Chapter 94 Knight's Longsword (Third Update)
——The third watch will be delivered to ask for a monthly pass, and the fourth watch will continue tomorrow!
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With the help of several canon-style music, Victor explained this basic polyphonic form completely, in which Lucian, Phyllis and others asked questions from time to time and got satisfactory answers, and finally, Victor smiled and looked at his students: "I know you are all very hard-working and attentive, and you have already started to teach yourself canon, so you might as well try to compose a canon, which will be very helpful for you to understand polyphonic music, chords, and create more complex music."
Seeing that Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all showed eager expressions, while Lucian was silent, Victor said with a slight confusion: "Lucian, although you have a very outstanding musical talent, your foundation is not very good, as can be heard from the first Symphony of Destiny. Don't think that the canon melody is simple, it really needs to be written well, and it is also very beautiful and beautiful, such as Mr. Sehel's classic canon in D major, which is also wonderful to listen to nearly a hundred years later."
For Lucian, Victor was not like Marcus, who taught his first true musical disciple and now toured the courts of various countries on the continent, allowing him to use his genius with little interference. In Victor's view, Lucian's musical talent is far superior to Marcus's, comparable to those great musicians, and because of this, as a teacher, he must give appropriate persuasion and protection, lest he become arrogant and squander his genius, which will be a great loss to the music industry.
Lucian came back to his senses and explained seriously: "Mr. Victor, I will not forget the importance of the basics, and I will seriously try to compose the canon, but when I just listened to you explain Mr. Sehel's canon in D major, I suddenly had some inspiration, and I felt that the melody could be slightly changed, and why not adapt it into a piano piece, playing with this new instrument, maybe it can bring a very different flavor from the original cello and violin ensemble."
"The melodies of the canon are very short, and they bring a beautiful feeling through constant swirling repetition, and the same is true of Mr. Sehel's canon in D major, which has only a few two-bar melodies, and it is difficult to make small changes." Victor first expressed concern, and then affirmed and encouraged Lucian's idea, "Of course, the canon in D major has been adapted for organ performance, and there are also adapted for flute, I am looking forward to seeing Lucian you adapt it into piano music, it may be a new musical enjoyment."
Lucian smiled: "Don't worry, Mr. Victor, I just learned this form by composing and adapting canon, and I will not blindly change it, and the beauty of the music can be distinguished at first hearing."
"Then we look forward to hearing the Canon piano piece in D major." Seeing Victor nodding, Phyllis and Lot both smiled and said to Lucian.
After the music class, when she went to the piano room to practice her instrument, Phyllis deliberately walked a few steps faster, walked side by side with Lucian, and asked in a low voice: "Lucian, are you going to play the adapted Canon piano piece in D major at my birthday party next month?" The corners of her mouth hooked slightly, as if she was laughing and looking forward to it.
Due to the simplicity of the canon, she felt that the adaptation should not take long.
Lucian's heart moved, and he smiled gratefully: "Phyllis, I will never forget your help to me. At your birthday party, I'm sure I'll play a brand new piece, but not an adapted canon in D major. I will spend this month trying to compose a cheerful serenade suitable for party style for you."
"Really?" Phyllis was pleasantly surprised that she originally just wanted Lucian to be proficient in a few piano pieces and then play them at parties, with the title of musical genius and princess music consultant, even if it was just a performance of past works, it would greatly satisfy her vanity, but she didn't expect Lucian to prepare to write a new serenade.
Lucian nodded seriously and replied: "But it should not be a complete movement, it may only be a piano sketch composed of some melodies, textures and harmonies."
Piano pieces are short pieces of single movement.
Phyllis clasped her hands together again: "It's such an honor, Lucian, you are such a good person." She was very excited, even if it was a piano sketch, but the time was short, and it would be nice to be able to do this.
Harvest a good person card, Lucian himself teased himself.
But Phyllis quickly became nervous again: "Isn't a month too short and too hasty? If, if there is something wrong with the serenade, it will hurt Lucian's reputation."
Although it is not uncommon to write a serenade piano sketch in a month, Phyllis still can't help but worry because Lucian's current praise is too high, President Christopher's admiration for fate, Her Royal Highness the Princess's evaluation of the changemaker, and Director Othello's "real, respectable genius" praise have made many people full of jealousy and dissatisfaction, waiting for Lucian to make mistakes.
They are like ferocious beasts in the night, as long as Lucian's new music does not reach a certain height, and if there is a slight flaw, they will immediately swarm and drown their prey with saliva, and even Phyllis's own birthday party and the hopes placed on Lucian will be greatly affected.
In comparison, Phyllis hopes that Lucian will slowly carve and write a work that is not much worse than fate in a year or even two years, so that his status will be completely stabilized, and he will no longer be a new genius musician, but a true music authority.
"A serenade, there should be no problem." Lucian tried to pretend to be all the geniuses in a careless, very confident tone. And this serenade Lucian has already thought about it, it is a melody that has not yet appeared in this world, it is the most outstanding and classic serenade in a similar cheerful style, even Lucian, who did not love classical music much in his previous life, often heard,
Of course, in a month, Lucian would definitely not be able to take out the complete format of the four movements, but could only replace it with a piano sketch adapted from the first movement.
Seeing Lucian's attitude, Phyllis opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to persuade her, so she had to say expectantly and worriedly: "Then I'm waiting for an excellent serenade."
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In the following month, in addition to learning magic at night, analyzing magic, and trying to use the witch's notes to reverse deduce the ancient Sylvanas magical empire text on the "Book of Astrology and Elements", Lucian devoted himself to the study of music, because it represented his hope of going to the headquarters of the Magic Council.
Relying on his super memory and focused study, Lucian finally truly learned and mastered the basic music knowledge, and only then did Lucian feel that he was a qualified music student.
The arranged canon in D major and the serenade took nearly a month to complete under Lucian's intentional control.
Although he really wanted to stimulate the power of the bloodline as soon as possible, protect his family, and guard his homeland, Sir Wayne, who knew the general situation from the Grand Duke of Vaorit, seriously warned him that he must not recklessly step into the process of stimulating the bloodline without a solid foundation, so that not only is the possibility of success slim, but even if he is lucky enough to become a full-fledged knight with the help of auxiliary materials, there is no hope of breaking through to the great knight or even the heavenly knight in the future.
Therefore, John, who admired and loved Sir Wayne very much, restrained his impatience, and under his arrangement, he spent most of his time training monotonously and boringly, and a small part of his time went to the Melzer Black Forest to fight goblins, kobolds, etc. to hone his will and skills. At the same time, Sir Wayne made an excuse and gave John a sum of money to rent a house near the borough and take the Joel family to live there, so as to ensure their safety to the greatest extent.
Although Joel's family had a good time in the garden villa rented by Lucian, it was not their home after all, and they had an unresolveable discomfort, so they saw that Lucian, who was restrained by them, did not forcibly retain them.
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On Thursday morning, the last week of the Golden Moon (October), in the piano room of the "War Gallery" palace in the Latah Summer Palace, Lucian had just finished a musical discussion with Natasha.
"I think this part of the melody has the excitement I want." Natasha looked at the scribbled and messy score and showed a sincere and beautiful smile.
She has a solid understanding and mastery of musical knowledge and fugues, canons and other forms that Lucian doesn't know much about, so after hearing the full format of the theme music and getting inspiration, she quickly had part of the melody, but she wanted to create music with a passionate feeling, and the melody was changed again and again.
Lucian shook his head and smiled: "Actually, the last change was already very good, but unfortunately Your Highness Your Highness is too demanding." Lucian, who has a thin musical background, almost couldn't keep up with Natasha's ideas and rhythm during this time, but fortunately, he was also learning and improving, and he was only a consultant rather than a teacher.
"Since you want to write a song, you must write your inner feelings, but when it comes to passionate works, the most perfect one I have ever heard is Lucian's Symphony of Your Destiny, what do you think?" Natasha was in a good mood as she sorted out the sheet music.
Lucian smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment." But in his heart, he was silently saying, "Actually, I think the most exciting thing is the "March of the Volunteers"......"
After exchanging a few words, Natasha saw that Lucian was about to take her leave, and suddenly smiled curiously: "Tonight is the birthday party of Phyllis of the Hain family, I heard that Lucian, you have prepared a brand new serenade as a gift?"
This was deliberately leaked by Lucian through Elena, Lot, and others, and it seemed that it had reached Natasha's ears.
"Of course." Lucian nodded in affirmation.
Natasha, who was wearing a purple court dress, raised her eyebrows and pointed to the piano with great interest: "Can I enjoy it first?"
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, this is a gift for Phyllis, and you have to play it at the birthday party." Lucian refused with a smile not afraid of it.
Natasha walked back and forth a few steps, looking at Lucian with a smile: "You know, if curiosity is not satisfied, people will become very irritable."
But she quickly frowned slightly: "But birthday gifts really should be, speaking of which, Sylvia's birthday is a few days before the New Year, should I compose a love serenade for her?"
"What an enviable and jealous couple......" Lucian, who has witnessed the "lovey-dovey" scene several times during this time, is full of emotion.
Natasha, who was caught in this problem, no longer dwelled on the serenade, and instructed Camille to take a ceremonial long sword: "This is the knight's longsword promised to be given to you, its name is 'Vigilance', a first-level high-level transcendent item, which can greatly improve your intuition and make it easier to detect the arrival of danger."
(End of this chapter)