Chapter 69: 067 Not Qualified to Play “Sun and Moon” [2 updates]
This is one of Vera Hall’s three piano pieces, “Sun and Moon”.
Composed in 1756, it is a piano sonata.
A sonata is a multi-movement musical genre, with a single sonata generally taking about 15-20 minutes to perform.
Unlike other common piano pieces, a sonata is much more complex, requiring the performer to possess exceptionally high piano skills, as well as strong expressiveness and tension, making it an important tool for evaluating a performer’s level.
Even the slightest weakness or lagging stamina would prevent one from playing it smoothly.
In the world piano difficulty rankings, “Sun and Moon” is placed ninth.
Ying Zijin rested her chin on her hand, having looked over the music sheet presented by Ying Luwei. After pondering for a moment, she understood.
Though mostly the same, this was not the music sheet she had written.
The last time, she left Earth in 1782.
Before her departure, she had not made her piano scores public.
It must have been that someone heard her concert, transcribed the score, and then it spread.
But naturally, relying solely on listening, there were numerous errors in the score.
That’s why no one could now play “Sun and Moon” completely, not because it was truly that difficult.
Ying Zijin thought back to why she had learned piano with those top musicians back then—it was because music allowed her to relax and wash away her vanity.
She never expected that after all these years upon returning to Earth, the name Vera Hall she had casually chosen had become a historical figure in the world of music.
And now it had become an object for Ying Luwei to leech off for popularity.
Tsk.
Ying Zijin tapped on the keyboard, her expression lazy.
Too bad, without the real music sheet, Ying Luwei could forget about ever playing “Sun and Moon”.
Indeed, as Ying Luwei’s fabricated image repeatedly collapsed, the mockery ensued when a tweet was posted about it, with netizens soon joining in.
[I can’t take this anymore. Playing “Sun and Moon”? Even some top domestic pianists don’t dare to claim they can play it. What’s a vase-like pianist pretending for?]
[Marketing oneself with a facade of serenity is one thing, but claiming to be the next Vera Hall? Where’s the shame?]
[I simply can’t tolerate the desecration of Goddess Vera. Do you have the talent and diligence? Talking about earnestly making music while prancing around with false loftiness. Learn from Sister Ying what true indifference is.]
This set Ying Luwei’s fans off.
[To those above, we admit Luwei is far too inferior to Vera, as they are not even from the same century. But comparing her to a foster daughter is just unfair. Does Ying Zijin know how to play the piano?]
[That foster daughter must be from the countryside, right? Knows piano? She has no right to compare with Luwei.]
[Brain-dead fans. These days, flaunting piano skills like a wealthy family’s socialite is considered a brag? Hopeless.]
Ying Zijin learned some new slang, then put down her phone and casually knocked on the keyboard, and managed to hack a computer.
She leaned back in her chair and opened a can of cola.
**
Across the ocean, in the same basement filled with instant noodle containers.
“Pfff… Damn it!”
Choking on his instant noodles for the third time at the sight of his dark screen, a certain hacker nearly met his maker.
His eyes brimmed with tears, almost resigned to his fate,
[Sister, what’s with you again, I’m so innocent, wuwuwu.]
Wasn’t it just because of his curiosity that he hacked into her computer once?
What bad karma had he brought upon himself?
Then, he received a message consisting of three letters.
[NOK]
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