After dinner, Sister Ran and the others were going back to the bar. Yang Jingxing didn't send them off, and they had to go back to school to continue arranging music and orchestration. Yu Xinting didn't bother them either.

On Tuesday morning, Yang Jingxing went to hand over the score of "Sun in the Rain" to He Hongchui. But He Hongchui actually had the score of "Wind and Rain Together" and said he downloaded it from the school forum.

He Hongchui analyzed "Wind and Rain Together" for Yang Jingxing in detail from beginning to end, then compared the melody and arrangement of "Sun in the Rain", and praised Yang Jingxing's pursuit of melody, but in terms of composition techniques, He Hongchui

I feel that Yang Jingxing is a bit too "diversified and integrated", which leads to the final commercialization of the work, which has no distinctive features and is just good-looking.

He Hongchui said that it is not that commercialization is bad, but commercialization is the biggest restriction on artistic works. This will cause the "goodness" of Yang Jingxing's works to be quite superficial, and its vitality may be very short-lived.

The facts are before our eyes. Several of Yang Jingxing's current works are widely circulated in the school. Everyone thinks they are very good, but no one is interested in studying his works in depth because there is no need. The structure of Yang Jingxing's works

Although it is a little more complicated, the technique is still the most basic. Although the melody is excellent, the goal seems to be just to listen well.

Taking cooking as a metaphor, Yang Jingxing's works are like a hodgepodge of fried rice with many good ingredients. It is delicious, but there is nothing special about it. But a good chef will not make a hodgepodge. Even if they use a single ingredient,

We will also use top-notch techniques to create the most delicious and memorable dishes.

He Hongchui meant that Yang Jingxing should be more focused, write some specialized works, and have a deeper understanding of the other charms and effects of music besides being pleasant to listen to.

He Hongchui also made a metaphor: "Similar to the students in the Academy of Fine Arts, those students who can draw portraits that look like photos are not necessarily good students, because that is not the ultimate goal of art, and music is not just for good listening...

… Several of our teachers have read your work, and frankly speaking, we didn’t find it ideological… Apart from this ensemble, it’s also somewhat interesting.”

Yang Jingxing said: "I don't dare to think about ideological nature yet."

He Hongchui criticized: "You don't dare to think about who can think about it? Don't think you are young. Every stage of life has its own feelings and thoughts to express... You have entered the school with so much determination and hard work, and your vision should not be the same."

It’s just this kind of commercial music. If you write something like this just to sell it for money, you might as well just ask your parents for it.”

Yang Jingxing said he would remember He Hongchui's words and work hard in the direction of art.

In the harmony class on Thursday afternoon, Professor Gong Xiaoling, who is about the same age as Li Yingzhen, suddenly showed concern for Yang Jingxing. Gong Xiaoling has done in-depth research on modern harmony. Unfortunately, domestic music education does not pay special attention to this area, so even Gong Xiaoling takes the class herself.

Every time I teach, I follow the school’s requirements to explain more about classical harmony.

Gong Xiaoling said that she had read Yang Jingxing's "Wind and Rain Together" and appreciated the piano part. Yang Jingxing also admitted that she had read Gong Xiaoling's two monographs that explained the harmony interval in detail.

Gong Xiaoling was surprised. She had not recommended her books to students, and those books were published in Russia first and have not been distributed in China. The sets in the library were personally donated by her, and she did not expect many people to do so.

Go and see.

So in the second class, Gong Xiaoling suddenly changed the course, projected Yang Jingxing's score and said: "In this class, let's analyze the work closest to us and look at the piano and trumpet ensemble work of classmate Yang Jingxing.

Piano chord overtones and texture.”

Several of the dozen or so people in the class already had the music score, and those who didn't had to copy it on the spot. Luo Jiaqian took the USB flash drive from Yang Jingxing's computer and passed it around one by one.

After everyone took a look, Gong Xiaoling encouraged: "Can someone first tell me about their discovery and understanding of the use of harmony in this kind of work?"

A male student first talked about the use of contrapuntal harmony in Yang Jingxing's works. This is so obvious that even a blind person can see it, and it is not considered an insight.

As expected, Xu Xuesi has a relatively good relationship with Yang Jingxing. He noticed the two melody embellishments in the work and said, "This is my favorite part."

Luo Jiaqian also analyzed Yang Jingxing's rich textural forms, saying: "I think his alternating use of pillar chords and broken chords may not look neat, but it is of great help to the melody progression."

Gong Xiaoling nodded: "They are all very well said. Now let me tell you my opinion..."

Jiang is very old, and Gong Xiaoling's analysis is much more in-depth than these freshmen. She not only talks about harmony, but also analyzes melody. She can even clearly see some of the little tricks Yang Jingxing plays when writing.

After talking for a long time, Yang Jingxing was too embarrassed to look at anyone. Gong Xiaoling finally asked: "When I was teaching sophomores, many students said at the beginning that this song was about beautiful love, and it was very touching... What do you think now?

Woolen cloth?"

Several people looked at Yang Jingxing, and he laughed: "I don't know either."

Gong Xiaoling also laughed, hehehehe, and then said after a while: "From the beginning, the intro is very beautiful, and it can quickly draw the audience's attention. Let's see what the two melodies... remind you of?"

No one knows.

Gong Xiaoling sighed: "If life were just like the first time we met..."

Several people looked at Yang Jingxing again, and he was smiling sheepishly.

Gong Xiaoling continued to analyze, then started playing in front of the piano, and asked again: "What is this section about? Why are there dissonant intervals? There are only two such collisions in the whole song."

A girl whispered: "Feeling a little helpless?"

Gong Xiaoling praised: "That's right. This is helpless and fleeting... and this kind of vocal transcendence is generally not recommended. Why does this paragraph appear repeatedly..."

It was originally said to be a beautiful little song about love, but in the end, Gong Xiaoling led the students to analyze it into a song full of sadness and helplessness. It does not necessarily describe love, but may also be about various other emotions. It is full of sadness and helplessness.

A work of art with inner meaning.

Gong Xiaoling did not ask Yang Jingxing his thoughts and opinions, leaving him to just giggle there from beginning to end.

After class, several people came to Yang Jingxing to ask for the scores of all his works. Some of them were eager to learn and asked: "Yang Jingxing, what was your motivation for writing this ensemble?"

Yang Jingxing smiled bitterly: "I really don't know, I just wrote it blindly."

At 6:30 pm on Friday night, the semester exhibition of composition works was held in the old concert hall. Yang Jingxing took Yu Xinting and An Xin and met Qi Qingnuo, whom they had not seen for several days.

Yang Jingxing asked: "Where did he go? No one was seen at 306."

Qi Qingnuo said: "We are all busy." He asked Yu Xinting and An Xin: "Are you going tomorrow night?"

Yu Xinting nodded: "Go, hehe, An Xin and I still want to buy flowers."

After entering, Qi Qingnuo sat with his classmates, while Yang Jingxing took Yu Xinting and the others to the back row.

There are a total of fifty or sixty people in the undergraduate composition department of the Conservatory of Music, but most of them are not as productive as Yang Jingxing, so as long as the works are slightly decent, they will have the opportunity to appear on the stage.

Starting from the lower grades, the first song is Yang Jingxing's "Sun in the Rain", which is played as the opening song by the school orchestra. It is configured according to the requirements of Yang Jingxing's score. An orchestra of more than 40 people is led by young teachers from the conducting department.

Conductor. They had only practiced for a day or two, and Yang Jingxing didn't even take a look.

Although it is an old concert hall, the acoustics are still good. The prelude of the brass ensemble immediately quieted down the noisy voices.

"Sun in the Rain" is not a grand work. It is said to be very commercial, so it is simple to perform. There is no need to be picky and the conductor and members do not need to have a deep understanding of the work. Although the orchestra did not practice much time

, but there are also flaws in the performance. The brass unison can be considered magnificent, and the string pizzicato is also relatively neat.

The power of these dozens of people and dozens of instruments cannot be compared to the hundreds of thousands of double-row keys. All the instruments in the orchestra are performance-grade, and the total value is several million. If Yang Jingxing used

The double row of keys and the Qi Qingnuo and Yu Xinting ensemble can achieve a magnificent effect, so the orchestra's expressiveness in this concert hall will be even higher.

Yu Xinting was excited. After watching enough on stage, she also looked at Yang Jingxing, wanting to know what it was like to hear her own work played by an orchestra for the first time. Yang Jingxing looked at it very seriously.

When the music ended, there was a burst of warm applause, and even the teachers and professors sitting in the front row raised their hands. Although He Hongchui criticized this piece for being commercial and without any thought, he also encouraged the students.

Yu Xinting asked Yang Jingxing: "Can they do it?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Very good."

Yu Xinting said: "I think it's very good too... If it was like this last time, you would definitely have won the award and you would still be in first place."

Yang Jingxing smiled: "I will take your words as a reward."

The band did not leave the show. There would definitely be more big works to come, and they would be the audience when not. Then, Luo Jiaqian went up to play and sing the song she participated in last time in the composition competition. Her guitar skills were really good, and she received a lot of applause.

Poor Xu Xuesi, he has no chance to take the stage.

There are three pieces in total in the freshman year, followed by the sophomore piece. There is a jazz-style piano and violin trio that is pretty good, and it should belong to the kind of dedicated writing style that He Hongchui mentioned.

There wasn't much excitement in my sophomore year, but once I entered my junior year, the atmosphere immediately became lively. Qi Qingnuo led a group of people in front and made a lot of noise, and she even whistled.

After a piano sketch, the announcer said: "Next is the song work of Peng Yiwei, a junior composition major, the campus folk song "The Passionate Iceberg Beauty", performed and sung by Peng Yiwei."

I know Peng Yiwei and Yang Jingxing. I went to participate in the composition competition last time. He is not good-looking but interesting. He is cheerful and talkative. He has a good relationship with Qi Qingnuo.

Peng Yiwei came on stage, carrying a folk guitar, and his friends cheered him up in the audience. After sitting down, Peng Yiwei said: "Who is this song dedicated to? You will know after I sing it."

Someone was laughing below.

Sure enough, the concert hall became lively after Peng Yiwei sang a few lines. This song is a typical campus ballad, with a good melody, a simple theme, and obvious content: "... She rejected you, and she rejected me, but she still Passionate as fire, her name is Qi Qingnuo..." It's so catchy.

Peng Yiwei couldn't help but laugh while singing. The junior composition majors in the audience, and a group of boys who were not even in the composition major, all seemed to have pulled off a particularly remarkable prank and were already laughing.

Qi Qingnuo was sitting in the middle of the group of people, her body sliding slightly towards the chair, as if she wanted to hide. She put her arms on the armrests of the chair, raised her right wrist, and put her index finger on the middle of the person with a half-clenched fist, covering her mouth. , but it can still be seen that she is smiling softly, and her particularly bright eyes are even more watery.

Peng Yiwei was enthusiastically encouraged by the audience and became even more enthusiastic: "Let's all come together..."

The group below was really obedient and sang the chorus in unison: "She rejected you and she rejected me, but she is still as passionate as ever. Her name is Qi Qingnuo."

This is more exciting than Yang Jingxing's opening song, and even the teachers laughed.

Yu Xinting smiled and looked at Yang Jingxing who was also laughing: "It's fun."

Yang Jingxing sang in a not too loud voice: "...But she is still as passionate as fire..."

This is the highlight of the night. The song ends with thunderous applause. What has a dramatic effect is that next is Qi Qingnuo’s work, which is also a song.

While the announcer was still talking, Qi Qingnuo had already stood up from his seat, and the crowd started a burst of applause. Qi Qingnuo walked quickly onto the stage, sat in front of the piano, and said calmly: "This song , dedicated to my friends.”

Yang Jingxing also made noises, and Yu Xinting and An Xin clapped their hands hard.

When Qi Qingnuo's piano played, the crowd fell silent again. Peng Yiwei's song just now was a bit joking and passionate, but Qi Qingnuo's song was very quiet and had more of a country music feel.

The piano accompaniment is relatively simple, Qi Qingnuo plays it relaxed and leisurely, and playing guitar with her is two different postures. The simple lyrics are sung very softly: "...Dear friends, I hope you are happy; dear friends, I wish you happiness; dear Friends, we open our hearts; dear friends, we will never return until we are drunk..."

Qi Qingnuo's current appearance is not passionate at all, he is simply a docile little lamb. This song is very nice, especially relaxed and smooth, with a simple and gentle melody. Especially in this kind of atmosphere gap, the gentle and beautiful feeling is More intense.

After the song ended, Qi Qingnuo quickly left the stage. While applauding, Yu Xinting asked Yang Jingxing: "Have you heard of it?"

Yang Jingxing shook his head: "No."

Yu Xinting said: "It also sounds good, and the singing is a bit touching."

Yang Jingxing smiled: "Of course, we are also her friends."

It was close to ten o'clock, and the exhibition was over. We still had to judge the rankings, but it didn't take long for the results to come out. A simple award ceremony was to be held. The third place was an orchestra work of the senior year, and the second place was also an orchestra work of the senior year. A trio, the first place is Yang Jingxing.

When the announcer read Yang Jingxing's name, Yu Xinting and An Xin were as happy as if they had seen a feast. They held hands and congratulated each other.

Yang Jingxing came up to the stage and took a certificate from He Hongchui. There was no bonus. When he came down, he passed by Qi Qingnuo's row and said to Peng Yiwei: "This should actually be given to you."

Peng Yiwei laughed: "We focus on participation."

Qi Qingnuo also raised his eyes: "Where are you going to celebrate?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Let's do it tomorrow night."
Chapter completed!