The musicians in Jiankang, the palace and the Yuefu are playing a new instrument for the emperor and ministers, called "Piano".

Xiao Gang, who looked good, listened quietly to the music, his eyes closed slightly, and he was dedicated. The Crown Prince Xiao Daqi and other ministers also listened in a slanted manner, as if intoxicated by the wonderful music.

However, the monarch and ministers are not appreciating the music at this moment, but want to "listen to the sound" and then "set the sound".

Because the new instrument of "piano" can play many tones, it is quite troublesome to use existing rules to set the tones.

Not long ago, the governor of Xuzhou and the Duke of Xinping, Li Li, presented a musical instrument to the emperor. This instrument was called "piano" and the strings were made of steel (iron) wire, so it was named.

This kind of musical instrument can have more than 200 strings, which are stringed instruments.

However, the pronunciation method is not to pluck, but to ring, just like ringing a bell or chime.

The specific implementation method is to press the "key key" with your fingers, and the "key key" drives the "string-knob" to hit the strings. The exquisite production and unique conception are unheard of.

However, the instruments presented by Xinpinghou only have structure and no way to play, and the tone of the instrument needs to be further adjusted, so this is a semi-finished product that needs to be improved.

A semi-finished product is like a ox cart that can sit on people, but without any obstruction or decoration, which means it can sit on it.

Giving a semi-finished product to the emperor as a gift is extremely rude and will be attacked by censors.

However, this behavior of Xinping Gong was just right: the conception and structure of musical instruments should be formulated, and the specific improvement of the musical instruments must be completed by the Yuefu under the guidance of the emperor.

The major affairs of the country are in sacrifices and Rong. Whether it is sacrifices or Rong, "happiness" (elegant music) is indispensable. Only the emperor is qualified to determine "happiness".

There are more than 200 strings with a wide range of tone coverage but can be played in a single person. Only the imperial offices have the ability to improve the music and adjust the elegant music based on the characteristics of this new instrument.

It involves the system of law, the determination of pronunciation, and the accuracy of the law, and must be dominated by the emperor.

Li Li, a new Ping Gong, who was born in a slightly cold background, was not qualified or capable of perfecting this instrument.

However, it is reasonable to make string strikers and steel (iron) strings proposed by Xin Pinggong, who is good at machinery.

The emperor was overjoyed when he got the piano and immediately asked Taichang Temple and Shaofu Temple to improve it.

Shaofu Temple is responsible for making and improving the piano body, including various structures, machinery and strings, while Taichang Temple is responsible for organizing music officials and musicians to improve the sound quality and tune.

The continuous improvement and perfect piano, its "definition" is decided by the emperor summoning all ministers.

Because the situation has been very good in the past one or two years, internal troubles have been eliminated, and external troubles have gradually disappeared, the emperor, who has always liked music, has more energy to pay attention to the improvement and improvement of the piano, and is obsessed with it.

So one thing the emperor often does now is to gather ministers who are good at music to listen to the piano music that has been improved recently, then discuss the tone and make suggestions for improvement.

This is not abolition of the government affairs, but a major matter related to rituals and music. Therefore, all the officials and ministers of the court actively participated.

After all, since the founding of Daliang, the late emperor has been committed to rebuilding the palace music and improving the legal system, and has made many efforts to this end.

And many of these efforts, when the piano appears, will be pushed back and forth.

For example, the four-way twelve flutes determined by the previous emperor are not suitable for pianos.

Wind instruments have "rules" and string instruments have "rules". However, it is very troublesome to set the "rules" (regular instruments) for string instruments. Therefore, the late emperor used the rules to simulate the rules and used the flute to write the sound.

The four-tong twelve flutes are regular instruments that mainly string rules and supplemented by flute rules. "Tong" means the regular instruments of string rules "Luhuai", with four pieces in total, each piece has three strings.

The first one is called "Xuanyingtong", including Yingzhong, Huangzhong, and Dalu Sanxian.

The second piece is called "Qingyang Tong", which has Taicun, clamping bells, and Guhua Sanxin.

The third item is called "Zhu Mingtong", including Zhonglu, Ruibin, and Lin Zhong Sanxian.

The fourth piece is called "Bai Zangtong", which means that there is a stubborn person, and there is no samsanxian.

The four-way twelve flutes have regulations on the number and length of each string.

The number and length of each string are calculated using the three-point profit and loss method based on the yellow clock as the starting rule, that is, the number of threads used for each string is three times the length of the string.

But the "Four-Twelve Flutes" targets silk strings, because the string-pulling instruments in the world use silk strings.

Now, there is an instrument "piano" that uses steel (iron) strings as the strings. In this way, the "Four Connections and Twelve Flutes" designated by the late emperor are not very suitable.

So, how should we determine the rule of steel (iron) strings?

The material and sound quality of steel (iron) strings are different from silk strings, while the music principle of piano is roughly the "chord sound" in which one string corresponds to one note, and there are two and three lines and three lines are sing together.

How should the rule of ‘chord’ be determined?

There may be more than 200 sounds in total, which may exceed the five sounds of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu. How should we classify them?

It is a very complicated and difficult thing to set the pitch of steel (iron) strings and the law is accurate. However, the new and complex instrument of the piano aroused the fighting spirit of the monarch and his subjects.

Because as long as you master this new instrument, the rituals and music of Liang State will change drastically.

The late emperor reigned for more than 40 years, and he spent a lot of effort to improve elegant and common music and ministers to achieve results.

Now, after the unprecedented piano improvement, the elegant and vulgar music that were previously set must be adjusted, and then the prestige is better than the prestige.

How can the emperor not be excited if he is better than his superiority?

However, it is probably impossible to improve the piano, improve elegant music and vulgar music in more than ten years.

Therefore, at least the shape of the piano must be set first.

As an instrument, the piano must first set the shape (set the sound) before taking the next step.

In order to gather ideas, the emperor asked Shaofu Temple to make many pianos and gave them to the ministers so that they could also think about the tone at home and put forward more suggestions for improvement. Therefore, the piano was perfected very quickly.

The playing continues. Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, who has always been known for his "music music", was also present at this time, listening carefully to the piano sound, squinting his one-eye, and immersing himself in it.

He also had to give the piano to the emperor, so he would think about the sound whenever he had time in the palace, and unknowingly obsessed with it, as if all his worries disappeared without a trace in the sound of the piano.

In my spare time, I have only a lot of thoughts on the piano.

A piano with hundreds or even more strings can be installed, and the tones of the piano, si and zheng can be covered. If you play it alone, you can play a rich tone.

This also requires the layout of the keys, and on this basis, the fingering method is formulated. After practice, a person can play complex music.

Then, it is another huge project to re-compose the existing piano scores and music scores according to the piano playing characteristics.

Such a magical instrument, whether it is making, tuning, playing, or composing music, can make people so busy that they are so busy.

The Xiangdong Palace has an imperial piano, and it is also approved to mobilize craftsmen to make pianos by themselves.

Like many ministers, Xiao Yi began to gather guests and study the piano, and made exciting progress, so he felt that his next life became more exciting again.

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The autumn wind blows, Xiangdong Wangfu Qintang, Xiangdong Wang Xiaoyi and his disciples are enthusiastically studying piano.

The young Xiangdong Prince's Mansion recited books, He Tuo, was born in the Hu Shang Dynasty in the Western Regions. He was not only knowledgeable and talented, but also proficient in Zhonglu. He carefully considered the piano string strikers and improved the string hammer.

At this time, playing the piano that has improved the string hammer, please ask the King of Xiangdong to taste the string sound.

The string was not changed, the only thing that was changed was the string hammer. Xiao Yi listened carefully for a while and nodded: "It's indeed different."

The guests nodded and said yes, they could hear that the sound quality of the string sound did improve.

He Tuo stopped playing and explained to Xiao Yi.

The piano presented by Xinping Gong Li Li is a semi-finished product. The string hammers are made of the same material and size. He Tuo, who is proficient in Zhonglu and mechanical production, soon discovered the disadvantages of this unified-size string hammer.

Use different striking tools to hit instruments bells, chimes, and drums to obtain different sound quality.

After many experiments, he found that using string hammers of different weights to hit different strings can also obtain different sound quality.

A more suitable method is to use heavier strings to hit the bass strings and lighter strings to hit the treble strings. In this way, the sound quality of high, medium and lows will be significantly improved.

Moreover, the sound quality of the sound made by the wooden string hammer after wrapping the deer-skinned hammer will be improved.

The piano is a string instrument, but it is pronounced in a string-stroke manner, which is like hitting a bell, so Hetuo believes that string hammers play a very important role in the quality of the piano.

The actual improvement effect is indeed very obvious, so Xiao Yi is very happy.

Over the past few months, more and more people have participated in improving the piano, so the semi-finished piano product has been improved very quickly.

From the production of strings, the selection of piano body materials, to the sorting of keys (strings), all are constantly improving.

"A few days ago, there was an improvement in Yuefu, which was unexpectedly good." Xiao Yi pointed to the inside of the piano and said, and his eyebrows were flying.

The string hammer hits the strings and vibrates the pronunciation. Then a string suppressor should stop the strings from vibrating, so that the sound will come to an abrupt end and not allow the echo to affect the subsequent sound.

However, the perfect vibration of the extended strings will form an "echo" effect, which can create an ethereal artistic conception similar to the echo of the valley.

"Just right, if you want the string to vibrate for a longer period of time, the string will vibrate. If you want it to stop, you can stop it."

He Tuo's heart moved: "Master, is it that he is making a fuss on the string suppressor?"

"Yes, it's just about making a fuss on the string suppressor." Xiao Yi smiled and asked back: "How do you think we should make a fuss?"

"Uh..." He Tuo thought about it. He was proficient in mechanical production, so he quickly thought of a solution: "Could it be that if you add a pick, when you need to, the string suppressor will temporarily fail?"

"Absolutely." Xiao Yi nodded, "But he only has two hands, and he is busy with ten fingers when playing the piano. If he has to pull the pick from time to time, how can he be busy?"

He Tuo thought of the answer: he couldn't be busy with his hands, and he still had feet, and he could... he stepped on the pedal, and the pedal was the pick!

But he was very smart and did not say it out loud, but said it in a daze: "The villain really can't think of how can he take care of it?"

Xiao Yi smiled with a look of 'You really can't think of it': "Haha! You can use your feet to pedal, and the performer will sit down with your feet!"

"So that's it, this idea is indeed exquisite." He Tuo quickly agreed, and the other guests suddenly realized it. Looking at the piano, he was eager to try it, thinking that other machines might be able to be installed.

Xiao Yi said again: "More than that, since you can set up a machine-clad pedal to delay echo, and the performer sits with his feet hanging down, then, isn't there too few left and right foot and one pedal?"

"So someone was inspired to design another pedal called 'Soft Sound'. After the pedal was activated, the sound of the piano became smaller, just like a person suddenly spoke softly."

"So, since you can use the pedal to form a 'soft sound', you can also form a 'strong sound', just like a person whistling to the sky."

As he spoke, Xiao Yi was happy and said: "With the pedal change, when playing music, he was in a quiet valley at first, and from a distance, he saw a trickle of falling down the cliff."

"Looking close, it was a rushing flow. This was only a few breaths, it was amazing, it was amazing!"

The gradually perfect piano is indeed a magical instrument. Xiao Yi feels that it is extremely comfortable to have a piano and beauties accompany you for the rest of his life.

As for whether that bitch Xu Zhaopei went out to have an affair with others again, he no longer cared about it.

The relationship between the couple is called "the harmony of the zither". He is strangers to the princess. Now that he has a piano, he can still achieve "the harmony of the zither".
Chapter completed!