Chapter 944: Chapter 944: Congratulations, Your Highness, on Gaining a Little Fangirl
“My own unique fingering style?”
Yan Yuexian seed a bit confused, as if she couldn’t quite understand.
“Mm-hmm, everyone has their own personal style. Simply imitating others will only make you a shadow of them. Only a distinct style can stand out. Do you think I’m impressive and charming when I play the piano?”
Yan Yuexian nodded honestly.
Though she was reluctant to admit it, when Xia Weibao played, it was truly captivating. That charm emanated from the very core.
Even in the musical instrunt store, she had already been drawn in.
“But isn’t the playing technique for the guqin all the sa? The teacher said the fingering is the sa; it’s about who is more proficient and can integrate it better. Even in the grading exams, there’s a strict requirent for fingering. If you miss a string, you lose points. So how can you establish your own playing thod? It’s all reginted.”
Xia Weibao shook her head. This is the flaw in the current education system.
“Integrating it already indicates a difference.”
Yan Yuexian was speechless.
“But…”
Her eyebrows furrowed together; she didn’t know how to express it.
“I understand what you’re trying to say. The guqin has eight basic fingerings: Tuo, Bai, Tiao, Mo, Ti, Gou, Zhai, Da. You an to say these are all fixed, right?”
Yan Yuexian nodded.
Xia Weibao continued, “But these eight fingerings can be combined in various ways, with myriad variations. My fingering is different from what you’ve learned before.
How to Tuo, how to Mo, how to Tiao, how to Mo again, how to Gou, and the resulting effect—have you thought about this?
It’s like practicing calligraphy. Horizontal, vertical, slanted, hooked points—the strokes are all set, but the visual effect each person achieves is different.
Even the simplest horizontal stroke yields different effects depending on who writes it. If you can make a horizontal stroke uniquely captivating, with aesthetic appeal—that’s your personal style.
Take dancing, for example, a simple backbend can result in different effects depending on who performs it. If you can make the backbend more graceful, that’s your personal style.
Why can’t it be the sa for the guqin?
Playing the sa piece results in different auditory effects between us, and that’s my personal style. If I can have it, why can’t you?
Your thinking is too limited.
The world is vast and ever-changing, and this principle applies to the guqin as well.
Famous players produce beautiful sounds not just because of their proficiency, but also because they incorporate their personal style, which is key.”
Divergent thinking is vital. When teaching her students, she never teaches them rigidly; she only provides the basics.
Xiang Chu and Hepburn learned dicine from her. She would teach them everything foundational she knew, including so formulas and needle techniques, but not everything.
The rest is up to them to comprehend.
Each patient’s condition is different. Even sothing as simple as a cold can be triggered by different factors, requiring them to be adaptable and prescribe accordingly.
She couldn’t just give them a cold dicine formula and say, “This is for colds; give it to patients with colds.”
If she did that, many people might end up hard.
After what she said, Yan Yuexian felt as if she had opened the door to a new world.
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