Chapter 55: Mr. Conte's Comments

Agnes heard the music die down before she knocked on the door and walked in.

Mr. Conte glanced at Agnes and gave some words to the band members before coming over.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Conte." Agnes spoke first.

Mr. Conte smiled and nodded, "Good afternoon, Agnes." ”

He then turned to Aurelio and said, "Hello, Mr. Pugni. ”

Aurelio smiled and nodded, "Hello, Mr. Conte. ”

"Let's go, I've arranged the orchestra's training, let's go to my office." Mr. Conte smiled and pushed open the door and walked out with Agnes and Aurelio, and the three of them went up another floor into Mr. Conte's office.

Mr. Conte's office looks austere, with a black iron coat hanger by the door, a log desk by the window, a leather sofa and a low coffee table on the other. On one side of the coffee table, there is an iron black music stand and a piano.

Mr. Conte took off his coat and hung it on a hanger, and the three of them sat down on the sofa.

"You look pretty good right now." Mr. Conte said.

Angnes reluctantly raised her hand and touched her face, and said, "It's okay, but it doesn't look healthy again, Markono looked at me and obviously thought I was seriously ill." ”

Aurelio said with some dissatisfaction: "No one will think that you are in good health when they see your face, not to mention that you are indeed not in good health. ”

Agnes smiled helplessly and said, "You see, my brother thinks so too. ”

Mr. Conte smiled and said, "It's okay, you should be able to recover soon." ”

Agnes smiled and did not continue the subject, she took out a few sheets of paper full of sheet music from her small bag and handed them to Mr. Conte.

"I tried to compose two tunes on my own during this time."

Mr. Conte took the score, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Violin playing?" ”

"Yes." Agnes smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Because the conditions were limited at that time, there was only a violin, so I tried it. ”

"Is there a name?" Mr. Conte asked.

"No," Agnes said, shaking her head, "just the serial number for now." ”

She marked "Violin Variation No. 1 in A minor" and "Minuet No. 2 in G major" on the paper.

Mr. Conte didn't say anything, but just beat the beat under his hand and hummed softly.

Agnes didn't speak, waiting quietly for Mr. Conte's evaluation, and Aurerio listened carefully to Mr. Conte's humming with some curiosity.

Mr. Conte roughly hummed the two tunes, thought for a moment, and said, "I need to hear the effect of your violin." ”

He stood up and walked towards the cupboard, and Agnes hurriedly stood up.

Monsieur Conte placed the score written by Agnes on the music stand and took out his case from the cabinet.

He carefully opened the case, took out the instrument and the bow, carefully attached the shoulder rest to the instrument, and applied the string with rosin.

Monsieur Conte handed the piano to Agnes.

"I think you're familiar with my piano." Mr. Conte said with a smile.

"Of course." Agnes carefully took Mr. Conte's piano and said with a smile.

"So, let's talk about this variation first."

"Okay."

Agnes didn't look at the sheet music on the music stand, but stood up and played straight away.

Of course, she was familiar with the music she had written. In the two months that she spent in the underground of the church, Agnes spent most of her energy on these two songs, except for writing a diary, thinking about the direction of her play, and exercising her abilities.

The power of potions strengthens her body not only in combat, but also in her violin playing, such as her fingers being more flexible and able to easily pluck the strings with her left hand; She has a more refined control of her power, and can control the strength of her right hand well when she completes movements such as throwing and stomping the bow.

This was the result of accidentally damaging two pens and re-equipping the violin with a bow at the time.

Of course, the Werewolf properties had a much stronger effect on her body than when she first took the Prisoner, and although Agnes had already had experience exercising her control over her physical strength, the Church lacked suitable space and tools underground. Therefore, in fact, it still took Agnes two or three days to complete the training of body power control, and then it took nearly a week to practice the fine control of body strength, and as for some other abilities obtained from potions, it took about a month to get roughly familiar with them, but she still did not dare to say that she had fully mastered them. After all, she needs to take the initiative to control and use this ability herself, which is one of the prices she needs to pay.

Mr. Conte listened carefully to Agnes' performance of the piece, while Aurelio smiled and watched as Agnes played.

When Agnes put the piano down, Monsieur Conte smiled and said, "Your violin skills are getting more and more proficient." ”

Agnes smiled and didn't speak. She does some violin practice every day in the church grounds, just as she used to practice the piano every day.

Mr. Conte didn't say much about this, but instead said: "Do you feel that there is too much use of the fast-spanning cross-string technique in this piece? ”

Agnes did not speak, she waited thoughtfully for Mr. Conte's next words.

Seeing that Agnes was still looking at him earnestly, Monsieur Conte explained: "The main theme of your song is actually very good, with a clear and transparent solitude and pure melancholy, like a dew-dropping flower on the lake in the morning. ”

"But too many fast span crossings dilute the purity of your piece and make it less appealing. I think you should know that proper and moderate techniques can enhance the appeal of our music, but too much technique can easily make the music look hollow and sluggish. ”

"Music is a magical field."

"Jumping bows can be light, fine, and elastic; The Liandun bow is clear-grained, sounding like a pearl falling to the ground, looking chic, ornate or light and witty; A fast long-span chord crossing allows two melodies to be played simultaneously in the high and low registers; The left-hand plucking of the strings can be used with many bows, and can even act as an accompaniment to the main melody; Finger tapping can create a sense of continuity. ”

"The music is full of difficult techniques, and although it seems brilliant and mysterious, the thoughts and emotions hidden under the notes can easily be diluted by these too many difficult techniques, which can make your music less appealing, just as too many fingers can make the music appear sluggish. You don't want your music to be judged as 'old woman's laughter'. ”

Agnes couldn't help but laugh, next to Aurelio too.