Most of the people who were still cheering suddenly had their voices raised and lowered, and a very subtle psychological reaction emerged.
At first, it was gratitude to Professor Fan Ning for striving for benefits, and the anticipation of the business trip to the Imperial Capital in August. As the conversation changed, the anticipation was mixed with anxiety... and after estimating the proportion, I felt that it should not be my turn.
Bad luck…
All in all, it's extremely complex.
Fan Ning's voice continued: "Everyone still applied to join the symphony orchestra despite their busy studies and obtained the status of official members. I believe it is basically with the love of music and the desire to improve their performance skills. Of course, many people
They may also have motivations such as gaining extra points in assessments, striving for opportunities to stay in school, expressing themselves better, or meeting social needs..."
"This is all very good, but everyone must understand that commercial performance means that your performance is a commodity. Once fans are willing to pay to listen to it, its nature is not just as simple as love and interest. You need to be worthy of it.
With every ticket and time spent by each listener, you need to shoulder a heavier artistic and historical responsibility for the notes performed on the stage."
Although his eyes were directed towards the entire fan-shaped area, those musicians who were hot for three minutes, had too much performance mentality or social needs, and were dawdling in rehearsals always felt that Fan Ning was focusing on himself.
"In addition to sharing the box office revenue from this concert, I will also ask the record company to conduct a live recording and distribute it throughout the empire... So you have two choices now -"
"Experience a trip to the imperial capital, get a generous reward, have your name engraved on the cover of the record, and have your music played day and night on the gramophones and broadcast radio stations of tens of millions of people in Theoline... Or, you can treat your attendance as you like.
, the rehearsals were passed by, and then the precious summer vacation achieved nothing."
"You can choose for yourself."
After these words, Fan Ning clearly saw the subtle expressions of each musician, either excited and calm, or ashamed, or eager to try, or anxious, so he understood that this set of operations
It did have an effect.
"A consensus has been reached on the new system, and the stakes have been informed to everyone. Now let's get down to business. In the past few days, assessments and rehearsals have been going on in parallel every day. Today's rehearsal opens with the symphonic poem "Lay" by the romantic master Swearinck.
Peach's Summer Nights"."
Fan Ning smiled slightly when he said this, "Before that, let's take a warm-up assessment first: sight-singing and ear training, which will account for 20 points."
As he spoke, he took the thick stack held by Kaplan in both hands and returned it after a brief inspection.
The content above is very simple: it is just one page, with more than ten lines of empty staff, only labeled with title numbers and scores. Some are one section, some are single lines, and some are a set of two lines.
It's just equivalent to an "answer card".
"There are two sets of test questions. The chief voice is suitable for the first type papers, and the rest are suitable for the second type papers. The former is more difficult than the latter. This time the questions are all listening exercises, which are common forms you have encountered in your freshman year. Now
Find someone to come up and test it first, and you will be able to recall it after observing."
"Who wants to come up first and give it a try?" Fan Ning swept his eyes and saw the whole place was silent. The people who were swept away looked away with guilty conscience.
Who dares to be dragged into a "public execution" by this beloved and hated Professor Fan Ning?
As if he sensed the timidity of the musicians, Kaplan tried to encourage him from the side: "Students, don't be afraid, don't worry, if you don't come up now, you will have to hand out the test questions later. Anyway, I don't have time to prepare, so it won't happen." Still not, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter…”
As he spoke, he observed the expressions of the musicians, and felt that the previously silent audience had now lost even the sounds of breathing and the friction of clothing.
Even Professor Fan Ning on the podium looked at him thoughtfully...
The assistant conductor choked on his saliva, sorted out his little hair, and added thoughtfully: "...The main thing is to come up now for the test. If you are not familiar with the process, you may have more opportunities to listen to the sound, right, so, With many people watching, the presentation must be completed successfully..."
...Speak more next time you can speak. Fan Ning looked at the orchestra helplessly: "Those who are willing to come up for the test first will get 3 points added to the encouraging part of the "Daily Rehearsal". If other musicians will choose the first category of the principal difficulty test later, , plus 2 points.”
Julius's eyes flickered, and she was about to stand up after hesitating several times——
"Let me give it a try." Roy's voice came from the principal cello position.
After hearing this, Kaplan quickly adjusted the table and chairs next to the piano, took out a first-class volume and placed it on it.
In the eyes of boys and girls with a mixture of admiration and admiration, the girl walked to the podium in a few steps, raised her head and asked: "Professor Fan Ning, what do I need to do?"
At this time, she was facing Fan Ning, with her back to the musicians, a playful smile in her blue eyes, and a vague sense of expectation to be praised.
"Please take a seat, classmate Roy." Fan Ning opened his palms and pointed to the seat next to the piano.
"There are question numbers on the test questions, and I will also read them as reminders. Play all the notes twice, and you can just write down the notes you hear... For demonstration purposes, you can read out the answers to the previous questions and tell everyone what you heard. However, the last two questions are a bit complicated. To avoid distracting your energy, I don’t recommend you do this.”
"Okay." Roy sat down in front of the desk and picked up the pen on it. He looked up directly from this position and couldn't see the keyboard of the piano.
After Fan Ning gave him an encouraging look, he walked to the piano and sat down.
"The first big question, interval dictation, I will play standard tones and random double tones, a total of 6 groups, each group is 5 points."
After Fan Ning finished speaking, after hitting the standard note A, his right hand popped up a double note, held it for more than three seconds and then released it.
Before he could repeat it a second time, Roy blurted out: "Major sixth, D and B." Then he wrote the notes on the staff.
Fan Ning continued to play, and Roy continued to answer. The first three groups were single intervals within an octave, and the last three groups were polyphonic intervals over an octave.
"Minor third, C sharp and E...minor seventh, F and E flat...increased eleventh, C sharp and G..."
In the sweet reply of the girl, everyone in the audience breathed a sigh of relief, and they regained the feeling they were familiar with during their freshman year.
...It doesn’t seem to be difficult, so why don’t you do it yourself?
"The second major question is chord dictation. There are 10 groups in total, each group is worth 5 points."
Fanning continued to hit the standard note and popped up a triad, which includes three notes that sound at the same time.
"D major triad, first inversion, F sharp, A and D."
"B minor triad, root position, B, D, F sharp."
Roy still blurted out, writing as he spoke, and then Fanning began to play a seventh chord, including four notes sounding at the same time.
"...G minor seventh chord, in position, G, B flat, D and F."
"...A flat is a seventh chord, third inversion, G flat, A flat, C, E flat."
The girl paused for a moment and then spoke, without stopping her hand. She still didn't wait for Fan Ning to play again.
Most people's thinking is beginning to fail to keep up.
"If it were me, I would need to carefully distinguish it for at least a few seconds, write out the root note, determine the type of chord, and then wait for the second time to play to identify the inversion, but the accuracy should be more than 90%."
Julius crossed her arms, not on the stand, staring at the empty music stand, focusing on capturing the sound.
"Miss Roy actually performs a three-second set. She is really the school's musical genius!"
"As expected of her, my vision is so good..."
There are also some people who are quite talented in playing, but their comprehensive foundation is weak, so they gradually gave up listening to the questions and began to concentrate on appreciating Roy's performance.
Fan Ning's eyes showed approval, and the playing movements in his hands continued. There were more and more chords, the composition became more and more complex, and Roy spent more and more time thinking.
In group 10, Fan Ning lightly stepped on the pedal and played a major chord with intense and complex sound effects.
This time the girl held the pen and stayed there for a long time. Her cheeks were slightly raised and her ears couldn't help but lean towards the piano.
She closed her eyes tightly, trying hard to distinguish, and she still didn't ask Fan Ning to play again.
"I've been thinking too much. It's such a difficult question, and I almost decided to choose a type of paper... I'm afraid I'll lose 10 points if I get those 2 points of encouragement." Many students have begun to feel scared.
The audience held their breath. Fan Ning saw that she was still trying to pass the level in one go, her right foot stayed on the pedal, and she waited quietly.
"...F half-diminished ninth chord, F, A flat, B, E flat and G flat." After half a minute, Roy reported the answer.
Everyone was really shocked. After 10 sets of chords, and finally reaching this level of difficulty, Roy could still hear them all over again!
...Is this answer correct? Many people glanced at Fan Ning, but did not see his expression.
Fan Ning continued to take the exam. The next three or four questions were dictation for four-part harmony and dictation for single-part melody. Roy completed all of them in one performance.
Until the last big question, two-part melody dictation, she needed to listen to a polyphonic performance performed by her left and right hands at the same time, and then write the two melodies together. At this time, she seemed a little afraid to confirm, so she asked Fan Ning to play it.
the second time.
However, she did not make any changes, which shows that she confirmed the results of the first time.
"Classmate Roy, how do you feel? Do you want to share it with everyone?" Fan Ning asked with a smile after taking the test paper from her.
The girl turned to face the musicians and said calmly: "I think the last few groups of chord dictation are more difficult, and then the last two-part melody dictation is a little difficult because its rhythm is a bit complicated and there are some changes in sounds.
, it may be difficult for less skilled students to take care of it, but generally speaking, more than 80% of the questions are what a vocal leader should do correctly."
Fan Ning nodded: "Your score is 5 points."
Several boys took the lead in applauding, and within a few seconds, warm applause erupted in the rehearsal hall.
"This is what a principal should look like." Fan Ning looked around at the musicians and said.
Seeing the girl staring at him with confusion on her face, he explained: "The ninth set of chords is an A major dominant ninth chord with the fifth degree omitted, but when you answer the question, write the B note
It shows that you have taken the extra sound effects for granted..."
Speaking of this, he blinked and smiled: "The omission of the fifth degree of the dominant ninth chord does not have a big impact on the listening experience, but at your level, if you don't show off your skills and listen to it honestly a second time, you should be able to
You can hear it.”
"You've learned a lesson." The girl in a long yellow dress leaned forward slightly, "Professor Fan Ning, can I ask what level of difficulty you can handle if you take this type of dictation question?"
Fan Ning read a sly smile on her face, which was facing away from the musicians.
…I have reason to suspect that you are deliberately being a supporter. Fan Ning smiled and waved, motioning the girl to return to her seat, and then said:
"Don't try to challenge a conductor's ear, especially in rehearsal."
Next, Kaplan asked before the exam if any ordinary musicians were willing to try the first-class paper. Although Qiong's face looked a little strange before, she finally raised her hand from the back row, attracting the attention of a group of classmates.
After the test papers were distributed, the principal and other musicians took the test one after another. Then Belinda, the newly hired full-time music clerk, entered the scene and laid out the parts of Svelink's symphonic poem "Summer Nights in Lebich" for each musician.
.
"This short symphonic poem should be part of the repertoire that everyone has been practicing for a long time. I have heard everyone's performance for several years in a row. However, before rehearsing today, I would like to give a general explanation...
Asking, does anyone know what the 'Lebiqi' in the title of the song means?"
"Miss Principal Violin, tell me?" Fan Ning first clicked on the orchestra's second-in-command.
"Is...a place name of the Holy Kingdom of Janus?" Julius' tone was not very sure.
"No, this seems to be the name of a poet." Noel, the new timpanist, raised his drumstick from behind.
"That's right. Do you know what the specific connection between this symphonic poem and the poet 'Lebich' is?"
The timpanist shook his head blankly.
So Fan Ning began his explanation: "One of the characteristics of the Romantic period is that composers were keen on creating title music, and deeply explored the inner connection between music and sister arts such as poetry, literature, painting, and philosophy. Everyone is studying symphony
When writing genres such as poetry, we must focus on understanding the humanistic background of the creation of the work..."
"Lebic was a poet from the Kingdom of Holy Janus. He was born in the 1930s. His life was short, and he died after only living in his thirties. Svelink's symphonic poem was inspired by
Lebic's love poem "Midsummer Night", this poem is written in a sentimental narrative technique full of romanticism, and roughly tells a scene like this - "
"The protagonist and his lover went on a date at the Flower Square on a summer night. They had some conflicts and unhappiness before. Both parties subconsciously regarded this date as an opportunity to repair their relationship. While walking and talking, the atmosphere was warm and sweet, and suddenly
There was a storm, so they got separated in the crowd. After the rain stopped, they saw each other again, but as if their memories had been washed away, they regarded each other as a strange passer-by, passing by each other and disappearing in the street scene.
The end…”
Everyone was fascinated by Fan Ning's explanation. They all felt that such a narrative had a strange imaginative color and seemed to have a strong symbolic meaning.
"So the three-section structure of this symphonic poem corresponds to the three narrative scenes in the love poem. In the E major theme section in 6/8 time, we have to capture the quiet beauty of the summer night and the sweet mood of the lover's date.
, the 4/4 beat E minor insert in the middle section is to vividly and delicately show the scene of the coming storm..."
"The most subtle thing is the third section where the theme reappears. The music here is roughly the same as the first section. They both depict the quiet scenery of a summer night, but the mood is completely different. We need to make some changes to reflect the melancholy of parting.
And a complex state of mind that coexists with a sense of relief and loss..."
The principal clarinet played a sustained A note, and after the band's pitch calibration was completed, a cantabile Andante was played slowly from Fan Ning's baton.
Under Fan Ning's explanation, the musicians grasped the atmosphere of the theme very well. In the medium-tempo rhythm similar to three beats, the woodwind column chords maintained a dreamy and romantic tone, and the strings played a moving and breathy tone.
The long melody is like a sweet summer night street scene.
After the approximately 4-minute theme presentation section ended, Fan Ning signaled the band to stop.
"Starting from measure 76, try it again, the string section sounds a bit messy."
The music regressed and flowed again. After eight bars, it was stopped again by Fan Ning. He frowned and looked at Julius.
"What's going on with this section? Principal violinist, you didn't customize the bowing techniques for your group members?"