Chapter 37: Opportunism

"Hey, Liu Yufan, a flute playing, why are you so excited, you can also play." Seeing that Liu Yufan suddenly came to his senses, Chen Siying leaned over and asked in a low voice.

"Absolutely." Liu Yufan said without thinking.

"Bragging, why haven't I seen you brag?" Chen Siying pursed her lips and said in disbelief.

"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean I won't, you haven't asked." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Yo, Yufan can also play the flute, go back and play it for a while for the teacher to hear." Jiang Ya was also on the side to help.

"No problem, hey, it's getting started." Seeing that the little fat man on the stage was ready to start playing, Liu Yufan hurriedly reminded the two.

The sound of the stage was accompanied by joyful folk music, and after a sound of "answer" similar to a horse's hooves, a joyful flute trembled.

"Raising the Whip to Urge the Horse to Carry Grain" is a very famous flute song, which is widely circulated in China. This piece was composed by the famous flute player Wei Xianzhong in 1969 and has been around for more than 20 years.

The style of "Raising the Whip to Urge the Horse to Carry Grain" is cheerful and enthusiastic, and uses many northern Bangdi techniques of "chopping", "wiping" and "flying", and the regional characteristics are very distinct. Of course, this is also a very difficult song. Although this piece is only rated as level 4 in the flute exam, it is still not an easy task to really play it well.

Liu Yufan also has some dabbling in the flute, although the level is average, there is no problem in playing this piece, and because this piece is famous, almost all students who learn the flute have played it, so Liu Yufan is very familiar with it.

It was precisely because of familiarity that Liu Yufan had just heard the beginning, and his face showed an extremely strange expression. It was an expression that wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and tried to hold back.

"Hey, why do you have this expression, what's wrong?" Chen Siying was sitting next to Liu Yufan, and naturally noticed the change in the expression on Liu Yufan's face, and asked a little strangely.

"It's nothing, hehe, I don't know who this kid's teacher is, he's so talented!" Liu Yufan said in a low voice with a smile.

"What is talented? How come I can't understand what you're saying? Chen Siying didn't understand what "talented" meant, after all, at this time, Uncle Benshan's sketch had not yet been broadcast.

"That song, after two trills, it is the lower calendar note that starts with the treble mi, but you listen to the buddy on the stage, he was stunned and spit out three times, this teacher, talent." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Liu Yufan, what is the next calendar?" Chen Siying didn't understand anymore, and looked at Liu Yufan with big eyes blinking, with a thirsty expression.

Liu Yufan seemed to be very satisfied with Chen Siying's attitude, and the surname Suo patiently explained to her.

"Liyin is one of the flute playing techniques, when playing to start from a certain note in front of the note, from the bottom to the top or from the top down to the sound rapidly, continuously, the calendar is divided into two kinds of upper ephemera and lower ephemeral sound, blowing well, the effect is very good, can make the music appear warm, rough and powerful. Oh, I can't say a word or two, but you'll know when I'll blow it for you with a flute. Chen Yufan said.

"It's like scratching keys in a piano." Jiang Ya whispered beside her, listening to Liu Yufan's explanation of Liyin, she secretly praised in her heart, although there were still irregularities in what she said, but the meaning was expressed very accurately. What's even more rare is that listening to his words, obviously he also has a lot of experience in flute playing, where did this kid get so much energy? How do you dabble in such a wide range?

"Yes, almost, it's still a great teacher, and one sentence is to the point." Liu Yufan wasted no time in offering sycophants.

"Go! Less Poor! Jiang Hua scolded with a smile.

"Since the calendar sound is so good, why did he change the calendar sound to Tuyin?" Chen Siying continued to ask.

"Then you need to ask? Ease the difficulty. This song "Raising the Whip to Urge the Horse to Carry Grain" is not very difficult, it is only a fourth-level song, but the most difficult part of the whole song is on this calendar, after the rapid downward movement, it is necessary to immediately pick up two tail notes, the requirements for the fingers are very high, if the fingers are not flexible enough or the breath is not well matched, it is easy to blow unevenly or blow out a broken sound, and even destroy the overall rhythm, if you change it to a simple vowel, there is no problem. Liu Yufan explained.

"So that's the case, hehe, isn't he opportunistic? Is it embarrassing to come to power at such a level? Chen Siying said disdainfully.

This little classmate is right, Xia Liyin is the most difficult technical difficulty in "Whipping Horses to Move Grain", and it is also the highlight of the whole piece. The classmate on the stage changed it like this, the difficulty is that it is gone, but the music has also changed its taste, which is not advisable. A voice came from behind several people. Liu Yufan looked back, but it turned out to be a man in his thirties, wearing a cyan suit, a pair of glasses on his thin face, looking polite and polite, looking like a teacher.

Seeing Liu Yufan turn around, the man with glasses smiled and nodded at him, and said in a low voice: "Hello classmate, it seems that you also know how to play the flute, have you passed the grade?" ”

"Oh, not yet, are you?" Liu Yufan asked with some confusion.

"Oh, I'm Peng Lixin, a music teacher at the Municipal Vocational Institute, where are you? Who did you learn the flute from? Peng Lixin asked with a smile.

"Oh, it turned out to be Teacher Peng, I am Liu Yufan from Fu'an County, my flute is self-taught, and there is no teacher to teach me." Liu Yufan said in a low voice.

"Yo, self-taught? You know a lot about that, hehe. Peng Lixin listened to Liu Yufan's words, said with a smile, and then didn't ask any more. But looking at the look on his face, he obviously didn't believe Liu Yufan's words.

"Wow~~" A burst of warm applause rang out, but it turned out that the little fat man on the stage had already finished blowing.

In fact, most of the audience in the audience can't hear the difference between the calendar and the voice, the little fat man plays very well, compared to the dance, this kind of instrumental performance seems to be more popular with people, so this flute is blown, the audience's response is also very enthusiastic, and there are even a few applauded.

"This kid is a good blower." On the judges' bench, Wang He, who was sitting in the center, said with a smile to several judges around him.

"yes, the rhythm is good."

"The expression is also in place."

Several of the other judges also laughed and chimed in.

It is said that it is inappropriate for Wang He to say this, and it is inevitable that he will be suspected of influencing other judges. But after all, he is an authority in the city's music industry, and even if he says so, others will only take it as a guide.

Anyway, Wang He's fluttering sentence had an obvious effect, and he glanced at several judges out of the corner of his eye, only to see that most of the judges had drawn 9.5, 9.6 or something, and his face couldn't help but show a satisfied look.

It's just that the oldest and silver-haired judge sitting in the second place on his right hand frowned and drew an 8.0, Wang He's face suddenly showed an unhappy look, and he snorted secretly in his heart.

"Hmph, the old thing who doesn't know how to lift!"

But the other party didn't even look at him, and didn't seem to care about his feelings at all.

Ma Huaiyuan naturally doesn't have to pay attention to Wang He, although Wang He can be said to be almost "covering the sky with one hand" in the music industry of Jianghai, there are still some people he can't influence, such as Ma Huaiyuan.

Ma Huaiyuan is a veteran of the Jianghai music industry, he has worked in the city cultural center for a lifetime, he is an upright person, both moral and artistic, he is especially good at wind instruments, and several disciples have made some small fame in the music industry. It's just that he himself is obsessed with music and rhythm, and he never participates in some social things, so he doesn't seem to be active.

It is said that such a person who "does not go on the road" is not suitable to be a judge, because it is often "bad". Let's take this flute solo just now, not all the judges can't hear the problem, after all, they are all professional, but why did Wang He say a word, and these people all gave high scores? The things in this can only be understood, not spoken. It's just that Ma Huaiyuan is indeed an authority, and his character and level are also recognized in the city, so every time this kind of event is held, some departments in the city will also habitually call him by his surname to show the fairness of his judges. But in this way, for those judges who have small actions in private, he is more boring.

"Next, please enjoy the chorus "Riding the Wings of Singing" brought by the Municipal Children's Choir for everyone", the male host Liu Yong reported the next program.

"Watch it all carefully, this show is definitely of a high level." Jiang Ya suddenly spoke.

"Huh?" After listening to Jiang Ya's words, Liu Yufan also paid attention. After getting along in the past few days, he already knows what level Jiang Ya's musical literacy is, although he is not everyone, but at least he is good among professionals, and he is better than himself, especially in piano performance, he can definitely be his teacher at this stage. Saying such things from her mouth shows that this show is definitely not simple.

Liu Yufan is also familiar with the song "Riding on the Wings of Song", which is a very famous art song, composed by the famous composer Mendelssohn in 1834, and the lyrics of this song are derived from a lyrical poem by the poet Heine. With a clear melody and a soft accompaniment composed of broken chords, the whole piece paints a warm and romantic picture. When he was a student, Liu Yufan liked this song very much, and once sang it with the school's vocal group. Liu Yufan remembers that at that time they sang in two parts, of course, the most powerful thing Liu Yufan has ever heard is to sing in four parts, which is the level of a professional choir.

More than 40 elementary school students came to the center of the stage, the boys were wearing white shirts and black pants and red bow ties, and the girls were wearing pink skirts and sky blue ribbons on their chests.

The conductor and piano accompanist are all female teachers, Liu Yufan doesn't know them, but Jiang Ya introduced him and others on the side.

"The piano is played by Chen Li from the Municipal Cultural Center, the piano is very powerful, she graduated from the piano department of Shanghai Academy, and she also works as a piano teacher at the Philharmonic Art School."

"Does the unit care?" Liu Yufan suddenly burst out of a sentence. The people who work in the cultural center are also state cadres, and it is not appropriate to work part-time as a teacher in a private art school.

"This kind of thing is all tacit, as long as it doesn't affect the work, the leader will not say anything, what can the cultural center do, besides, Wang He's relationship with the leadership of the cultural center is not ordinary." It was Peng Lixin, who was sitting in the back seat, who spoke, and his tone sounded very disdainful.

Jiang Ya smiled and didn't say anything.

A soft piano disintegration chord sounded, and the eyes of several people suddenly turned to the stage.

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