Chapter 77 Three-party talks between orchestra directors
"What do you think is the most important thing for an orchestra?"

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"Teacher Fujii, is it a technique?"

In the wind band classroom, Fujii Itsuki couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he heard someone answer like that.

It seems that everyone still hasn't grasped the essence of why I asked them to play together.

He bent down and picked out a metronome from the cabinet under the podium.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

The metronome repeats sounds with a strong and weak relationship of [strong and weak, secondary, strong and weak], [strong and weak, secondary strong, weak].

Fujii Itsuki placed his hand on the metronome and said to the principal oboe player who had failed to tune the instrument last time:
"Shiina-san, A key, 445."

Shiina Natsumi closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

She blew the first note.

This time no one took the lead to follow her.

After finishing playing, Shiina Natsumi put down her oboe and looked at Fujii Itsuki with trepidation.

Fujii Itsuki kept his eyes closed as if he was lost in thought. Five seconds after the oboe sounded, he suddenly opened his mouth and smiled.

"Well, isn't this a very standard blow?"

Shiina Natsumi saw her teacher smile, and her heart instantly relaxed. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Takahashi Hotaru and Sasahara Lilo behind her, and found that they were smiling and making gestures to cheer her up.

"Did you practice on weekends?"

"Yes, it is!"

"Although there are differences between 445 and 440, the frequency difference is only 5 Hz. You must have put in a lot of effort to be able to distinguish them and play them successfully within just two days."

After Fujii Itsuki said this, he saw that Shiina Natsumi's eyes seemed to be filled with confidence. This was the happiness of being praised by the teacher.

"Yes! Teacher Fujii." - She answered herself passionately.

"Can I ask Shiina-san why she chose to practice so hard?"

Shiina Natsumi held her oboe and felt embarrassed. "I don't want to be criticized by the teacher again. As the principal oboeist, I am not even as good as the new member Jusawa. I am ashamed."

Fujii Itsuki nodded and glanced at Jujube, who had been expressionless the whole time. "This proves that Shiina-san is quite talented."

"really?"

"of course."

Fujii Itsuki continued to verbally affirm her efforts.

"As for musical instruments, the longer you have experience, the more you will understand the importance of talent. Just in terms of finding the pitch, I can guarantee that some people who practice for one, two, or even three or four years will not be as effective as your efforts in the past few days."

Shiina Natsumi lifted her hair and felt even more embarrassed when she realized that she was being stared at by everyone in the club.

Yang Kui Chitose, who was in the same column, was furious. What? You were just praised by Brother Shu! Why are you blushing?
"Can you continue to do the tuning work?"

"Of course! Mr. Fujii!"

Fujii Itsuki smiled and turned to the crowd, "Okay, now let's tune it with Shiina-san's tone."

His hand was on the metronome.

"Everyone should try to play the ensemble following the metronome first, and use the metronome as a conductor. Then I will explain to you what is the most important thing for an orchestra."

Fujii Itsuki gave instructions and everyone followed the pitch given by the oboe to tune.

After completing the tuning, Fujii Itsuki pressed the metronome as a signal to start playing.

but
No, the orchestra was silent after the opening snare drum performance.

Because no one knows how to recognize a metronome as a conductor.

How do I start my part of the performance?

When is the best time to insert your own part of the performance?

What should I do with the transition and change of my part of the performance?

Everyone seemed to have realized that without a commander, everything became confusing.

As a result, the whole classroom fell silent.

Fujii Itsuki stopped the metronome, maintained a calm expression, and spoke to everyone:

"What do you think of the performance just now?"

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"Don't worry about it. Come on, follow me again now, try to do ten bars. One, two, one, two, three, four."

As Fujii Itsuki waved his baton, the snare drum sounded again.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Fujii Itsuki waved his hand, and the brass instruments joined in. Then he waved it again, and the woodwind instruments joined in. Then he waved it again, and then the strings, the double bass, and so on.

When the ten bars came to an end, the baton in his hand stopped moving.

Everyone felt it, and in an instant, everything became clear.

Fujii Itsuki saw that everyone started to whisper to each other, as if he had suddenly realized something, so he spoke directly:
"Now everyone understands what is the most important thing for a band, right?"

"Hi! Hi! I know! I know!" A short-haired girl was very excited.

"Okay, Yang Kui-san, stand up and talk." "It's Mr. Fujii!"

Fujii Itsuki was stunned for a second, the corners of his mouth twitched, he really wanted to go back and beat this girl, he said bluntly:
"Sit down right there. The most important thing for an orchestra is cooperation, understand? Cooperation!"

Yang Kui Qiansui found that she seemed to be scolded by Brother Shu, and sat back dejectedly.

Fujii Itsuki flipped the music sheet with his slender fingers.

“In fact, everyone’s basics are not bad, especially the second-year students, who have all the necessary skills after a semester of training with me. But why is it that during the Saturday ensemble, they play worse than the first-year students?

“It’s simple, it’s because there is no cooperation.

“People don’t realize they are a whole.”

In an orchestra, the musicians' foundation is certainly important, but what is more important is the coordination between them.

This is a large orchestra with more than fifty people.

If there is no cooperation and no obedience to the conductor's arrangements, and everyone plays the music at their own pace, then the musical notes of the music will be a mess and it will never sound good.

"This is the most important point I asked you to practice last week. The most obvious characteristic of a third-rate orchestra is that there are many mistakes. It's as if the conductor doesn't exist, and no one looks at the conductor."

When everyone heard what Mr. Fujii said, they actually knew it very well in their hearts.

They do look at the conductor occasionally, but ask yourself, do they look at him all the time? No.

"Matsumae-san." Fujii Itsuki looked towards the second seat in the first row in front of the left.

"I'm here, Mr. Fujii." Matsumae Shinharu held the violin and looked up.

"As the principal of the second violin group, you must work hard to lead your entire group. Do you understand?"

"Of course." Matsumae Shinchun smiled, and many girls behind her seemed to blush because of her smile.

"Second team, you must also try your best to follow the Chief's ideas. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

The girls answered in unison, quite heroically.

Fujii Itsuki looked at everyone again, "Not only them, but also the woodwind principal, bass principal, and the entire brass principal, everyone should remember their group and try to follow the group leader. Don't play randomly according to your own ideas. Everyone should keep the same idea, understand?"

"understand!"

Once again, everyone answered in unison.

Fujii Itsuki's face was filled with relief. "Very good. It seems that you were not defeated on Saturday. Instead, you practiced very well."

"Teacher!" A student raised his hand and said, "You didn't come to school on Monday, and many seniors thought you were too angry to come. In fact, everyone knows that the most important problem for the failure of the last ensemble is actually the second year—"

Fujii Itsuki shook his head, stopping her from continuing:

"It doesn't matter whose fault it is now. What matters is whether there is action to change. We are a team now. I don't want anyone to blame anyone or complain about any group. This is not conducive to harmony within the band.

"We will be participating in the Nakajima Festival in May, where we will need to play music while walking. This is a great opportunity for our Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble Club to make a debut, and we must definitely impress the other schools in Sapporo! Are you confident?"

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"I have."

Fujii Itsuki called the president, Aoyama Shoko, to the podium, and took out from his briefcase the music scores and more than 50 exercise sheets that he had worked on all afternoon yesterday, and asked the president to pass them to everyone one by one.

Jiu Huayue took the music score in her hand and her eyes fell on the papers.

All I saw above was a densely packed schedule of club activities.

She wanted to smile bitterly when she saw it.

"Teacher, is this too much? Practice," Aoyama Shoko couldn't help but ask.

Fujii Itsuki smiled amiably and asked, "A lot?"

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Fujii Itsuki asked everyone again, maintaining a gentle smile, "A lot?"

The girls found that the teacher was very handsome and had a gentle smile.

But I didn't expect that there was a devil hiding under the glasses.

Jiu Huayue turned over another piece of paper and found that it was filled with basic practice methods and the key points of practicing in groups with everyone.

There are also sheet music, the uncle marked on it. It seems that they are the vocal mistakes she made in the last ensemble, and the vocal key points.

Jiuhuayue raised her head and glanced at the music score in the hands of the viola senior in front of her.

She discovered that she was not the only one who had made the mistakes and key points in the music score.

The senior student in front also has it.

Another senior student has the same one, unique one.

There are more than fifty people in the entire wind orchestra.

Everyone has to prepare a separate guide. What kind of workload is this?

And why does Mr. Fujii remember every mistake everyone makes? And he selects out every mistake.
You have to know that this is an ensemble of more than fifty people.

"As long as you practice according to the methods above and make use of your spare time, I fully believe that you can do it. At that time, at the Nakajima Festival, you will give other schools an amazing appearance. I have confidence in you, and I also ask everyone to take this performance seriously."

Everyone picked up the music score and started whispering to each other.

Apparently, someone has also discovered the massive amount of engineering on these papers.

Jiu Huayue looked at the music score in her hand which was filled with key points and remembered that she had gotten up at five o'clock today and saw the light still faintly coming from the uncle's room.

"Oh! By the way, there will be a three-party meeting next week. After everyone finishes their respective meetings, they can come to the club to practice. After I finish the three-party meeting, I will come back to guide everyone. If you have any questions or difficulties, you can ask me."

Three-party talks?
Jiuhuayue thought about this word, feeling a little embarrassed and lost.

She doesn't know her parents. Would they be willing to come over once?
(End of this chapter)