Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist-Chapter 684 - 431 Confident Gan, Unafraid of Difficulties_2

Chapter 684: Chapter 431 Confident Gan, Unafraid of Difficulties_2

In the past few days, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu have been staying in this hotel. As the Music Capital, what delights Lin Tian is that many hotels and apartments here are equipped with music facilities, and "piano rooms" are plentiful.

They are staying in a grand hotel in Vienna that claims to have a full two-century-long history.

The lobby on the first floor is plastered with a variety of celebrity posters, with small introductions beneath them.

In 18XX, a certain famous pianist stayed here while participating in a certain performance.

In 19XX, a certain patriotic musician XX composed a world-renowned XXX Symphony in room XXX of the hotel.

Such descriptions and history fill every corner of the hotel.

Paired with very Medieval European Renaissance architectural features, and the white artistic statues standing at the entrance.

Staying in a hotel like this is an ultimate emotional experience in itself.

For a moment, it feels as if I am also a great musician from the 19th century about to perform at the Golden Hall.

Returning to the room.

Lin Tian approaches the piano.

Before officially playing, Lin Tian starts by testing the sound on the piano.

In recent days, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu’s life in Vienna could be described as laid-back.

Clearly, there’s only about a week left before the competition begins.

But Lin Tian hasn’t touched the piano in the room once; they’ve been idly wandering the streets of Vienna, just eating and playing every day, without engaging in any musical activities.

The main reason is that Lin Tian hasn’t decided which piece to play.

This would be extremely shocking for any musician about to participate in the Keller Cup.

But after returning from today’s preliminary match, Lin Tian has made up his mind.

After successfully testing the sound, he quickly played a segment on the piano.

"....."

It was just a very simple piece of music.

The lighthearted melody and dynamic movement instantly captivated Gan Yanyu.

"Sounds great!"

Gan Yanyu exclaimed in surprise,

"What’s this piece?"

"A march."

Lin Tian replied.

If, in the grand genre of classical music,

Symphonies or waltzes might not always be pleasant.

But marches, usually, don’t have the right to "sound bad."

It’s like having a midnight snack.

Any chef who makes high-oil, high-calorie food taste bad should be shot.

Bland, tasteless, flavorless—these adjectives should only apply to low-oil, low-fat, healthy green food.

If I’m already eating high-oil, high-calorie food, if I’m already having a midnight snack, if I’m already overindulging,

and you can still serve me a pile of shit??

The situation with marches is similar.

Marches, as a music genre with a distinct function, have very obvious artistic characteristics.

There are both classical and modern marches.

Typical 2/4 time is an acoustic mirror of the human walking resonance frequency, such as the first 32 measures of Elgar’s "Majestic March," replicating the rhythm of boots striking cobblestones in the Victorian Era Guards, which is very catchy.

Modern marches, like John Williams’ "Star Wars" Imperial March, use a fractal rhythm algorithm to deconstruct traditional dotted rhythms into golden ratio pulses, providing listeners with extreme auditory enjoyment in a formulaic score.

As to why marches sound good, whether it’s from the perspective of biological evolutionary code, the perfect fusion of neurodynamics and acoustic engineering creation mechanisms, or from modern brain science research showing that sustained listening to marches for 15 minutes enhances the neuroplasticity of the premotor cortex equivalent to 2 hours of military drill physiological effects, such rhetoric.

It’s all in the "Music Theory Mastery" in Lin Tian’s brain.

But he’s too lazy to delve into it; it’s too long, too smelly, and he’s not interested.

Overall, fundamentally,

A good march, for the common people, is simply hard to not enjoy.

And some "very enjoyable" marches.

Typically have a broader popularity and dominance, even if they are not as significant or prestigious as other seemingly more impressive works, but in terms of popularity, even after hundreds of years, they remain unrivaled against these monumental works in music history.

And the piece Lin Tian is now playing.

Belongs to this kind of "very enjoyable" march.

And, one might say, there’s no other march whose popularity can match this piece.

Calling it the "Emperor of Marches" is not an exaggeration.

"Why did you suddenly think of this piece?"

Gan Yanyu asked from the side.

From the moment they landed in Vienna, Lin Tian was always in a "not anxious" state.

She didn’t urge, but Lin Tian genuinely wasn’t anxious.

Even though the Keller Cup officially started today, Lin Tian hadn’t said which piece they would perform.

Gan Yanyu didn’t have an opinion on it.

If she were really worried, she would have prompted Lin Tian long ago. She had absolute trust in Lin Tian now.

Even if Lin Tian were to give the sheet music to Gan Yanyu the night before the second stage, she would still trust Lin Tian.

However, she was curious.

Why was it specifically after watching the first stage?

Why, of all pieces, this one?

"Because, although this piece looks simple, it’s challenging to bring out your strengths and elevate its emotion to the highest on stage."

Lin Tian explained,

"What it requires is a state of absolute confidence!"

"Absolute confidence?"

"Yes."

Lin Tian had long wanted to perform this piece on a competition stage, but had never found a good opportunity.

Largely because this piece requires a "Gan Yanyu with absolute confidence in her abilities" to play it well.

Essentially, this type of piece is somewhat similar to the "Can Can."

Only in creating videos and posting them on social platforms is fine, but once playing on stage, they must "ignore all others" and immerse themselves wholly in their world.

If it’s deep, emotional, and sad music, the requirements are actually not as high.

Because this type of music inherently carries a story, easily immersing Gan Yanyu, and even if influenced by judges and the audience’s reality, due to being on stage, the very "nervous" and "anxious" mindset doesn’t disrupt Gan Yanyu.

But the "joyful," "romantic," "delighted" emotions in this march are different.

It demands more of one’s mindset.

While nervous, it’s easy to distinguish if humor or sadness is harder.

Honestly,

The first time in Vienna, the first time on the Golden Hall stage.

Even someone like Lin Tian can’t help but feel nervous.

To say one should ignore all others and immerse oneself in a joyous world is incredibly difficult.

But,

In the viewing room just now, the way Gan Yanyu carried herself with that "unflinching" demeanor, dismissing any opponent...

Although brief, and even if Gan Yanyu was nervous while saying that,

Lin Tian believes it’s sufficient.

On stage, they can surely take this to the extreme.

Lin Tian took out paper and a pen, swiftly writing down the sheet music.

And on the title of the paper, finally wrote the name of the piece composed by Mozart—

"Turkish March."

....

Time flies swiftly, in no time.

In an instant,

The world’s "Keller Cup" cello second stage competition day has arrived!

That morning,

After changing into a new suit and tying a tie of the same color as Gan Yanyu’s dress.

At the moment they stepped out of the hotel room and exchanged a smile.

They both knew.

Today is destined to be the day they make their name in Vienna!

Lin Tian took the girl’s hand and set off.