why it is true, you can't be sloppy when you engage in music, and when you encounter something you don't understand, you must understand it." Jiang Ya said to Chen Siying while flipping through the book.
"Oh, got it." Chen Siying stuck out her little tongue and lowered her head as if she was being taught.
"Is it a ninth chord? It's not like ah, the ninth chord is so sharp, it won't have such an effect, but how to explain this second note that appears above the root note? Jiang Ya thought suspiciously.
It wasn't until she turned to the hanging chord that she suddenly realized that according to the accompaniment on the score, Jiang Ya quickly determined that the chord with special effects used by Liu Yufan before was the second chord with hanging chord.
"It's a rare chord like this. Hanging chords are usually only used when the music is passing, so why do you start with it? It's just that the effect is so good. This child's attainments in music theory seem to be higher. When you see him, you must ask him what is the basis for dealing with him in this place. Unconsciously, Jiang Ya created another excuse for herself to find him.
(To be continued)