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This really helped a lot. Jiang Lu soon figured out the corresponding tone of each string by slowly comparing and groping, and then started to find some music scores that did not involve so many strings to try.
But what you need to know is that the classical guitar only has six strings and eighteen frets, and it takes a long time to practice if you want to learn it well.
The harp has a total of forty-seven strings, and the distance between the strings is less than the width of a finger. It is difficult to imagine how to pluck each string accurately and at the right and appropriate time according to the established rhythm to complete the task. How much time does a complete song take?
Although everything is difficult at the beginning, learning a difficult piece of music well is equivalent to mastering other pieces of music, which is a matter of course.
But the question is, where is the time to practice difficult music now?
And if you want to gain Dectel's trust, if you can't show a very high level of harp, then your lies will be exposed.
Therefore, Jiang Lu made a bold decision while playing with the strings.
He wants to take the wrong approach!
......
Dectel is woken up by the maid.
Perhaps it was because she had been waiting for him all day at the tavern that Cu Chulainn frequented today, and she was very tired. So when she changed into regular clothes, sat on a soft chair to read a book, and waited for the servant to prepare the fruit, she unknowingly Fell asleep.
"What time is it now?"
"It's midnight, madam," the maid replied.
"So late? That's terrible."
Dectel stood up, opened the window in the hall, let the cool breeze blow in, and tried to wake himself up.
"Why did you call me now?"
"You have always had insomnia some time ago, so seeing that you are sleeping so soundly today, I can't bear to disturb you." The maid said respectfully.
"Where are the guests?"
"Still in the study."
"Have you never come down?"
"No."
Dectel was a little surprised.
She originally thought that she had overslept, and Jiang Lu might be a little dissatisfied. No matter what, she should come out to see why she didn't go to the study to see him soon as promised, but she didn't expect that he never came downstairs from beginning to end.
"What a music maniac." Dectel complained, but he showed a bright smile from the bottom of his heart.
Now she is more interested in and appreciates Jiang Lu.
When are men most attractive?
Of course, when a man is focused on doing something, the seriousness shown by a man at this time will invisibly add a huge halo to himself.
She planned to go and see this attractive man.
"Madam, let me do it." Seeing Dectel pick up the fruit plate with her own hands, the maid quickly tried to take the work away from her.
"No need." Dectel shook his head: "It's getting late, you should rest early."
After hearing this, the maid gave up and nodded: "Okay, madam, please ring the bell at any time if necessary."
"Ah."
Dectel held the fruit plate and walked up the stairs gracefully.
When she arrived at the door of the study, she wanted to open the door directly and go in, but she suddenly stopped.
Because she heard the sound of the piano coming from the study.
Dectel was stunned for a moment.
It's not because the piece in the study is so advanced, so complex, and contains so many difficult techniques.
On the contrary, the song is very simple and the melody is also very simple, but for some reason, this is the power that makes her feel very relaxed and happy.
Putting her ear against the door and listening carefully, Dectel also heard Jiang Lu humming a song in a language she didn't understand.
"A big pipe in my mouth? I only smoke the fifth generation?
It's not bad to smoke faster? It's really comfortable without a lighter?
Byd, try it quickly? My lungs are itching now."
It is not surprising that bards traveled far and wide and knew some foreign languages.
What really surprised Dectel was that the song was not only simple, but the lyrics were also catchy, and the same lyrics could be repeated several times in a short song.
As he listened, Dectel couldn't help but hum along in ecstasy.
And just when she had just finished singing a few lines, all the sounds in the study suddenly stopped.
Soon, the footsteps began to get closer, and then Jiang Lu opened the door.
"You came?"
Jiang Lu took the fruit plate from Dectel's hand naturally, as skillfully as a husband helping his wife carry her bags.
But Dectel forgot everything and just asked in surprise: "What was that just now?"
"Itchy lungs."
"I'm not talking about the name of the song." Dectel waved his hand: "I'm talking about why I've never heard anything similar to your song?"
"This is normal." Jiang Lu scratched his head: "Each bard is good at different styles of music. I am good at salivating songs."
"Saliva song?" This was obviously the first time Dectel heard this term.
So Jiang Lu had to explain: "It's a song with a simple melody and a catchy tune that everyone, not just bards, can learn easily."
"Why?" Dectel didn't understand.
You know, no bard wants to have his song sung by someone else.
Whether they are traveling or participating in singing competitions among bards, they often regard music as their own exclusive wealth, because it represents the ability of a bard.
The best thing is that only I can perform this song and no one else can cover it.
In a word, the harder the better.
So let alone making it easy for everyone to learn it, every bard would consider it a shame to even admit that his music is simple.
So she didn't understand why Jiang Lu had to do the opposite.
"Because my songs bring happiness to others, do you remember?"
Jiang Lu smiled and explained:
“And the happiness I want is different from the happiness other bards want.
They want their performances to bring happiness to everyone, and I want to bring happiness directly to everyone. "
"What's the difference?"
"The difference is huge." Jiang Lu held Dectel's hand very naturally without her noticing: "Come with me, and I'll show you."
The two of them came to the terrace of the study room. Under the bright moonlight, Jiang Lu played the melody just now again.
As soon as the melody sounded, Dectel couldn't help but start humming the lyrics from a foreign country.
And just when she finished humming, she suddenly realized something.
"do you understand?"
Jiang Lu stopped plucking the strings and said with a smile:
“They use performances to bring happiness, but once the performance is over, the happiness disappears. But I taught everyone happiness itself, so that even if I am not here, everyone can always take out happiness and use it.
There is a proverb in my hometown that goes, "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish." It means that it is better to teach him how to fish and let him earn his living on his own than to give him the fish he catches directly.
And this is my way to happiness! "
Dectel was stunned.
This was an angle she had never heard of.
This suddenly reminded her of something.
A few years before, she had given a concert to the whole of Ulster, in which she had performed a piece of her own composition, which even her minstrel musicians had raved about.
But strangely, the response to this piece of music was not good, and the people of Ulster did not seem to be too enthusiastic.
She has always been confused about this.
But now, Jiang Lu's words awakened the dreamer.
Indeed, difficult songs can indeed show the level of a bard, but popular and simple songs are more acceptable and sung by ordinary people.
As a princess of the royal family, Dectel has a distinguished status and regards elegance as the core musical quality.
But she ignored that most people simply cannot understand such art.
Because it is simply impossible for a person who has no elegance in his life to understand elegance.
It’s not that her music is bad, it’s just that it’s not suitable for all audiences.
But Jiang Lu's song was different, perhaps because she didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, so in her opinion, although the song was simple, it was not bad. At least she liked it.
This shows that Jiang Lu’s music can be accepted by everyone.
This is enough to show that he must be a very successful bard, and he will be welcomed by all classes wherever he goes.
In this aspect alone, Jiang Lu is already much better than other bards.
Dectel did not expect that the young man in front of him could have such a high realm and such a big pattern.
This time I really found a treasure!
However, even so, Dectel still wanted to see Jiang Lu at his highest level.
So she considered it and asked tentatively: "In addition to this kind of music, do you also play other, more difficult ones?"
"Are you talking about the proud works full of dazzling skills that other bards are good at?" Jiang Lu asked without giving any face.
"Yes." Dectel nodded sheepishly.
"It used to be."
Jiang Lu's face turned red and his heart stopped beating as he began to make up: