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Fujii Itsuki didn't expect Chitose to accept things so quickly. She was crying and heartbroken just a second ago, but now she is so happy again.
"Does Brother Shu like me?"
"Of course. It's just not love yet."
"Then I now have a new goal, which is to work hard to make Brother Shu fall in love with me in two years!"
Fujii Itsuki looked at Chitose Yang Kui swearing the oath beside him and thought she was very funny.
"Brother Shu, what are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, I just think it's weird that a little girl would talk to me like that."
"What little girl? You're not little anymore! I'm already C and D!"
"Can you have a D?"
".Brother Shu, if you don't believe me, go to the hotel and rest now. I'll show you!"
"Okay, then you watch me while I take a shower today."
Yang Kui Chitose's face turned red like a steam train, "Well, forget it then."
"But, Chitose," Fujii Itsuki turned her head and looked at the gorgeous red weeping cherry blossoms on the top of the cherry tree in front of her, "I think you are beautiful, it's true."
"Does Brother Shu like girls' feet?"
".Qian Sui knows?"
"I just know that I paint my nails brighter when I go out."
"No, I feel a little uncomfortable and tired from walking. Please help me and give me a massage!"
"Stinky feet, no need to press."
"You! I hate you! I won't pay attention to you! Humph."
Chapter 77 Three-party talks between orchestra directors
"What do you think is the most important thing for an orchestra?"
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"Teacher Fujii, is it a technique?"
In the wind band classroom, Fujii Itsuki couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he heard someone answer like that.
It seems that everyone still hasn't grasped the essence of why I asked them to play together.
He bent down and picked out a metronome from the cabinet under the podium.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
The metronome repeats sounds with a strong and weak relationship of [strong and weak, secondary, strong and weak], [strong and weak, secondary strong, weak].
Fujii Itsuki placed his hand on the metronome and said to the principal oboe player who had failed to tune the instrument last time:
"Shiina-san, A key, 445."
Shiina Natsumi closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
She blew the first note.
This time no one took the lead to follow her.
After finishing playing, Shiina Natsumi put down her oboe and looked at Fujii Itsuki with trepidation.
Fujii Itsuki kept his eyes closed as if he was lost in thought. Five seconds after the oboe sounded, he suddenly opened his mouth and smiled.
"Well, isn't this a very standard blow?"
Shiina Natsumi saw her teacher smile, and her heart instantly relaxed. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Takahashi Hotaru and Sasahara Lilo behind her, and found that they were smiling and making gestures to cheer her up.
"Did you practice on weekends?"
"Yes, it is!"
"Although there are differences between 445 and 440, the frequency difference is only 5 Hz. You must have put in a lot of effort to be able to distinguish them and play them successfully within just two days."
After Fujii Itsuki said this, he saw that Shiina Natsumi's eyes seemed to be filled with confidence. This was the happiness of being praised by the teacher.
"Yes! Teacher Fujii." - She answered herself passionately.
"Can I ask Shiina-san why she chose to practice so hard?"
Shiina Natsumi held her oboe and felt embarrassed. "I don't want to be criticized by the teacher again. As the principal oboeist, I am not even as good as the new member Jusawa. I am ashamed."
Fujii Itsuki nodded and glanced at Jujube, who had been expressionless the whole time. "This proves that Shiina-san is quite talented."
"really?"
"of course."
Fujii Itsuki continued to verbally affirm her efforts.
"As for musical instruments, the longer you have experience, the more you will understand the importance of talent. Just in terms of finding the pitch, I can guarantee that some people who practice for one, two, or even three or four years will not be as effective as your efforts in the past few days."
Shiina Natsumi lifted her hair and felt even more embarrassed when she realized that she was being stared at by everyone in the club.
Yang Kui Chitose, who was in the same column, was furious. What? You were just praised by Brother Shu! Why are you blushing?
"Can you continue to do the tuning work?"
"Of course! Mr. Fujii!"
Fujii Itsuki smiled and turned to the crowd, "Okay, now let's tune it with Shiina-san's tone."
His hand was on the metronome.
"Everyone should try to play the ensemble following the metronome first, and use the metronome as a conductor. Then I will explain to you what is the most important thing for an orchestra."
Fujii Itsuki gave instructions and everyone followed the pitch given by the oboe to tune.
After completing the tuning, Fujii Itsuki pressed the metronome as a signal to start playing.
but
No, the orchestra was silent after the opening snare drum performance.
Because no one knows how to recognize a metronome as a conductor.
How do I start my part of the performance?
When is the best time to insert your own part of the performance?
What should I do with the transition and change of my part of the performance?
Everyone seemed to have realized that without a commander, everything became confusing.
As a result, the whole classroom fell silent.
Fujii Itsuki stopped the metronome, maintained a calm expression, and spoke to everyone:
"What do you think of the performance just now?"
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"Don't worry about it. Come on, follow me again now, try to do ten bars. One, two, one, two, three, four."
As Fujii Itsuki waved his baton, the snare drum sounded again.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Fujii Itsuki waved his hand, and the brass instruments joined in. Then he waved it again, and the woodwind instruments joined in. Then he waved it again, and then the strings, the double bass, and so on.
When the ten bars came to an end, the baton in his hand stopped moving.
Everyone felt it, and in an instant, everything became clear.
Fujii Itsuki saw that everyone started to whisper to each other, as if he had suddenly realized something, so he spoke directly:
"Now everyone understands what is the most important thing for a band, right?"
"Hi! Hi! I know! I know!" A short-haired girl was very excited.
"Okay, Yang Kui-san, stand up and talk."
"It's Mr. Fujii!"
Fujii Itsuki was stunned for a second, the corners of his mouth twitched, he really wanted to go back and beat this girl, he said bluntly:
"Sit down right there. The most important thing for an orchestra is cooperation, understand? Cooperation!"
Yang Kui Qiansui found that she seemed to be scolded by Brother Shu, and sat back dejectedly.
Fujii Itsuki flipped the music sheet with his slender fingers.
“In fact, everyone’s basics are not bad, especially the second-year students, who have all the necessary skills after a semester of training with me. But why is it that during the Saturday ensemble, they play worse than the first-year students?
“It’s simple, it’s because there is no cooperation.
“People don’t realize they are a whole.”
In an orchestra, the musicians' foundation is certainly important, but what is more important is the coordination between them.
This is a large orchestra with more than fifty people.
If there is no cooperation and no obedience to the conductor's arrangements, and everyone plays the music at their own pace, then the musical notes of the music will be a mess and it will never sound good.
"This is the most important point I asked you to practice last week. The most obvious characteristic of a third-rate orchestra is that there are many mistakes. It's as if the conductor doesn't exist, and no one looks at the conductor."
When everyone heard what Mr. Fujii said, they actually knew it very well in their hearts.
They do look at the conductor occasionally, but ask yourself, do they look at him all the time? No.
"Matsumae-san." Fujii Itsuki looked towards the second seat in the first row in front of the left.
"I'm here, Mr. Fujii." Matsumae Shinharu held the violin and looked up.