The game was calm and soon passed.

The young contestants participating in the competition are usually children around ten years old, and most of the repertoires selected are piano grades of eight or nine. Occasionally, some concert-level repertoires are mostly average. Perhaps such a level should be considered normal in the eyes of ordinary teachers and parents. But if they are in the eyes of pianists like Chang Hua and Du Mingyin, there is no need to evaluate them. They are all outstanding students in the piano world, and even at the same age as the young contestants on the stage, their level is far better than them.

As for judges at the level of Shi Shucheng, they were not interested at all. He only commented once throughout the morning, and one of the twelve-year-old boys performed well, and the applause from the audience was extremely warm, so the host Jia Jia ordered him alone, so he had to say a few words.

At noon, the number of restaurants outside the Workers' Cultural Palace increased a lot, most of which were contestants, teachers, parents. There were business owners who could do huge banners and slogans at the door of the store, saying "I wish the contestants excellent results", which seemed very lively.

In a cleaner dumpling restaurant, Peng Tielin ordered a small private room and ordered some food. Although the meals were slow due to the crowds, fortunately, the few people were not in a hurry and were waiting while chatting about the morning competition.

"I really didn't expect that Shi Shucheng was invited. It seems that the Jianghai Cup has really put in the intensity this time." Peng Tielin said with some emotion.

"Yes, it would be great if I could see him play a piece of it." Liu Yufan said with some expectations. Until now, he has learned the piano, except for Mo Yan, and has not really seen any real master's performance.

Suddenly remembering that An Quantao's teacher was also in the altogether. Liu Yufan asked with interest: "Quan Tao, have you ever heard Teacher Shi play the piano?"

"I've heard that the alto sometimes has small concerts, and the teacher often asks us to listen to it. To be honest, that's really a high-level performance. Those people, tsk, can be called pianists if they just pull out one." An Quantao said with some emotion.

"Yufan, don't worry, you have a chance. Since all the heavyweight judges like Shi Shucheng have been invited, the organizer will definitely arrange for him to perform. But it's probably time to wait for the finals. By the way, Quan Tao, if you have your competition in the afternoon, please adjust your status well later, don't be nervous." Peng Tielin reminded.

"Well, don't worry, Teacher Peng, I will definitely do my best. But even if I can't pass, it doesn't matter. Yufan is holding the formation, hehe." An Quantao said, blinking at Liu Yufan.

"Haha, you kid, don't be happy with me. With your level, you can't even enter the finals. Teacher Yin knows that he must kick your ass." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

While several people were chatting, the waiter brought steaming dumplings. Peng Tielin greeted him and the three of them began to replenish their energy.

At 2 pm, the youth group competition began on time.

"Hello everyone, everyone, what you are seeing is the live broadcast of the second Jianghai Cup Piano Competition. I am the host Jia Jia. After a fierce competition in the morning, the preliminary round of the Youth Group A was successfully completed. A total of 10 young contestants stood out from the fierce competition and successfully reached the final. Thank them for bringing us a wonderful competition and thank the judges for their hard work. What will be held this afternoon is the youth group competition. Here we also wish the contestants to achieve good results together!" Jia Jia said the opening remarks as usual and immediately announced the start of the competition.

The first person to go on stage was a tall girl. Although she was wearing a pink dress, her head and young expressions should be basically a student.

The girl's name is Li Wan, who looks very quiet. She stood on the stage and bowed to the judges and the audience, then sat in front of the piano and started playing.

The girl played Chopin's etude op25no9 "Butterfly", which is a very short and beautiful and lively etude. It only takes about one minute to play the whole song, which is similar to its "Puppy Waltz", but in terms of performance skills, it is very skillful. Especially the right hand part, which has been octaves continuously from the beginning, which is the most test of the performer's ability.

Octave technique can be said to be an advanced technique in piano performance. Strictly speaking, according to the joints exerting force when playing octave, there are generally three methods for playing octave, namely wrist octave, elbow joint octave and shoulder joint octave. The most common of these three methods is wrist octave, because compared to the other two joints, the wrist joint is the most flexible and easiest to play faster.

Li Wan's skin is very white, so when she started playing, she quickly fell on the keys with her right hand, bringing up a large snow-white shadow, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

Li Wan's wrist was slightly higher than the keys. At the same time, the big finger and little finger formed a stable support, and quickly ran on the keys with the driving force of the wrist. A cheerful and beautiful sound of the piano came from the piano.

Shi Shucheng, who was sitting in the middle of the judges' seat, looked at Li Wan's performance and his face looked a little better. Compared to the morning's competition, which was simply a "child's game", the performance of the youth group in the afternoon was much better. At least from the level of the first player's performance, although it is still not professional, it is at least much more standardized.

Chopin's "Butterfly Etude" should be considered a relatively advanced track for many amateur contestants, but in the eyes of professional students, it is only a relatively simple compulsory track. Of course, because it has the skills of fast octaves, no one underestimates this song, and many teachers also like to use this song as an etude for training octaves.

Looking at Li Wan's performance, Liu Yufan nodded slightly. From a technical perspective, Li Wan can be said to have basically passed the performance of this etude. Although the octave sounds a bit bulky, it is at least very solid, and there is no obvious dispersing phenomenon.

Of course, whether the sound is dispersed requires professional ears to identify it. Ordinary amateurs cannot hear the "scattered" and "not dispersed" sounds. After all, compared with the intuitive data of volume and size, "scattered" or "not dispersed", "bright" or "dark" are all very abstract things, requiring long-term performance practice and a pair of golden ears.

Li Wan's expression was focused and serious, and her eyes were always staring at the key surface. This song was a bit higher for her. In order to participate in the competition, she specially practiced alone for more than a month, which was why she achieved today. You must know that it took only more than two months to get her level 9 certificate.

At the end of the song, the applause from the audience was very warm. When it was the judges' turn to comment, Shi Shucheng changed his state of not saying a word in the morning and started to comment.

"Well, Li Wan, you're playing it well. This song is an octave etude. When practicing octaves, we should pay special attention to the flexibility and initiative of the wrist, and the support of our fingers. The sound you played was very strong just now, which is very good, but the basic skills on the wrist need to continue practicing, and the elasticity is slightly worse. Overall, it's not bad!" After Shi Shucheng said that, he nodded to Li Wan, who immediately bowed to him and said gratefully with a smile: "Thank you, Teacher Shi!"

Many contestants in the audience looked at her with some envy. It was very rare to hear the word "good" in Shi Shucheng's mouth. Li Wan was really lucky. With Shi Shucheng's evaluation, she probably won't have too low scores.

Amid the applause of everyone, Li Wan walked off the stage, and host Jia Jia immediately came to the stage and reported the name of the next contestant.

Amid the applause of everyone, Zhang Yue walked onto the stage with a confident look on his face. He is now studying in the piano department of Chenyang Conservatory of Music. He is already a senior student and is about to graduate. Because his hometown is from Jianghai, he heard that there was a competition here, and the school’s courses were not too busy, so he rushed back to participate.

Chenyin is also a top-notch in the national music academies. Although the piano department in it is not comparable to the alto and Tianyin, it is also very strong. Especially Zhang Yue is also a very outstanding student in the school, so he is very confident in participating in such a not-so-professional competition.

The song he chose was also very bold, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2, which is a very famous piano piece, so famous that almost every professional pianist is familiar with it. It has a very high chance of appearing in various competitions and performances, and can be regarded as a "star" song.

Speaking of "Hungarian Rhapsody", we must mention Liszt, a very legendary composer and pianist. He wrote a large number of piano music throughout his life, and his music has always been known for its difficulty and strong sensation in the piano world. It can be said that playing Liszt's music itself illustrates a word - "professional".

Of course, playing a popular "star repertoire" also has its disadvantages, that is, it is also very popular. Many people know it, and many people play it, which means that every feature and difficulty of the song are well known. With professional judges on the side, playing such a song is undoubtedly very stressful.

However, Zhang Yue seemed to be very confident and seemed to be very confident in playing this song.

Sitting in front of the piano, Zhang Yuegao raised his arms and fell down the keys with a chic manner. Suddenly, the piano made a thick chord sound.

Hungary is a nation that is extremely good at singing and dancing and passionate. This rhapsody, named after Hungary, also reflects this style to the fullest. It is a great emphasis from the beginning! (To be continued
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