Chapter 951 Listening to the ears!
Chen Nan was holding a few thin sheets of A4 paper in his hand, which were printed with this trial singing and practicing ear topic.
When she just got this question, she thought that Director Wu was deliberately making things difficult for this special freshman. The reason why it was special is that Chen Nan had been here for so long and had never seen the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music hold an entrance exam for a student. The reason why it was difficult for her to make things difficult is that even if she asked her to do this question, she would not have the confidence to pass it in one go!
Director Wu’s trial singing and practicing ears is really difficult. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the ear training, the normal examination standards for the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music are three-degree plus three-degree chords, as well as seven-degree chords and seven-degree chords. For the listening of the human ear, it is the limit for ordinary people to distinguish four notes at the same time, which is limited to the fact that these four notes are arranged in a regular manner.
Anyone who has learned music knows that the three chords of the big and small are the easiest to listen to because they have a very stable and harmonious effect. Basically, as long as you hear one note and the overall color of the chord, the next thing will not be difficult. The teacher who takes the ear training will last for seven to ten seconds, and can calmly judge the remaining several notes within this time. However, if it is a three chord, it will be more difficult because its intervals are inconsistent, not to mention the more difficult half-decrease three, increase and decrease ∑three, etc. As for the seventh chord, because it is composed of four notes, its difficulty will naturally be further improved accordingly.
In this exam, Chen Nan did not see a normal three-chord and seventh chord of size. Almost all of them are rare chords of increase or decrease. Moreover, none of them are in normal C-keys. The modularities of several chords are different, and the simplest ones are above the four lifts and lower numbers. Chen Nan even saw a very unusual ninth chord and hanging chord in this exam!
Even if students in the composition department listen to this kind of chord, they may not be able to listen to it correctly, let alone the piano department? What's more, a freshman who has not yet entered the school?
Even if he had received professional training in the system before, can he deal with such problems?
But when I thought of the written test paper that was so amazing that I was just now, Chen Nan felt a little more anticipated.
"Will this guy give you another surprise like before?" Chen Nan thought curiously as he looked at Chu Yang standing next to him.
But then she shook her head silently in her heart. Music theory knowledge and music history may be able to achieve such results through diligence and hard work, and a good handwriting can be practiced. However, in addition to relying on hard work and hard work, the "hard skills" of eye singing and ear practice depends more on talent. This young man is so young. Even if he is amazing, how strong can a person be?
"Are you ready?" Chen Nan looked at Chu Yang who was standing on the side of the piano and was looking at her, and asked softly.
"Okay." Chu Yang smiled at her, then turned around and walked away a little.
The other examiners were about to start the exam, and they picked up the test questions in front of them. The chords and melody above were all prepared in advance, and Chu Yang didn't know what they wanted to play. They all knew it.
"Start." Chen Nan gently spit out two words, then put his right hand on the keys.
The first chord is the third level of the third chord in F major.
The white fingers instantly fell into the keys, and suddenly, a bright chord sounded, nervous and intense!
The chords are chords composed of two minor three degrees. Compared with the chords with large and large three degrees, the chord colors are extremely unstable and have a strong tendency to solve them.
The third-deduction chord played by Chen Nan is an in-situ chord with three notes arranged densely and in the second group of small characters. It is very bright, so the first feeling I give people is very concentrated, solid, and it is difficult to distinguish each specific note.
She thought that even if Chu Yang could hear it, it would be after playing the second time and after a period of thinking to accurately say these three notes. However, her fingers almost left the keys, Chu Yang said it without thinking.
"The second group of small characters dropped 7, the third group of small characters dropped 1, and the third group of small characters dropped 3." Chu Yang's answer almost stopped, and followed Chen Nan's piano sound.
"Why is it so fast!" Chen Nan was secretly surprised when he heard this guy's answer.
"This student has such a keen hearing!" Seeing Chu Yang answering the first chord so quickly, the other teachers present were also surprised!
This is a relatively difficult chord. One is that the mode is relatively complex, the other is that the pitch area is relatively high, and it is an inconsistent 3rd reduction chord. In theory, even if you can hear it, it will take a while to think about it. After all, the distance between this chord and the standard pitch 6 is completely irregular!
However, this is just the beginning!
Chen Nan played a seventh chord in the flat major. This time there were four notes, and it was not in place. It was logical that it was impossible to quickly determine the specific position of these four notes like last time. However, an incredible scene happened again. Almost just like last time, when Chen Nan's piano sound fell, Chu Yang's answer was already out. It was still true!
If several teachers still appreciated Chu Yang's performance this time had already made them gasp!
You should know that the root note of this seventh chord is 6 away from the standard pitch, but it is not a little far away, and it has a strong tendency to detonate. Even if you judge the first note separately, you need to carefully consider it.
For people who have not undergone professional listening training, it may be difficult to understand how the tester can hear which sound the performer plays at once. In fact, this ability to distinguish is based on the extreme familiarity with the scale and interval. Just like at the beginning, sing "Doraimifassolasi" with the piano and sing it several times. As long as you are not born out of tune, you will sing it more accurately. At this time, let you separate a certain note in the middle, such as "Lai" and "Fai", and then sing "Doraimisa".
It is a major chord in c major. So, how can you sing it correctly after separating two notes? This is based on the familiarity of the scales in c major. Because there is already a memory of the fixed pitch position of seven notes in your mind, you sing Mi immediately after singing Do, and you will fill in the thrown "Come" in your mind according to inertia. If you sing too much, even if you don't sing "Come", you can sing Mi immediately after singing Do. This is based on the considerable familiarity with the scales, you have established the concept of absolute pitch for each note.
After such training, as long as the trainee is given a standard note, generally, a is given to the second group of small characters, that is, "la", which is the standard pitch, which is physically defined by the vibration frequency, a=440hz (hertz). After listening to this a, a trainee can quickly and accurately sing other notes in c major, even at a distance of a little longer, and can be accurately sang at more than one octave.
Going further, you must listen or sing some changing notes with lifts and downs. Also according to the above training method, this time you need to train the chromatic scale.
After practicing listening to one note, the next step is to play both notes. Play both notes together. You need to hear both notes at once. Also, first in c major, and then add a change note.
There are three chords above the two notes. They are common chords in c major first, followed by changing chords, and then transpose...
After three notes, there are the seventh chords of four notes and the nineth chords of five notes...
Generally speaking, listening exercises and testing. The four notes are the limit, and there are regular chords. Like the seventh chord that Chu Yang just heard, belongs to the listening and debate exercises of the four notes after the detonation and transposition. In the gradual training mentioned above, this is already an extremely difficult exercise at the top.
Even students in the composition department who are most strict with listening skills need to hear such a chord, at least after about ten seconds of thinking before they can slowly say the exact position of each note. A second reply like Chu Yang is basically equivalent to a super genius!
You know, although this seems incredible, the world is so big that there are still many geniuses in this world who have special talents in certain fields. Some people are naturally sensitive to pitch positions, and they can even accurately hear the exact position of the notes played on the piano without listening to the standard pitch. But there are often very few such geniuses. Basically, these people are also talents who are dreamt of by composition, conductor, or piano tune lawyers. Compared with ordinary people, they have natural advantages in doing this job!
But Chu Yang just showed his unparalleled talent in music theory, and then immediately showed such outstanding talent in the listening session, which is a bit scary! You know, it is already rare for ordinary people to be particularly outstanding in a certain field. What's more, they are in two fields at the same time!
Chen Nan looked at Chu Yang who almost instantly replied to this extremely difficult chord, and was also stunned. After pausing for a few seconds, he looked at Chu Yang with an incredible gaze, and then looked at Director Wu with his eyes, which meant, "Is this student so powerful, still need to continue testing?"
Director Wu was also shocked by Chu Yang's super accurate listening ability, but he gave the question. He had not finished the exam yet, and there were even more difficult ninth chords. He didn't believe that this young man could even hear such an unusual chord!
Chen Nan nodded and continued the exam for the listening part!
Severe chords, hanging four chords, half-severe chords...
Chen Nan played the extremely difficult chords one by one, but there were almost no exception. Whenever her performance stopped, Chu Yang's answer almost rang out in an instant, with a good tone!
Chen Nan was already so amazed by Chu Yang's performance that she was almost numb! She had never encountered such a guy who was almost "perverted" to pitch! Such surprise made her no longer have any surprise expression when facing Chu Yang's correct answer in the most difficult G-raising melody tune! Because, in her subconscious, that was almost a matter of course!
"If this guy doesn't answer correctly, that's a strange thing!" Chen Nan suddenly said something suddenly.
The remaining six examiners on the scene were speechless!
Such listening ability can no longer be described as the word "genius". This is simply a skill like a god and a ghost!
The teachers who came with Director Wu had forgotten that Director Wu had a bad impression of this young man at the time. Their eyes were shining, as if they had discovered a rare treasure!
"Such a student is born for music. Why did he come to the piano department? This ability to judge pitch should be used in the composition department or the conductor department. With this guy's sensitivity to sound, he can definitely listen to every part of the most complex symphony, even every instrument in the shortest time!
Chen Nan let out a sigh. Qiang Zi suppressed the surprise in his heart because her work had not been completed yet. Next, she would have to conduct a melody listening test!
Melody selection is similar to ear training, but the performance is no longer a chord, but a complete melody.
Thanks to Director Wu's "care", this melody is also quite "personal" and can be regarded as a "representative work" of postmodern music. Most of the melody composed of more than fifty notes are variable sounds!
Even Chen Nan, the examiner, looked at this melody that was almost composed of temporary lifting and falling marks, and she felt a headache. She didn't like this melody that was not beautiful and was simply written to increase the difficulty, and she didn't even have the interest in playing it.
But the exam always has to be conducted, and she has to be broadcast even if she doesn't want to.
In fact, after the first two links of tests, Chen Nan had already determined that Chu Yang was a music genius in his heart. Although she didn't know what prejudice Director Wu had towards this guy, she still felt that it was wrong to make it difficult for a new student to enter school, especially a student with such talent. The piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music was established for all piano geniuses, and there was no reason to block such a genius from the door.
Although she had not listened to Chu Yang playing the complete song, before leaving here, she had heard Chu Yang try it out. At that time, she could hear from her ear that this guy's piano skills were absolutely amazing! It was an instinct possessed by teachers engaged in piano professional education!
Despite her reluctance, Chen Nan still played the melody. She tried to play the melody slowly and clearly so that the student could have more time to listen to the melody clearly.
Although doing so may cause Director Wu's unhappiness, Chen Nan felt that it was worth it for a talented and talented student.
What's more, looking at the entire piano department, there is only a spare seat in his class. I guess if this guy can really enter the school, he will be assigned to his class. The peerless genius shown by this guy just now has already made Chen Nan feel very appreciative. Such a student should really keep him!
However, even if she wants Chu Yang to hear it clearly, she cannot play it too slowly. If it is too slow, it will be no melody and become a single note one by one. In that case, it will cause another obstacle to Chu Yang's judgment!
Although melody discrimination is not like chords, it requires listening to several notes at a time, what is more difficult than chords is that in addition to judging the pitch of each note, it also requires determining the time value of the notes, and even the strength and weakness! You must know that taking into account so many contents at the same time is no less difficult than the previous chords of the Ninth Chords!
Finally finished playing, Chen Nan looked at Chu Yang with some concern, but found that he picked up the pen on the table in front of him without thinking and quickly recorded it on the quadratic notation.
He wrote as fast as ever, without any pause. It took him almost less than twenty seconds to write all the melody composed of fifty-three notes onto the notebook.
"Take it over and I'll take a look!" Director Wu finally couldn't help it when he looked at the writing speed of this guy. He didn't believe that this kid could write all the right one this time!
Even if the notes are written correctly, can the time values be written correctly? You know, there are several special rhythms in this melody, five-toned note, double-attached dots, and drag-up rhythm... He almost used all the rhythm types that could have caused obstacles to this guy!
However, after more than ten seconds, facing the two identical melodies in hand, Director Wu finally helped to admit the fact that this guy is indeed impeccable in basic music theory and listening to the ears!
Although he is a little arrogant and arrogant, he does have the capital to do so!
Although Director Wu is still resentful of what he did two years ago, he is a person with clear distinction between public and private affairs. At this moment, even other teachers can see that the young man in front of him is a rare genius. Although he is old, he is not as bright as he is, and he is not as good as he is not even apart from right and wrong!
"Okay, I'll pass the listening and practicing. Let's start the performance." Director Wu put down the two music scores in his hand and said in a deep voice.
However, his voice had eased a little, no longer the aggressiveness he had at the beginning.
Chen Nan nodded, then turned around and returned to his desk, picked up the A4 paper pressed on the last one, and the paper recorded the test questions for the performance part.
Although the content on this piece of paper is the least, its portion is the heaviest.
There are four lines of characters above, which record the names of four piano works.
One is Liszt, one is Bahau’s four creative songs, one is a large piano concerto, and one is a large-scale sonata by Beethoven.
These four songs are Chu Yang’s last test questions!
Chapter completed!