This Thursday night, finally before the weekend, Liu Man, Li Xiaoru and Wen Fangfei performed "Blessed Lovers" for the first time.
The piano could not be moved, so Wen Fangfei carried her guzheng from the piano room of the guzheng department to the piano room of the piano department. You must know that a guzheng weighs fifty or sixty catties and is as long as the average height of a woman. It is a big object .
The distance between the two colleges is more than 1 kilometer, which is equivalent to Wen Fangfei walking 3 or 4 laps around the 400-meter track with a weight of about 25 kilograms. When she arrived at the piano room of the piano department, her back was wet with sweat.
Liu Man and Li Xiaoru are really grateful to Wen Fangfei, and feel sorry for her, "After the practice is over, we will take turns to help you carry it back."
Wen Fangfei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if I'm alone. I've been used to memorizing the guzheng since I was a child. It doesn't feel heavy. It can also be used as a fitness tool, saving money to go to the gym."
She took out a stack of music scores from her handbag at any time and handed them to Liu Man and Li Xiaoru, "This is the Guzheng score that I corrected, do you want to take a look?"
Li Xiaoru said, "No need, we don't understand guzheng music, we all trust you, as long as you think it's okay."
Liu Man also nodded. Although she could understand, she didn't want to point fingers at Wen Fangfei's labor results.
"Okay then, let's combine it first, and then modify it according to the problems encountered during the performance," Wen Fangfei said.
The three sat down in front of their respective instruments.
They have already divided the work. According to the division of voices, Wen Fangfei's guzheng starts, and then Li Xiaoru plays the main melody on the piano. After four bars, Liu Man's piano joins in and plays the sub-part. At the climax, Wen Fangfei played the guzheng again, and Liu Man’s piano entered the bass consonant part at the same time, so as not to overwhelm the sound of Wen Fangfei’s guzheng, and the three performed the most classic and beautiful melody together.
At the end, the piano stopped, and the whole song ended with the sound of Wen Fangfei's guzheng.
Probably because the three of them have similar personalities, they are very serious about this performance. Their first rehearsal was relatively smooth, and there were basically no problems of principle.
Of course, Li Xiaoru and Wen Fangfei are excellent students in the top ranks of their respective majors. Even if they want to make low-level mistakes in their hearts, their fingers will not agree. , every string, they are skilled in the heart.
And Liu Man was not as nervous as when he played with Tang Tu before. She and Li Xiaoru had practiced several times before, and she corrected the deficiencies that Li Xiaoru pointed out for her. She can pass the piano part. .
But the so-called trio cannot rely on one individual's show off to win. No matter how good an individual is, it does not mean that the entire small group is excellent. Professionals pay more attention to the coordination of the ensemble. All kinds of melodies can be perfectly blended together, and no flaws can be heard. This is not a question of skill, but a question of tacit understanding.
"There are only two weeks left before the performance. We have classes from Monday to Friday, and Fang Fei is also very busy. It is impossible to come here every day with a guzheng on my back," Li Xiaoru said to Liu Man. She was worried that she would not have enough time.
Wen Fangfei said empathetically, "I can come on Thursday and Friday, why don't we agree to rehearse every Thursday night, Friday night and Sunday morning, practice 15 hours a week, 30 hours in two weeks Hours should be enough."
"Practicing the piano for five hours a day, can your fingers bear it?" Li Xiaoru's gaze stayed on Wen Fangfei's armor. It must be uncomfortable to stick to her hands. She saw Wen Fangfei adjust it several times.
"I often practice the piano from day to night. It's a common practice," Wen Fangfei didn't take it seriously. "Besides, wearing armor doesn't hurt or make you tired. If you were an ancient person, it would be painful to pluck the strings with your real nails."
"It hurts to think about it," Li Xiaoru glanced at her fingers, thankfully, when she was a child, her parents let her learn the piano instead of the guzheng.
But in fact, playing the piano for five hours in a row is also very hard, the fingers will hurt, and it requires a lot of physical strength.
Otherwise, how can one minute on stage be ten years off stage? No musical instrument is easy.
Liu Man recalled that in his previous life, there was no such thing as armor in the Han Dynasty. Mrs. Xu once kept very long nails for playing the piano. Due to long-term cold palace and malnutrition, Mrs. Xu's nails were very brittle and not thick enough. She often played and played, and her nails broke, so she only used her fingers to play the piano, and the pulps of all ten fingers were full of thick calluses.
Like Mrs. Xu, Liu Man's nails are thin, and she doesn't have long nails. She always presses the strings directly with her fingers. She still remembers the pain when she was a beginner.
At that time, after practicing every day, Mrs. Zhao would leave her a basin of cold water to soak her fingers.
"Man Man, Man Man, did you hear what we said?" Li Xiaoru interrupted Liu Man's memory.
Liu Man came back to his senses, "What did you say?"
"Why are you suddenly in a daze?" Li Xiaoru laughed, "Fang Fei and I just made an agreement that we will come here to rehearse at seven o'clock tomorrow night. We will tell the teacher at the door later and ask her to save this room for us." Piano room, we have a lot of professional piano rooms, and it’s not the exam week, so it shouldn’t matter if it only takes one day, so Fang Fei won’t have to memorize it.”
"I have no objection," Liu Man said.
"OK, I guess the piano room will be closed soon, so we'll see you tomorrow night," Li Xiaoru looked at the time on her phone, "Oh, it's ten o'clock in the blink of an eye, man, why don't you rest in the dormitory today and don't go home Otherwise, when you walk out of the school and walk to the subway entrance, the subway will be closed, so it is not safe to take a taxi or an online car-hailing service at such a late hour."
Liu Man nodded in agreement. Anyway, her previous bedding was still in the dormitory, untouched, and she also had a change of clothes and daily necessities. Liu Man said, "Let's send Fang Fei back to the dormitory first."
Wen Fangfei quickly waved her hand, "No need, no need."
"No, you are so good-looking, what if you are dragged to the grove by bad guys, we have an obligation to protect you!" Li Xiaoru said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
In fact, the security of their school is very good.
Wen Fangfei laughed and stopped rejecting the two people's kindness.
Before leaving the piano room, I would pass by the teacher's office, and Li Xiaoru said to a female teacher inside, "Teacher, we will come again tomorrow night, first put a guzheng in the double piano room on the 5th floor, Could you please lock the door for us?"
"No problem," said the female teacher, picked up a key, and went upstairs.