"Uh, okay," Fan Ning thought as he tapped the penholder, "But this lecture is not a concert."
"Concert?" Xu Ci was stunned for a moment. Considering Fan Ning's recent movements and then thinking about the possible demands that might arise, he showed an expression of sudden realization.
"More money, you really need to pay more." He made a decision immediately. "Just like the relationship between concert audiences and tickets, the school will pay double the tuition fees."
As he spoke, Dean Xu Ci gradually felt better and a smile appeared on his face.
As time passes, the haze of the accident begins to fade. The Santa Lenia Symphony Orchestra ranks first among the student orchestras. News from the cultural department is also revealed. The rankings were updated in early October. The orchestra can be rated as a mid-range second-tier professional orchestra. It has a reputation in the academic community and funding.
, exchange resources, etc. will come one after another, and the enthusiastic response to this elective course is even more unexpected.
"Dean, you misunderstood what I meant." Fan Ning laughed dumbly, "What I mean by 'different from a concert' is that if the venue were larger, people behind and on both sides would be unable to see clearly the writing on the blackboard."
"Also, even if I lecture at the top of my voice, the sound quality of the microphone is not satisfactory, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to listen. More importantly, I missed the content on the first day, and it will be difficult to understand it."
"They obviously think it would be good if they can listen to it." Xu Zi shrugged, "The alternative is the small auditorium No. 1 of the Yin Yuan. The seats and extra seats are arranged closer together. Everyone squeezes in and the class can be officially selected.
My classmates still stay in the front and center.”
"As long as they can do it, I have no objection."
After the brief discussion ended and Xu Ci left, Fan Ning walked around and thought in the office where Mr. Anton was alive.
The sense of spiritual transparency during today's lecture allowed him to confirm that the subsequent door key to his "candle" phase climbing path is indeed related to "innovation in art theory", such as the third level of "Gate of Whirling Fire".
This is not everything, but it is certainly an important part.
The abstract meaning of "candle" originally contains "enlightenment".
Regarding the mystery of "Unfallen Fire", "enlightenment" allows more people to bask in the glory of the Lord.
But there is no doubt that Fan Ning instilled reason and inspiration into the world, and cleared away the clouds and fog obstacles on their path of pursuit. This is also "enlightenment".
Of course, if you want to open the "Gate of Whirling Fire" and pass through it, I'm afraid you can't simply carry forward "Harmony" and subsequent courses.
"Artistic thought is in an era of intense change. The music theory I will teach to the world in the future must not only be able to explain classical and romantic vocabulary, but also must be able to explain Impressionism and even future modern avant-garde music. It must be more difficult and more sophisticated.
The whole, something more essential.”
On the second day, the course was moved from the 400-seat large lecture hall to the 600-seat small auditorium. The actual number of people was close to 800 after being squeezed in and adding more seats.
Fan Ning started with the explanation of II chords and VI chords, and introduced the segment expansion technique of hindering the termination.
Changes in harmonic writing began to appear: subordinate seventh chords, leading seventh chords, dominant ninth chords, heavy dominant chords, medieval modes and natural modes in Hoffmann's folk music. These are commonly used by everyone, but they are used in a very confusing way.
and "feeling" materials, based on Fan Ning's solid theoretical foundation the day before, all turned into a clear and coherent vocabulary of inspiration that can be used as needed.
On the third day, the venue was changed to a medium-sized auditorium with 800 seats.
And almost all the teachers from the Conservatory of Music, from professors to associate professors, from lecturers to teaching assistants, are here!
Just looking at the ratio, there are more than students.
You know, although the University of Saint-Lenia occasionally has big musicians come to exchange lectures, the scene is always full, but those are students, and teachers are not here all the time.
Nowadays, it is rare for teachers and students to sit together in the audience and listen to lectures.
On the last day, in front of an audience of more than a thousand people, Fan Ning finally began to explain the techniques of off-keying, modulation and chromatic system modeling.
He discussed in detail the distant relationship between tones, from parallel tones and modulations of the same main tone, to close modulations that differ by one key signature, from sub-close modulations that differ by two key signatures, to modulations that differ by three tones.
He demonstrated the complete technique and process for each of the distantly related modulations above the number, as well as modular modulations or accidental modulations, and cited examples of matching master works.
Finally, Fan Ning also presented three "killing weapons" commonly used in modulation techniques.
Flattened 6th triads in alternating major and minor keys (tsvi), Naples or Neapolitan chords (N/bSII), enharmonic modulations of dominant seventh and diminished seventh.
Many people have only belatedly discovered that many of the passages in master cases that are considered to be wonderful modulations can be imitated using these techniques.
He was able to summarize it to such a high level!
Moreover, every time he talks about a technique, he breaks it into pieces and restores the process of dismantling it. The application cases of the corresponding works are also readily available, which shows his breadth of coverage.
These priceless skills were poured out generously by Fan Ning in this auditorium, just to see how much the audience could gain!
Those who fail to follow the lessons will suffer immeasurable losses.
Finally, this first course taught by Fan Ning ended with a summary of the harmony function circle and the basic principles of the tonal layout of the work.
The applause showed no sign of abating until Fan Ning left the venue with his briefcase.
No one got up, everyone was sorting notes and digesting the results.
Fan Ning, who was once again involved in the busy preparations for the orchestra, only belatedly discovered after quite some time how fast and far-reaching the repercussions of this world's first harmony lesson were.
The lecture notes that the students took with them spread like a flash flood.
The content of Fan Ning's lecture notes is actually very simple.
Since there is no screen projection in this world, and the efficiency of writing music scores on the blackboard is too low, he compiled more than 200 fragments of master works in advance according to the distribution of knowledge points. After doing two levels of numbering, he asked the school to print and distribute them to students who chose courses.
In this way, when analyzing a certain case, just say "please look at how many articles and which subsections", and the stage and the audience will be able to communicate with each other.
There is nothing on it except the musical examples, not a single word, so it cannot be said to be a copyrighted work in the strict sense.
But everyone who listened to the class filled in every blank space of Fan Ning's lectures as much as possible, starting from Fan Ning's introduction to the four courses on "What are we talking about when we talk about composition" to the final modulation?
Techniques, harmonic function circles and tonal layout principles.
Those handouts that are relatively complete and organized are borrowed and copied by a large number of learners, and they are passed on to hundreds of people.
If we talk about Fan Ning's previous performances or creative activities, they influenced composers or performers who were more practical or market-oriented and active on the stage.
So this time, his innovative ideas on the traditional "Composition" and the publication of the first "Introduction to Harmony" caused a strong shock in the education world, academia, music world and even the wider art world!
In this world where mysteries exist and people rely too much on spirituality, "mostly driven by inspiration" and "extensive and lagging theory" are not just common problems in the field of music.
And now many people are starting to reflect.
This includes art theorists or educators, the authorities responsible for the “prosperity of art”, and artists who aspire to go further.
Perhaps it was a coincidence that on the day after the three-day harmony course ended, another thing that also attracted the attention of the music circles in various countries, especially the music fans, was announced:
Fan Ning's second album is officially released and on sale.
Yes, after his first Summer Music Festival album received a three-star rating with first batch sales of 4,450 copies and cumulative sales of 5,150 copies.
The interval is short and the efficiency is staggering.
What is even more eye-catching is that the conductor did not choose to continue recording orchestral works.
He actually gave a piano solo!
Conductor Fan Ning, this time chose to talk to the public for the first time as a pianist, and it was also a new work, and moreover, it was only one piece!
The title of the work is also very long, straightforward and retro.
It may be that solo records priced at 20 pounds are 10 pounds lower than last time, it may be that sheet music that has been released for a while has a warm-up effect, or it may be professional art market analysis. In short, the confidence of Hoffman Records seems to be this time
Even better than last time.
Without any "booking and checking" process, the first batch of production tasks of 5,000 sheets was directly issued to the factory!
As a company with an advanced management model, their inventory cost control has always been industry-leading. They have a mature production and sales rhythm, producing one batch and digesting one batch, with low errors.
It seems that they are quite confident that Fan Ning's album can reach the first-sale threshold of a four-star rating.
Sales are in full swing.
And what's subtle is that his "Introduction to Harmony" coincides with the release of piano records, and "Keyboard Etude for a Fixed Bass Theme" happens to be a large-scale polyphony in the medieval style.
work!
It seems to be foreshadowing the second course at the end of next month: "Introduction to Counterpoint"!!
The impact of the double incident quickly spread overseas. The first person to extend an olive branch to Fan Ning and invite him to teach abroad with a large sum of money was the Holy Janus Kingdom Music Academy in the Western Continent, the birthplace of serious music.
The wording also implies that if Fanning is willing, they will discuss in detail the awarding of honorary titles.
Other well-known public schools at home and abroad quickly followed up with invitations.
At the same time, various academic circles and publishing houses are also asking the University of San Legia if they have a detailed version of the "Harmony" textbook without the word "Introduction".
Although the handouts are good, they are not enough!
Inquiries like "Are there any more teaching schedules?" still appear invariably.
The school staff who answered the phone gradually repeated their answers in a mechanical manner: "Not yet/Not yet, it depends on Professor Fan Ning's next move."
Fan Ning hasn't paid much attention to these reactions yet, he has been busy with his own.
The next more important time node is Saturday, October 25th.
After the renovation and expansion project of Turner Art Hall was completed, after one month of decoration and three days of ventilation using the "occult" method, it is now ready to move in!
In fact, the main entrance of the Art Hall, which is connected to the wide steps, is still inaccessible. The construction inside including the ticket hall, symphony hall, chamber music hall, and several large art exhibition halls are still being completed.
But entering from the side door of the building, everyone's offices, conference rooms, VIP guest rooms and Fan Ning's own living room are already in place.
The rehearsal hall has also been put into use, and those who have used the school premises to work or rehearse for more than 20 days can finally come to their own place.
This is the afternoon of their first day of rehearsal here.
Fan Ning went down from the stairwell at the side door to the first floor, and her body gradually became cooler and drier.
The oval corridor space contains 1 rehearsal hall, 3 rehearsal halls, 3 large music classrooms, 4 dressing rooms, more than 30 small piano rooms and warehouses for large musical instruments or consumables.
The end of the other side is connected to the cast and crew preparation area behind the concert hall, and the "Under Construction" sign is still hanging.
The faint sound of music passed through the almost closed door of the rehearsal hall and was captured by Fan Ning's keen sense. It was the orchestra part of the slow movement of Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D major" that Kaplan was polishing.
Fan Ning went straight through here, but did not enter.
He came to the door of another music classroom, stretched out his hand and pushed it open gently.
Soft light shines on every wooden surface. There is a podium, black and white, conductor's podium and baby grand piano. There are mahogany tables and chairs arranged neatly horizontally and vertically, and there are more than 50 men and women sitting in restrained positions.
They are mainly teenagers and girls who have passed the stage of voice change. These children from farmers or labor families have unclear emotions on their faces, but their clothes are brand new or have been washed white. Fan Ning even sensed that many girls were painted with paint.
Cheap face creams and the like, I can see that I want to look as clean and decent as possible after I go out today.
At this moment, they stood up one after another, looking at themselves with uneasy and expectant eyes.
"Professor Fan Ning." The boy in front of the podium and the girl sitting in front of the piano also stood up.
"Classmate Clark, classmate Elizabeth, good afternoon."
These two are student conductors and piano accompanists (artistic directors) of the St. Lenia Collegiate Choir.
Due to their management affiliation with the symphony orchestra, they had some interactions with Fan Ning on weekdays. They were recruited by Fan Ning to train teachers in the name of part-time students at the music school.
With Fan Ning's memory of early exposure, the whole classroom is full of familiar faces that can recognize people's names.
At present, most of the recruitment tasks for the members of the affiliated choir have been completed, so today has been set as the reporting time, but the affiliated youth symphony orchestra. Because it involves instrumental music, the progress is much slower than Fan Ning expected. The current 80 people are planned.
Kankan has recruited 25 people, and he still needs to think of something later.
When they met for the first time, everyone was looking at the music director, waiting for his instructions.
What would he say?
Who knew that Fan Ning’s first sentence was not a meeting speech;
Not to declare discipline;
It is not about asking about the progress of their placement work, or directly arranging teaching tasks.
He motioned to Elizabeth, a girl in a green dress sitting in front of the piano, to close the piano cover first.
Then he put his hands on the podium and looked around everyone with a smile.
"Boys and girls, let's play a fun game first."
"game?"
"Fun game?"
The boys and girls in the audience looked at each other, and some of them were already taking steps to move out of their seats.
"There is no need to step out or stand, you can just sit down."
Everyone sat down quickly, while Clark and Elizabeth, two outstanding students from the Conservatory of Music, looked at Fan Ning curiously.
"Come, you learn to sing like me." Fan Ning waved to the people sitting in the three rows of seats on the left.
A temporary test? They suddenly became nervous.
"Do." Fanning sang a short alto note that everyone could reach.
Everyone was a little confused by such a simple "test", but they still spoke up.
"do."
"No, you prolong it as much as possible, using the voice that you think is the most lyrical and beautiful."
“do——————”
"Very good." Fan Ning clapped his hands, "Come again."
“do——————”
"Can you remember this pitch? It will take a while." Fan Ning asked.
The boys and girls on the left nodded their heads like garlic.
"Here, it's your turn." Fan Ning waved to the people in the three rows of seats in the middle again, "Learn to sing like me, mi."
"mi——————" They quickly imitated what they had done before.
"Great, finally it's you." Fan Ning pointed to the area on the right, "sol."
"sol——————" is another satisfying imitation.
"Okay!" Fan Ning clapped his hands three times in a row, "Boys and girls, remember your respective pitches, sing it several times in your mind, I'll give you 10 seconds."
"When I count to zero, please sing loudly again, remember not to be affected by interference from other areas. Ten, nine, eight..."
The classroom was temporarily quiet. Everyone held their breath nervously and seriously, and moved their lips slightly.
"Three!" "Two!" "One!" The ready shot in Fan Ning's hand fell, "Zero!"
“do/mi/sol——————”
The bright and warm C major chord was slowly sung by young girls.
The sound is ethereal and clear.
It's like a beam of pure light piercing the barrier and descending into the world.
Such a sound.
Such a sound
Fan Ning saw the shoulders of a sad-looking girl in the middle and suddenly trembled uncontrollably.