Chapter 193: "Pathletic Sonata"

The eighth piano sonata "Pathith" is divided into three movements. Liu Yufan played the first movement and the most well-known movement.

The speed of this movement is from "extremely slow" to "glorious quick-pitch". At this moment, the beginning of Liu Yufan's performance is the extremely slow-pitch.

The chords of strength and weakness continue to appear alternately, giving full play to the tone characteristics of the piano.

Liu Yufan's hands slowly seemed a little lazy, with almost no finger movements. He just placed the hand shape and then "falled" on the keys to make a sound. If such a playing method is put into the eyes of a person who is not aware of his skills, he may think that his basic skills of fingers are not enough, but only professionals like Shi Shucheng and Chang Hua know the meaning of his doing so.

This extremely slow section seems ordinary and has such a slow speed that anyone can play, but it is not the case.

There are many difficulties in this piece of music. If you don’t master it well, it will be similar in shape but not in spirit. Professionals will know it as soon as they hear it.

The first difficulty is strength.

The English name of piano is piano. In addition to "piano", it also has another meaning, which is "weak". This also shows that the piano is an instrument with "strong and weak", and this is exactly what it is about.

The force required for this very slow-plate is so great that if you are not a person with a deep understanding of the song, you may not be able to play that taste at all. For example, the strong chord at the beginning is actually just a supporting role, and the real force is on the shoulder joint. If you want to play a chord that is as transparent and vigorous as Liu Yufan, you have to mobilize the weight of the upper body. So much weight is concentrated on the fingertips and transmitted to the keys, and you have to rely on the palm joint to support it. If you really do this action, the palm joint will bear a very high bearing capacity.

Of course, there are also many people who can easily "do it", but in fact they are similar in shape but not in spirit. Most of the "weights" cannot be transmitted because of muscle tension and are "blocked" to the top and forearms. Only a small part of them passes through the palm joints to the fingertips and falls on the keys.

How can we ensure that it can be played loudly? We need to "help" the palm joints and wrists, and use force artificially to make the sound appear louder. However, in this way, the sound will be louder, but it will definitely be loud and irritable, losing the round and heavy beauty.

Like Liu Yufan, the part below the wrist looks "lazy", and it seems very mechanical and lacks initiative. It is a manifestation of complete relaxation. Whether it is the big arm, the forearm, and the wrist, they only act as a "channel", and the weight is completely "reduced", and the ultimate bearer is only the palm joints. This sound is quiet, strong and comfortable!

The second difficulty is rhythm.

Some people always feel that fast songs are not easy to play, but slow songs are not easy to play, especially songs with speeds like "extremely slow". Why? Because it is slow, too slowly, so slow that you can hardly notice its beat. However, it has beats.

Many people are very "careless" in playing the first movement of "Pathith", and even play "very slow" into "scattered board", but they don't know that the two were completely different before.

"Very slow-plate" has a rhythm. Even if it is slow, there are strict regulations on whenever each chord and every note come out. But if it is played into a "scattered plate", it is very casual and will come out whenever you want, which seriously damages the artistic conception of the song. This is what professional professors like Shi Shucheng are most intolerable.

But at this moment, the expression on Shi Shucheng's face was very gentle, and there was a hint of praise. It was just because Liu Yufan handled this very slow process so well that there were almost no flaws. Shi Shucheng asked himself that he had done this to the point if he was playing it himself.

"I really don't know which teacher helped him to train this time." Uncle Shi said to himself.

However, watching Liu Yufan's performance at the beginning, many people became a little anxious.

"The song Yufan played is not fast. He usually plays very fast when he practices at home?" Xue Dongzhe looked at Liu Yufan's performance in front of the screen and muttered. As soon as he watched the "Clock" played by the woman before, he was shocked by that hand, thinking that is still a human hand? How can he move so quickly?

For a pure piano "outsider" like him, the only criterion for distinguishing good or bad play is to see who plays it quickly and well-known. Compared to the female contestant named Mo Xi before, the song Liu Yufan played now is obviously "very boring".

"Tsk, Brother Dongzhe, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. The song "Pathiology" played by my brother is also a world-famous song, Beethoven's. It's very difficult to play. Don't look at the front, you'll be upset in a while." Liu Xiaoran said with a lip silence. She felt funny when she looked at Xue Dongzhe and Wang Xiaoyong who didn't know how to understand.

My brother also taught her to play this song "Pathletic". At that time, he asked for strength, weight, etc., which made her head bigger for several laps. After practicing for more than two months, my brother was still not satisfied. It was because of this that she realized how difficult this song that didn't look too fast was actually to play.

The left hand was gently ups and downs, and gradually some low chords were added. The sound of the piano was sometimes light and sometimes heavy, sometimes like a giant hammer and axe, knocking on the heartstrings of a person, sometimes like a gentle breeze and drizzle, and the grasp of the heat gradually brought everyone into the artistic conception of the song.

After a phrase with obvious questions ended, the song finally stopped maintaining its previous slowness, just like a total outburst of emotions, a series of rapid semitone progression was brought out from the right hand, completely igniting the song's emotions!

With both arms rising and falling mechanically, the Yamaha piano makes a uniform harmony. When it reaches the high pitch area, it is broken by the chords "pressed" by both hands. In the intense melody, this feeling of constantly breaking the rules makes people feel ups and downs and unable to control themselves.

"The use of this power is so familiar!" Looking at the figure in front of the piano, Shi Shucheng's eyes showed an incredible look. Looking at the young man in front of the piano in front of him, the figure seemed to overlap with another pianist.

"This technique is much like Christian Zimmerman!" Uncle Shi thought to himself.

Christian Zimmermann was born in Zabrze, Poland. He studied piano with his father since childhood. In 1973, he won the first place in the national piano competition in Poland and the gold medal in the Prokfiev Piano Competition in Poland the following year. In 1975, 19-year-old Zimermann won the first place in the 9th Chopin International Piano Competition, and thus officially entered his global performance career.

The music played by Christian Zimmerman has a distinct personality. His performance has always been known for the exquisite balance between sounds and even precise timbre control, and it has very "rational" characteristics. Even the most intense music is always maintained under his hands. Some people call his music "rational enthusiasm", which Shi Shucheng agrees very much with this metaphor.

At this moment, watching Liu Yufan's performance, Shi Shucheng felt this "rational enthusiasm". In order to show the passion and glorious feeling of this brilliant quick-pitched, many people will add many extra pedals or make exaggerated body movements in the stress area to show their inner "excitation" and create a "magnificent" and "magnificent" sound effect.

But Liu Yufan did not do this. His face always had a calm look, as if he was still thinking philosophically under such exciting music.

The intense melody did not add many things called "hot" but was full of a straightforward and precise mood. Especially the accent chord, the entire body weight instantly burst out, making an "explosion" sound, but it was also clean. The extremely controlled feeling was simply pleasing to the eye, and the whole person couldn't help but move with the rhythm!

"It's so amazing. He's still so young. How could he play "Pathiology" like this? Such skills and style are rare among domestic pianists." Shi Shucheng thought excitedly, and at the same time, another person's shadow also surged in his heart.

"Oh, I'm afraid that only he was back then, can he be as good as the child in front of him. Well, the playing styles of the two of them are really similar." Shi Shucheng thought, and the praise in his eyes when he looked at Liu Yufan, his feelings of praise became stronger.

Chang Hua and Du Mingyin, who were sitting on both sides of him, were also secretly looking at Shi Shucheng's expression. Seeing his appearance, both of them knew what they knew. They understood how good the young man named Liu Yufan showed at this moment. At the same time, they also sighed that this journey to the river and sea was really not in vain. It would be embarrassing to be able to be a judge in such a competition. Just by the performance of the young man named Liu Yufan in front of him, they can be called their identity!

"He can actually play "Pathiosis" like this! Awesome! So much like Zimmerman!" Mo Xi, who seemed to be wandering around, was pulled back by Liu Yufan's piano sound. Looking at Liu Yufan in front of the piano, Mo Xi did not hide the shock in her eyes at all!

Curtis Conservatory of Music is a world-class prestigious school. The purpose of the school is to cultivate "musicians". Mo Xi learned from there, and his skills and insights are naturally extraordinary. But at this moment, she was shocked by the musical literacy shown by Liu Yufan.

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