Chapter 214 A totally different concept

"Hey, I said Xiaoya, your little lover is not authentic. You are young, why are you very sensible?" At night, in a specialty restaurant in Fu'an, Jiang Ya welcomed Li Xiaoling. After the two of them had a few bites, Li Xiaoling couldn't help but complain.

"Go, I can't even block your mouth even when I eat. Why is my little lover? It's so ugly. Our Yufan has offended you, and his mouth is so poisonous!" Jiang Ya said with annoyed angrily, and then he picked up a piece of snow-white fish meat from the steaming fish pot, dipped it in the meat soup, and chewed it in his mouth with a happy face. The fish pot here is very authentic, and it is a unique feature of Fu'an. The local residents of Fu'an City rarely don't know or have tasted the delicious food here.

Since the "negotiation" in the afternoon was "crawly" dragged by Liu Yufan, the guy ran away. When Li Xiaoling asked, Jiang Ya only said that he was busy transferring schools recently and might go through the procedures. In fact, this is half true and half false. Liu Yufan has been busy with this matter in the past two days, but if he doesn't see these two people, he has more "pleasant" ingredients.

Although Liu Yufan can be regarded as a "quasi-musicist", this does not prevent him from having a simple businessman thinking. He still understands the principle of "waiting for sale". Nowadays, Times Records and Rolling Stone Records are very jealous of their new songs, so they will be colder at this time. Don't let them think that it is easy to get things, so that the value of the song can increase. Of course, Liu Yufan's courage to say this is also due to his confidence in "New Kangding Love Song".

Although the song "New Kangding Love Song" is adapted from known songs and seems to be somewhat lacking in freshness, Liu Yufan doesn't think so. This song is unique in terms of orchestration and the use of Chinese drums, and the effect is also very shocking. From his perspective, the market potential of this song is even heavier than that of "Above the Moon", after all, the foundation of this song is deeper.

At this moment, Liu Yufan was hiding at Mo Yan's house, discussing piano skills with the senior sister Mo Xi who had met for the first time, and had a great time talking.

The study format of Curtis Conservatory of Music is relatively flexible. As long as you complete the credits within the specified time, you can get a diploma. Mo Xi is an excellent student at Curtis Conservatory of Music. Her credits have already been completed. If she wants, she can go back to pass a few simple exams and get a diploma. The biggest gain of this time when she returns to China is to meet her father again. Mo Xi has lived at Mo Yan’s home these two days and enjoys the rare warmth of her family.

In front of the Stanway piano at Mo Yan's house, a pair of white and tender plain hands were flying across the keys, bringing up a series of gorgeous and incredible notes. This is a "Butterfly Etude" by Chopin. Although it is not difficult, it is very good at basic skills of fingers.

Liu Yufan watched quietly beside him, thinking.

After playing the song, Mo Xi stood up and smiled at him.

"Sister Xi, I don't understand very well. The way you play the keys of the song seems to be different from what Teacher Mo told me." Liu Yufan said, sat in front of the piano, and reached out to play a short piece of "Butterfly Etude", which was a small quick arpeggio.

When Mo Xi was playing this part just now, his hand shape was very exaggerated, almost spreading his fingers, and his fingers were completely stretched out. The place where the keys were touched was almost the entire fingertip. Judging from traditional piano performances, such gestures were really incredible and were simply rebellious!

However, Mo Xi told Liu Yufan that when he was in school, the tutor said that this was the new style of play, which involved many mechanic principles, which not only made the performance easier, but also obtained a richer and more varied tone.

At this moment, Liu Yufan was playing in front of the piano. Although it was the same melody, the shape of Liu Yufan's hands in front of the piano was completely different from that of Mo Xi just now.

His hands are like a small rake, and the palm of each finger is prominent. When changing positions, no matter how fast it is, the shape of the hand will not change much. The only thing that takes the initiative is the finger, and more specifically, the palm joints of the fingers.

This is the standard Russian academic bullet technique, and it is also the most orthodox bullet technique. Mo Yan taught Liu Yufan for three years and emphasized the two most common problems, one was the hand shape and the other was the weight. The strict requirements almost made Liu Yufan's hand shape an instinctive reaction.

The position where he touches the key is always just the first half of his fingertips. When the dense sound sequence is progressing quickly, he will switch to his fingertips. His arms are very natural and smooth, and obviously they use weight very well without any tension or waste.

However, after watching Liu Yufan play this short section, Mo Xi shook his head and leaned against the piano and looked at Liu Yufan, saying, "Yufan, there is no problem with your performance in terms of skills, but you are too limited to tradition. Perhaps your performance is very suitable for classical works, but when facing modern pianos with more free skills, richer sound, and more tension, this kind of performance has great limitations. Don't be limited by hand shape. My tutor once said that there is no standard or not in hand shape, only comfortable or uncomfortable, only the most comfortable hand shape is the most correct hand shape. The previous sayings of "holding an egg" have been confirmed by the modern piano world and are the wrong way.

"No, why is the academic school wrong? Don't forget, Horowitz is an academic school. Do you dare to say that his performance is wrong? The Central Academy has produced so many pianists over the years, and who is not an academic school? They have all achieved great success in the world, and some have won the gold medal in the Liszt International Piano Competition. Can you say that they are all wrong?" Mo Yan, who happened to go out and walk back, heard his daughter's words and immediately refuted it.

This is how the father and daughter were. Before the freshness and joy of reunion had passed, the two immediately started arguing about the piano. In the past few days, the two argued about some piano skills when they had something to do. Liu Yufan watched from the side and found it very interesting. This was a collision between the two piano concepts. By watching this collision, Liu Yufan felt that he had learned a lot.

"Dad, I admit that you said this. Those people are great pianists, but you can't see the improvement of piano playing skills. And you say those students in the Central Academy, ha, don't be angry." Mo Xi said, paused, and saw Mo Yan's unhappy look, and continued, "Do you know how the international students evaluate Chinese pianists?"

"How do you evaluate it? Isn't it better than them?" Mo Yan said unhappily. After all, he was the director of the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music was once glorious under his command. As a former head of the Chinese piano world, he valued the reputation of Chinese piano in the world very much.

"Look, there is something wrong with your attitude. Dad, piano art is used to appreciate, not for competitions. Our college tutor once said that Chinese piano education has cultivated some pianists who only know how to compete." Mo Xi said seriously.

"Hmph, they just think they are self-righteous. What does it mean to only know how to compete? Being able to win awards in competitions means their level. They look down on competitions, so why do they hold so many piano competitions every year?" Mo Yan snorted.

"Dad, they are good at holding competitions, but compared to competitions, there are more small concerts. I am at Curtis Conservatory of Music. Almost every department has small concerts every week, not ranking, and just enjoy the performance process. The instructor will not score every student's performance, but will only tell them what to do where they play wrongly and where they should be. Dad, don't you think that such an atmosphere is more suitable for piano art?" Mo Xi asked bluntly.

"You~~ It's simply unreasonable!" Mo Yan looked at his daughter without giving him any face, and was stunned. He felt angry and simply refused to tell her.

"Yufan, don't be influenced by her. I think she was influenced by bourgeois liberalized things in foreign countries. Look at your hand, like a chicken claw on the piano, how ugly it is, what is this method?" Mo Yan said angrily.

"I can't understand it to you. By the way, Yufan, do you want to learn this method? I'll teach you." As if he felt angry that Mo Yan was very interesting, Mo Xi deliberately looked at Liu Yufan and said.

To be honest, Liu Yufan was indeed very curious about Mo Xi's new playing method and playing philosophy. But at this moment, he did not dare to agree to the lady's request. Didn't he look at the man next to him who was blowing his beard and staring at him?

"Haha, Sister Xi, let's talk about it later if you have time. That, I suddenly thought of going downstairs to find Teacher Ma. There are some problems on the flute, and I want to ask him for advice." Liu Yufan said, and left here as if he ran away. He didn't want to be caught between the father and daughter as cannon fodder.

However, from Liu Yufan's heart, he was very eager for Mo Xi's new playing method. He was not like Mo Yan. Mo Yan played the piano for decades and taught the piano for decades. He had formed a habit of thinking about some understanding of piano technology, but he was different. Although his technical accumulation has reached a certain level, he is still very receptive and does not reject different playing methods. At this moment, he was already thinking in his mind when he had time to communicate with Mo Xi more. But in a few days, he would go to Beijing to study, and Mo Xi could not always stay here, and he would have to rush back to the United States to complete his studies. Therefore, it is obviously unrealistic to expect to understand a brand new piano playing concept within these two days.

"If you have time and opportunity in the future, you must go to Curtis to see what kind of academy it is to cultivate a person like Lang Lang." Liu Yufan actually has a hint of yearning for Curtis, and this hint of yearning comes largely from another piano genius who is the same age as him but is much more brilliant than his childhood - Lang Lang.

"He is in Curtis at this moment, and he must be a freshman." Liu Yufan thought, with a smile of expectation on his face, which was a smile that was looking forward to his opponent.

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