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Chapter 198 Strengths and weaknesses

Walking again in the quiet teacher's residential area of ​​West China Conservatory of Music, the morning sun was bright and shining through the leaves of the tall sycamore trees on the walking path and on Chu Yang's shoulders.

The appointment with Teacher Gao was 9:30 in the morning and came out of Huayin Pavilion at 9:00. Twenty minutes were enough for Chu Yang to slowly walk here from the store.

When he came downstairs of Teacher Gao's house, before he could go upstairs, Chu Yang faintly heard a familiar female voice singing. It was the song "Yellow River Resentment" that he had listened several times. It seemed that Cao Lihua was coming to class again. Their classes were always next to each other.

After looking at the time, it should be almost done. Chu Yang slowly walked upstairs and knocked on the door of Teacher Gao's house.

It was Cao Lihua who opened the door. When she saw it was Chu Yang, she smiled and said hello. The two of them were next to each other and they were very familiar after several classes. Cao Lihua also knew that this little boy, who was a few years younger than her, had a very good vocal music, and Chu Yang had a good personality. When the two of them were together, they often exchanged some singing skills, and became good friends after a while.

"Chu Yang, I haven't seen you come to class several times." Cao Lihua, who asked with a smile, asked with a smile.

"Well, I was preparing for the art exam some time ago. Because the piano is relatively poor, I have made up for the piano, so the vocal music has fallen here." Chu Yang said with a smile, then looked at Cao Lihua and said embarrassedly: "I've disturbed you in class."

"It's okay, I'm almost finished. Chu Yang, I'm going to take the vocal graduate entrance examination at Huaxia Academy. Do you think I can get the exam at my level?" Cao Lihua asked suddenly.

Although Chu Yang is younger than her, Cao Lihua knew in her heart that when it comes to vocal music, Chu Yang could definitely be her own teacher. Even Teacher Gao told her that Chu Yang has a very high talent in vocal music, and even she is a little difficult to teach Chu Yang!

So Cao Lihua didn't feel embarrassed when she asked Chu Yang for advice. Instead, she felt it was very natural.

"It should be almost the same. Your voice is quite good." Chu Yang thought about it and replied after hearing Cao Lihua's words. However, he had never taken the graduate exam at Huaxia Academy, so he didn't know what specific standards were.

"Don't be vague, I want to listen to the truth." Cao Lihua said with some displeasure.

"The truth is that your voice is good, but it lacks some characteristics. Some are programmed, and your voice is a bit backward, so it is not very relaxed. If these two points can be corrected, I think you will sing better." Chu Yang said bluntly.

"Teacher Gao also said to me about the problem of being late in the voice. It was not ideal after several changes, but it was a good idea. But the characteristics you mentioned were too mysterious. The method of bel canto is unified. How can it be considered characteristic?" Cao Lihua frowned and thought.

"Who says that the method of bel canto is unified? Unification is just breath, and some dead things are located. As for pronunciation, strength, breath and even expression, etc. These things can have their own personality. For example, Liao Changyong and Dai Yuqiang both sing bel canto. Do you think they have the same style?" Chu Yang said with a smile.

"Of course it's different. Dai Yuqiang is the tenor and Liao Changyong is the baritone. How could they be the same?" Cao Lihua replied quickly.

"I'm not talking about this difference, but the difference in style. If you listen to Dai Yuqiang's singing, it's passionate. His voice is very bright, explosive, and more inclined to perform. The dramatic effect is strong, while Liao Changyong's voice is neither hurry nor slow. Always so calm and quiet. If Dai Yuqiang's voice is a splashing wave, then Liao Changyong's voice is a calm lake. Do you think this is the difference in their style?" Chu Yang said to Cao Lihua with a smile.

"What you said is really reasonable. But they are all famous artists. Of course, they can have their own characteristics. I am still in the learning stage, so I will learn from other people's characteristics. Will I not be able to sing badly?" Cao Lihua said with a frown.

"Haha, you misunderstood what I mean. Personality is not learned, but an expression of your inner personality. For example, if you are a cheerful, extroverted and optimistic personality, how can you express it through your singing? If you incorporate this into it, you will be able to shape your personality." Chu Yang said.

"What you said makes sense. It seems that I will study it carefully after I go back. Thank you, Chu Yang. Every time I talk to you, I will gain something." Cao Lihua said with a happy smile.

"It's okay." Chu Yang also smiled.

"Why are you two talking about so sticky?" Teacher Gao's voice came from the piano room in the middle. These two students were her proud disciples, and they naturally talked to them casually. Like this kind of joke, Teacher Gao would preach several times in class almost every time.

"It's okay, Teacher Gao, Chu Yang just taught me a class." Cao Lihua said with a smile.

"Oh, then you have to give me tuition." Teacher Gao walked out of the inner room and said with a smile.

"No, I'm a poor man, Junior Brother Chu Yang, you won't really charge me for tuition, right?" Cao Lihua looked at Chu Yang with exaggeration and asked.

"Haha, no need, Qin Hai International can just invite a meal." Chu Yang also joked casually.

"Ah? You're even more cruel! I won't tell you anymore. I'm over and I'm leaving. Teacher Gao is gone. Classmate Xiaoyang is good. Be good!" Cao Lihua greeted the two of them with a smile, then turned around and opened the door and left.

"Chu Yang, you haven't been here for a while. I heard that your art exam results are good. I got two passes?" Teacher Gao asked with a smile.

"Well, one vocal music and one instrumental music." Chu Yang nodded and said, feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect that even the teacher knew about this little thing about him, and obviously he was more concerned about him.

"It's not bad. I heard from Teacher Ma about your flute playing very well. However, since you want to apply for a major, you must distinguish the main and secondary. You must focus on vocal music. Do you know?" Teacher Gao reminded. Chu Yang is a student she attaches great importance to. She doesn't want Chu Yang to go to another major after entering school.

"Well, I understand, Teacher Gao, by the way, I'm looking for you today because of the last Red Song Competition. I received a call from the city TV station yesterday. They said that the rematch will be held next Wednesday night. I know less about the songs in this area and want you to help prepare a few songs." Chu Yang said directly.

"Oh, it's a good thing to enter the rematch. I know this activity is pretty good. The city attaches great importance to it. I have several students who have participated in it. If you participate in this kind of activity, you will just increase your stage experience. Come in, I will help you pick a few songs suitable for you to sing." Teacher Gao was very happy to hear the news that Chu Yang entered the rematch. After all, Chu Yang is his own student. It is also a glory for the teacher to be able to show off in such large-scale events in the city!

After following Teacher Gao into the piano room, she saw that she had taken a few vocal books and searched them for them, and then picked out many songs.

"The rematch is different from auditions. When choosing songs, you must find some more difficult ones. And you need to be familiar with them. You can't be too uncommon. I have selected these songs for you. You can practice them all. This song "On the Songhua River" is good, as well as "The Passionate Land" and Shi Guangnan's works. Many of the judges in the city have practiced vocal music, so they should be more interested in their appetites. Oh, by the way, there are also the theme song "You Are Such a Man" and the movie "A Centennial Enlai", which is also quite good. For more popular people, you can consider "Little Baiyang" and "The Soldiers", or newer works such as "Jiangshan" and "Country". Let's practice two songs first." Teacher Gao said, opened the piano and sang "On the Songhua River" with Chu Yang.

"The historical background of this song is relatively heavy, and the atmosphere is relatively low and sad. You should pay more attention to emotional investment when singing. Remember, when singing, you should control your spirit and combine sound and emotion. For example, the first few sentences describe the beauty of your hometown, the emotions should be full of affection and love, and sing until September 18th and September 18th. From that tragic time, the emotions will change. You should find that point of the sad mood..." Teacher Gao said in detail, from the grasp of the emotions of the entire song, from the smallest sentence, the processing of the pronunciation of each word and other details, was very detailed.

Chu Yang nodded while listening, and compared his singing just now, he soon discovered that what Teacher Gao said was all the things he did have shortcomings before. After listening to her explanation, Chu Yang immediately found his own problem.

He had good basic skills, and technical problems did not exist at all. The only thing he lacked was his understanding and grasp of specific songs. Teacher Gao obviously knew his problem, so he did not mention his technical problems at all when he was talking, because she knew that Chu Yang would handle it well, so she directly told Chu Yang about his emotional grasp.

During the second trip, it was obviously much better. Although it was not the first time I taught Chu Yang, the feeling of being thorough and speaking in one go still made Teacher Gao feel very happy!

After telling him a few more songs, I looked at the time and before I knew it, nearly two hours had passed.

During this period, another student who was waiting for class also entered the door, because according to the prescribed class hours, one class was 45 minutes, which was a serious timeout.

"Okay, let me tell you so much today. I have all the accompaniment of these songs here. Give me the USB flash drive and I will help you copy it." Teacher Gao stood up from the piano and said. He took classes for more than two hours in a row, especially for students like Chu Yang. The amount of information is very large. With her body in her fifties, she is really unbearable.

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Gao." Chu Yang said gratefully. He taught in Teacher Gao, and the class fee was the same as that of other students, but almost every time he went to class, he had to time out a lot. Teacher Gao never cared about these problems, which shows that he was extremely caring for him.
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