Chapter 50: Artistic or Cool

Teacher Wang, who was sitting on the piano bench, was in her early thirties with short, capable hair. Seeing Li Yan enter, she signaled for him to sit down first: "You're the one who wants to learn the beginner version of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' in three days?"

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, zero foundation, but I'm short on time and need a fast track."

Teacher Wang also smiled: "Fast tracking isn't difficult, but we'll only keep the simplified melody and a few variations; don't think about anything too complex. You have to spend enough time every day practicing fingering and hand coordination, and the rhythm must be steady."

Teacher Wang first taught Li Yan the basic positions of the staff: the right hand corresponds to the keys CDEFGAB, and the left hand to simple chords.

Although Li Yan had zero foundation, he was young after all and had some foundation in guitar and music theory, so he had a certain musical sense and his brain turned quickly.

Teacher Wang demonstrated the simplified melody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and explained while doing so: "We'll play the main melody with the right hand first, and then add a little left-hand support."

Li Yan sat on the piano bench and carefully tried to press the keys.

At first, he couldn't find the pitch, so Teacher Wang used the tip of a pen to tap his fingertips to correct him or drew marks on the sheet music.

Li Yan practiced slowly over and over again, and his hands felt sore after just half an hour.

Seeing this, Teacher Wang patted his shoulder: "Don't rush, take it slow. Practice separately today, and try to combine them tomorrow."

After practicing for an hour, Teacher Wang saw that Li Yan had mastered it quite smoothly, but she also understood that to achieve "being able to play a complete variation version" in three days, practicing at home was essential.

"Can you practice when you go back? Do you have a piano at home?"

Li Yan shook his head: "No, but I plan to buy one."

Li Yan certainly knew that he couldn't spend all his time in the tutoring class for three days; he had to practice at home, so buying a piano was necessary.

Teacher Wang thought for a moment and pointed to the Yamaha electronic keyboard next to them: "Why don't you buy an electric piano or an electronic keyboard to practice on first? We cooperate with the piano store next door, and the prices are reliable, suitable for beginners. You don't need to invest in a real piano immediately; you can get a good electronic keyboard for under tens of thousands."

He asked about the price range, and Teacher Wang explained: "It ranges from three thousand to tens of thousands. If your budget is loose, you can buy a pretty good Yamaha electric piano for around 20,000. The feel is close to a real piano, and it has a headphone function, so it won't disturb others."

After class that afternoon, Teacher Wang personally took Li Yan to the piano store next door. The store was filled with electric pianos and electronic keyboards of various brands.

Seeing Teacher Wang bring someone over, the boss enthusiastically introduced: "This Yamaha CP series, just over thirty thousand, the force sensitivity and key touch are simulated quite well, and it also has three pedals."

Li Yan tried the key force casually and felt it was indeed much more realistic than low-end electronic keyboards, and the appearance was simple and generous.

"Then this one." Li Yan didn't know anything about models, so he swiped his card to pay immediately.

The boss smiled and said: "Thank you! We'll deliver it to your home and install it for you in a while."

Teacher Wang nodded with satisfaction: "With this electric piano, you can practice at home every night, and there's still a chance in three days."

Li Yan certainly knew that this Teacher Wang must have a commission, but Li Yan didn't care about that; it was a matter of no importance.

Li Yan returned to the Tianyin tutoring class with the receipt and warranty card from the piano store and made up for two hours of lessons. Teacher Wang took the opportunity to let him get familiar with the right-hand melody first.

By six o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yan planned to go home to receive the electronic keyboard.

Before leaving, Teacher Wang didn't forget to remind him: "Come back tomorrow morning, and I'll continue to teach you the left-hand accompaniment and the preliminary variation section."

Li Yan took a taxi home, his fingers feeling a bit tired.

In his mind, he replayed the light melody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the simple variation patterns demonstrated by Teacher Wang.

He wasn't very confident about whether he could practice it within three days, but at least the equipment and environment were ready, so he could only do his best.

When he got home, it was already six-thirty. The piano store staff and the property manager were already waiting downstairs.

Li Yan brought them into the house and watched as the staff installed the piano and tuned it for a while, completing the task.

After the property manager and piano store staff left, Li Yan looked at the electronic keyboard installed on one side of the study, and then at the dazzling array of books left by the landlord on the bookshelf.

Now the study finally had a bit of an artistic atmosphere.

Not bad~

Li Yan had eaten a hearty lunch and had no appetite in the afternoon. After taking a shower, he still sat in front of the electronic keyboard.

For the sake of skills, for the sake of appearance, he still had to work hard~

A bit clumsy, no heavenly music, a bit messy.

This was, of course, the normal level for a beginner.

But Li Yan's posture was quite well-handled.

If someone didn't understand, perhaps they would think, "Hmm, a master~" just by looking at the posture.

Regardless of whether he could play or not, the posture had to be cool~

Practicing from six o'clock to nine o'clock, it was very boring and very tiring.

Boring because he couldn't get any particularly positive feedback, and no complete melody was ringing out.

Only the fingering was slightly more proficient, not so stiff.

Tiring because sitting on the piano bench for a long time, with fingers constantly pressing on the keys, the body would also get tired.

Li Yan felt that this speed should actually be okay. The difficulty of playing it smoothly in three days existed, but it wasn't as high as he had imagined.

After all, the system's requirement was just to play it completely, not beautifully.

As long as it wasn't stumbling, it would be fine.

Li Yan exhaled, got up from the piano bench, drank the last drop of whiskey, and walked toward the bathroom.

There were already many messages on WeChat and QQ.

But Li Yan had no time to care; at this time, his task was naturally the most important.

As for the messages, he knew without looking that many freshmen were coming to chat with him.

After all, the red envelopes Li Yan sent in the QQ group weren't sent for nothing; every time he sent one or two hundred, and he could send several a day.

For freshmen, this was already quite generous.

And for the four people who added his WeChat, including Wang Wanjun and Liu Qi, there were two other girls, Liu Xiaoran and Wang Lin.

When they saw the latest post in Li Yan's Moments, even if they didn't understand much, everyone recognized the English letters "Ferrari" on that document.

Ferrari?

What was this? A Ferrari purchase contract?

That car sales contract was clearly displayed on the phones of the four people who clicked on Li Yan's Moments.

Wang Wanjun wasn't envious. Although her family conditions weren't good, she had no yearning for things that clearly exceeded her cognition.

Although most of Wang Wanjun's high school classmates felt that she was a fairy who didn't eat the food of mortals.

But Wang Wanjun knew herself, where would a fairy be who worked summer jobs to save living expenses?

Fortunately, a classmate introduced her to a summer job at a tutoring class, which was much better than working in a restaurant. ===== CHAPTER 51 =====