Chapter 9 Composing Music

"Audrey ......"

Audrey, who was pushing her bicycle and walking side by side with Stephanie to the school gate, seemed to hear someone calling her name in the noisy voice, and originally thought that those male classmates who wanted to pursue her did not want to deal with her.

She knew that she was quite beautiful, and her liking for male classmates was also interesting for girls, but she never wanted to give anyone a chance. Compared to Jonas, these male classmates are childish and ridiculous, she is a married woman!

But then she noticed that Stephanie was laughing, and she felt that something was wrong. Jonas had injured his vocal cords due to a throat injury, and although he recovered, his voice remained a little hoarse.

The voice that called her just now seemed to be the very recognizable voice of Jonas. She jerked back to see Jonas standing on the side of the road pushing his bicycle, crouched in front of him with John and the other dog he had brought back yesterday.

She couldn't help but laugh sweetly, tilting her head to watch Jonas approach, her heart was happy, but she didn't know how to express it. This is the school gate, or she must throw herself into his arms.

But not speaking seems to be a little too bland, he is specially here to pick himself up. I was about to say hello to him, but I heard Jonas turn around and shout, "Ollie, go." ”

Audrey's eyes widened suddenly, and she stretched out her hand and pointed at Ollie and asked, "What did you just call it?" ”

"Its name is Ollie. What's wrong? ”

Audrey clenched her little fists, compared to Zhou Nan, then parked the bicycle with her mouth open, and stomped her feet at Zhou Nan and shouted, "This is the name you gave it?" Why is it called that? ”

Zhou Nan was a little dumbfounded and asked, "It's originally called this name!" Any questions? ”

Audrey grabbed Zhou Nan's arm a little frantically, and said nonchalantly: "Is it originally called that?" No, it has to change its name, and I don't want to call it the same name as a dog. ”

Stephanie, who was in the audience, couldn't help laughing, and a few classmates who watched the excitement also laughed, and Zhou Nan knew that Audrey and Ollie were the same name. However, this should be read in English, because in German, these are two completely different names.

For such a request, of course Zhou Nan is willing to spoil her, and regardless of whether Ollie wants to or not, he will make the decision for it. "Of course, you can call it whatever you want, as long as it cares about you."

"You have to call me ...... too"

"Good...... Listen to you for everything. ”

Audrey laughed with satisfaction and pushed his arm a little embarrassedly. "I'll come up with a good name for it when I go back...... Did you come to pick me up? ”

"Of course, when I have time in the future, I will come to pick you up every day."

Audrey said, "Okay, did you mean that we were going on vacation?" ”

Zhou Nan couldn't guess the little girl's thoughts, and he didn't understand that this was a little trick by the little girl to deliberately embarrass her lover, in order to show her importance.

However, his life experience is here, and he is willing to spoil her like a daughter, so he immediately said: "I will come to pick you up when I have time next year." ”

Audrey smiled again, and when she went home, she was full of energy on her bicycle.

Poor Zhou Nan carried two dogs that were both huge, adding up to seventy or eighty kilograms. The conveyance ratio of the bicycles in this era is also poor, and they almost can't keep up with it all the way up and down.

When I got home, I was sweating at this sub-zero temperature. But in order to establish a strong image in front of Audrey, he was still embarrassed to be tired.

At the town's middle school, Stephanie went home first, but she would come back after dinner, and the two girls had already made an appointment, and for some time now, they would rehearse together every night and try to choreograph a classic modern dance.

Seeing them so energetic, Zhou Nan was also thinking about choreographing a dance music for them. Dance music is no less important in modern dance than ballet, and without music, there is a lack of a link that resonates with the audience. Only a good-sounding and suitable dance music, coupled with a dance that conforms to the artistic conception and rhythm, is a complete modern dance.

While they were studying the dance, Zhou Nan took his wooden box out of the bedroom. In addition to the 592 letters written by Audrey, a stack of manuscripts, and then dozens of music tracks.

These dozens of pieces of music are all light music or musicals, and they are the most representative musical works in the coming decades. "The Romance of Love", "The Sound of Silence", "The Mystery Garden", "Bressennon", "Castle in the Sky", "The Original Scenery of the Hometown", "The Wedding in Dreams", etc., if they are thrown out at once, I am afraid that it will directly affect the direction of music development in the next few decades.

However, Zhou Nan didn't think about throwing it out at one time, because such a classic song, a person who creates one song in a lifetime, can already be remembered by history, and he throws it out at one time, and it will definitely not achieve the best effect.

One or two songs a year are enough to create the most sensational effect for him, because the music is tested by history.

What's more, the development of vinyl records is still relatively primitive, a record, two sides combined, only have a maximum of six minutes of playback time, that is to say, a record, at most two songs, and it is also required to be less than three minutes.

These are all foreign famous songs, and there are also domestic ones, but they are all kept in his mind. He is not ready to go out of the country at this time, and if he wants everyone to accept national music, he must first create a reputation.

Moreover, most of the music is more than three minutes long, and Zhou Nan also wants to wait until the record can play for half an hour, when the tape is popular, and then promote music, because that time is the golden age of the record industry.

Of course, you can also slowly throw out a few songs at the beginning and make a name for yourself first. This kind of light music has no electronic music at all, and the charm of music can be expressed only by traditional instruments, so there is no sense of estrangement between the times.

Because of this reason, Zhou Nan didn't let Audrey see these scores, not because he didn't believe Audrey, but because he didn't want her to be disturbed too much by these music.

However, because most of these music are more lyrical, there is no obvious sense of rhythm, and the emotions expressed are more subtle, so it is not so suitable for modern dance.

Because modern dance is different from classical dance, that is, it has more emotional bursts and free attributes, so in contrast, some symphonies with stronger rhythms are more suitable for modern dance.

Unless, Zhou Nan rearranged the music......

However, there are currently too few musical instruments at home. In addition to the flute, he only has one violin.

Perhaps, it's time to buy a piano and come back, Audrey also learned the piano systematically when she was a child, but after the age of ten, she never had the opportunity to touch the piano again, and now I'm afraid I've almost forgotten it.

Audrey also needs a record player to dance, and these cannot be saved.

Music is not the main direction that Zhou Nan wants to develop now, he also wants to travel to Europe as soon as possible and go to libraries in various countries to check materials. Thinking about it this way, he still has a lot of things to do!

After hesitating for a moment, he took the stack of sheet music to the first floor. Kelly lies on a two-seater, leaning back in her sweater and playing Strauss's "The Sound of Spring" with a radio next to her, accompanied by the cacophony of stabbing and lala.

Zhou Nan threw the stack of music scores into the fireplace and made her sit up at once. "Why did you burn the manuscript?"

"These are ...... wasted manuscripts"

"That's not supposed to burn either, these are good manuscript papers, and we can use them to wrap bread."

Zhou Nan explained: "Before I wrote the book, my manuscript could not be circulated to the outside world at all. ”

"That's ...... too," she leaned back in her chair again, her hand hitting her sweater. Do you want to give Audrey the radio and let them dance to the music? ”

"No need. They're making now, and music is interfering with their train of thought. Zhou Nan sat down on the armrest of the sofa beside her and asked, "How are you and Mr. Buhe?" Why didn't I see you go on a date? ”

Although she was talking about her feelings, after yesterday's shyness, since she had been exposed in front of Zhou Nan, she was also generous. "At our age, you think you'll be like you and Audrey and you can't be separated for a moment! We're just living together. His daughter is about to give birth, but his son-in-law's farm is large, and he needs help to prepare feed for the cattle in winter, so he went there to help, and I am afraid that he will not return until February. ”

"And how are you getting along? Do you think it's still appropriate? ”

Kelly couldn't get her face down. "Jonas, this is my private matter."

"Okay, okay, I won't ask." Zhou Nan patted her arm. "Kelly ......"

She stopped playing her sweater and looked at Zhou Nan. "What do you want to say?"

"I just want to tell you that I want you to be happy, whether you marry Mr. Bucher or be with me forever."

She nodded solemnly. "Jonas, so do I."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and the discomfort that was suppressed in their hearts today was also much lighter.

Back upstairs, Zhou Nan asked Stephanie, a local expert, which stores were available for musical instruments in Lucerne, where the record player was sold, and wrote them all down with a pen.

The next day, Zhou Nan followed the address and looked at the musical instruments they sold in several musical instrument stores in Lucerne.

There are not many new instruments, or small instruments, such as pianos, most of which are second-hand, because in the last seven or eight years, almost all piano manufacturers have discontinued. Lucerne is also a city of art, and there are many shops that sell musical instruments, but it is really difficult to buy pianos now.

After comparing several companies, he gritted his teeth and spent 8,000 Swiss francs on a 36-year-old Steinway all-walnut grand piano.

In this era, the piano is still a luxury, especially the price of the Steinway grand piano is even more expensive. Although this piano is second-hand, because it is all handmade, the walnut shell is carved with historical stories, and it is also very well maintained.

So this piano is also the most expensive, the price is stuck at 8,000 Swiss francs and will not be reduced again, which is equivalent to the income of an ordinary Swiss worker for three years.

Of course, if Zhou Nan maintained it better, in a few decades, this piano would probably be worth millions of dollars.

(Everyone is welcome to discuss the plot, but the ginseng rooster is not needed, a harmonious society...... )