Chapter 167 (1/2)

Speaking the sentence, Dorenza’s face gradually fell as he watched the youth onstage.

The master conductor, recognized for his good temper, seldom wore such a solemn expression. At the moment, he looked sincerely at Qi Mu. Although he didn’t say anything else, he had a feeling that he was waiting for his answer.

After hearing Dorenza’s words, the other four judges turned their heads to Qi Mu. They were curious about what inspired the youth to make such a moving melody.

Qi Mu nodded calmly. “Mr. Dorenza, I was surprised to draw 《D Major》 this time. I don’t need to speak much on its popularity. In fact, I admit that I know every note of the piece by heart. If you asked me to play it on the spot, I would have no problem.”

The youth’s frank words made the orchestra’s concertmaster, Anthony, smile as he waited for Qi Mu to continue. “In fact, I thought long ago… Why have an Allegro after a Larghetto? It’s such a big contrast, it made me feel weird when I practiced it for the first time.”

Qi Mu had thought so for a long time. In fact, a very long time.

Before he entered the Geneva Conservatory of music in his last life, Qi Mu had more contact with Mozart, Menuin, Heifitz, and the music of other maestros. Back then, he was relatively young, unable to grasp their deep emotion. After entering the conservatory later on, he had more contact with Beethoven’s music. At the same time, he also had contact with the 《Violin Concerto in D major》.

When Qi Mu first entered the college in his last life, he felt that, compared to his classmates, he had too much to do. What he lacked wasn’t talent or diligence, but the advantages brought by family background and other reasons. So, he doubled his efforts to fill in the gaps in a year. At the same time, in the high-intensity study of the violin, he had questions about the 《D Major》.

A lot of young violinists first experienced 《D Major》by practicing each movement individually. But when the official performance came, most would have an orchestra accompaniment, with no chance to play the three movements continuously.

But, Qi Mu didn’t have much leisure time in his last life, so when he first came into contact with the tune, he practiced diligently for more than seven hours, playing through all the three movements.

In doing so, he discovered—

Moving from an allegro immediately to a larghetto was really an awkward thing, ah!

It wasn’t so obvious with the orchestra’s accompaniment, but without it, the change was so abrupt that he didn’t understand it at the time.

Qi Mu studied the piece for a long time in his last life, but he never understood it very well. However, now that he had an absolute sense of sound, he suddenly realized that maybe… there could be even greater gains from adapting the song?

Generally speaking, only composers and conductors could adapt a piece harmoniously, because their good ears and control over each note were beyond the scope of ordinary musicians.

Qi Mu, of course, hadn’t been trained in that field, but that didn’t prevent him from adapting the song—

Because he had absolute pitch.

After hearing his answers, the jury was surprised.

The concertmaster, Anthony, asked again, “Did you really only plan to adapt this song today?” After Qi Mu confirmed it again, even the second conductor Motl sighed and said, “Well, after decades of training, my sense of sound is absolute, but even I can’t adapt Beethoven’s music in such a short time…”