Chapter 24: The Basics of the Piano

The morning is refreshing and tranquil, and the clouds are light and the wind is clear. In the early morning, the sky is silent, the night is about to disappear, and the dawn of the morning slowly awakens the sleeping creatures

The piano room of Yunqi Academy is next to Xiaoqing Lake, Xiaoqing Lake is a lake that is artificially excavated by the college and drained from the clear spring of the back mountain, the corridor on the lake within a radius of ten miles is winding and quiet, the creek, the small bridge, the rockery, the pavilion are scattered, and the beauty is magnificent...

Mr. Zhuang, who taught them music theory lessons, is the only female gentleman who is also the wife of the mountain elder, when he was young, he performed in front of the emperor and moved the capital with a song "High Mountains and Flowing Water", and Mr. Zhuang had a dignified and kind face, wearing a pop-and-flower dark pattern brocade dress and a satin fox stump pleats and a gentleman with real materials, because he was more than 50 years old, there was no male and female defense

In the last class, we said that "piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting" have always been regarded as the only way for literati to cultivate their self-cultivation. Because of its purity, harmony, lightness, and elegance, the guqin embodies the literati's arrogant, otherworldly mentality, and the key of the qin" Master Zhuang slowly glanced at the absent-minded students, and slowly asked: "Who knows what the key and vocal range are?" ”

The noisy class suddenly quieted down, and everyone couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, although the six arts of the gentleman are the necessary lessons for their self-cultivation, but the founding of this dynasty, there is a piano master Wei Niangzi because of the emperor's favor because of his piano skills and wants to recruit into the harem, but Wei Niangzi rejected this pouring wealth and wealth, and vowed not to marry for life just to study the piano art, the emperor did not blame but gave her a decree after the death of Wei Niangzi, and gradually there are women to learn the piano, Bingqing Yujie said, now let them sit down and play the piano and strings, It's a human life...

Master Zhuang sighed softly, and was about to knock and knock, and pointed casually: "You come to answer me"

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Master Zhuang, and they all showed gloating expressions, Shang Mingyang looked at the direction, and after confirming that he was correct, he stood up and was not in a hurry

"There are 35 kinds of tunings, the strings are set according to the pentatonic scale, and the vocal range is four octaves and one major second."

Master Zhuang's eyes flashed with a look of surprise, and he smiled: "That's right, what's the name of this student?" ”

Shang Mingyang said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Mr. Hui Zhuang, the kid's name is Shang Mingyang"

Zhuang Fuzi nodded, no wonder Zhou Fuzi and Li Fuzi both praised this person, it was really good, Shang Mingyang sat down, and everyone sighed a little in their hearts, this Shang Mingyang not only did a good job in the article, but also counted first-class, and even music theory seemed to be quite accomplished...

Shang Mingchang was a little unnatural, he never knew that Shang Mingyang could actually play the piano, could it be that he learned from the lobby sister?

Wei once specially invited Mr. Qin Yi for the eldest daughter, although Shang Ruoshui's first-hand piano skills are not top-notch, but in Fan Yang can also be one of the best, in fact, the real Shang Mingyang did follow Shang Ruoshui to learn the piano for a period of time, but he can only barely play one or two tunes, because of this memory, so Shang Mingyang is not afraid of Shang Mingchang's suspicions, not to mention that the two are not close, Shang Mingchang is just a cousin.

In fact, the shape of the qin is very beautiful, and the common ones are Fuxi style, Zhongni style, Lianzhu style, Luoxia style, Lingji style, banana leaf style, Shennong style, etc. It is mainly differentiated according to the item of the body and the shape of the waist. The lacquer has broken lines, which is a sign of the ancient age of the guqin. Due to the vibration of long-term performance and the difference between wood and lacquer bottom, a variety of broken lines can be formed, such as plum blossom breaks, cow hair breaks, snake belly breaks, ice cracks, turtle lines, etc. The piano with broken lines has a clear sound and beautiful appearance, so it is more precious. The piano has Luqi, Jiaowei, Spring Thunder, Bingqing, the Great Sage's Relic, and the Nine Heavens Ring..."