KOCM

166-170

Chapter 166

When Qi Mu was still in Huaxia, he once heard Zheng Wei Qiao tell a joke: Loved by millions, you're an idol superstar; loved by thousands, you're a leader; loved by hundreds of millions... oh, it turns out you're just money!

Although it was a casual statement, it illustrated a truth--

If someone as good-tempered as Dorenza could be stabbed in the back by Zayev, what about anyone else?

As the king of the violin, Paganini had many fans all over the world. Some even loved him as a legend to chase their entire lives. Of course, many people hated this master, thinking that though he had wonderous skills, his violin lacked affection.

This was nonsense. After all, music from hundreds of years ago could not be perfectly preserved. Only the notes and critics of listeners in the past told the legend of the small violin maestro.

There were two main difficulties one faced playing the violin: skill and emotion.

Beethoven's 《Violin Concerto in D major》 was a song filled with emotion. Even those who didn't understand music could experience the happiness and satisfaction that came from the violin piece. Many would even think--

『Listening to this song draws me out from the deepest depths of my misery until I'm cloaked in happiness.』

However, this 《D Major》 couldn't be considered a difficult song. In the hands of a professional violinist, it could only be regarded as average difficulty. It didn't have many complicated techniques.

Expressing emotion was enough to reflect the song's beauty, was anything else needed?

"Icing on the cake" was easy to say but difficult in practicality. Many had adapted the song over the years, but few were truly phenomenal. Most were almost identical to the original song, without much improvement.

To adapt a song, the adaptor had to have a deep understanding of the song and have both an excellent ear for music and the skill enough to accomplish it. Therefore, those who could adapt a song were masters of music, such as the superior, small, or great violinists, and so on.

Of course, in an orchestra, usually the conductor and the concertmaster handled this job. For example, Qi Mu and Wallace discussed and planned his adaptations of 《Ave Maria》 and 《The Blue Danube》.

But now, it was already impossible to involve others with this 《D Major》.

Sitting in front of the stage, Dorenza's waist straightened. He leaned forward a little, gazing attentively at the young man playing on stage. He focused all his attention on his ears and didn't miss even the slightest movement.

But now, the youth was playing too fast. When Dorenza heard the second section, he had a realization and whispered, "The second movement's larghetto?!"

To his side, Motl was stunned.

The elements of a piece of music were divided into nine aspects, including rhythm, melody, harmony, intensity, etc.

Within rhythm, there was another element of speed. When creating a song, musicians often marked symbols on the score to tell players how fast to play the song. Generally, these symbols were Italian and from the slowest largo and adagio to the moderate moderato up to the faster allegro and presto.

And just faster than the largo, was the--

『Larghetto. 』

There were three movements in Beethoven's 《D Major》. The first was a slightly slower paced allegro, the third was an allegro, and the second was a larghetto.