Dragon's Origin

Wang Sheng was happy, and Mei'er was happy, but that team of imperial musicians was about to cry.

Originally, being able to hear a legendary expert play a legendary piece of music was a tremendous blessing, but when Master Yu immediately told them to quickly pack up and prepare to personally torture them to create a ensemble, everyone felt something was wrong.

At first, they thought they had arrived in paradise, being able to be guided by such a legendary master. But when Master Yu truly began to guide them, the musicians realized it was a nightmare.

Not everyone has Wang Sheng's ears, not everyone has the ability to know the pitch with just one listen, but Master Yu obviously didn't think so. He felt that since a marquis who wasn't a professional musician could have such a level of skill, how could a group of musicians known as imperial musicians not be able to do the same?

Ever since the last time the chief official recognized Master Yu's identity, the musicians didn't dare to rebel against anything Master Yu said, not to mention after hearing Master Yu's performance in person, they admired him to the point of prostration.

In the process of guiding these musicians, Master Yu's temper was terrifying. Even the smallest flaws were picked out and scolded mercilessly. These musicians were living in a miserable situation.

But even so, none of them dared to quit. One reason was that as imperial musicians, they were still bound by the imperial family. The Emperor ordered them to serve Wang Sheng well, and they dared not disobey. The other reason was that they were reluctant. Even if Master Yu was a bit strict, so what? Being personally guided by him was a fortunate event that could only be achieved in several lifetimes! Anyone who quit would be a fool.

This time, Master Yu was teaching not only playing techniques, but also a brand new notation method. As people who studied music, they immediately discovered the benefits and learned it with great eagerness. Don't even mention quitting, they wouldn't leave even if you chased them away with a whip.

Master Yu buried himself in the ensemble and guiding the imperial musicians, so the production of the upright piano was thrown onto Wang Sheng's shoulders.

Having already made a grand piano once, making an upright piano was much simpler, just the arrangement of the piano strings and the adjustment of the hammer direction. Wang Sheng had complete data in his mind, so making it was really simple.

With previous experience, three sets of parts were made in only two days. The first set was used for testing, the second set was used for formal assembly, and the third set was assembled and sent to Master Yu. This was a process that had been in place since the heavy sniper crossbow, and the grandmasters were already used to it.

After guiding the musicians for two days, Master Yu let them practice on their own, and he came over to personally assemble the upright piano. After assembling and testing it, he began formal installation.

In fact, the first assembled grand piano and upright piano, although there were some small flaws due to unfamiliarity, could only be heard by Master Yu and Wang Sheng. Normal people, such as the dozen or so grandmasters, couldn't feel any difference at all. Weren't they all the same thing?

These two experimental pianos, assembled for the first time, were tuned by Wang Sheng and sent directly to the imperial musicians. One or two musicians would learn to play the piano according to Master Yu's guidance. Of course, when returning to the palace, these two pianos could also be brought along as gifts for the Emperor.

As soon as Wang Sheng's decision came out, all the grandmasters looked at each other in dismay. However, everyone tacitly said nothing and silently accepted everything.

Starting from Qian Sheng Yuan, the grandmasters' concepts had already been reversed. Good things could be offered to the Emperor, but in extremely limited quantities. If the Emperor wanted good things, it was easy, he could buy them with real money. Sometimes, he might not even be able to buy the best things.

After the upright piano successfully played a rendition of "Butterfly Lovers", Wang Sheng was delighted to find once again that his staff notation had become a little more solid.

Everything was in Wang Sheng's plan, developing in the direction Wang Sheng most looked forward to.

The imperial musicians were indeed imperial musicians. After learning and mastering the staff notation, the rest was very simple. They were all instruments they were so familiar with. As long as they could correspond to the scales on the staff, they could play it immediately with the score.

After the piano version of "Butterfly Lovers" was adapted into a guzheng version and an erhu version, it was adapted into an ensemble version. Master Yu spent two days and two nights concentrating on revising it, giving each musician a score for their own instrument, and then everyone practiced together. After practicing for half a day, Wang Sheng and others were invited over again.

This time, there was nothing for the dozen or so grandmasters to do. The audience was only Wang Sheng and Mei'er. Of course, in Master Yu's mind, the real audience was only Wang Sheng, and Mei'er was at most half, and that was only because of Wang Sheng's face.

The piano was still the main instrument. With the addition of the huqin, drums, and various other instruments, Wang Sheng could clearly feel the birth of a "Butterfly Lovers Concerto". Master Yu was indeed Master Yu, completing so much in just a few days, truly living up to his reputation.

The complete concerto was even more moving. Eighteen farewells, the reunion at the pavilion, the transformation into butterflies, listening to each movement, Mei'er was still fascinated and unable to extricate herself, even after listening to various versions several times.

Wang Sheng's applause made the imperial musicians very happy, but Master Yu was obviously not satisfied. He had just been playing the piano and was considered an insider. Even if there were any shortcomings in the performance, he might not be able to hear them. Therefore, he directly interrupted Wang Sheng's applause and asked Wang Sheng to point out the shortcomings.

Faced with Master Yu's persistence, Wang Sheng followed his advice and began to comment one by one. Starting with the drummer, then the erhu, then the huqin, then the suona, he pointed out the problems with their performances just now.

Since his small advancement last time, Wang Sheng possessed such ability, like Master Yu, listening to the ensemble, any subtle flaws could not escape Wang Sheng's keen hearing. After a series of pointers, everyone was amazed.

Wang Sheng spoke in the most detail to Master Yu, he knew that Master Yu disliked false pleasantries the most, and it was best to tell the truth. Having only touched the piano for less than ten days, being able to play like this was already a miracle, but there were still problems, and Wang Sheng could point out a lot of them.

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After talking about the problems, Wang Sheng suggested to Master Yu to try adapting the music of this world to the piano. Musical communication is two-way, not a one-way street. This suggestion made Master Yu full of joy again, feeling that he had found a direction to strive for again.

Just as Wang Sheng was beginning to check the changes in his Yuanhun space, Steward Wang hurriedly ran in from outside, with a face full of anxiety. Anyone who saw his expression would know that something had happened.