Chapter 114: Piano Music
Alex's first piece of music was Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata No. 1, much to the surprise of others.
They thought Alex was recording a song he wrote, but they didn't expect it to be someone else's. It's no wonder they think this way, Alex gives them the feeling of geniuses like Mozart and Leonardo da Vinci, but they are much younger.
"Alex, why don't you record your own songs? Can't the songs you wrote also be adapted into piano music? Jerry was the first to ask the question in his mind, he was a man who couldn't hold back his words.
Alex smiled, he didn't explain anything to the others. Actually, he did this for a reason, he once saw a record that said that this Tchaikovsky piano piece was the first to sell a platinum disc on a dense record. He wanted to try it, and at the same time he could see how well he played the piano, so he used "simulated memory" to simulate the techniques of several piano masters in later generations.
In later generations, Alex listened to a lot of piano music, the more famous is the "Piano Prince" Richard Clayderman, and the "Piano Holy Hand" Maxim. These two played different styles of piano music, but they were both more famous.
For example, Clayderman's piano music is known for its romance, and it is the most popular and widely circulated. Maxim is different, his playing skills are superb, and he can do things that no one else can do.
It didn't take long to record this "Piano Sonata No. 1", it was done in just one afternoon. When playing this piece, he consciously or unconsciously borrowed from Clayderman and Maxime, blending their playing skills and styles. By recording a record, he feels that his piano playing level has improved a lot.
Alex found that after using "simulated memory" too much, he himself would be affected a little. For example, he doesn't know how to chop vegetables and cook, so he uses his ability to simulate it a few times, and then he will find that even if he doesn't use his ability, he can do things that he couldn't do otherwise.
This effect was not seen before, but only recently. He estimated that as his body grew, his own abilities also grew. He rarely uses the "spirit puppet" ability anymore, and the use of "retrospective" and "simulated memory" alone is enough for most situations.
This is the case with the piano now, and when he simulates those piano masters, he also absorbs the skills of the other people. No wonder some people call the superpower of "simulated memory", but it is actually a super learning ability, and any skill can be learned as long as you have seen it.
"Alex, play an original piano song. You've written so many songs, and you've probably written piano music too! ”
Little Richard and they were clamoring to listen to the new tune, and Alex thought for a moment and said, "What kind of tune do you want to hear?" ”
"Of course, it's a song about love!" Someone immediately replied.
"Okay, how about you listen to this song."
Soon, the soft and soothing piano sound sounded in people's ears, making people feel as if they had come to the river and walked along the riverside with their lovers. The plane trees on the shore have begun to turn yellow, and the autumn wind rustles the leaves. There were ripples on the surface of the river, like a piece of paper crumpled by the wind, and the notes fluttered in the wind, like elves.
They quickly became immersed in the song, and Alex played "Adrina at the Water's Edge". The piece was written by Paul Senneville and performed by Richard Kleimande, who once won the Golden Piano Award.
"Wow! Alex, this tune is wonderful! What's its name? After his brother Richard finished playing, he hurriedly asked.
"Adelina by the water! What do you guys think? ”
Adelina comes from the story of Greek mythology. Once upon a time, there was a lonely king of Cyprus named Pygmalion. He sculpted a beautiful maiden, looked at her obsessively every day, and eventually inevitably fell in love with the statue of the maiden. He prayed to the gods and looked forward to the miracle of love.
His sincerity and dedication touched Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and gave life to the sculpture. From then on, the lucky king lived happily with the beautiful maiden.
Everyone nodded and praised, thinking that this piece is not only beautiful, but also has a good artistic conception. There should be a lot of people who like it, and just when they thought Alex was going to stop practicing and record a new song, he played another tune.
It's a melody that changes so quickly that it sounds like there's a hornet buzzing around. Soon someone heard it, and one of them exclaimed, "The Flight of the Bumblebee!" ”
This piece is often used as a demonstration of the playing skills of piano, violin, and other instruments, and others who are listening to Alex on the sidelines are also frightened by Alex's speed of improvement. Alex This is to test his playing level, and when he specially played the song "The Flight of the Bumblebee" in his memory of "The Pianist of the Sea", his faces turned white when he heard Little Richard and Jerry.
Those who don't know much about the piano don't know why Alex plays this piece for Lu, and they think that this piece is not as good as the one they played before. But those who knew how were stunned, they never thought that anyone would be able to play such a tune, and they all stood up one by one.
This piece is played entirely with the black keys of the piano, that is, it is played entirely in chromattones. This piece requires a great deal of piano skill to play, and this piece is simply not something that a human can play. Everyone present who knew how to play the piano was stupid.
"Boss! If I don't gamble, I won't be able to win against you. Jerry reacted and yelled.
Little Richard thought about it, and he felt that his chances of winning were not very good, so he also shook his head and said that he would give up.
Alex didn't expect that playing this song would cause them to react so much, he just watched this scene in the movie, and some people on the Internet said that no one could play such a tune, but this is actually wrong. Some people can play it, but this song requires a lot of finger speed, so everyone has a different feeling when they play it. It's almost impossible to play like "The Pianist of the Sea" so that you can light a cigarette.
Alex ignored Jerry and shouted, "Bring the cigarettes!" ”
Under the eyes of the others, Alex sliced the cigarette through the strings and found that there was no way to light it. He said stupidly, "So that's a lie!" ”
Since both of the people involved in the bet have withdrawn, his brother Richard also finds it boring, and he doesn't want to bet with Alex anymore. It's just that Mark thinks it's a pity to give up such a good piano piece like this. He insisted that Alex record a few piano pieces, which he thought would sell a lot of records if they were so good.
At Mark's insistence, Alex not only recorded "Adrina by the Water", but also made Maxim's famous songs "Croatian Rhapsody" and "Exodus".
In the end, these songs were really popular, and people didn't expect that Alex would play the piano so well. Especially when Zhilu said that except for the first one of these pieces by Tchaikovsky, the other three pieces were written by Alex, and people exclaimed: "Alex's talent in piano pieces is not weaker than other piano masters!" ”
The first to sell 1 million copies was "Adlina by the Water", a romantic love song, which was really popular with the public. It didn't take 1 month to reach the platinum level, and soon it reached the double platinum level.
The second piano pieces that reached the platinum level were "Croatian Rhapsody" and "Exodus", which were also very popular with the public. The most unexpected thing is that Alex casually played the "Piano Sonata No. 1", which also bought 1 million copies. It only took 3 years to get there. It has been sold for more than ten years, and a total of 2.5 million copies have been sold.
In the face of such a good piano music, people have asked Alex to record more of this pure music tune.
Especially those so-called critics, every time Alex's rock music is a big hit, they always talk about these piano songs. They said Alex was wasting his talent by asking him to stop recording so much pop garbage and make more classical music.
In the face of this statement, Alex always smiled, he thought to himself, who will be fed up, who likes to do things that are not profitable and boring.