This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 276: After Director Lu passes away, this piece of music will become a classic.

Wang Baoan was ready when classes started in the afternoon.

The teacher who taught her this course was named Lu Jing, a famous professor at the Beijing Conservatory of Music.

Nowadays, the music industry is not well-known to the general public, with only a handful of people achieving widespread fame.

However, Lu Jing is different. In addition to being well-known in the industry, Lu Jing also has her own account on the Douyin platform with more than one million followers.

This number of fans seems a bit small compared to her status.

But as everyone knows, netizens follow you not because you are famous, but because your videos are interesting.

Lu Jing usually posts videos of herself playing the violin and her analysis of music on the platform. With her professional background, she has gained a group of fans.

As soon as get out of class ended, Wang Baoan rushed up to Lu Jing with his phone in hand.

"Teacher Lu, I have a piece of music here that I would like to ask you to comment on."

Lu Jing is over fifty years old, with a kind smile and an artistic aura.

"What song?"

"A new piece of music, Canon in D, written by Lu Ran."

Upon hearing Lu Ran's name, many students in the classroom turned their attention to him.

Lu Ran is a well-known figure among young people.

In the past few days, vocal music students at the school have been carrying guitars and waiting specifically for snow to film videos.

The song he was singing was, "Iron pot, with tears in my eyes, I cry out for a pot repair."

Lu Ran's fame has been steadily rising ever since he stepped onto the stage of Future King of Singers.

Especially since everyone here studies music.

Lu Ran is a mechanical engineering student.

Lu Jing nodded: "I know Lu Ran. He also wrote a piece called Canon. Let me listen to it."

Lu Jing took the phone and glanced at the content displayed on it.

The interface has been placed on the music software's playback screen.

Lu Jing clicked play, and the melody of "Canon" began to play.

At first, Lu Jing's expression was quite calm.

Lu Ran is, after all, an all-around singer who can sing, write lyrics, and compose music, so it's quite normal for him to write a song like Canon.

But isn't your rendition of "Canon" a bit too powerful?
From the very beginning, Lu Jing had already discerned some of the underlying principles.

It begins with a bass line, and after two measures, the second voice, the violin, begins.

At this point, the previous bass frequencies were still looping.

Two bars later, the second group of violins came in and played the same melody that the first group of violins had just played.

At this point, the melody played by the first group of violins changed.

This melody is written using counterpoint, contrasting with the first two measures of the melody, following the vertical logic of polyphony and the horizontal logic of composition.

Two bars later, the third group of violins joined in, playing the same melody that the first violin had played.

The second violin played the same melody that the first violin had just played.

The first violin piece was played using counterpoint, with the melody written in reference to the second and third violin pieces.

And so, the infinite loop begins.

Apart from the later variations, the melody for the three violins and a bass remains unchanged.

It could even be said that this piece was initially written in only four measures, and then the entire piece was completed.

But it is this simple change, with each voice part added in and the loop starting, that completely changes the listening experience of the entire piece.

Lu Jing's face showed surprise.

After listening to the whole thing, Wang Baoan was about to speak when Lu Jing raised her hand to stop him.

Lu Jing clicked to play Canon a second time.

This time, she counted in her mind.

The bass part was played a total of twenty-eight times.

After listening to it a second time, Lu Jing nodded slightly.

She then smiled and looked at Wang Baoan.

"This piece of music is very good."

Hearing his idol being praised by the teacher, Wang Baoan's face lit up with joy.

She tentatively asked, "Teacher, what level do you think this piece is?"

After thinking for a while, Lu Jing said with certainty, "In my opinion, this piece of music is of textbook quality."

In Lu Jing's opinion, it would be perfect to include this piece in a textbook.

It's not difficult to practice, and there's a lot to learn from it if you're studying music theory.

In fact, Lu Jing was being conservative in her assessment.

Since this is for students, it shouldn't be too exaggerated.

This piece is definitely worthy of being recorded in the history of Canon worldwide.

This ingenious design and the upbeat melody that touches the soul make it an absolute world-class classic of Canon!
Wang Baoan was already very satisfied with the textbook-level results.

"Thank you teacher, I understand."

After saying that, she was about to leave with her phone.

However, Lu Jing looked at the students in the classroom and asked, "Does everyone have class next period?"

The students shook their heads.

Lu Jing nodded: "Then I'll take up a few minutes of your time. Wang just brought me a piece of music, Lu Ran's 'Canon in D Major.' I think this piece is very valuable for learning, and I'd like to discuss it with you all. What do you think?"

The students were completely dumbfounded.

Good grief, we've only been here for a little while, why do we have to go to class now?
It's all because of Lu Ran.

Wang Baoan's feelings are also extremely complicated.

She didn't want to attend class, but the song she was talking about was written by Lu Ran.

This class is unavoidable!

Wang Bao Bao felt worried.

"Fine, let's go then. After class, I'm going to expose Lu Ran's crimes in the fan group. This isn't just adding to our class time for no reason!"

At that moment, Lu Jing's voice rang out from behind Wang Baoan.

"Wang, please sit in the front. I'm going to record a video with my phone, could you keep an eye on things for me?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Baoan's eyes lit up immediately.

"Are you going to post this video online?"

Lu Jing nodded.

Wang Baoan was excited: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on things for you!" She never expected that she, Wang Baoan, would also have a chance to make a contribution.

Once Lu Jing's video is released, it's sure to become a minor hit!
She'll proudly say that in her fan group then.

She filmed this video!

After setting up the phone, Lu Jing first led the whole class to listen to "Canon in D" once.

Even students who had never heard of "Canon" were captivated by the song.

Lu Jing shared her analysis of the piece with the students.

Lu Ran also uploaded the violin sheet music, piano sheet music, and simplified score of this piece to the music software.

Lu Jing can then use the score as a reference for her teaching.

After finishing the music theory section, Lu Jing asked the students to pick up their violins and practice.

Lu Jing's gaze swept over each student, and she said seriously, "Everyone should pay attention to how you hold the violin. The violin is not an erhu, so don't hold it upright on your lap."

Wang Baoan asked doubtfully, "Teacher, do people really put the violin on their lap and play it, like they play the erhu?"

Lu Jing slowly said, "A friend of mine has a student who pulls it like this."

Wang Baoan was immediately awestruck.

What kind of thought process would lead someone to do something like this?

Lu Jing also thought of the student her friend taught.

While the students were practicing, she glanced at the detailed information about the piece "Canon".

The name "Shen Qingyi" is listed in the performer section.

This name feels very familiar.

It seems to be her friend's student, the one who plays the violin like an erhu.

Lu Jing sent a message to her friend.

"Was the student you taught back then named Shen Qingyi?"

Shortly after, my friend replied.

"Yes, it's Shen Qingyi. I get a headache whenever I see her playing the violin."

Lu Jing remained silent for a while before sharing the piece "Canon" with her friend.

"Look at the performer's name."

After a while, my friend replied.

"Lu Ran's eyesight isn't very good either."

Lu Jing did not reply.

She can hardly look at Canon in the same direction now.

Whenever she thinks of this piece, she can picture the original performer playing the violin vertically.

The scene was too beautiful for her to imagine.

In the classroom, many students practiced for a while, and Lu Jing gave some guidance before the extra class ended.

After Lu Jing left, Wang Baoan had a plan.

Clearly, an opportunity to be recognized was presented to her.

Lu Ran has already said that he sincerely invites all netizens to play "Canon" together.

As a professional music student, I had to give it a performance.

Wang Baoan immediately shouted, "I want to film a video of me playing 'Canon in D'Along.' Anyone want to join me?"

Soon, other students in the classroom raised their hands.

"I come!"

"I'm coming too!"

"I also have a friend who can play the saxophone!"

The students were all eager to try.

The piece "Canon" sounds very cheerful, and it would be really fun to play it together with different instruments.

Wang Baoan selected a few people and created a group chat; she didn't plan to find violinists for everyone.

This way, the performance is indistinguishable from the original.

What I want is a wide variety of musical instruments.

A band was quickly formed, and the group found an empty classroom to practice.

On the other hand, after returning home, Lu Jing edited the video she had just watched and posted it on Douyin, adding some more detailed comments.

By evening, after a whole day of fermentation, the popularity of "Canon" had risen.

However, netizens mainly focused on Lu Ran's top-notch camera work.

After Lu Jing's teaching video was released, many netizens saw it.

"You mean the piece that Director Lu played with his butt clenched up was so awesome?"

"This is the first time Teacher Lu has ever given such high praise to a piece of music!"

"Teacher Lu wasn't joking. Lu Ran's Canon is just that amazing. It's a world-class Canon!"

In an instant, netizens couldn't sit still any longer.

"Damn it, Director Lu's influence has now spread to the high-level bureaus?"

"Let me say something objective. I think Canon will definitely spread all over the world, but it still needs one core element to truly become a world-class piece, and that is, it has to wait for Lu Ran to pass away."

"Hahaha! That makes a lot of sense! If he hadn't died, this piece of music would never have become a classic."

As Lu Jing's video went viral, more and more people in the music industry joined the discussion, including many who study musical instruments.

By the next day, the topic created by Lu Ran had been filled with a large number of Canon performances played on various musical instruments.

There are pianos, violins, guitars, and harps here.

Because Lu Ran had previously played the suona and sanxian during the Lingnan Cultural Tour.

These two instruments quickly became popular.

What does it mean to uphold principles while innovating?

This is what it means to uphold principles while innovating.

Canons played on the suona and the sanxian also appeared one after another.

The most outrageous thing is that the instrumental piece "Canon" even made it onto the new song chart.

Most of the comments in the song's comment section say that this song is very soothing to listen to and suitable for helping people sleep.

Some sleep aid playlists have also included this song.

The song titled "The Beginning" at the end of the song naturally caught the attention of listeners, and "The Beginning" even made it to two trending topics on Weibo.

(End of this chapter)