328 The Expression of Emotions Is the Hardest (2/2)
Is it still the touchstone of a good pianist? Is it so mysterious?
Yang Ruoyi didn't believe it at first, and she had never heard this song.
It didn't matter, Yang Han quickly showed her several videos of domestic and foreign pianists playing this piece of music. The clips they watched were not long, just a short one at the beginning - but this was also the difficulty that Yang Han wanted to emphasize.
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Although it was the first time for Yang Ruoyi to listen, she closed her eyes and listened very carefully. Moreover, after only listening once, she could tell the difference!
"Why does it seem like the playing is different..." The girl frowned and said to her father.
"Tell me, what are the differences?" Yang Han smiled slightly and motioned for her to try to express her feelings.
"I just feel that the expressions of emotions are very different. Like the last one, there is a very subtle uneasiness, as if something bad is about to come out. It's a bit scary." Yang Ruoyi didn't like the latter expression very much.
But it doesn't mean that the pianist at the end plays poorly! On the contrary, Yang Ruoyi vaguely feels that the pianist at the end plays more in line with the direction of the melody, as if it should be played this way. It's just that she prefers it
A more upbeat tune.
"Then for the first ones, there was a foreign aunt who played them in front. Her 'dong dong dong' in front of it didn't seem right." Yang Ruoyi couldn't tell much in detail. After all, she had learned too little.
"Do you know why the last pianist played like this?" Yang Han didn't wait for her daughter to answer, but continued with a smile, "Let's take a look at the score of the "Sonata in B Minor" first! Have you seen this?"
Yang Han pointed to the middle note of the first beat at the beginning of the score.
"Is this a rest note?" Yang Ruoyi raised her hand and pushed back her fallen hair. However, although she recognized the note, she was not able to immediately understand her father's intention of mentioning this note.
"Isn't it strange that the rest appears here?" Yang Han said with a smile, "Do the music scores we usually read start from the falling beat? The falling beat indicates that this piece is about to start!"
This sounds a bit abstract, but Yang Han also reached out and played the beginning of a familiar classical piece on the piano.
Yang Ruoyi understood quickly, and she nodded repeatedly.
"When you look at the first beat of "Sonata in B Minor", it turns out to be a rest! As a result, it starts on an opening beat, not on the first beat, nor on a falling beat!" Yang Han laughed, "You think?
I wonder, does this become difficult? How can I make others hear that there is a rest in front of it?"
"Actually, the playing of these pianists has its own characteristics. We can't say whose performance is better and whose performance is wrong. But you just heard that the last Kissin's performance should be very accurate.
First of all, he played this rest. Secondly, what Liszt wanted to express behind this piece of music was said by many to be the theme of Faust, or a complex emotion about the inherent evil of human nature, and he also expressed it.
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Many people might not be able to understand what Yang Han said. They thought it was just a piece of music, how could they hear all these messy things? But Yang Ruoyi listened very immersedly and could understand every word her father said - except for "Faust"
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Under the guidance of Teacher Liao, Yang Ruoyi has gradually learned how to appreciate classical music, but what her father said today also gave her a deeper understanding - it turns out that music without lyrics is also so rich.
The connotation!
Moreover, you can hear these by yourself if you listen carefully!
After Yang Han analyzed a few more pieces of music scores with her daughter, she came back and said, somewhat like sublimating the theme: "So, piano playing and singing are actually almost the same. The technical aspects are not difficult. A person who has practiced piano since he was a child
He is a top pianist who can do all technical things. What you think is a dazzling fingering performance is just a normal technique in their eyes."
"The same is true for singing, Yiyi, you should be able to realize it now! Singing may require the assistance of skills, but these skills can be understood by anyone who has received professional training and practiced them seriously. And if you are just showing off your skills, you are actually singing
The songs that come out may not necessarily sound good, or there is a high probability that they won’t impress people, right?” Yang Han said with a smile.
"Well, I don't really like ostentatious singing. I feel that emotional expression is the most important." Yang Ruoyi nodded and said seriously.
"Yes, emotional expression is the really difficult part! After all, you can explain the techniques clearly, but emotions are very metaphysical. You can't explain them, and you can't teach them. You can only understand them yourself!" Yang Han said.
"And the same piece of music, the same song, different people have different understandings. As for how to express it more accurately and with more depth, it is more difficult than the skills! From this point of view, do you think the piano is
Wouldn’t it be more fun?”
Yang Ruoyi's head has clicked countless times. After listening to her father's explanation, in addition to having a deeper understanding of classical music, she also gained a deeper understanding of the piano.
"Originally, I wanted to learn to play the guitar because it would be more handsome to play and sing with the guitar on my back like my father, but now it seems that the piano is more fun!" The girl smiled at her father a little embarrassedly.
"The guitar is actually fun, and its playing also requires emotional investment. However, compared to the guitar, the piano music has a wider range, richer timbre changes, can express more musical emotions, and it also has more classic works.
To appreciate and learn." Yang Han said, "Dad doesn't want you to be limited to one instrument. You can learn more about it by learning piano, and then slowly get in touch with other instruments and understand their differences.
characteristics.”
"There is no end to music learning. The more you learn and understand, the more you learn and understand, which will help you have richer ways of expression and give you a deeper understanding of music. It can also complement each other, just like you
The deeper your understanding of music, the faster you can learn other instruments... For example, there is a master named Fang, whose understanding of music is relatively broad and in-depth. He can not only use the pipa to simulate the timbres of many Western instruments, but also
Can learn how to use hundreds of musical instruments, ancient, modern, and modern, all at once!"
Yang Han said with emotion: "Dad doesn't want you to become an encyclopedia-like musical instrument master, but dad thinks that since you have a good talent, you might as well try it, starting from the piano, and mastering different instruments and different music.
Understand their essence, maybe you can slowly find your own musical path, a unique musical path!"