Yang Jingxing has listened to "Pathétique" several times and likes it very much. He has also played it secretly a few times and feels very inferior. Now, with the pressure of not embarrassing his parents in public, he is not in the mood to continue eating.

"Pathétique", even the name is scary. Some people say that women can't play this piece, let alone a high school kid. Fortunately, Li Yingzhen gave me some advice, a famous professor! Maybe she herself can't play it well, but

In terms of understanding of the music itself and the performance requirements, it is definitely worthy of her reputation.

While Yang Jingxing was still reading the music score, the musician from the coffee shop came. He was a man in his thirties and was very polite: "Hello, who wants to play the piano..."Pathétique"!? Is it you?"

He looked at Yang Jingxing.

Li Yingzhen was still worried: "How is your piano? Is it in tune?"

"Oh, don't worry, it's no problem." The musician looked at Yang Jingxing, a little embarrassed: "Can you change a piece of music? We also have music scores." Everyone came here to enjoy a quiet and leisurely afternoon, and suddenly this kind of music came,

It's too out of place.

Li Yingzhen stood up and introduced herself: "I am Li Yingzhen from Puhai Conservatory of Music, and this is my student." If you play the piano, you must have heard of me.

The piano master quickly extended his hands to welcome Li Yingzhen: "Teacher Li, Teacher Li, I have listened to your public classes for more than ten years... I'm sorry, I'm blind..."

So ten minutes later, Yang Jingxing sat in front of the piano in the coffee shop. Li Yingzhen and the others also changed their seats, not only to hear clearly, but also to understand. Hu Yiqing was arranged by Li Yingzhen to turn over the music score for Yang Jingxing.

Li Yingzhen actually made a bit of a miscalculation. He thought that Yang Jingxing's parents should have music appreciation, so he took the risk and chose something that was technically difficult and emotionally difficult, such as the first movement of the Pathetique, to allow Yang Jingxing to fully express his playing talent and emotion.

Comprehension. However, Yang Chengyi and Xiao Shuxia are both laymen, so it is probably difficult to feel anything from their son's performance.

Yang Jingxing sat blankly at the piano for two minutes before raising his hand. The first key hit hit the hearts of Yang Chengyi and Xiao Shuxia.

In the eyes of his parents, Yang Jingxing has always been the Yang Jingxing who has been restless since he was a child, has weird ideas, is not a bad person but is annoying. Today he has to go to a nursing home to see the elderly, and tomorrow he will fight and cause trouble with his classmates. I don't know what he wants to do.

Now, Yang Jingxing was sitting in front of the piano, his expression almost calm and indifferent.

After Yang Jingxing finished playing the first few bars, Li Yingzhen began to explain: "Listen to this emotion. Despite his young age, he has a strong understanding of music emotions."

Yang Chengyi and Xiao Shuxia didn't seem to hear, and looked at their son without blinking.

After the introduction of the music ended, the passionate theme began to appear quickly. Li Yingzhen was a little excited when she heard the highlight: "That's it, the left hand decomposition of octaves is very difficult. One of my students practiced it day and night for more than a month.

People cried during practice, but he couldn’t play it as well as he did the first time.”

Yang Chengyi and Xiao Shuxia still didn't hear anything, and even the piano player waiting aside looked at Yang Jingxing blankly.

In fact, Yang Jingxing has only played it a few times. After all, his understanding of piano and music is still limited. From a professional perspective, his performance still has many shortcomings and even mistakes. But there are not so many picky ears at the scene.

, and the melody and emotional power of the music itself are attractive enough, so after Yang Jingxing reached the end of the presentation department, many people in the coffee shop looked up to look at him.

Li Yingzhen stopped explaining and just listened to Yang Jingxing's playing so that she could criticize later.

The strong emotions in the latter part of the music made Yang Jingxing's playing almost trembling slightly. This was not his usual typhoon, but maybe he was nervous and excited.

After the **-minute music ended, Yang Jingxing did not stand up and return to his seat immediately. Instead, he continued to sit there, looking at the keyboard, as if waiting for applause.

The piano player applauded first, and then there was a sporadic crackling sound all around.

But Yang Jingxing was still sitting. Hu Yiqing bent down slightly, approached Yang Jingxing and whispered, "How about you take the piano exam?"

Yang Jingxing raised his head: "You have to support me!"

When Yang Jingxing did not come back, Li Yingzhen praised their son to Yang Chengyi and his wife: "How many people have practiced for ten or eight years but they may not have this level. This is talent. But for composing, if I give him a motivation material now, he can do it."

What can you write?" She was unreasonable.

After Yang Jingxing and Hu Yiqing came back, Yang Chengyi said to his son: "Whether you learn piano or composition, it is all music. Professor Li must be doing it for your own good. You have to think clearly about it yourself."

Yang Jingxing said to Li Yingzhen very deeply: "Professor Li, thank you... But when I just started playing the piano, I decided that I must study composition."

Li Yingzhen was stunned. Others were also quite embarrassed. A well-known old professor spent so much effort and enthusiasm, and his good intentions were only rejected by a little kid.

Yang Jingxing continued: "More than a month ago, I didn't understand anything. It was Teacher Hu who didn't mind and allowed me to take the first step. Then you broadened my horizons. It's not just piano. You actually taught me

The feeling and experience of music have a deeper impact on me, making me want to learn composition even more. Thank you very much, and thank you also, Teacher Zhang. I will not let you down, so I will definitely work hard on the road of music."

Hey, could it be that Yang Jingxing just played a piece of music that made Yang Jingxing feel and think about life again? He suddenly became mature! Hu Yiqing, who was compared to Li Yingzhen, was embarrassed and lowered her head.

Li Yingzhen was still unwilling to give in: "On the piano, you can go further and better, and it is also easy for you."

Yang Jingxing said: "But I think learning composition can help me understand and feel music better, so I won't give up."

Yang Chengyi patted his son on the shoulder and said to Li Yingzhen: "Professor Li, I'm so sorry for wasting your good intentions." Then he said to Yang Jingxing: "But you have to remember that Professor Li will always be your teacher."

Li Yingzhen sighed: "Actually, in terms of composition, all you can learn in school are theoretical and conceptual things... It's good for you to have this ambition, but it's a pity that you don't specialize in piano."

Yang Jingxing changed back again: "I'm determined to be a pianist, and a composer, I hope so."

After a few people laughed, Xiao Shuxia took advantage of the opportunity and asked Li Yingzhen: "Professor Li, how old are your children?"

Li Yingzhen said: "My son is already twenty-eight..."

After chatting for a while, Li Yingzhen said to Yang Jingxing: "Since you have decided to take the composition major, you must start preparing carefully. You must pass the exam, otherwise you will not be called my student in the future."

Yang Jingxing vowed. Then Xiao Shuxia consulted on related matters. When will the exam be held and whether he should move around.

Li Yingzhen said: "Our school is very strict. But we can ask Director He from the composition department to come out and have a chat and let him see this student... But it's too early now."

Yang Chengyi taught his son: "You must rely on your own ability in everything you do."

It was already past six o'clock when the five of them came out of No. 18. Of course, they wanted to treat the teacher to dinner. It was Xiao Shuxia who made the decision to go eat seafood.

After eating and drinking, Li Yingzhen told Yang Jingxing not to interrupt her piano lessons until next year's exam. The three Yang family members all thanked Li Yingzhen for his magnanimity.

After seeing off Li Yingzhen and the unwanted Hu Yiqing, it was already 8:30 in the evening. Yang Chengyi looked at his son who suddenly grew up and asked, "Have you really decided?"

Yang Jingxing nodded.

Xiao Shuxia looked at Yang Jingxing lovingly and said, "Then stop being so enthusiastic for three days. It's time to grow up."

After chatting with her parents for a while, Yang Jingxing wanted to go back to school and refused to stay in a hotel. However, Xiao Shuxia felt that ideals were not achieved overnight, and she had to ask Yang Jingxing to go shopping with her tomorrow.

"Take the piano back and you can play it for me every day." Xiao Shuxia had a new topic among relatives and friends.

On the 3rd, Yang Jingxing went to buy a piano with his parents. The piano store recommended by Li Yingzhen was the best in Puhai, including Yamaha, Piaget, and Huashmei, and they also represented Steinway.

Of course, let Yang Jingxing choose by himself. Under the guidance of the store clerk, he tried ten pianos, including upright ones, large triangles and small triangles. This thing is really worth every penny, a Steinway triangle worth over one million dollars.

The sensitivity, resilience, and timbre of Qina's keyboard are all several notches higher than the Yamaha that Yang Jingxing plays every day.

Considering that the windows and stairs at home pose a big problem for lifting the piano, Yang Jingxing finally chose a Yamaha upright piano, which cost a little more than 50,000 yuan, but the sound and feel were pretty good.

Even Yang Chengyi could hear the difference in timbre between these big guys and little guys, so he warned his son: "Be careful, don't say bad things again after you go back."

Xiao Shuxia also felt that it was quite shameful, so she looked around and finally chose a low-end product, which was not her character. And the clerk just praised Yang Jingxing so many times, saying that his skills can only be reflected in a good piano, so it's called

Yang Jingxing had better choose a big one.

Yang Jingxing said that after thinking about it, when he becomes a pianist in the future, he will naturally have good piano playing.

After checking in the piano, Yang Jingxing accompanied his parents to the audio store and asked Xiao Shuxia to buy a lot of classical music and CDs of piano albums. By the way, he also picked up two Kunqu operas.

During dinner, Yang Chengyi made a joke to his son: "Come, let's have a toast as a family and wish your dreams come true."

Xiao Shuxia asked: "When you were practicing piano at school, did any of your classmates watch it?"

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On the 4th, Yang Chengyi and his wife returned to Jiuchun. There were still three days of vacation. Yang Jingxing spent half of his time practicing piano, and half of his time learning harmony and arrangement, and reworking his "Until the End of the World". He rewrote all the manuscripts.

I did it three times. Compared with the first time, the final result was more complicated in some places, simpler in some places, but overall it was much fuller.

His score is quite difficult for ordinary people to read. The left hand has many long spans and double tones, and the right hand takes care of both melody and chords. Each part must be made clear to be effective.

Yang Jingxing played it again and again and tried many expression methods, but the overall feeling still became a tender version of "Until the End of the World". The melody and chord dynamics are much different from the original rock and roll, and there is less sadness.

Emotion. In the end, Yang Jingxing simply made the mistake, changed the rhythm and time, and then fully used the pedal. It was an unexpected effect. It was a blessing in disguise.

The first listeners were Liu Miao and Xia Xue, who called on the night of the 6th. Yang Jingxing also told the two girls the good news that his family had bought a piano.

Liu Miao said: "Then you have to come back early. I won't be embarrassed to go to your house during the Chinese New Year."

Xia Xue expressed support: "I still want to go back to my hometown to pay New Year greetings."

At the class meeting on the evening of the 7th, the schedule for the sports meet was released. The Eleventh Sports Meet of the Senior High School Department of Shangpu School will last for five days, from the 8th to the 12th. The men's shot put for the senior three group is scheduled for the afternoon of the 9th, and Yang Jingxing will not

Training can also be lazy for many days.

On the morning of the 8th, the opening ceremony of the sports meeting was held at the school's main sports ground. The entrance ceremony required the class to dress neatly. Class 3 of the senior high school students wore stand-up collars for boys and skirts and small suits for girls. Jiang Qing led the team.

The senior high school team introduced on the radio is quite strong. Shao Lei was the last men's 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle breaststroke champion, as well as the women's 100-meter runner-up, women's chess runner-up, and women's badminton doubles champion...

Of course, there is also Yang Jingxing's men's shot put championship. His best result is almost equal to the school record.

It's a pity that Yang Jingxing is not in the spotlight anymore. He is not in the team at this time. He and Hu Yiqing went to the Conservatory of Music to practice piano early in the morning.

"I just came, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Zhang Chujia, who came back from the trip, said with a smile on her face, "I haven't seen you for a few days, let's see how weird you become."

Yang Jingxing handed over the gift. Zhang Chujia opened it immediately. When he saw the brand, he exclaimed: "Did you buy it?"

"How can I have money? It belongs to my parents."

Zhang Chujia carefully folded and wrapped the silk scarf, and said to Yang Jingxing, "Professor Li is angry with you."

Yang Jingxing asked for advice: "Then what should I do?"

Zhang Chujia said: "Just practice."

It was said that Li Yingzhen was angry, but she arrived at ten o'clock and brought with her a middle-aged man in his early forties, who looked gentle but was half-bald. Zhang Chujia knew this man: "Professor He, hello."
To be continued...