Chapter Thirty-Eight: Modern Piano Fingering (Asking for Sanjiang Tickets)
ββHehe, in the case that the great god has not yet exerted his strength, Sanjiang is currently the first, Xie Lu thanks everyone, and asks everyone to continue to support~............................................................................................................
After determining the instrument that Lucien was going to learn, Victor stood up from the sofa and clapped his hands: "It just so happens that two days ago, Mr. Rhein and Mr. Xavier completed the transformation of the harpsichord, Lucien, you will follow me to try its effect today, hehe, because its timbre, volume and range width far exceed my imagination, and even surpass all other instruments, but the sound quality is slightly worse, so I think it is no longer a harpsichord, but a brand new Revolutionary instrument, Lucian, you can really start your own musical path with this new instrument. β
It can be clearly seen that Victor is very satisfied with the results of the harpsichord transformation, usually just smiling, and he is good at maintaining his demeanor, full of bright smiles.
"Since it is a brand new and revolutionary instrument, it should be Mr. Victor, who suggested improvements, and you should give it an official name. On the way to the piano room on the second floor, Lott smiled and complimented.
Victor glanced at Lucian, smiled kindly and asked: "Lucian, what do you think it should be called?" You also have a lot of credit for this brand-new instrument, why don't you give your opinion, let us refer to it, Mr. Rhine feels that the mechanical structure of this instrument is the most complex of all musical instruments, and it fully reflects the beauty of mechanical art, so it should be called a mechanical harpsichord, hehe, his violin playing is almost an art, but his ability to choose a name is ...... Hehe. β
Although Victor did not finish speaking, whether it was Lucien, Lot, Phyllis, or Herodotus, they all clearly knew that he thought that Rhine was incompetent in choosing a name.
"What about you, Mr. Victor, and Mr. Xavier?" said Lucien, not directly by the name of the piano, but asked rhetorically with a slight curiosity.
"Mr. Xavier thinks it should be called a harpsichord, because it is a combination of a percussion piano and a harpsichord, hehe. Victor smiled and shook his head, obviously disapproving of the name, "I think it should be called a harpsichord, because a percussion piano is also called a harpsichord, and a harpsichord is a harpsichord, and this new instrument has a very wide range that includes almost everything."
"Actually, you're all incompetent......
This is a fact that Lucien, Lot, and Phyllis silently state in their hearts almost at the same time.
Lucien thought about it, and really couldn't accept the three names, so he said politely: "Actually, the harpsichord is also called the plucked piano, and the percussion piano just has the same word 'piano', and is often referred to as the piano, and this word is full of mechanical flavor, which is very in line with Mr. Rhine's ideas, and the meaning of strength and weakness change, which is the main feature of the timbre and volume of this new instrument, therefore, Mr. Victor, I think, it is better to call it the piano directly." β
Since the word is different from the earth, Lucien can only mix up the original idea to force some reasons.
"Non-......" Phyllis finally heard a good name, and was about to agree, but thinking that Mr. Victor had not yet spoken, and that he was so unnoble, and that he might go against Mr. Vic's preferences, so he hurriedly shut up, and suddenly, Phyllis, who liked to sarcastically mock others, had a beautiful face flushed, which matched her flame-like bright hair very well, and looked particularly beautiful.
Lot and Herodotus were fine, but they just nodded their heads, came to their senses, and glanced at Phyllis amusedly.
Victor pursed his lips: "Piano, well, good, very good, contains my thoughts and that of Mr. Rhine, so that we don't have to argue anymore." β
Lucien was embarrassed and almost laughed, it turned out that Mr. Victor, you asked me to choose my name because I had a dispute with Mr. Rhine, and no one was convinced by the choice of name.
Soon, when I arrived at the piano room on the second floor, the handsome and almost bewitching silver-haired Rhine, dressed in his favorite red and black match, sat in front of the "piano", his slender hands stretched out, his shoulders and arms barely moved, and he played a soft and beautiful tune lightly and compactly, the sound of the piano was delicate, like a whisper in the night, and like a lover's whisper, so that the person who heard it became quiet in his heart and immersed in the atmosphere of music.
The charm of the piano music played by Rhine made Lucian, Victor and others silent, and listened quietly to him before applauding gently, as if the louder sound of applause would break the calm and beautiful atmosphere brought by this music.
"Mr. Rhine, I can't imagine that besides the violin, your harpsichord playing is so good, no worse than that of Lady Silvia!" said Phyllis, whose face flushed again, and her eyes lit up, and she complimented with a little excitement.
Rhine was testing the effect of the "piano" in this range and volume with a piece of percussion piano (harpsichord), and Sylvia was Aalto's best musician on the harpsichord.
Because the harpsichord is suitable for playing in the piano room, living room, bedroom and other rooms, and the timbre and suitable tunes are deeply loved by noble ladies and girls, Sylvia often becomes a guest of noble families, invited to banquets held by earls, viscounts, etc., and is even rumored to be close friends with Princess Natasha.
Rhine stood up, put his right hand on his chest, and bowed slightly, like a musician doing the most beautiful thanks, and then he smiled and shook his head: "I'm just more mature in technique, and I'm still far behind Lady Sylvia in music, at least I can't write such beautiful music just now." β
Lucien on the side looked at books such as "Hanon Piano Practice Fingering", "Chopin's Reform of Piano Fingering", "Chopin's Discussion on Fingering" and other books in the Soul Library, compared with the movements played by Rhine just now, and nodded frequently in his heart: "Sure enough, fingering, melody and music are all limited by musical instruments, whenever the instrument has a new improvement, the fingering will gradually change, and after the formation of different styles, and the timbre, volume and range of this piano are close to modern pianos, with eighty-eight keys, strong notes, Sustain and other pedals, which are most suitable for various styles of modern piano fingering. β
On Earth, due to the limitations of instruments such as the harpsichord, the piano was originally played with only three fingers, and it was not until Bach "released" the thumb and little finger that they participated in the performance, and then, due to the difficulty of the harpsichord's timbre and volume changes to express the dynamics of the fingers, musicians used vibrato, echoes and other technical "ornaments" to replace the continuation of the tone and the change of dynamics, so the piano music of this period, including Bach's "Piano Pieces of Equal Temperament" Inside, it is full of ornate ornamentation, unable to highlight the pure melody, and rarely loud and rapid notes.
It wasn't until the piano was really born that the piano's music and fingering began to change drastically, such as Chopin's second "release" of the thumb and little finger, so that they could also be on the black keys, such as Chopin's original finger slide, finger pad and other fingering.
Lucien stood quietly beside him, watching the introduction to modern piano fingering such as "Hanon Piano Practice", and Victor had already discussed with Rhein, so he called this new instrument "piano".
"Lucian, come here, sit down at the piano, and I'll teach you the basics. Victor suddenly called out to Lucian.
Lucien was a little apprehensive, a little excited, walked over quickly, and sat on the piano bench, but as soon as he sat up, he felt that something was wrong, according to the description of the fingering introduction, his height relative to the piano seemed to be a little lower, so he hurriedly said to Victor next to him: "Mr. Victor, can you raise the piano bench, or change to a ten-centimeter high piano bench?"
Victor was a little strange: "Lucian, you are not much shorter than Mr. Rhine, this piano bench should be just right." β
Lucien stretched out his hand and motioned to Victor: "This height is only suitable for using fingers and wrists to exert force, and when I need to use the swing of my forearm, hind arm, and shoulders to play, it will be very stiff, and the distance is also a little farther, and my hand is too straight and not sensitive enough." β
"Nonsense!Lucian, quickly forget the informal, wrong way of playing you learned from the tavern and on the street!" Victor rebuked Lucian in a rare way, lest he go down the wrong path, "Didn't you see that just now?Mr. Rhine only plays with his wrists and fingers, when will he use his forearms, hindarms, and shoulders?!"
Lucien guessed that Victor would have such a reaction, because some changes in modern piano fingering were difficult for some famous pianists of the same period to accept, such as Liszt and others who used the swing of the forearm, hind arm and shoulder, as well as the free fall of the body to produce the piano's majestic effect and stronger timbre, were criticized for not playing the piano, but "smashing the piano".
"Lucian, do not be delusional that the so-called uninhibited tavern, suburban style will prevail over a formal, well-developed musical education, and if you fail to correct these shortcomings, you will only be a bard, not a qualified musician. Herodotus, who had always hated Lucian, finally seized an opportunity to taunt Lucian.
Although Lott and Phyllis were a little happy that Lucian was reprimanded by Mr. Victor, they were not surprised that beginners could understand any mistakes they made.
Lucian, who had been prepared for a long time, explained unhurriedly: "Mr. Victor, I want to play the technique and style, should be in line with the instrument, and this piano is a brand new instrument, listening to your introduction during this time, it has an incomparably strong timbre, volume and stable sound quality, etc., why can't you change the fingering? Why can't you have the strength of your arms?"
"Didn't you ask me, Mr. Victor, to help you find the problem of the piano, the problem of fingering and the instrument not cooperating?"
Listening to Lucian's clear and logical explanation, Victor felt that it was ridiculous, but he was a little unable to refute it, but Rhine, who was on the side, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mr. Victor, have you forgotten the liberation of 'one finger' and 'five fingers' decades ago? I support Lucien. β
"Since Mr. Rhein has said so, let's try to explore the change of fingering, but if you go down this path, if you go wrong, Lucien will waste a lot of time forgetting the habits you have formed, and then re-exploring and learning, this is a very difficult thing for you, are you willing to do this?" Victor pondered for a while, and then spoke slowly.
Lucien nodded firmly, "I'm willing to do it, Mr. Victor." β
"The clown who doesn't know his strength and the difficulty of things!" Herodotus, Lot, and Phyllis all cursed in their hearts.