Victor was very satisfied. Lucien's learning speed was still as fast as the previous few days. In less than fifty minutes, he had completely memorized the remaining grammar rules. It seemed that in addition to being very smart and gifted with languages, his memory was also the same.
amazing.
As soon as he was in a good mood, Victor immediately got inspiration and hummed a short melody, then clapped his hands and smiled gently: "Gentlemen and ladies, you must be very tired after studying for so long. Why don't you have a cup of afternoon tea?"
Eat some fruit and relax."
After saying that, he walked upstairs to record this melody.
Holding an elegant and beautiful pale white glazed porcelain cup, Lucien took a sip of black tea and found that he had sadly adapted to this weird taste. He rubbed his temples to relax his head caused by the intense study these days.
Swelling.
"Phyllis, when will you invite us to go hunting in your manor? I miss the charming fresh smell there, as well as the jumping rabbits and deer,"
Another aristocratic girl, Anne, suddenly smiled and spoke. She had beautiful long golden hair and emerald-like eyes, but her facial features were not good, very ordinary. Moreover, her family situation was not good either. Her father was just a certain baron.
The least conspicuous of the children, not only has no hope of inheriting the title or territory, but it seems that he cannot even inherit a manor or real estate. He can only rely on the income from being a clerk of the city court and the annuity from the baron's family to barely maintain his dignity.
In contrast, as a member of the Hain family among the major families in the Principality of Violet, Phyllis's father, although he ultimately failed to inherit the earl title and hereditary territory, the old earl still left him a house in
Outside the city of Aalto, there are large estates with forests, orchards, grape fields, and even patterned rock quarries, as well as a property in the city of Aalto.
Therefore, Phyllis' family background is the best among all the noble children present.
In the hot summer, you can go to the manor in the suburbs to hunt and escape the summer heat, and enjoy the delicious wine brewed by your own home. This is the most enviable thing for ordinary aristocratic teenagers, including Lott, who do not have a manor in their own families. So Anne secretly
Please Phyllis.
"Really? Miss Phyllis, your manor has cute rabbits and beautiful deer?" Renee, a commoner girl, interjected and asked, with a look of curiosity and longing.
On Lucien's first day of study, Renee tried to get close to Phyllis, Lott, Anne and other aristocratic students by talking about music, and the results were very good.
Encouraged, she inquired about some music theory knowledge from nowhere in the past few days, and then pretended to be inquiring and confused and asked Phyllis or Anne for advice. After hard work, she finally became familiar with them and was able to join their circle of communication.
With her as a role model, Colin and David, two commoner teenagers, also looked for topics in this area and approached the noble students. The effect was equally obvious. Only Lucien concentrated on studying and didn't even say a word.
Since Lucien did not take the initiative to approach him, no matter whether it was noble students such as Lott or Phyllis, or civilian students such as Renee and Colin, they would not lower themselves to talk to him, and they would still maintain a cold and distant attitude.
Phyllis maintained a dignified sitting posture and answered politely with a standard smile: "I miss those cute animals too, but Teacher Victor's symphony concert will be held for more than three months. During this time, every weekend, I and I
Lot and Herodotus have to go here or to the Musicians Association to help Teacher Victor rehearse music and practice their own instruments, so they really don't have time to go hunting in the countryside."
Phyllis was actually very satisfied and happy with Anne's favor and Renee's yearning, envy and flattery. Who wouldn't like this feeling.
Lucien on the side listened to their conversation. Of course, he also had a certain yearning and wanted to have his own manor. But the most important thing at the moment was how to ask Mr. Victor to borrow a common language dictionary and how to use it in the hall.
Complete the pages of such a thick dictionary and store it in the soul library.
During the exchange between Phyllis, Lott, Anne, Colin, Renee and others, who were either reserved or deliberately flattering, Victor walked down, with a faint smile still visible at the corner of his mouth. He was obviously very interested in the melody just now.
satisfy.
Just when Victor was about to continue teaching, the butler Ace opened the door and walked in. He whispered to Victor in a low voice: "Master, the guests you made an appointment with have arrived."
"Oh, I actually forgot, damn, I was addicted to music again this morning." Victor shook his right hand, looking a little annoyed, "Invite them in quickly."
After Ace went out respectfully and gracefully, Victor turned to look at Lucien and the others, spread his hands, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, dear gentlemen and ladies, I forgot to make an appointment today.
Guests, you can make up the rest of your homework at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, okay?"
Victor was so polite. Lot, Phyllis, Anne and Lucien were not unkind at all. It was just that Lucien decided to borrow a common language dictionary from Mr. Victor for a few days while he was apologetic.
Just when Lucien was about to speak, Ace had already ushered the guests in. One was a handsome silver-haired man wearing a red shirt and a black coat, and the other was a white-haired old man carrying a wooden box in both hands.
"Mr. Rhine..." Lucien and Phyllis spoke out at the same time.
Phyllis had a faint blush on her face, while Lucien was completely surprised. He didn't expect that Rhine, who was just a bard, would become a very valued guest of the musician Mr. Victor.
"Hi, Phyllis, hi, Lucien." Rhine smiled and greeted gracefully.
Phyllis smiled shyly, then woke up, and together with Lott and others, looked at Lucien in surprise. Did he know Mr. Rhine?
"Lucien, do you know Mr. Rhine?" Victor asked with a smile.
Lucien nodded: "I have met Mr. Rhine once, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Rhine again at your home, Mr. Victor."
Rhine's smile was a bit charming, and he echoed: "Although I only met him once, Lucien left a deep impression on me. Haha, you actually started learning to write. Well, I admire people who are ambitious and have dreams the most.
Young people."
Thinking that Rhine seems to be open to both men and women, Lucien couldn't help but shudder in his heart when he was so appreciated.
Victor smiled and introduced: "Mr. Rhine is the concertmaster of the symphony orchestra I work with. He has an extraordinary understanding of music. It is through communication with him that I can write a satisfactory piano concerto with inspiration."
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"He, he actually became the concertmaster of the symphony orchestra?!" Lucien was almost stunned. A few days ago, Rhine lived in the Copper Crown Tavern in the slums.
In the past few days, from the conversations between Phyllis, Lott and others, Lucien compared several books in the library and learned that the composition of the world's symphony orchestra is roughly the same as that on Earth, and he also learned a lot of knowledge.
Understand the position of the concertmaster in the symphony orchestra. He is the first violinist. He has to be responsible for conducting and coordinating when there is no conductor. How could such an important position be given to someone who has just come to Aalto and has basically no cooperation with the orchestra?
stranger?
As if seeing Lucien's surprise, Rhine smiled humorously: "Because the previous band leader fell in love with a noble lady and eloped with her to the Kingdom of Syracuse a few days ago. He had no choice but to let me
Barely replaced."
Phyllis couldn't help but interject: "Even if the former concertmaster is still there, Mr. Rhine is strong enough to become the first violinist. He only needs to practice a few more times to cooperate with the orchestra."
"Yes, Mr. Rhine is one of the best violinists I have ever seen. He has his own unique insights into music." Victor also praised, "Meeting him is my biggest gain in this period of time."
Lucien looked at Rhine, who was smiling and seemed inscrutable. He still felt very strange in his heart. It seemed too coincidental that a bard with a harp wandered from the Kingdom of Syracuse. Within a few days,
, became the first violinist of a symphony orchestra. It is really hard to believe, and it is inexplicably weird.
Rhine pressed his right hand on his left chest, bowed slightly, thanked Victor for his compliment, and then introduced the white-haired old man next to him: "This is Mr. Xavier, one of Aalto's best harpsichord makers. He should be able to help Victor."
Sir, you have completed the transformation of the harpsichord." The harpsichord is also called a plucked piano.
"Welcome, Mr. Xavier, I came to see you because the current harpsichord cannot meet the requirements of my newly written piano concerto. I hope you can make some changes." Victor greeted him warmly and led the way.
Following Rhine and Xavier, he walked to the second floor without giving Lucien a chance to ask for a dictionary.
However, he seemed to have forgotten to ask Lucien, Anne, Colin and others to leave. The housekeeper Ace on the other side was not sure about the relationship between Lucien and Rhine, so it was inconvenient to ask them to leave directly. Therefore, the curious Anne,
Colin and others quietly followed Phyllis and others to the stairs.
Lucien hadn't borrowed the dictionary yet, so naturally he wasn't willing to leave just like that, so he followed him as well.
After going up to the second floor, Victor took Rhine and Xavier into his piano room.
"Mr. Xavier, I hope that the harpsichord can freely and accurately control the volume through the pressure of my fingers, and that the sound range will be wider, louder, richer, more delicate, and clearer." Victor.
While watching Xavier open the harpsichord, revealing the complex mechanical device, plucked pipes, and strings, he made his own request.
Since the invention of the harpsichord, its shortcomings have been very obvious. It is difficult to change the volume by changing the force of the keys, thereby controlling the intensity and contrast of the music. However, many musicians and producers have also made efforts in this regard.
Tried and modified, and achieved similar effects by adding other devices, such as push rods, sound stops, switching keyboards, etc., and finally made it into an instrument that can barely control the volume changes. It is precisely because of this precedent that
Only then would Victor think about modifying the harpsichord to meet his own requirements.
Xavier frowned: "Such a request cannot be fulfilled. After more than three hundred years of development, the transformation of the harpsichord has reached its limit. At most, there are weak improvements based on experience."
Victor and Rhine did not expect that Xavier would answer so absolutely. They fell silent immediately, especially Victor, who turned pale. If the harpsichord could not meet his requirements, then the newly composed piano concerto would be useless.
The inability to present it perfectly meant that for him, who was performing in the Psalm Hall for the first time, it would fail before it even started and he would need to rewrite or compose the music, which was unacceptable.
This silent silence lasted for quite a while, making Phyllis and others feel as if they were suffocating.
"Why not pluck the strings with the pipes and use the hammers to strike the strings?" Lucien thought for a long time, weighed the pros and cons and whether it would reveal his flaws, and then suddenly spoke in the silence.
It seems that the modern piano, known as the "King of Musical Instruments", has not really been born in this world, and is still in the stage of two kinds of fortepianos. If I can help Mr. Victor complete the transformation of the fortepiano into a modern piano, my tuition seems to be
You can save money, and it will no longer be difficult to borrow a dictionary and other things.
In Lucien's Soul Library, since Victor made the request, Lucien opened the two books "Piano Production and Tuning" and "Modern Piano Mechanical Principles", and hurriedly scanned the first dozen pages, and got a rough idea.
impression.
Xavier looked at Lucien sternly: "What is the difference between this and the clavichord? Although the volume can be controlled through the strength of the fingers, and the changes and contrasts are richer, the volume is too weak, too soft, and too delicate, and is only suitable for
Play in the family room, not the chant hall."
Lucien, as a person from Alto, the city of music and the city of chants, whether it was Xavier or Rhine, Victor was not surprised or doubtful as to why he roughly knew the differences between the two pianos.