The world's number one pianist

"Why did your heart suddenly become confused? What were you thinking at that time? Why didn't you control your thoughts?"

"What exactly is the reason that can make you break away from music? Can you tell me? I am very curious about the idea that can make you empty your mind when playing."

He Shen looked at Ji Mengting and asked lightly, his tone was not hurried or changed, just like a statement.

This statement made Ji Mengting extremely uncomfortable.

Before she could speak, He Shen continued.

"When you entered the school, you had to move towards becoming a professional musician, but what are you doing? You haven't done anything..."

"You don't even have a complete characterization when playing a piece of music. The beginning is good, but there is no guarantee that the rest will be perfect. Is this how you practice music?"

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"Tell me, tell me, tell me what other reasons you have, I want to hear them, listen to why you are like this."

Ji Mengting was a little anxious, took a small step forward, and whispered.

"I..."

Halfway through, she suddenly became silent, opened her mouth, but said nothing.

Yes, what He Shen said was indeed correct. She had no reason to start thinking about things when she was halfway through playing.

Could it be that because other people were stopped by the teacher after playing for only a few minutes, she thought she only needed to play for a few minutes?

Ji Mengting herself found this reason ridiculous. This is something a music major would say?

Do you think what you think is what you think?

As a college student who aims to be a professional musician, this is definitely not the case. When playing music, you must concentrate.

For example, in an event, even if you know that you may only need to play for a few minutes, a fraction of a piece.

So what? You must prepare a whole piece!

Who would prepare a piece only halfway through?

My mistake was not in professional skills, but in my mentality.

There was something wrong with my mentality. I started to think about it and did not maintain a very good mentality to play.

Then, naturally, I would fail.

There is no point in refutation for this, and it cannot be questioned!

Thinking of this, Ji Mengting shook her head, but put down the previous spirit, took a small step back, and spoke to He Shen.

"No, I admit that I have no reason. I did make a mistake. My mentality is wrong. This is my problem."

Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, took a step forward, and spoke to He Shen again.

"But even if others say that I am shameless, it doesn't matter. I still know whether you are willing to accept me as a student. I really want to learn piano from you!"

He Shen looked at Ji Mengting, and his expression did not change at all, which made Ji Mengting flustered.

No one around, whether teachers or students, could see his thoughts.

To accept or not? For many people, this is not a problem, but for He Shen, this is a very big problem.

As far as other teachers think, Ji Mengting's strength is very good, but there is a little problem with her mentality. When the time comes, she can practice more and take her to various competitions across the country.

Practice more, the mentality will be better, and she will not be particularly nervous about performances and competitions.

So, their focus is on people's professional skills.

With Ji Mengting's skills, as long as she is trained a little, she will definitely be a strong player in Jiangzhou Normal University in the future.

So, if it were any other teacher, they would definitely choose to accept Ji Mengting as their student.

But this is just the idea of ​​those teachers, not He Shen.

Most people present don't know He Shen very well, so they have no idea whether He Shen will accept Ji Mengting.

At this moment, He Shen is also thinking.

He is thinking about what to teach Ji Mengting after accepting her?

Teach her Chopin?

No, it is obvious that she doesn't need to teach her Chopin herself. Her teacher has already led her on the right path. She just needs to follow this path and slowly walk to the end.

All roads lead to Rome!

For example, the three major music schools in the world, the Russian music school that focuses on body release, the German-Austrian music school that focuses on logical thinking, and the French music school that focuses on subtle purity.

The teaching and playing styles of each school are all different, but each school can produce top musicians.

It doesn't say that the pianists of that school are good, or that the pianists of that school are weaker.

Basically, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

So, although Ji Mengting's path is different from mine, she is obviously on the same path, and there is no need to force her to follow me and change her learning concept.

So what else can I teach her besides Chopin?

The thinking behind the music? Thinking from the music itself?

If we simply discuss the thinking behind the music, she can go to music history to study slowly, and if she wants to think about the logic of the music itself, then she must choose to be a disciple of Qu Shi.

In terms of simply analyzing the music score, Qu Shi is obviously more logical than herself.

After all, she is a professional. In the piano department, she is the type who is a master of papers. She has written countless papers, let alone the papers she helped translate and organize.

He is good at analyzing works by himself. After all, this is the basis, but let him teach another person to analyze works...

Then forget it.

I really don’t know how to teach another person how to analyze.

My own analysis basically means slowly looking at each note, using memory, and thinking about the composer's intention when writing this note.

Other than that, basically gone.

But if it is a poem, she will analyze the work in a more scientific and rational way.

And the more important point is that Ji Mengting is now...

Her biggest problem is not technical, her biggest problem is her mentality. She always thinks about too many things.

Therefore, she will naturally have some strange problems, such as starting to think about things in the middle of playing, and then her fingers will start to mess up.

Maybe it will be better if she participates in more competitions in the future.

And this happened to be something that I had absolutely no way to teach her.

Therefore, He Shen shook his head and spoke to Ji Mengting under everyone's gaze.

"No, I refuse."

Wow!

Although I had expected it, when I actually heard this sound, the whole concert hall suddenly became noisy!

Many people started screaming.

"Why? The first one this year, Ji Mengting, plays so well. Why did the teacher reject her?"

"Is it because she had problems with her mentality later on? You broke the rules and asked her to play all the songs. Can you blame her?"

"That's right, I won't accept this. What is this teacher thinking? This is the first place this year! This teacher has no vision at all..."

"Fast forward to the time when Ji Mengting found a particularly rubbish teacher. Later, she played better than this teacher, and she came back to slap her in the face!"

"It's over. This teacher has such high requirements. I wrote him on my paper. Now I'm so confused whether I should change it or not. Isn't this too scary?"

"Oh my god, is college so scary? Are every teacher's requirements so high? Woohoo, I want to go home..."

"I'm afraid, I feel like I won't have a teacher to want me..."

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Even some teachers sitting near He Shen couldn't help but whisper.

"Huh? He doesn't accept the first place? If he doesn't accept it, I really want it. Unfortunately, I'm just a lecturer. The associate professor above should want it."

"Speaking of why, He Shen played Chopin. Ji Mengting, who was the first to enter school this year, also played Chopin. Except for the fact that she had a little problem later and her mentality collapsed a little, what else could she do? It’s all good, why don’t you accept it?”

"I don't understand it anyway. If any of you understand it, can you tell me?"

"What a coincidence, I didn't understand He Shen's thoughts either..."

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Ji Mengting seemed to have been prepared for He Shen's rejection. She clenched her fist hard.

Pinch, loosen, pinch, loosen again.

After letting his mind gradually calm down, he asked He Shen.

"Um...Teacher, although I have been prepared for it for a long time, can I ask why?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on He Shen again, waiting for his answer.

Even Qu Shi, who had never expressed anything extra, also turned her gaze to He Shen with a curious look in her eyes.

Seeing the looks of so many people, He Shen spoke directly without any hesitation.

"Because it's obvious that you don't need my teaching."

"Huh? But..."

"There is no but, let me tell you this, your piano level is not bad. The point is that you are on the right path. As long as you keep moving forward, it will be fine."

"If I suddenly intervene midway, it will cause confusion in your thoughts, making you even more confused about how you should play. This is something I don't want to see."

Seeing that Ji Mengting wanted to say something else, He Shen immediately raised his hand, stopped her from speaking again, and then said.

"I know you may be a little dissatisfied, but no matter what you say, I will never agree to you being my student."

"What you lack now is time and competition!"

"Your level is not high, but what is very good is that you are on a very correct path, so I am of no use to you, so you need time to keep improving. This is for you It has to be done!”

"Your mentality still needs to be improved. This improvement cannot be completed in a day or two. You need to keep training, find more and more competitions to participate in, run around the world, and then compete with those top Meet the masters and listen to them play.”

"And finally, the most important point, I can probably guess why you want to follow me. Maybe it's because you think I am very good at analyzing works, so you want to learn this from me."

"For this point, I just want to say that I actually took a little trick. You can't learn this trick, so I suggest you give up."

"If you really want to learn, I personally suggest that you can make a new choice and choose Teacher Qu Shiqu. Her analysis of music itself is very good, and even Professor Dan Yidan praises her."

"If you must have me, then it's not that I can't accept you, but I have to tell you in advance that you may not learn a lot from me."

"If you choose to give up, then you can still ask me if you have any questions. I will not refuse anyone to ask me questions about piano."

After He Shen finished speaking, he closed his mouth and left time for Ji Mengting, waiting for her choice.

Qu Shi was stunned when she heard that she was suddenly mentioned. After He Shen finished speaking, she immediately poked his shoulder and asked in a low voice.

"Well, Mr. He? Why did you recommend her to me? My piano teaching level is very average, I'm afraid..."

"Didn't you hear what I said before?"

"Huh? What did you say? I'm still shocked by your statement that you won't accept her. You won't accept the first place. What are you thinking? Other associate professors and lecturers are vying for her, but you don't want her..."

He Shen pinched his eyebrows helplessly, pointed at Ji Mengting who was standing in a daze in the middle of the stage, and spoke.

"From her piano playing, we can tell that she actually has a teacher, and a very good teacher. That teacher taught her piano and showed her a clear path. As long as she continues to follow that path, she can become a very good pianist. There is no problem."

"Take the positions in the music college as an example. She can at least enter the music college as a lecturer. I don't know about the higher level."

"So, I don't think I need to teach her."

"And what you have to teach her is how to analyze piano scores and get some important information from them, just like what I discussed with Professor Dan before, starting from music, that is, the essence of the score."

"What she has to learn is to analyze music, not piano."

Qu Shi nodded as if she had realized something, clapped her hands suddenly, and shouted.

"Oh, so that's why you recommended me?"

"Yes, that's why I recommended you."

"Is that so? If you say so, I'm relieved."

Qu Shi nodded with satisfaction. Halfway through nodding, she suddenly felt a little guilty and asked again.

"Um, that, if she really has any piano problems to ask me, and I can't solve them?"

"Then come and ask me, and..."

He Shen looked at Qu Shi speechlessly, pointed at the list of students in front of her, and said helplessly.

"You are a lecturer, she is a student, why are you afraid that her piano level is better than yours? If your piano skills are too weak, how do you think that Principal Zhou San and other teachers will let you in?"

"Um..."

Qu Shi scratched her head and said a little uncertainly.

"After all, how can I say it? People around me play the piano better than me, which makes me feel a little inferior. The main reason why Principal Zhou San let me in is that I am good at music score analysis?"

After saying that, she added to He Shen.

"Oh yes, the one who plays the piano better than me is mainly you, He Shen!"

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After He Shen rolled his eyes at Qu Shi, he was too lazy to pay attention to her, and focused his attention on Ji Mengting, waiting for her answer.

Ji Mengting stood on the stage and rubbed her hands. She obviously thought about it for a long time. Finally, she spoke to He Shen.

"Teacher, I still want to follow you to class!"

"Didn't you understand what I said before?" He Shen frowned and said, "I said, if you follow me, you may not learn anything."

"Well, I heard it very clearly. I insist on my own path very thoroughly, so I will not be confused. You can rest assured. I just want to follow you to class and learn a little about Chopin from you!"

"As for Teacher Qu... I also want to follow her to class. Principal Zhou, I wonder if it's okay?"

Ji Mengting looked at Zhou San, who was sitting on the side watching the excitement, and asked.

Zhou San listened and refused without any hesitation.

"No, if you want to study with the second teacher, you can only take small classes in private. Each teacher has limited time, and it is impossible for the class time to be extended because of you."

"Also, remember to discuss with both teachers. Don't let him say that my class is better than his after I finish the class. Do you understand?"

"Well, I understand all this. So, are you okay, teachers?"

Qu Shi nodded nonchalantly.

"I can do anything. Anyway, I don't have many students. If you want to take small classes with me, I'm free on weekends."

"What about Teacher He? Are you willing to accept me as a student?"

Looking at Ji Mengting who was so persistent, He Shen couldn't help but feel a headache.

He always felt that if he accepted this girl, his future university teaching career would start to be fun.

However, if he rejected her for the second and third time, it would be a bit bad. Her attitude had already become like that...

So, He Shen scratched his eyebrows and subconsciously touched the lollipop in his pocket, trying to calm down.

But he found that he had finished the lollipop in his pocket, so he couldn't help but sigh and said to Ji Mengting.

"Okay, since you insist, then come on."

Ji Mengting laughed immediately after hearing He Shen's agreement, bowed hard to He Shen, and thanked him profusely.

"Thank you, teacher. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation!"

After that, she jumped off the stage, not hiding her excitement at all.

He Shen looked at her jumping back and felt a headache again.

This jumping suddenly reminded him of Zhao Zitong.

Although the styles of the two are completely different, one is as elegant as a young lady, and the other is eccentric.

It feels like something might go wrong.