Because it has not officially opened, it is easier to make an appointment in the piano room, and after Zhou Yan and the others arrived at the piano room building, they found that there were still many piano rooms in the building that were empty.

If it's after the start of school, it basically takes a long time to queue, and it's hard to be able to make an appointment the day before and use it the next day.

I first took the key from the management office of the piano room, and then the three of them went to 204 on the second floor.

After entering the piano room, Jia Guoping tried the piano first, and then said with a smile, "We're lucky, this room is okay." ”

In fact, the piano room building of their school has not been built for a long time, and the rooms are still relatively new, but the condition of the instruments in each room is not easy to say.

The building is new, the piano may not be new, there are so many piano rooms in the piano room building, there are pianos for decades, and there are new pianos added in the past two years, and the piano is not from a manufacturer, so there are advantages and disadvantages in itself.

In addition, the use of the piano room is very strong, and different people use it, which has different effects on the life of the piano. Some guys, after using the piano, it's like putting a layer of oil on the keys.

Although the teachers of the musical instrument department will come to inspect and maintain it regularly, there are too few people in the department and there are too many instruments in the school, so it is often impossible to take care of all the instruments in the piano room.

Sometimes students are unlucky and go into a piano room that is in a bad condition, which can be very emotional.

Zhou Yan listened to the notes that Jia Guoping tried just now, and knew that the condition of this piano was indeed not bad, he smiled and took out a stack of staves from his satchel and divided four sheets for Jia Guoping and Yu Ran.

"You guys look at the score first."

These scores were written by Zhou Yan when he returned to the dormitory yesterday afternoon, and he didn't bother to write three copies according to the division of labor of the instrument.

When Jia Guoping took the score, he was slightly surprised.

The two of them have a good relationship and understand each other's composition styles, Zhou Yan's style has always been grand and gorgeous, but now the score in his hand is obviously much simpler.

And the tonality of this piece is popular music at first glance.

Although he knew that this was the soundtrack for the movie, Jia Guoping was still very surprised, Zhou Yan didn't think much of popular music before, and it seems that the experience outside for more than a year has also made Zhou Yan's mentality change.

He looked at the score roughly, then set it up, took out the violin, and played a passage.

After pulling it, Jia Guoping smiled, this kind of seemingly simple tune has to be played to know whether it is good or not, and the first short paragraph makes people feel like they are in the dark night.

After that, Jia Guoping played the latter part of the song.

Listening to Jia Guoping's playing, Yu Ran next to him seemed to be settled, and the whole person was taken away by the melody of the tune, and he didn't know where to float.

The notes of this song, like raindrops, originally appear transparent in the light, but as the tune progresses, it slowly disappears into the darkness.

Yu Ran's thoughts seemed to be following the invisible droplets of water and falling into darkness.

When she floated back, she couldn't help but sigh that Senior Brother Zhou Yan was worthy of being a top student in the composition department, and this piece was very ear-catching.

She couldn't help but ask, "Senior Brother Zhou Yan, what is this piece called?" ”

"It's called a kite."

"Kite...... It feels more like a kite with a broken string. Yu Ran muttered.

This is Yu Ran's true feeling, this song makes her feel like rootless duckweed, drifting, if the perspective is a kite, it must be a kite with a broken line, involuntarily in the sky, fluttering with the wind.

It crossed mountains and rivers, passed through clouds and rain, but nothing was left, and no one could leave it.

Zhou Yan also played the piano for a while, and I felt okay, this piece has not many skills in performance, and it is not difficult to control.

Originally, this piece was not called "Kite", but "The Rain", and it was a soundtrack composed by Hisaishi for the movie "Kikujiro's Summer".

Zhou Yan feels that this piece is very suitable for the end of "Heaven's Reply", after the death of his grandfather, the part where his grandson flies a kite. Whether it is the mood contained in the tune or the rhythm of the whole piece, it is very consistent with the end of the movie.

Seeing that Yu Ran was stunned, Zhou Yan called out to her: "Senior sister." ”

Yu Ran came back to his senses and looked at Zhou Yan, "Senior brother, what's wrong?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled and pointed to Yu Ran's back, "Do you want to take the piano down?" ”

"Oh, good."

So then she remembered that the piano was still on her back, so she quickly took it off, and then studied the score carefully.

"Let's practice separately first, and then try to practice together. So, you don't have to rush, take your time. ”

Seeing that Yu Ran was stunned, it seemed a little cramped, so Zhou Yan comforted her.

Yu Ran took a deep breath and nodded, "Got it, Senior Brother Zhou Yan." ”

……

Then the three of them began to practice their own passages.

The piano room is not big, and it is already a bit crowded for the three instruments to play at the same time, but they are also used to this environment, so it doesn't have much impact.

When Zhou Yan was playing herself, she was also listening to the sound of the cello, Yu Ran's performance surprised Zhou Yan, although she looked stunned, but her professional level was quite strong.

Yes, Jia Guoping's requirements for music are still quite strict, so if the professional level is not good, it is impossible for him to bring people over.

Yu Ran didn't know that Zhou Yan was observing her, and at this time she was already immersed in this song.

There is no trace of showmanship in this song, the feelings are very sincere, and it is easy to bring people's emotions into it.

It's not that there is no technology in the song, in this world, most of the good songs need to be skillful when creating, but some clever creators will hide the skills so that people can't easily discover them.

Of course, there are also some tunes that have the meaning of showing off their skills when they are created. Students in the composition department study the techniques of composition every day, and "technique" has long been engraved into the blood and bones.

After the morning session, they began to practice together in the afternoon.

When practicing separately, it is very simple, the score is relatively simple, and they are all veterans, and they can play smoothly quickly, but when they practice together, it is different, and the rhythm and emotional resonance between the three of them must be at the same point.

However, the level of the three of them is very good, and the joint practice is relatively smooth, and after half a day, they already have a good appearance, but they can't meet Zhou Yan's requirements for the time being.

The most important thing is that the cooperation between him and Yu Ran is almost meaningless, and Yu Ran's performance is also very good, but the two always lack a little compatibility when they cooperate.

However, it has only been a long time since they practiced together, and Zhou Yan is not in a hurry.

At half past five in the evening, Zhou Yan saw that the time was not early, so he said to Jia Guoping and them, "Let's stop here today, it's time for dinner, I invite you to go down to the restaurant." ”

Jia Guoping put down the violin, touched his stomach, and said with a smile, "I'm really a little hungry, what do you want to invite us to eat?" ”

"Eat the mutton soup and add two servings of mutton to you."

"That's a good idea."

Yu Ran said beside him, "Senior Brother Zhou Yan, I won't go." ”

Zhou Yan turned his head to look at her, "What's the matter, don't you like to eat mutton, or let's change to something else." ”

Yu Ran shook his head, "No, today is fifteen, I want to go home for the holidays." ”

"Yes, it's still a little year." Zhou Yan touched his head.

Jia Guoping shouted, "What a small year, the Lantern Festival." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "That's right, our family calls the Lantern Festival Xiao Nian." ”

Jia Guoping's eyes widened and he shouted, "What the hell, the Lantern Festival can be called Xiao Nian!" ”

Zhou Yan feigned anger and said, "Comrade Jia Guoping, are you slandering our traditional customs?" ”

"Haha, don't buckle my hat, call the Lantern Festival Xiao Nian, you feel strange when you ask anyone, so you say yes, right?"

Yu Ran didn't know how to answer.

Zhou Yan smiled, "Don't embarrass her, junior sister, if you want to go home for the New Year, go back quickly, is your home far away?" ”

Yu Ran shook his head, "It's not far, you can get there in a few minutes by bicycle." ”

"It's really not far, then let's go, and you can go home quickly." Zhou Yan nodded, and when he saw Yu Ran cleaning up the cello, he asked again, "Why don't you take this piano home?" ”

"No, it's not convenient to ride."

Zhou Yan smiled, "I'll just say." ”

……

Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping found a mutton soup restaurant near the school, ordered two large bowls of pure soup with double meat, and ate comfortably.

On the way back to the dormitory, Jia Guoping asked Zhou Yan, "Are you going to start recording tomorrow?" ”

"It depends on the joint practice tomorrow, if the effect is okay, then record."

"You have to hurry up, hiccup~" Jia Guoping burped and continued, "The school will officially start the day after tomorrow, I can continue to accompany you, anyway, I don't have any classes, but Yu Ran is now in the second grade, and the time is still relatively tight." In addition, after all, it is not good to call someone to come over and help, and it will not be good for a long time. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I'll speed up and try to solve the battle tomorrow." ”

In addition to the lack of time to meet in the future, it is also difficult to make an appointment in the piano room, and Zhou Yan only has an appointment until tomorrow for the time being.

This time, he pulled Jia Guoping and them, and only recorded this song, so in fact, the time is not particularly tight, and there should be no problem with practicing together for another day tomorrow.

Of course, Zhou Yan couldn't just prepare this song, in addition to "Kite", he was also going to take the "Summer" in "Kikujiro's Summer", and then write some small paragraphs by himself.

However, he is not going to record "Summer" for the time being, because he thinks that "Kite" and other short paragraphs written by himself should be fine.

If he can't get the soundtrack direction, then he will have to give up the project.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping went to the piano room building after breakfast, and as soon as they walked to the door of the 204 piano room, they heard the sound of a cello coming from inside.

Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping looked through the glass on the door, and sure enough, Yu Ran came.

Both of them were a little surprised, they didn't expect Yu Ran to come so early.

The two of them had already come very early, basically stuck in the time when the piano building opened the door, so she came earlier than them, which means that when she came, the piano building may not have opened yet.

Looking at the back of Yu Ran holding the cello, Zhou Yan was also very grateful, after all, this was originally his business, and it had nothing to do with Yu Ran, but Yu Ran was still able to be so attentive.

Zhou Yan gently pushed the door open, and then the sound of the cello stopped abruptly.

Although Zhou Yan had tried his best to slow down his movements, he still made a sound, interfering with Yu Ran.

Yu Ran turned his head and greeted with a smile, "Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Jia, you are here." ”

"Well, you're here so early." Jia Guoping said with a smile, "On the way we came just now, we were still talking, I don't know when you will arrive, but I didn't expect you to have arrived." ”

"Anyway, it's nothing, so I'll come early."

"Have you had breakfast?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Well, I'll come back after eating at home." Yu Ran nodded, seemingly full of energy, "Senior Brother Zhou Yan, let's start now." ”

Zhou Yan didn't understand where this little girl's motivation came from, he said with a smile: "Okay, then let's start and try to record this song today." ”

Then the three of them continued to practice together.

Zhou Yan can clearly feel that after one night, the tacit understanding between the three of them will increase a lot, especially Yu Ran, her cello is more expressive in this piece than yesterday, which shows that after going back last night, she has a new understanding of this piece.

Sometimes it's like this, I have been practicing without a breakthrough, but take a break to give myself time to settle down, and also let the brain be able to digest the accumulated information, and progress will appear.

After Yu Ran went back last night, he must have pondered this song by himself.

After the morning passed, the joint practice effect was very good, and the song was basically able to meet Zhou Yan's requirements.

However, they didn't rush to record, but went to have a meal first, and waited until there were fewer people in the piano building to start recording.

Although the piano building is soundproofed, there is still a lot of noise coming in, so avoiding peak hours can maximize the quality of recording.

recorded it four times in total, and Zhou Yan chose the most satisfying one to stay.

After putting away the tape, Zhou Yan stroked his palms and smiled, "Brother Guoping, Senior Sister Yu Ran, it's done, I really want to thank you for the past two days." ”

"Don't say thank you, come with something affordable." Jia Guoping said with a smile.

"Didn't I just treat you to lamb last night."

"Hasn't Senior Sister Yu Ran eaten yet? If you invite her, can you not take me with you? ”

"Okay, I'll take you." Zhou Yan looked at Yu Ran, "Senior sister, do you have time tonight, let's go have dinner together?" ”

"Senior Brother Zhou Yan doesn't need to be a guest ......"

Before she finished speaking, Jia Guoping said with a smile, "Senior Sister Yu Ran, don't be polite to your Senior Brother Zhou, he is a master, let's slaughter him, don't eat mutton soup today, go eat roast duck, I haven't eaten roast duck for a long time, I'm hungry." ”

Zhou Yan also said, "He's right, you're welcome, if there's nothing else to do at night, let's have a meal together." ”

"yes, okay." Yu Ran nodded.

……

After that, Jia Guoping and the others left first, and Zhou Yan stayed in the piano room alone, and he wanted to record the remaining small passages.

In fact, there is more than one instrument in these small passages, but it is enough to use the piano to make a sample, and these small passages are not the main course, just take them and let them listen to them.

Zhou Yan recorded a total of eight short paragraphs, each between 20 and 40 seconds.

After recording, he wrote the names and numbers of the passages, and then he had to write down the plots in which the passages would be used.

He was busy in the piano room alone until more than five o'clock, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he went to find Jia Guoping.

Jia Guoping was making the materials to be used for the start of school the day after tomorrow, and he said to Zhou Yan, "You go to find Yu Ran first, and in half an hour, we will meet at the school gate." ”

Zhou Yan didn't move, "When you're done, let's go find her together." ”

Jia Guoping pouted, "What a waste of time, what a waste of time, hurry up, she lives in 205." ”

Zhou Yan stood in place and looked at Jia Guoping, and then could only go out to find Yu Ran.

When he arrived at the girls' dormitory, Zhou Yan stood downstairs and looked up to the second floor, trying to find out where 205 was.

was watching, a girl on the third floor smiled, "Zhou Yan, you are looking for someone." ”

Zhou Yan raised his head and saw Xu Yuhong in their class, she was standing in the corridor on the third floor with another girl, as if she was eating melon seeds.

"Xu Yuhong, hello." Zhou Yan said hello.

"Hello, it's been a long time, have you repeated a grade?"

"Well, I'm going to call you senior sister in the future."

Xu Yuhong smiled, "Haha, it's not a loss for you to call me sister, I'm a few years older than you, who are you looking for?" ”

"I'm looking for Yu Ran from 205."

"Oh, look for Yu Ran." Xu Yuhong nodded, first spit out the melon seed shell in her mouth, and then grabbed the parapet wall of the corridor and shouted down at the top of her voice, "Yu Ran, Zhou Yan is looking for you, Yu Ran, Zhou Yan is looking for you, Yu Ran, Zhou Yan is looking for you." ”

Zhou Yan was speechless for a moment, is this Xu Yuhong a humanoid horn, her voice is so loud, she shouldn't learn composition, the vocal department is the most suitable for her.

No, it's not just a horn, it's supposed to be a repeater, and it's said three times in a row.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to say that he asked Xu Yuhong to go to 205 to help him find Yu Ran, but who knew that she would shout directly against the wall.

Now it's okay, everyone in the building knows that he came to Yu Ran.

Yu Ran, who was reading a book in the bedroom, was startled by these three shouts, and hurriedly walked out with the book.

After seeing Zhou Yan downstairs, she raised her hand to say hello, "Senior Brother Zhou Yan, I'm going to come down." ”

So Ran ran in first to put the book down, then came out again and trotted downstairs.

Xu Yuhong smiled on it, "Zhou Yan, you are not bad, you have integrated with the junior sisters so quickly." ”

Zhou Yan pouted, there was really no door on Xu Yuhong's mouth.

They composed 87 A total of sixteen students, only three girls, there are naughty boys in the class who give all three girls nicknames, and the nicknames of the three are all related to animals, Xu Yuhong's most domineering is Hedong Lion.

At this time, Yu Ran had already walked downstairs, and Zhou Yan waved his hand to Xu Yuhong, "Senior sister, go first." ”

Xu Yuhong smiled, "I often come to play when I have time." ”

When Zhou Yan and Yu Ran turned around, the girl next to Xu Yuhong said with a gossipy face, "This is the Zhou Yan in your class?" It's very pleasing to the eye. ”

Xu Yuhong nodded very approvingly, "Yes, it's good-looking, it's just too small, only twenty." ”

"Well, that's too small." The girl nodded, and asked again, "Who is he with Yu Ran?" ”

"Then who knows, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I haven't seen them together before, so I know that Yu Ran knows our class Lao Jia. By the way, isn't it your orchestrator, don't you know? ”

The girl shook her head, "I don't know, I have brass and she has strings, and I usually don't deal with each other...... It seems that he hasn't reached eighteen yet, and a lot of boys are staring at us. ”

Xu Yuhong said disdainfully, "Hey, what about staring?" You orchestrate those crooked melons and cracked dates, which can be compared with Zhou Yan. ”

"Yo Yo Yo, what kind of competitive are you doing with this thing."

"Anyway, our composition department is amazing."

"If you guys are so good, why don't you find one yourself?"

Xu Yuhong sent a melon seed to her mouth, "Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, don't you know this truth?" ”

The girl laughed, "You're quite picky, you don't eat the grass next to the nest." ”

Xu Yuhong said seriously, "I'm not a rabbit, I'm grass." ”

With that, Xu Yuhong turned around and went back to the dormitory, leaving the girl stunned.

……

Although Zhou Yan didn't hear Xu Yuhong's chat with the girl, he knew that if he came to find Yu Ran, it would be easy to cause gossip.

The CCTV circle is too small, there are fewer students than the average middle school, and some things can spread quickly, especially gossip news.

Not to mention that Yang Yin is the highest school of music in China, specializing in the study of high arts, in fact, the gossip of students here is not much better, especially in this year, many people like to spread the word about men and women.

The reason why he didn't want to come over just now was because of this consideration.

A beautiful girl like Yu Ran looks very eye-catching, but it's easy to get into trouble if you're too close to this kind of beautiful girl.

Li Tao in Zhou Yan's class before, a girl who pursued a piano major, and that girl was just generally beautiful, which caused several boys to be jealous.

There was a "flower messenger" who was like a primary school student, who came to duel with Li Tao and smashed Li Tao's violin.

Zhou Yan didn't deliberately stay too far away from Yu Ran, but just kept a normal distance from her.

Because the school circle is too small, from the girls' dormitory to the gate, the two met several acquaintances, either whom Zhou Yan knew or Yu Ran knew.

When he was about to arrive at the door, Yu Ran asked Zhou Yan, "Senior Brother Zhou Yan, do you have any other songs?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "Of course there is, who in the composition department doesn't have a few exercise books." ”

Shi Wanchun, the head of the composition department, once said in a class that if you want to be a good composer, you must compose at least as often as the tuba.

It sounds vulgar, but it makes sense.

Since you're going to every day, you're going to have to compose music every day.

Of course, when Shi Wanchun said composition, he didn't mean that he wanted to make that kind of complete music, but that any thing he wrote could be counted as a composition. Set a song today, add a harmony tomorrow, and add some instruments the day after tomorrow.

In addition to the homework assigned in class, hard-working students will also do a lot of composition training every day, and Zhou Yan's composition book has accumulated a large stack of songs of any style.

"Is there a tune like Kite?" Yu Ran asked again.

"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded, "But it's relatively rare, our composition major usually rarely comes into contact with this kind of music, and most of the time, I used to write about the serious music of the twentieth century avant-garde." "Kites" and the like are all my recent works. ”