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Chapter 228 Chu Yang's strength!

Up to F, down to A, down to E... Several more rare scales and arpeggios in large and small tunes were like Chu Yang's hands, without thinking. Even though Zhao Xuesong has seen many talented students over the years, he has made rapid progress like Chu Yang, and has reached this level in just a few lessons, but he has never seen it before.

Chu Yang's level of progress can no longer be described as a genius, he is completely a monster!

Zhao Xuesong still remembers that when Chu Yang came to class for the first time, he looked like he had never touched the piano, but "The Shepherd's Piccolo" was right after only one class, and he was completely proficient in two classes! In the following few classes, almost every time he came, Zhao Xuesong could feel his huge changes, so that when he took the art exam, he could already play the eighth-level "Turkish Sonata" smoothly!

After the art exam, Chu Yang hadn't come to class for a while. Zhao Xuesong thought that after the exam, Chu Yang, a beginner piano student, would have a regression in his level after relaxing, but today it seems that this is not the case. Not only did Chu Yang not regress, but instead made much more progress!

Just looking at the few scales he played, he has definitely reached the level of amateur level nine or even higher!

"Okay, let's play the scales and arpeggios here. You are at your current level and don't need to play these things anymore. I haven't been here for a while. Let me see what songs you have practiced?" Zhao Xuesong said to Chu Yang with a smile.

This is also the difference between him teaching Chu Yang and other students. When teaching other students, Zhao Xuesong usually keeps homework in advance and waits for the next class to come back to class. However, when Chu Yang comes to his class, he usually recommends Chu Yang to have a general practice range, and then when the next class is next time, he will give him guidance.

The reason for this is that Chu Yang's practice speed is too fast. Generally speaking, he left three to four etudes in class according to the regular progress. Basically, he could complete it in class and there was no need to leave it for the next class. So after two or three times, Zhao Xuesong simply stopped assigning specific repertoires to him, but only provided him with some corresponding level of books for him to choose to practice based on his current general level.

"Okay." Chu Yang nodded, then turned the exam textbook on the score stand back a few pages. He raised his hands, and a burst of passionate sound rolled out!

The 41st song of Cheerny 740, left-hand exercise.

One of Chu Yang's left hand rolled against the piano keys, stretching and contracting, and it was as fast as lightning, bringing out a continuous stream of sounds like the Yangtze River.

At the same time, in the sound flow, the right hand gently rises and falls in the high pitch area. The clever combination of single and double tones forms small sentences to outline the musical image, like a trendsetter surfing in the waves.

This song that is simply training skills actually made him play a bit of the artistic conception of a sonata!

Seeing Chu Yang's performance without any flaws, even Zhao Xuesong sighed repeatedly. The etude reached the level of 740. Basically, at the amateur level, it was already at the top. Playing it up further can be some concert-level etudes. Generally speaking, many amateur students have to struggle to play here, but looking at Chu Yang's appearance, it is obvious that he is eased by such skills and does not seem to be difficult at all!

Seeing his left hand wandering around the keys as if he had spirituality, and he was free to retract and release it, Zhao Xuesong thought that even if he was now, he might not be able to reach his flexibility!

"With his current skill in left hand, he should be able to play Chopin's "Etude in C minor" without any problem." Zhao Xuesong thought to himself.

Chopin's "Etude in C minor" is a famous song in left-handed etude and also belongs to the concert-level etude. Many people do not know the official name of this song, but they know its other name. "Revolutionary Etude"!

This etude, created for the fall of Warsaw, expresses the sad mood of the "piano poet" Chopin. It is the pinnacle of the perfect combination of skills and art, and it is also one of the most well-known works in his life!

Zhao Xuesong looked at Chu Yang's performance and thought to himself that maybe soon, he would no longer have to teach him. Because if he continued to teach, there would be nothing to teach him. Although Zhao Xuesong is Qin Hai's famous piano teacher, if he was tutoring a student who was about to enter the concert level, he would still be a little incompetent.

Chu Yang didn't know these little thoughts in Teacher Zhao's mind. He hadn't come to piano class for a while. Now he just wants to show the practice results of this period to Zhao Xuesong, and at the same time get more professional guidance and advice from him.

After buying a piano at home, Chu Yang practiced more every day, and usually practiced for more than three hours at night. This kind of instrument, which was completely unfamiliar to him, made him very interested. Especially the concepts of chords and polyphonics in the piano, was like opening a completely unfamiliar window and seeing a different style!

So it is not an exaggeration to say that Chu Yang is a magician in practicing piano over the past period of time. Fortunately, his piano room at home has been specially decorated with acoustics, so the sound of practicing piano will not be disturbed through the floor. Otherwise, it would be strange if he was still playing the piano at around 11 o'clock in the evening and he would not be knocked on by his neighbors!

At the same time, his practice during this period has been quite effective. Compared with ordinary piano students, he has two major advantages in technology and knowledge. He made great progress in this way. He only took three days to play the junior "Xiao Tang" volumes one to three. Then he only took one month to read the trilogy of Cheerny's "599", "849" and "299". Although not every song must be played, some representative works that Zhao Xuesong has drawn in it have been played one by one!

"Bach's Primary Piano Music Collection", "Little Sonata", "Bugmuelle Etudes", "The Way of Famous Hands", "Hanon"... He played almost all the supplementary textbooks recommended by Zhao Xuesong to him without falling into the ground, and passed all the essential and representative songs in it one by one!

Such a large amount of practice is completely unimaginable for ordinary students. It will take at least two to three years for a normal person to complete this process, but Chu Yang used his practical actions to prove the difference between a demon-level genius and a mortal!

In less than two months, Chu Yang completed about three years of training for ordinary people, and even the quality of the training was higher than that of many people! This thing that seemed almost impossible to accomplish in ordinary people was done lightly under Chu Yang's hands!

This period of hard practice has also made Chu Yang completely transform from a layman who has only a slight understanding of piano into a big expert. Although there is still a certain gap with those majors who have studied for more than ten years, it is only a gap in the breadth of the performance and stage experience. In terms of piano performance techniques and some theoretical knowledge, Chu Yang is no longer inferior to any major piano student!

The music theory foundation I used to study and the theoretical knowledge in some piano textbooks were integrated through more than two months of hard practice, and it has truly become the skills in my hands and the smooth sound flow during playing!

Chu Yang spent more than a minute to perfectly perform an etude 740, an amateur grade nine song, and Chu Yang performed a perfect song without even a single misnomer!

After playing this song, Chu Yang turned around and looked at Zhao Xuesong. The other party didn't say a word, but only compared him with a "continue" gesture.

Chu Yang turned around and returned to the keys, and his fingers moved and jumped lightly. Another famous song "One Minute Waltz", a level 9 song, and a work by Chopin!

"One Minute Waltz" is also called "Puppy Waltz". It is a work of the famous Polish pianist and composer Chopin. Because its musical image is very similar to a puppy that turns in circles and cannot stop chasing and biting his tail, it is named "Puppy Waltz". Although it only takes one minute to complete the piano skills involved in one minute are quite difficult, and even in a grade 9 song, it is a very difficult song!

However, at this moment, this song was smooth and free at Chu Yang's fingertips, like a small etude of two or three levels, so relaxed and freehand. Looking at Chu Yang's performance was simply a pleasing enjoyment.

Zhao Xuesong knew that being able to play this feeling and taste only shows that Chu Yang’s current piano level has far exceeded that of level 9!

In one minute, Chu Yang perfectly played the famous "Puppy Waltz", but there was still no technical error.

Zhao Xuesong was speechless. He thought that even if Chu Yang's piano level did not regress, he would at most be around the original level of level 8, but he did not expect that he had improved to this level!

Thinking that he had just briefly pointed out some basic technical movements and set some scope for him. He had not really guided him carefully for a certain song. This guy could practice this way. Zhao Xuesong was completely convinced now. At the same time, he no longer thought of Chu Yang as his student. With this guy's current level, if the two really compare, the piano level may be higher and lower!

When he heard Chu Yang play a Chinese song "Dry Sky Thunder", Zhao Xuesong waved his hand and signaled that Chu Yang would not have to play any more.

With a few arpeggios, plus three songs, the strength Chu Yang showed at this moment was enough to make Zhao Xuesong clear about his current level. Looking at Chu Yang who was no longer playing, Zhao Xuesong said with emotion: "Chu Yang, from today on, I have nothing to teach you. The grading exam of the Music Association will begin next month. I will register for you and you can directly take the Nine level."

Chu Yang nodded. He also felt that his current piano level was more than enough to get a grade nine. After chatting with Zhao Xuesong for a few simple words, Chu Yang stood up and left the music classroom. When he walked to the entrance of the corridor, he realized that the little girl and her mother whom he had just guided were still there.
Chapter completed!
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