"By the way, what's the name of this piece? Is there a score? Can you keep a copy for me? When the old man's mood gradually stabilized, he asked about the name of the song.

"Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight", is the work of Mr. Shi Guangnan, three years ago, the lyricist and poet Mr. Ni Weide saw the young men and women of the Dai nationality in pairs in the bamboo forest under the bright moonlight to talk about love, Qingqing I and me, love songs, gourd silk sounds, the poet poetry is in full swing, and he wrote the lyrics of "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight"; Later, Mr. Shi Guangnan composed the music for this song, and this song was born. Guo Yan said that this is a piece that has just been written, so the old gentleman has never heard it.

Mr. Shi Guangnan is a new generation of composers and musicians cultivated by China after the founding of New China, leaving behind the violin solo "Ruili Riverside", the song "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight", "The Grapes of Turpan are Ripe", "On the Field of Hope", "Toast Song", opera "Qu Yuan" and other classic works, not long ago he also won the title of Shi Guangnan's reform pioneer, awarded the reform pioneer medal, and was awarded the "musician who composed the hymn of reform and opening up"

"Do you have a pen and paper here? Shall I write you the tune and lyrics? "Since you have taken other people's gourd silk, then borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and use music scores to reciprocate.

"Yes, yes, you wait." The old man hurriedly brought pen and paper, and Guo Yan lay on the counter in his store and began to write the score and lyrics of "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight".

Shen Long walked slowly around the shop, picking up the pipa for a while, picking up the flute for a while, and plucking the guzheng twice for a while to feel the quality of the instruments in his shop.

After a while, Guo Yan finished writing the score and lyrics, "Yo, I almost forgot, I wrote simplified Chinese, can you understand it?" If not, I'll switch to traditional Chinese? ”

"It's okay, I can understand, I can understand!" After the old man took it, he was no longer willing to let go, and nodded again and again, anyway, the simplified and traditional Chinese characters are in the same vein, and they can roughly understand eight or ninety, and a few words are a little vague, and they will understand it in combination with the context, and there will be no too much dyslexia.

"That's good, old man, how much are these things?" Shen Long pointed to the selected pipa, erhu and other musical instruments and asked, the old man was unwilling to accept money for their tunes, and finally said that he gave a big discount.

After Shen Long and Guo Yan left with their instruments, it didn't take long for the melodious sound of gourds to sound in Chinatown, playing the "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight" they had just left.

"What are you buying these for? I remember that you would play some erhu, and you wouldn't be able to play the pipa at all, right? On the way back, Guo Yan asked curiously.

"Can't learn, through the performance during this time, I can understand that the ancestors have left us too many good things, we are both Chinese, no matter how good those foreign classics are played, we have to integrate some ancestral things after all; I'll try to see if I can combine national instruments such as erhu and pipa with Western instruments. Shen Long began to prepare for his next step.

Guo Yan remembered the different reactions of the audience when they played Strauss and "Liang Zhu" before, nodded slightly, well, it seems to be true, and then smiled, "Heh, so many kinds of national musical instruments, do you have to learn everything?" ”

"Take your time? Although there are many types of musical instruments, they are nothing more than wind music, string music, and percussion music, and most of the principles are still common. Fang Jinlong of the avant-garde Chinese orchestra knows so many instruments, and what is it for me to learn this. Shen Long looked confident.

Fang Jinlong, one of the four kings of Chinese music, is the first pipa saint in China, claiming to know more than 300 kinds of musical instruments, not only the five-string pipa is unparalleled in the world, but also good at playing the bone flute, shakuhachi, xun, guqin, etc., and even foreign ukulele, sitar, banjo and so on.

If Fang Tianwang knew how to shadow the doppelganger, he would be able to support a folk orchestra by himself, which was obviously not the same from beginning to end, otherwise how much time would it take for more than 300 kinds of instruments to come down?

Just like Shen Long said before, musical instruments are nothing more than these categories, and the playing techniques are similar, and you can get started with a similar instrument if you know how to touch the class, and it may not be realistic to practice to the master realm, but it is not impossible to play smoothly.

After returning home, resting for a while, and after lunch, Shen Long and Guo Yan began to practice the Hulusi and cello ensemble version of "Silk Road".

The piece was not long, just over three minutes, and they had been working together for many years, and it didn't take them a few days to get it done, so they came outside Lincoln Center again, ready to continue performing and looking for opportunities.

"Mrs. Wang, what kind of musical instrument is this?" Robert and Boris were very curious when they saw the gourd silk in Guo Yan's hand, "Can you give us a performance?" ”

"Of course." In the past, it was Shen Long who was in the limelight, but today their focus has become themselves, Guo Yan was slightly happy in her heart, and when she was ready, she started to play, it was still the song "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight".

This brand-new instrument quickly attracted a lot of audiences, and after the performance was over, there were a lot of banknotes in the piano box in front of Guo Yan, she glanced at Shen Long proudly, and Shen Long hurriedly applauded her, she is now more and more accustomed to life in the United States.

"What is the name of this instrument, it is a very distinctive instrument, it still maintains the characteristics of ancient musical instruments, and it can continue to produce fifths with cyclic ventilation method, and the timbre is beautiful, soft, mellow, and tactful....."

"Hulusi is a national musical instrument from southwest China." Shen Long briefly introduced the origin and characteristics of gourd silk.

"The piece is also very good, and the completion is very high...... "Robert and Boris and others commented from a professional point of view, and then asked, "Wang, have you not come here these days because you are preparing this piece?" ”

"No, we've got another piece for us, a piece played by the cello and the gourd silk ensemble." Shen Long nodded at Guo Yan and signaled that it was time to start.

"Wow, then we need to enjoy it." What would it feel like to have a cello and a gourd together? Robert and the others were looking forward to it, and the audience around them was also more and more curious.

Shen Long closed his eyes slightly, put the bow on the strings, and began to play by himself, and then Guo Yan's gourd silk began to follow, and the music of "Silk Road" began to sound at Lincoln Center for the Arts.