Chapter 81: Staves and Notations
Li Jing got up gently and put on his clothes. did not wake up, and the condensed Xuan who was sleeping in exhaustion.
When he came to the front hall, Li Jing had breakfast, changed into an ordinary green shirt, took a few guards, and two maids brought the violin and pipa newly bought from the light curtain. Walk to the Spring and Autumn Pavilion under the Phoenix Terrace.
Get up early today, stretch your waist, the wind and sun on the banks of the Qinhuai River in winter are beautiful, and it is also a good place to take a walk.
The Spring and Autumn Pavilion is built on a small island in the Qinhuai River, it is a square pavilion with double pillars, the space is very large, and the bank is separated by a small river of about five meters, and there is a stone arch bridge to connect. At this time, Bai Yu outside the bridge had already arranged guards, pulling a curtain to surround the tent to cover the situation inside.
"Young Master, everyone Zheng and everyone Bai have already arrived early." Bai Yu bowed and saluted. Li Jing walked into the pavilion, and the servants of the Li family had already laid a Persian carpet on the grinding stone floor, and the two pillars around it were hung with light and light Sujuan that was transparent and wind-shielding. There are charcoal stoves in the four corners. In the middle of a red sandalwood case, the two beauties were smiling at Li Jing, who was obviously sleep-deprived.
Li Jing was a little embarrassed, and said with a dry smile: "I was greedy for a cup last night, and I had a splitting headache in the morning, which made the two girls laugh." Seeing that Li Jing was a little shy, the two of them didn't continue to tease Li Jing with Ning Xuan. Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Jing cleared his throat, first burned incense and cleaned his hands, and the second daughter hurriedly bowed and saluted. This is the ancient ritual of the ancients when they played the piano. It shows respect for the creation of music by the sages. Said slowly: "The two of you are all masters of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the actual level of this music and rhythm is far above me. Music is especially about comprehension and talent. In this part, the two of them are the best choice. I can't teach you much, so I've found some areas that you may not be familiar with, and I have developed a three-day lesson plan for both of you. After speaking, the maid behind him handed over the class schedule. There are three sheets of paper in total.
Bai Xiaoman and Zheng Tuoniang looked at it, and the first page said, on the first day, the music class.
The second daughter was a little surprised, to be honest, their talent and level in music far surpassed Li Jing, and reading music was something that only beginners needed to learn, and they had already passed that stage.
Seeing that the two of them were in a daze, Li Jing said: "Although I know music, but I am not used to this kind of ancient score you use, it looks awkward, I have limited time, in order to better teach you, I decided to use one day to teach you the simple notation I commonly use." Staff".
It was the first time that the second daughter had heard of these two methods of notation. Li Jing first taught them how to write Arabic numerals 1-10 and Chinese characters. The second daughter was surprised to find that this method of counting was very simple and practical. It's an artifact to make accounts. Then Li Jing compared the seven tones and the seven numbers of the shaking rice and the slut, and then sang the tones to make them familiar.
Li Jing said: "In ancient China, the tone was formulated according to the level of music performed, which was very complicated and difficult to learn, such as:
Pentatonic Mode: Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu 123561 (Basic Mode)
Six-tone mode: add clear angle (4) or change of palace (7) scale 1234561 or 1235671
Seven-tone mode: Grace: plus change sign (turn 4) and change palace (7) scale 123 #45671
Qingle: Add clear horns and change the palace scale 12345671
Yan Le: Jiaqing Jiao and Run (B7) scale 123456B71
All the keys are varied on the basis of the pentatonic mode.
Bai Xiaoman and Zheng Tuoniang are music masters, and these are naturally understood. Li Jing directly changed the tone to seven, and he understood it in an instant. Bai Xiaoman said: "Childe, in this way, I can understand what is going on with this simple score. Since ancient times, the tone of Chinese music has been divided into five tones. Our folk music is all pentatonic mode. It is a pure fifth of five notes, and the five notes are moved to an octave in high and low order, and the name of each note is the simple notation: 1 2 3 5 6 corresponds to the Gong Shang horn sign feather (note that there are no 4 and 7)
Li Jing nodded and said, "You have a high level of understanding, that's how it is." ”
Zheng Toniang continued: "In traditional keys, each note can be used as the main tone, so there are five types of pentatonic keys. In addition to pentatonic mode, there are also six-tone and seven-tone modes, which are developed by adding different partial tones (tones other than pentatonic tones) on the basis of pentatonic mode, but Chinese tunes do not change the basic characteristics of pentatonic mode because of their addition. ”
Speaking of which, Li Jing knew that these two people really understood. This is the difference between modern music and ancient music. If you listen to traditional Chinese music, as well as some folk songs, you will find that the tones are made up of these five notes. 4 and 7 are only auxiliary. This is also a basis for the characteristics of China's national music. ”
I don't know when it started, but outside the cloth tent outside the bridge, there have been a lot of girls who are proficient in music and rhythm in the Qinglou and local violinists in Jinling. Quietly listened to Li Jing's lecture.
Then Li Jing explained the simple score in an hour. and compared traditional notation methods with simple notation. Then let the two of them connect to convert the traditional score into a simple score.
"Okay, I'll play some tunes according to the simple notation now, and you can listen to them."
Li Jing took the five-string pipa in Xiaolan's hand and played it, a pipa language, and a beautiful melody flowed out.
Bai Yu sat on the top of the pavilion, carrying a very beautiful painted horn bow on his back, holding a large bag of spiced peanuts rewarded by Gongzi in his hand, while eating, listening to the sound of the piano, while drinking wine in a stainless steel flat wine jug, this kind of beans called peanuts, Bai Yu has never seen it in Daming, I don't know where Gongzi got it.
However, it is a perfect match for sake. Bai Yu found that he now liked to eat a peanut and take a sip of Lao Baigan, this kind of comfortable enjoyment. The 75-degree old white dry can only take a sip gently. It's too strong, drunk, and you'll mistake your son's business.
The Oiran outside and many old violinists in Jinling are constantly coming after the news spreads last night. However, they were all very conscious, and no one made a sound, so as not to affect the two professors and professors inside. In this case, Bai Yu did not interfere with them.
"It's so good, Childe, what kind of tune is this" Bai Xiaoman asked excitedly, when Li Jing played just now, the girls and pianists outside were in a hurry to record the tune.
"Okay, I'm done playing, this piece is called Pipa. Xiaoman and Tuo Niang, you record this piece with a simple score for me to see. ”
Xiaolan and Xiaoju behind him immediately handed over, two sharpened pencils, and a bound white paper booklet. Bai Xiaoman and Zheng Toniang quickly used the pencil provided by Li Jing to record it in the bound booklet. After the record was quickly recorded, Li Jing corrected a few more mistakes for the two of them.
Then Li Jing said: "I'm playing a song "Twilight", and you record it according to the simple score. Continue to play and sing:
A stone bridge with a faint silver glow
Hanging hair frolicking by the bridge
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The moon sets in the west and the sky is faint
Half a bottle of sake is poured freely
The white-clothed horse is young
The beauty looked back and smiled
The sound of the jade flute was shining in the moonlight
Dancing and dancing, the shadows are slender
Seek old age under the marriage tree
Hand in the twilight dynasty
The long night is gentle and glowing
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As Zheng Tuniang and Bai Xiaoman gradually became acquainted, Li Jing wrote a simple score of "A Song of Acacia" and handed it to the two of them, accompanied by himself, and let them sing a cappella.
This world is full of smoke
Romance with wind and snow
Infatuated lovers are mostly greedy
Love and hatred are all good-looking
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I didn't understand until I was crying and laughing
I want to ask Qingtian how much is there in this life
I'm afraid that this will be a lot of hardship
The past begged for a cup of acacia to drink
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A glass of turbid wine is not sad or happy for the rest of your life
Don't be afraid of love and hate
Ride all the way to consider
A song of acacia into the river and the mountains and rivers
Walk under an oil umbrella
Leisurely falling asleep but like yesterday
Outside the pavilion, many oirans and luthiers hummed quietly, jot down the score and lyrics. I'm afraid I'm missing a scale. Pieces of singing came from the pavilion.
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The clouds are light and the wind is light, and the river and the moon are bright
Wandering, I have been amorous in this life
A little melancholy, a little melancholy
Let me pity myself alone
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Sleeping in the wind and snow for many years,
I had breakfast with the tiger,
Carrying the fishing strings,
Ask Wolong how many taels of money.
Heavy rain in Shuzhong,
Corpses are everywhere outside the gate,
Your smile is like a vicious dog,
It tugged at my heartstrings.
Talking about flowers and drinking the moon and leisure,
This sunny day in the spring night,
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Li Jing said: "Basically, the two of you have almost mastered the simple score, so if it is more difficult, I will sing two songs in Cantonese and Hokkien, and you can record the score." These two songs are called "Laughing at the Wind and Clouds" and "Love Fights to Win"
Who doesn't have something unforgettable
Who can predict the consequences
Who doesn't have some old hatred
A little bit of unintentional mistake
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Live happily and without holding grudges
Sing a song for today's laughter
Let your mind absorb new happiness
Open your heart in the evening breeze
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On this day, after Bai Xiaoman and Zheng Toniang learned the simple notation, they learned the stave on the basis of the simple notation. The second and third days were mostly fingering exercises for the five-stringed lute and violin.
For the violin practice, Li Jing used the most used section of Liang Zhuhua Butterfly in later generations. Zheng Tuoniang has played the erhu and is still familiar with string music. With Zheng Toniang's mastery of fingering, Li Jing used some difficult tunes, such as the Pirates of the Caribbean interlude "He's a Pirate", "Confession Night", "Power to the World" and "Pure Land of Bliss".
On the afternoon of the third day, basically everything that could be taught to them had been taught. The four maids, Li Weier and Li Yueer, Condensation Xuan, and the Ma family brothers and sisters also came. Li Jing ordered Bai Yu to remove Su Juan and the curtain on the outside, eat barbecue in the pavilion, Li Jing and Bai Xiaoman, Zheng Toniang played the Pure Land of Bliss, and the four maids danced. The crowd was so unhappy and lively. A group of people came in the distance.
It was Qin Liangyu who was the leader, followed by three beautiful young women, but at this time, these three young women were wearing a military uniform. The face shape is similar, and at first glance it is three sisters. The eldest was about thirty-one and twelve years old, the other two were twenty-seven or eighteen, and the other was only twenty-three or fourteen.
The girls and pianists of the various green buildings gathered by the river beat the beat, accompanied by the cheerful music of the Pure Land of Bliss, and the four maids had obviously jumped into the state. The atmosphere at the scene was very hot, no less than the concert of later generations. The young woman at the head couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly. This Li Gongzi is really good at playing.