A morning of uneventful racing passed quickly. The young contestants are generally about 10 years old, and most of the repertoire selected is the repertoire of the piano examination grade 8 and 9. Occasionally, there are some concert-level repertoire, and most of them are mediocre. Perhaps such a level should be considered normal in the eyes of ordinary teachers and parents. But in the eyes of pianists such as Chang Hua and Du Mingyin, there is really no need to taste. They are all outstanding seedlings in the piano world, even when they are the same age as those young players on stage, their level is far better than theirs.

As for judges at the level of Shi Shucheng, they are not interested at all. In the whole morning, he only commented once, and it was one of the twelve-year-old boys who performed well, and the applause from the audience was extremely warm, so the host Jiajia ordered him, and then he had to say a few words.

At noon, the large and small restaurants outside the Workers' Cultural Palace had a lot of customer flow, and most of them were contestants, teachers, and parents who participated in the competition. There is a business owner, and a huge banner is hung in front of the store, saying "I wish the contestants excellent results" and the like, which is very lively.

In a relatively clean dumpling restaurant, Peng Tielin asked for a small private room and simply ordered something to eat. Although the meals were served slowly because of the large number of people, fortunately, a few people were not in a hurry, and chatted about the game in the morning while waiting.

"I really didn't expect to invite Shi Shucheng here, it seems that this Jianghai Cup is really hard." Peng Tielin said with some emotion.

"yes, if only I could see him play a bit." Liu Yufan said with some expectation. He has been learning the piano until now, except for Mo Yan, he has not really seen the performance of any real master.

Suddenly remembering that An Quantao's teacher was also alto, Liu Yufan asked with great interest: "Quan Tao, have you ever heard Teacher Shi play the piano?" ”

"I've heard that alto sometimes has small concerts, and the teacher often asks us to sit in on them. To be honest, that's really a high-level performance, and those people, tsk, pull out any one of them, can be called pianists. An Quantao said with some emotion.

"Yu Fan, don't worry, there is a chance. Since all the heavyweight judges like Shi Shucheng have been invited, the organizers will definitely arrange for him to perform. But I'm afraid we'll have to wait until the finals. By the way, Quan Tao, there is your game in the afternoon, adjust your state for a while, don't be nervous. Peng Tielin reminded.

"Well, don't worry, Mr. Peng, I will definitely do my best. But even if I can't get by, it doesn't matter, there is Yufan to press the formation, hehe. An Quantao said, winking at Liu Yufan.

"Hehe, you kid, don't make me happy. With your level, you can't even enter the finals, and Mr. Yin knows that you have to kick your ass. Liu Yufan said with a smile.

While a few people were chatting, the waiter served steaming dumplings, Peng Tielin greeted him, and the three of them began to replenish their strength.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the competition of the youth group started on time.

"Hello audience, what you are seeing now is the live broadcast of the 2nd Jianghai Cup Piano Competition, and I am the host Jiajia. After a morning of fierce competition, the preliminary round of the junior group A was successfully completed, a total of 10 young contestants stood out from the fierce competition and successfully reached the finals. This afternoon will be the youth competition, and we would like to wish the participants good results! In the center of the stage, Jiajia said her opening remarks as usual, and then announced the start of the game.

The first person to take the stage was a tall girl, although she was wearing a pink dress, but looking at her student head and young expression, she should basically be a school student.

The girl's name is Li Wan, she looks very quiet, and after standing on the stage and bowing to the judges and the audience, she sat down in front of the piano and began to play.

The girl played Chopin's etude Op25NO9 "Butterfly", which is a very short and very beautiful and lively etude, and it only takes about a minute to play the whole piece, which is about the same time as his "Puppy Waltz", but in terms of playing technique, it is very basic. In particular, the right hand part, which has a continuous rapid octave from the beginning, is the most test of the player's ability.

The octave technique can be said to be an advanced technique in piano playing. Strictly speaking, according to the joints that exert force when playing the octave, there are generally three ways to play the octave, which are the octave of the wrist, the octave of the elbow and the octave of the shoulder. The most common of these three methods is the octave of the wrist, because the wrist joint is the most flexible and easy to bounce faster than the other two joints.

Li Wan's skin was very white, so when she started to play, as her right hand quickly went up and down on the keys, bringing up a large snow-white shadow, it looked very pleasing to the eye.

Li Wan's wrist was slightly higher than the keys, and at the same time, the big finger and little finger formed a stable support, running quickly on the keys on the wrist drive, and a cheerful and beautiful sound came out of the piano.

Shi Shucheng, who was sitting in the middle of the judges' seat, watched Li Wan's performance, and his face looked a little better. Compared to the morning competition, which was simply a "child's game", the performance of the youth group in the afternoon was much better. At least judging from the level of performance of the first player, although it is still not professional, it is at least much more standardized.

Chopin's "Butterfly Etudes" should be considered a relatively advanced repertoire for many amateurs, but in the eyes of professional students, it is only a relatively simple repertoire of compulsory repertoire. Of course, because there is a fast octave technique in it, no one underestimates this piece, and many teachers also like to use this piece as an etude for training octaves.

Looking at Li Wan's performance, Liu Yufan nodded slightly in his heart. From a technical point of view, Li Wan can be said to have played this etude basically qualified. Although the octave still sounds a little bulky, at least it is solid, and there are no obvious scatters.

Of course, whether it is loose or not also needs to be identified by professional ears. Ordinary amateurs can't hear the "scattered" and "not scattered" sounds. After all, compared with the intuitive data of volume, "scattered" or "not scattered", "bright" or "dim" are all very abstract things, which require long-term playing practice and a pair of golden ears.

Li Wan's expression of performance was focused and serious, and her eyes were always staring at the key surface. This song is already a bit elevated for her. In order to participate in the competition, she specially practiced alone for more than a month, which is what she has today. You must know that it has only taken more than two months for her ninth-level certificate to come down.

At the end of the song, the applause from the audience was very warm. When it was the judges' turn to comment, Shi Shucheng also changed his state of not saying a word in the morning, and took the initiative to comment.

"That, Li Wan is right, she can play it okay. This piece is an octave etude, and when practicing the octave, we need to pay special attention to the flexibility and initiative of the wrist, as well as the support of the fingers. The sound you played just now is very strong, which is very good, but the basic skills on the wrist still need to be practiced, and the surname is still slightly worse, and it is generally not bad! After Shi Shucheng finished speaking, he nodded at Li Wan, who immediately bowed to him and said gratefully with a smile: "Thank you, Teacher Shi!" ”

Many players in the audience looked at her with some envy. It is very rare to hear the word "good" in Shi Shucheng's mouth, this Li Wan is really lucky, with Shi Shucheng's evaluation, it is estimated that her score will not be too low.

In the applause of everyone, Li Wan walked off the stage, and the host Jiajia immediately came to the stage and reported the name of the next contestant.

In the applause of everyone, Zhang Yue walked on the stage with a confident face. He is now studying in the piano department of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and is already a senior and is about to graduate. Because his hometown is from Jianghai, he heard that there was a competition here, and it happened that the school was not too busy, so he rushed back to compete.

Shen Yin is also among the top in the national conservatory of music, although the piano department in it cannot be compared with the alto and Tianyin, but the strength is also very strong. In particular, Zhang Yue is also a very outstanding kind of student in school, so he is very confident in participating in such a not too "professional" competition.

The piece he chose was also very daring, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, a very famous piano piece that is so famous that almost every professional pianist is familiar with it, and it has a high probability of appearing in various competitions and performances, and can be considered a "star" piece.

Speaking of "Hungarian Rhapsody", we cannot fail to mention Liszt, this is a very legendary composer and pianist, he wrote a large number of piano pieces in his life, and his pieces have always been known in the piano world for their high difficulty and strong skills.

Of course, there is also a disadvantage to playing a popular "star repertoire", that is, it is also quite popular, many people know it, and many people play it, which means that every feature and difficulty of the song is also widely known. With professional judges on your side, it is undoubtedly very stressful to play such a piece.

However, it seems that Zhang Yue is very confident and seems to be full of confidence in playing this piece.

Sitting in front of the piano, Zhang Gao raised his arms and fell down to the keys in a dashing manner, and suddenly, the piano emitted a deep chord sound.

Hungary is a passionate people who are extremely good at singing and dancing, and this rhapsody named after Hungary also vividly reflects this style, and it is an accent of wide opening and closing from the beginning!

(To be continued)