Chapter 9: Mr. Paul
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Paul Harrison is a German-American, in his sixties, with a burly build and red hair.
He immigrated to the United States during World War II and was penniless when he first arrived. Because he was good at the accordion, he got a job in a tavern. He played the accordion and sang in the tavern, and sometimes worked as a bartender, a job he has been doing until now.
He is also a member of the band "Owl", although he is a guest member, and usually he has to work at night and only has free time during the day.
Barthes, on the other hand, has to go to work during the day and have free time at night. Because of this, the composition of their band changes frequently.
"Hey, Paul! This is my son Alex! Bart introduces Alex to Paul, and then explains Paul's identity to his son, "From now on, Paul will be your teacher, and he will teach you how to sing in front of an audience." ”
"Hello, Mr. Paul!" Alex greeted Paul obediently.
"Haha, what a smart boy!" Paul was so happy that no one had ever called him Mr. so respectfully!
After Barth handed over his son to Paul, he left in peace. He still has a lot of things to do and doesn't have time to be around.
Paul didn't come empty-handed, he had an accordion on his back. He believed that it was best to sing with accordion accompaniment.
"Let's get started now!" Instead of teaching Alex how to sing right away, Paul made a request: "I heard you play the guitar well?" Can you play it for me? ”
Alex nodded, picked up his guitar, put it on his back, and played a song without saying a word. After a few days of practice, his playing level has skyrocketed. On the one hand, it is because he is still young and accepts things quickly, and on the other hand, he learns hard and uses the right methods.
Crucially, his "simulated memory" is very useful for learning other people's playing techniques. This is normal, when humans first start learning, they will always find an object to simulate.
A guitar tune, played very quickly, not very well, not very bad.
When Paul heard this, he was secretly surprised. Let's not talk about Alex's age, let's just say that people who have only practiced for less than a week can play so quickly. He complimented Alex a few times and said, "Alex, I think you should learn the accordion first." ”
"So, sir, when am I going to start learning the accordion?" Alex couldn't wait to ask, he had only seen the accordion before, but had never learned it! Singing or something, in fact, he himself is secretly practicing.
Paul was so pleased with Alex's studious attitude that he said, "Have you ever seen an accordion before?" ”
"Sir, is the accordion the thing you carry on your back?" Alex noticed that Paul was carrying a large thing with a keyboard and buttons, which was divided into three parts, the left side was like a shrunken piano keyboard, the right side was a row of round buttons, and in the middle was a folded bellows.
"What a smart boy! Yes, that's the accordion! Paul took the accordion off his back and handed it over.
The accordion was a heavy creature for a four-year-old, and Alex had to exert all his strength to hold it securely. If you want to play in your arms like an adult, it's a hard job! Luckily, the accordion has a strap and can be carried on your body.
Paul was also very happy to see that Alex liked the accordion, and he slowly introduced Alex to the various buttons of the accordion and the origin of the accordion.
"The accordion is a reed instrument that can be played both solo and accompaniment, and it is an instrument made by borrowing from the principles of Chinese sheng reed sound."
"I really didn't expect it to be borrowed from a Chinese instrument!"
Alex was Chinese in his previous life, and he had never heard of the accordion, and he only learned about it from Paul.
In fact, more than one instrument was originally made according to the principles of Chinese musical instruments.
In 1777, the Chinese musical instrument "sheng" was introduced to Europe by the Italian missionary Father Almoit, and soon after, Europeans made similar instruments based on the sound principles of this Chinese instrument. These were the precursors to the accordion, but most of them were eliminated before they could be disseminated.
The actual hand-drawn organ is the mouth-blown Ola made by the German Derek Bujmán in 1821. Soon after, a hand-controlled bellows and buttons were added to the Ola violin, and later the Austrian Cyrillus de Mien succeeded in combining the various predecessors of the accordion at the time to create the world's first accordion named Anet.
To this day, the accordion is still referred to by the name anet all over the world.
In Germany, and even throughout Europe, many rural farmers have accordions in their homes. Compared with the piano, it can not only play a beautiful melody with a single voice, but also play a multi-part piece, and can play rich harmonies with both hands like a piano. The most important thing is that it is inexpensive, and it is a very suitable instrument for poor people.
From an early age, Paul knew how to play the accordion, which was one of his favorite instruments.
In some old-fashioned European black-and-white films, the entertainment of the poor is to gather in a group, with one person playing the accordion and the rest singing and dancing.
The most impressive accordion performance for Alex was a video I watched on the Internet, which was a movie version of the song and dance clip of "Ievanpo1kka", the predecessor of the widely circulated "Song of Throwing Onions". In that video, a homeless man plays the accordion, while the others sing and dance in a circle, looking very happy.
At that time, Alex thought that the accordion, an instrument that looked weird, was very powerful, because it was such an instrument that played the role of a band.
Paul's method of teaching is simple, playing the accordion in the guò way, and letting Alex practice. Of course, he will still teach some of the most basic playing techniques one by one. The piece he played was called "In the Sky of Paris", and it sounded very kind of European countryside.
After Alex listened, he memorized every detail of Paul's movements, and when he wanted to repeat those movements, it was not as simple as he thought. He played, stumbling, and the music was slow and fast. The more he tried to play well, the harder it became to play well, and it was clear that he remembered all of Paul's movements.
"Haha, yes, yes!" Paul didn't expect Alex to be able to play from beginning to end after listening to it once.
"But I can't play as well as you, teacher!"
"Your watch has surprised me! Many children have to teach even the basic notes several times when they first start. ”
Regardless of what Paul said, Alex felt like he wasn't as good as he should be. Apparently he had tried his best to learn, so he almost used "simulated memory" to repeat Paul's movements, but he still couldn't play smoothly.
Using "simulated memory" can be learned faster, but it requires more energy and has limitations on learning skills. He thought about it, only use "simulated memory" to learn other people's skills, and in the end, he will learn seven or eight percent at most, and when he uses it in the future, he will never pass this level. When he really wants to use it, he can only "simulate" it all the time, which will exhaust him.
Only by studying seriously, you can use "simulated memory" to break through when it is critical, and that is the right way to learn skills.
Paul felt that he could not teach too much at once, so he said, "I see that you have learned almost well today, so now you can practice it a few more times." ”
After that, he let Alex practice the accordion alone. At this time, Alex was practicing, and at the same time, he was thinking about how he could learn Paul's accordion playing skills faster.
Thinking about it, there is only one way to go, and that is to practice honestly. Eventually, he simply didn't think about the problem and stopped practicing the accordion. He entered the spiritual space where he created Zào, which was still the appearance of a hut. It was still filled with the light of the setting sun, and he lay on that bed, quietly.
Although he was staying, he knew that his body was under a lot of pressure now, and he was consuming energy bit by bit. Once exhausted, he has to take guò deep sleep to replenish his energy. Yes, that's what he's for, he wants to sleep.
However, when he stayed, his head was not blank. Suddenly, he suddenly thought, "Let's create a living object in this spiritual space, it looks very interesting!" ”
When he was creating the space before, he never thought of creating other lifeforms. He once wanted to extract the people in his memory directly, but now it is useless, the person who is drawn is like a puppet that can't stop, repeating the actions in the past memory scenes.
"If you don't extract it from your memory and generate a person directly in this space, will he move? If he can move, can he speak? If he could do all of this, what about thinking? ”
The more Alex thought about it, the more excited he became, he sat up, concentrated, and began to "make man"!
At this time, he realized that people and objects are completely different. At least "creating man" is a hundred times more difficult than "creating things"! He has no way to create a new person out of nothing, he can only find the prototype from his past memories to learn from, so that it is possible to create it.
At the same time, the more familiar he is, the easier it is to create. Also, the more fresh the memory, the easier it is to create.
"Who made it? Bart or Angel? ”
Alex was most familiar with these two people, and he thought about it, forget it, or not make them. He was worried that after creating his parents, if this virtual person had the mind of his parents, he would feel very embarrassed at that time. If the person who created it couldn't think, then he would feel a little embarrassed.
"Then Paul! He is the person I have seen in my latest memory, anyway, it is really yàn, and I will have the opportunity to observe him in the future. You can compare it and see what is different. ”
Alex did what he thought of, and he quickly built a model in the mental space and built Paul's body. Outwardly, the object of this "man" looks exactly the same as Paul's, and there is no difference. However, Alex soon realized that the person he had created was a doll, a realistic doll.