Most people forget what happened before they were five years old, and even if they do, it is only a fragmentary fragment. But for some people with extraordinary memory, some things they can remember very, very clearly.
For example, Min Chen, whenever Julie ridiculed him "Auston always hugged my thigh and asked for candy when he was a child", he couldn't refute it. Because he also remembered that scene, remembered the big bag of candy, and remembered how he wanted candy like a fool.
Min Chen started learning the piano at the age of 4.
Learning an instrument is never easy, and getting started is the first hurdle. When faced with instruments such as piano and violin, many people often end their studies in the first month. Because learning an instrument requires talent, time, and most importantly, patience.
Min Chen is lucky, his talent on the piano is rare, and even the pianist Julie, who first enlightened him, was horrified beyond description. This is what Julie said to the Duke of Bertram at the time: "Auston should continue to develop in classical music, this kind of talent... this kind of talent is really a once-in-a-century!"
Yes, I have mastered all the basic skills in a month, and I started to practice the tenth-level repertoire in half a year. After a year, Min Chen, who is only 6 years old, can try to compose some simple music, and use that pair of music. The immature hands perform many exquisite and difficult piano pieces.
At first, they wanted their son to learn the piano, just out of a kind of noble etiquette, but after seeing that his son was so talented, the Bertram couple also decided to cultivate their son's achievements in classical music.
This matter was naturally obtained with Min Chen's consent. After contacting the piano, Min Chen has gradually matured from a "little Zhengtai who wants candy every day". When asked by his parents if he wanted to continue his career in classical music At that time, he nodded like a little adult and said, "Well, I want to keep going, I want to compose music."
Since you want to compose music, it is naturally impossible to only learn the piano as an instrument.
The second thing Min Chen tried was the violin.
Julie didn't know much about the violin, so she introduced Min Chen to her friend, a violinist living in Stuttgart, hoping that the other party could cultivate Min Chen's violin skills.
So, Min Chen, who was only 7 years old at the time, came to Stuttgart directly from Frankfurt and started a violin enlightenment career accompanied by a housekeeper.
Enlightenment requires a good teacher, and later you can officially enter the academy and learn with higher-level masters.
Min Chen has long been admitted to the piano department of the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, but after all, the teachers of the academy are too high-level, and they have never accepted novices in music for many years, so things like violin enlightenment cannot be entrusted to them.
All in all, six months before he officially entered the academy, Min Chen began to study in Stuttgart.
Later, a musician once described Austen von Bertram's musical attainment in this way: "He is the undisputed king of piano in the 21st century, he is the most outstanding conductor and composer, he is proficient in a variety of instruments, Including violin, trumpet, horn, recorder…”
That's right, the violin can only be placed in "proficient", and it is impossible to talk about it alone, because... Min Chen's talent on the violin is really average. This generally refers to comparing with his piano talent. In fact, if Min Chen conquered the violin alone, within 40 years, he might become an excellent violin master.
However, such a talent is placed in the entire classical music industry, as long as it is a violinist with a name and a surname.
There are three types of stringed instruments: wiping, plucking, and percussion.
Among these, it is clear that the violin is a rubbing instrument, and the piano is a percussion instrument. It stands to reason that although they are different classifications of stringed instruments, if they all belong to the same stringed instruments, there will not be much difference. But for Min Chen, when he faced the violin, he really seemed to have encountered a mountain.
For a piano, 52 white keys, 36 black keys and 3 pedals, that's all it takes to play a piano. In Min Chen's heart, he understands the piano very well and how to play it, but when he met the violin at the age of 7, he was completely stunned.
In this stringed instrument, you choose the tone entirely by pressing the strings.
She doesn't have a specific key for you to press, nor does it have a specific sustain, soft, or muffled way for you to choose. Compared with the piano, the violin is really a willful and proud princess. Do you want to play me? Can! Then come and conquer me!
From the beginning of "Wolfart" to the later "Kaisai", Min Chen's progress was not slow at all, and even made Julie's old friend - the Stuttgart violinist greatly amazed. However, Min Chen himself was quite dissatisfied, because it was too slow compared to his speed on the piano.
In his bones, Min Chen is really a proud, even a little conceited person.
Born into an aristocratic family, with an excellent appearance, he was admitted to the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in just half a year, and was even praised by many people as a rare piano genius in a century.
Min Chen is ambitious. Even though he is only 7 years old, he has already begun to foresee his future standing on the top of music. He believes that he has the strength to get everything he wants. No matter how well he is concealed by the noble etiquette and the gentleman and humble appearance, hidden in his bones is still growing pride.
To be proud to a certain extent is arrogance.
But when this pride was about to turn into arrogance, Min Chen was completely defeated by the violin.
He thought that he could master this instrument as quickly as learning the piano, but what he never expected was that in the first three months when he first started to touch the violin, he was almost led by such an instrument. It is far from the progress when I was learning the piano.
For a proud person, failure is nothing short of humiliating. Although the Stuttgart violinist repeatedly praised "Auston, you are amazing", but Min Chen couldn't accept his praise at all, because he knew... There are too many people who are better than him on the violin. too much.
After half a year of study and getting along, Min Chen has solidified all the basics of the violin. At the same time, he no longer has the arrogance and conceit that he had when he first came to Stuttgart. Even when the violinist finished the last lesson, he seemed very don't care.
The child's performance made the violinist frown.
It is true that he heard Julie say that this child's talent on the piano is really unparalleled, and as long as there are no accidents, the future is really limitless. And although the child's talent in violin can only be regarded as average, but there is still hope to enter the world's top orchestras in the future. If you give up other things and study the violin exclusively, maybe you can become a world-class violin master.
But now, the child is clearly hit hard. The experienced violinist also understands that if it hadn't been smooth sailing on the piano before, I'm afraid this child would not have become like this, but it is precisely because the contrast is too obvious and the gap is too large that he will appear so restless and low.
So... no matter how precocious you are, are you just a 7-year-old child
After thinking about this, the violinist smiled helplessly. Now that his schoolwork has been completed, it stands to reason that he has completed the task given to him by the Bertram family. But now, half a year of getting along with him has also made him feel a sense of concern for the student. Now that the student has encountered a mountain, and even the mountain has cast a gray veil on his heart, as a teacher, Naturally, this last trouble must be removed for the students.
After thinking for a while, the Stuttgart violinist suddenly remembered a student who was often mentioned by an old friend. Without any hesitation, he said to Min Chen, "Auston, you are leaving Stuttgart tomorrow, so... how about the teacher take you to the piano shop?"
Min Chen raised his head in surprise.
"You have been taught one-on-one by a teacher alone since you were a child. I'm afraid you haven't been to a piano shop, have you? There are many teachers in the piano shop who will guide many children. An old friend of mine opened a piano shop this afternoon. The classes are all over, let me show you."
Then, when Min Chen didn't respond, the violinist took Min Chen to the piano shop.
Min Chen still remembers the name of the piano shop, it is called "Aisbe Music Shop".
This is an ordinary-looking piano shop, with a white grand piano in a beautiful and clean window. Of course it can't be a Steinway, just an ordinary piano. After entering the piano shop, there are many other musical instruments that come into view.
A whole wall of trumpets, saxophones, classical guitars, clarinet…
There are also many, many violins that were specially collected in the piano case.
Min Chen's ear is very strong, and his sense of sound is quite good. Even before he entered the piano shop, he heard many people playing the piano, violin, saxophone and so on while standing at the gate.
He really didn't understand that with so many voices mixed together, could he still practice quietly
As if to understand his confusion, the violinist smiled and said: "Auston, not everyone has the same favorable conditions and environment as you. In fact, the sound insulation effect of this piano shop is very good, but you can't Look at them according to your requirements, your ear power and the sense of sound. In this way, let's go straight in, it's time for a noon break, today is the weekend, I think you should be able to see a lot of children about your age. "
After entering the piano shop, Min Chen met the owner of the piano shop under the leadership of the teacher. After learning the intention of the old friend's trip, the latter nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Are you talking about Lu? Well, this child can indeed be compared with your student's situation. So let's do it. , it's time for a break soon, and I'll have someone take Auston to Lu's piano room."
At that time, Min Chen didn't notice the conversation between the two adults at all. He had never been to such a place, and he had never heard so many piano sounds mixed together. Among these piano sounds, some are really magic sounds, some are really plucking cotton, but there are also…
Very nice!
After looking back and finding that his teacher was talking and didn't notice him, Min Chen left the office and let his ears start to look for the sound of the violin.
Well, it's "Kasai op.12". When he practiced two months ago, it didn't seem to be so smooth.
After turning a corner and passing by two piano rooms, finally, Min Chen stopped in front of a piano room.
He looked in through the window, and was stunned when he saw the boy who was playing the violin with his head down and earnestly.
—A Chinese? !