"Xiao Fan, have you ever learned to play drums from anyone before?" Looking at Liu Yufan, the second uncle Ma Hua couldn't hide his surprise and asked suspiciously.

"Nope." Liu Yufan shook his head, but said with a secret smile in his heart: "I haven't learned to play drums, but I have a little music foundation, and it is not difficult to learn this kind of simple percussion." But this reason, not to mention that there is no way to say it, even if it is really said, I'm afraid these people will not believe it. ”

"I haven't learned, I can memorize my hard eight after listening to it twice? You're not simple! The second uncle, Ma Hua, also felt that this little kid had never learned to play drums before. From childhood to adulthood, I watched it grow up. In this case, the second uncle had no choice but to classify Liu Yufan as a "genius boy". But it's not too outrageous for the second uncle to think so. Not counting the music foundation in his previous life, it can be said that Liu Yufan's own understanding and perception of music are also outstanding, but because there was no good environment at home in his previous life, he missed the best opportunity for training.

"Hey, hey." After listening to the praise of the second uncle, Liu Yufan touched his head embarrassedly and smiled.

"Xiao Fan, what time is it, hurry home and eat!" The voice of his mother Chu Qing was heard from afar, but it turned out that it was already noon, Liu Yufan was dedicated to practicing drumming, but he ignored the time.

"Oh, just go back!" Liu Yufan shouted at his mother in the distance, then looked at the second uncle and said, "Second uncle, are you still performing in the village in the afternoon?" "He's hooked, and he hasn't been addicted to it just a few times, and he wants to practice again.

"You're going to Wangjia Village, are you coming? Here comes the second master to teach you to play the drums. The second uncle, Ma Hua, also had a "love for talent" in his heart, and he wanted to train and train this neighbor's child.

"Come on." Liu Yufan agreed. Wangjia Village is a village adjacent to Dazhai Village, separated by more than a mile, and this bit of foot strength is nothing to Liu Yufan.

Liu Yufan was worried about learning to play drums, and when he returned home, he quickly finished eating, then put the bowl on the table and said, "Mom, I'm going out to watch Yangge!" ”

"Go out to the wild after eating, don't patronize and play, write your homework during the winter vacation, and take the junior high school exam in half a year, use it hard!" Mother Chu Qing said.

"Got it!" Liu Yufan's voice sounded in the courtyard, and the people had already trotted away.

"Winter vacation homework?" Liu Yufan sighed helplessly in his heart, and was speechless when he thought of his winter vacation homework. Obviously something is extremely simple to himself, but he has to repeat it dozens of times, Liu Yufan feels that this is simply a murder and a waste of time. No way, now is the standard test-taking education, in order to get results, almost all teachers use the same "magic weapon", that is, pressing homework, constantly letting students do questions, copying texts, forcing memory, as a reborn, this is probably the memory that Liu Yufan is most unwilling to revisit.

Putting aside the worries of winter vacation homework for the time being, and hearing the sound of gongs and drums in the distance, Liu Yufan's heart began to get excited again.

Liu Yufan wants to learn to play drums, but it's not just for fun, he has his own reasons.

With Liu Yufan's current environment and ability, it may be extremely unrealistic to want to directly contact the piano, not to mention that the conditions at home do not allow it, even if it is the entire county, I am afraid that there may not be a piano. In 1994, although the spring breeze of reform and development has blown all over the land of China, and many places have developed vigorously, this relatively remote northern county still seems to lack vitality, especially the cultural atmosphere, which is almost extinct.

Therefore, Liu Yufan can only grasp everything around him that has anything to do with music, and let himself continue to review and feel.

"Learning to play the drums is still good for practice, at least it can exercise your wrists." Liu Yufan thought so in his heart. He realized this just morning when he was learning to play the drums. Among all the basic piano skills, wrist skills are undoubtedly very important. If the wrist is not flexible, it is not easy to control the force, and it is not easy to find a relaxed state.

"Also, practicing percussion develops my sense of rhythm, which is the backbone of music." Liu Yufan thought in his heart as he walked. He didn't have any plans for the time being, and after learning to play drums with the second uncle for a while in the morning, he decided to take advantage of this Spring Festival time to practice drumming with the second uncle.

Wangjia Village is a small village with a total population of less than 1,000 people, which is only equivalent to one-third of Dazhai Village. A river divides the village into two parts, east of the river is Dawangjia Village, and east of the river is Xiaowangjia Village. Of course, this is just a common name for the villagers, but in fact, it is still managed by a village committee.

When Liu Yufan came, Yangge hadn't started yet. The second uncle and a few patters were there. Of course, there are also people in the village who love to listen to the drums. Wang Xiaoyong and a few of them have not yet come, they are not so keen on watching Yangge, what they are really interested in is the lively atmosphere and some snacks on the side of the Yangge field. But at this moment, there are some children from other villages gathered around the drums. Liu Yufan looked familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was called, probably his former junior high school classmate, after all, there were too many people, and Liu Yufan couldn't remember them all one by one.

"Xiaofan is here." When the second uncle saw Liu Yufan, he said hello with a smile, but his hands were not idle, and he was beating a "door opening drum", playing very energetically.

"En", Liu Yufan nodded with a smile, and did not interrupt the second uncle, but just squeezed forward and watched the second uncle play the drum carefully.

"The wrist joints of the second master are very flexible, well, the weight of the big arm should be added to the place where the reshoot is made."

"This roll is very urgent, and I can't achieve such a speed with my wrist alone, so I should still use the power of the drum surface to bounce. Yes, the wrist should be relaxed immediately after falling, so that you can get some of the rebound power. ”

Liu Yufan watched while corroborating what he had learned, and found more and more that there were many things in common. It seems that dabbling in more things will promote learning piano.

After playing for a while, the second uncle took the drumstick and handed it to Liu Yufan: "Xiaofan, here you go!" ”

"Huatou, whose child is this?" A rubbing cripple asked.

"The eldest son of the Jianjun family, but he is spiritual, he listened to me play the drum at noon the day before, and he learned it after listening to it twice." The second uncle, Ma Hua, said.

"Oh? It's true? Let's try it twice, I'll block the cymbals for you! The cripple looked at Liu Yufan with a smile and said.

Hi-hats are also exquisite, and in order to work with the drums, it is necessary to have a sense of rhythm. Because most of the time, the cymbal is played in the second half of a bar, so according to the customary name of folk artists, playing the cymbal is also called "blocking the air".

"Great!" Liu Yufan was not stage frightened, he raised the drumstick generously and began to fight.

He played the "opening drum" played by the second uncle Ma Hua just now. "Open door drum" is a kind of Yangge drum, which is generally used as a "hot field" before the official performance, of course, the form of "open door drum" in different regions is not the same, but the general skeleton is still the same.

"Winter is not long, winter winter! Winter is not long, winter winter! Guer Longdong Longdong Yi is not Longdong ......" Liu Yufan shot "extraordinary", in addition to the flexibility because of the relationship between the wrist and the second master just now, it turned out to be the same in terms of speed, and a few places with "flowers" are also well-behaved, and there is no board at all.

"Yo, this kid really has two hits!" At this time, several other musicians who were watching the lively rubbing on the side also sighed. This kid, who is just over ten years old, is acting like a veteran at the moment, playing like that. Just now, I had some thoughts in my heart to watch the excitement, but now I don't have it at all. Moreover, he was addicted to Liu Yufan's drums, and blocked the cymbals for Liu Yufan.

A few adults in their forties and fifties playing cymbals around a teenage child obviously attracted the attention of onlookers. Seeing Liu Yufan fighting energetically, he shouted "good" from time to time with good deeds, and there were more and more onlookers.

Liu Yufan's legs bent slightly, stabilizing his upper body. While playing, I felt the cooperation of my wrist, forearm, and big arm, felt the strength of the feedback from the drum surface, and felt the charm of the second master when he played the drum just now. Even he didn't realize that his drum sound was changing little by little, becoming more fluent and more proficient.

The second uncle, Ma Hua, squinted at Liu Yufan, unable to hide the love in his eyes.

Speaking of which, the second grandfather Ma Hua is also a "legendary" figure in the village. Smart since childhood, learn what to do, but bad luck, when he was studying, he contradicted Mr., broke off his studies, and was repeatedly excluded and framed in society because his surname was too strong, and he regarded himself as "high" and disdained to see those people in general, so he was ruined all his life, and he never married, had no children and no daughters, and he was also a poor person.

When the second uncle Ma Hua chatted with the people in the village, he liked to talk about his deeds when he was young, what "I asked Mr. a question during class", what "a certain person in the village who has a good future, it turned out to be following my ass around, and it was my clever plan to guide me to achieve what I am today" and so on. The second uncle also likes to talk about the ancients, and he can't "point out the country" at every turn, and a sentence like "I laugh at Liu Bei and don't know when the sky is shining". Sometimes, Liu Yufan feels that the second uncle is very similar to Lu Xun's "Kong Yiji". Of course, the second uncle is already stronger than Kong Yi, at least he can farm and will not be starved to death.

Although the status of the second uncle in the village is not high, the second uncle is a "capable person", which is recognized by everyone. He plays chess well, plays drums well, and can speak ancient times, and is also "respected" in front of the village people who have little culture.

Right now, the second uncle looks at Liu Yufan's "one-point understanding" of playing drums, and he also has the feeling of meeting a "bosom friend" in his heart, and probably thinks that Liu Yufan, a "genius", is very similar to himself when he was young.

In this way, during the winter vacation, when school did not start, in addition to writing those boring winter vacation homework, most of Liu Yufan's energy was focused on learning to play drums with the second uncle. When the Yangge team officially performed, he watched from the side of the second uncle, and when no one was around, he "grabbed" the drumstick and practiced. Later, there were occasionally some less important occasions and simple jokes, and the second uncle also let Liu Yufan fight. In this way, in the days when it was almost over, this Yangge team actually became a unique scenery, and everyone in ten miles and eight villages knew that this Yangge team had a child who played the drums, which was very interesting. Moreover, Liu Yufan is also very "stylish" in playing drums, and from time to time he will make onlookers applaud. Later, Yangge Tou actually recognized Liu Yufan, and the "color head" he received every day was actually given to Liu Yufan. Reborn to the present, Liu Yufan has earned a small income for the first time by relying on his musical "talent". Although it was not much and only more than 60 yuan, it also made Liu Yufan secretly happy for several days.

Of course, what makes Liu Yufan happiest is not this, but his own gains in music.

In the past ten days, Liu Yufan has learned at least seven or eight jokes, except for some difficult jokes, basically Yangge drums can be beaten from scratch. And the wrist is also much more flexible than before.

This said, as usual, after another day of "performance", the second uncle called Liu Yufan to his home.

The second uncle lived in a dilapidated house, and the house was covered with thatch. A tattered wooden door, not even a lock, with a few holes in it. If an outsider sees it, the first reaction will definitely not be that it is a resident. Of course, the second uncle won't care about this, whenever people make fun of him, he will always say a few words, "Si is a burrow, only Wu Dexin." Something like that.

When I entered the door, a musty smell came to my nose. The second uncle is alone, and naturally he is not so particular about hygiene. But fortunately, it is still within Liu Yufan's tolerance.

Entering the house, the light was even darker, the second uncle got on the kang, opened a small black cabinet on the kang head, flipped through it for a long time, and then took out a tattered thread-bound book, turned to Liu Yufan and said: "Xiao Fan, the second master has a book here, he gave it to me when he learned it from the master who played the drums, I don't understand, I'll give you this book, ponder it when you have time." The second uncle said, and put the book in front of Liu Yufan.

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