But this is just Xu Guangling's first feeling, and soon, his feeling will be corrected.
Music stores. Generally, people who are not involved in music will feel very lofty or have a sense of superiority when they hear this name. However, it is actually a place where music equipment is sold, and the music environment in China has not been so good in recent years.
Therefore, many music shops are also operating in dismal conditions.
Some of the businesses that were operating poorly were doing well, but I don’t know how many have closed down.
Then, when you are poor, things change. Those who first specialized in selling pianos started to rent out pianos. Those who started specializing in pianos started to operate mixed businesses. Those who started specializing in buying and selling started to run learning classes... and so on.
, too numerous to mention.
Even if Xu Guangling doesn't know it specifically, he can roughly imagine the situation of the downstream industry chain just from the decline of the upstream music production industry.
To put it simply, the sea is about to dry up, how full can you expect the water in the river to be?
Therefore, it is certain that it will be bleak, but to what extent it will be bleak, Xu Guangling doesn't know.
As soon as he walked into this music store, Xu Guangling was just like when he walked into the vegetable market and visited the potato stalls after his first dream. He just "sniffed" with his nose and smelled a dull smell, and then...
Take a broad look.
This music store occupies a very large area, covering about a hundred square meters, and is divided into two areas roughly one-third and two-thirds, where Chinese and Western musical instruments are placed respectively.
Xu Guangling took a casual look and saw that there were all kinds of Western musical instruments, such as pianos, guitars, violins, clarinets, etc., but the first thing he saw on the Chinese musical instruments side was not "big items" like guzheng and guqin. In this music store,
, they are really not big items, not only are they not big, they are not even noticeable at all. As for the flute, flute, erhu and the like, they are even more like maids.
The most conspicuous thing there, playing the leading role, is a chime.
That’s right, chimes!
It’s that big thing with many small clocks connected in series. Usually this kind of thing is only found in museums or exhibition halls, but a music store actually has such a thing?
To be honest, even with Xu Guangling's temperament, at this moment, some curiosity was uncontrollably aroused. What is the purpose of this chime here?
Isn't it a bit too generous to use it as a highlight to attract customers?
Anyway, it is definitely impossible to sell it, absolutely no one will buy this kind of thing. It is also impossible to rent it, who would play with this thing? Besides, this is a big item, not a small item. It can be bought casually, even in a music store.
Don't be afraid, the renters will be frightened.
The owner of this store has a lot of trouble.
Not to mention, this chime alone shocked Xu Guangling, and dispelled a lot of his basic impression of this music store after getting some information from the sign at the door of the store.
After all, he can be regarded as an expert. He can be shocked, and most of the other people who walk into this piano store are no exception.
However, it doesn't seem to be of any use.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon, almost three o'clock, which is the time when the flow of customers should be relatively high. However, when Xu Guangling looked at the entire piano store, he only saw seven people. Among them, at least four were from the piano store. In other words,
, customers, including Xu Guangling himself, there are only three or four.
Of the seven people, five of them were on the side of the Western musical instruments, and two of them were right next to the chimes. Xu Guangling strolled over.
"Brother, what do you need?" The one who spoke was the one of the two who was about forty years old. He was not very tall, about 1.7 meters tall, but he had a good appearance. At this time, he smiled and greeted him, and he spoke like a brother.
But it doesn't seem vulgar.
It does have a more elegant flavor about it.
boss?
Xu Guangling had a rough guess about the person's identity, and then he asked: "Boss?" After receiving a slight nod in response, he then asked: "What's your last name?"
"Excuse me, my surname is Song."
"Boss Song, hello, hello!" Xu Guangling stretched out his hand, shook hands with Boss Song proactively, and then said with a smile: "I came in and saw this chime clock, and I felt that the owner of this music shop was extraordinary.
That’s why I went out of my way to shake my hand and show my admiration, haha.”
After talking about the opening, Xu Guangling didn't intend to waste time. He didn't want to waste it, and he estimated that his boss might not be willing to waste it, so he said directly: "Boss Song, I want to rent a guzheng and a dongxiao from you for convenience.
What?"
Boss Song seemed to be a neat and tidy person. After hearing what Xu Guangling said, he turned around and took out a guzheng from the long cabinet not far away on the wall and placed it on a specially prepared empty table.
Then he said to Xu Guangling: "Brother, try your hand?" and then said: "Do you need fake armor?"
Fake nails are also artificial nails, which are "artificial nails" that are tied to the fingers when playing guzheng and guqin. Simply put, they are like wigs or hoods on the hair. They have been around since ancient times. It was probably at the beginning.
In order to protect my hands, I should have gradually discovered that fake nails can not only protect my hands, but also increase the sound of my fingers, whether it is the fingertips or the nails.
So gradually, this became standard equipment.
During this period, there should have been experts specializing in the research of artificial nails, that is, studying what materials to use to make fake nails so that they can sound better when they touch the strings, such as clearer, brighter, more transparent, etc.
But it’s a long story. Xu Guangling didn’t know much. The limited knowledge he had was what his mother taught him. He himself had not studied it.
Definitely want to try it out.
But fake nails are not necessary.
Xu Guangling nodded, shook his head, and then walked towards the guzheng. First, he moved his hands on the guzheng seemingly irregularly, and then made some basic tuning, which was actually just a little bit of fine-tuning.
Xu Guangling actually hasn’t touched the guzheng for many years.
But just now, when he pressed the strings with both hands, a very strange feeling came to his heart, that is, he was convinced that his current playing level was far from what he had been in the past.
Is it related to the fourth dream before? Or, is it also related to the heart aperture of the right hand? Because the touch of the right hand just now seemed to be all the details.
It was after pressing the strings with both hands that Xu Guangling realized that whether it was the fourth dream before or the opening of the heart orifice in his right hand, the increased agility and flexibility of his hands were actually useful. For example, when playing
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In the past, he would play for a while almost every day, either the piano, the guqin, or the guzheng.
But that memory was already very far away, and so far away that it was just a memory, as if it had already fallen into the dust. So, it was not until this moment that he remembered what the flexibility of his hands could be used for.
The past events resurface again.
Xu Guangling just stood there, stroking the strings of the zither with both hands, and then, starting from a series of overtones, a piece of music flowed faintly between his fingers, under the zither, and in the piano room.
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Thanks to "Ling Feiyin" for your recommendation vote.
Thanks to "Northern Bookworm 1" for supporting me with monthly tickets. (To be continued.)