The Healing Life of a Music Genius - Chapter 89



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89 To do that

* * *

Suyeon looked around at the dog figure and finally came to a conclusion.

“Uhm. This kid definitely has a cute side. I think that frowning is actually more attractive. But it doesn’t seem like he has a bad mentality.”

“Then did you pass?”

“of course. “Suddenly we have a new member in our house.”

Soo-yeon runs to her room and brings a dollhouse the size of her body. In the first row, dog figures are displayed.

Looking at Suyeon’s happy expression, I guess she liked it.

“I owe a big debt to Ha-eun for this.”

“They said it was just a gift. “I wouldn’t think of it as a debt.”

“no. Originally, it was said that if people come, there must be people going. “You can’t just accept it unilaterally.”

Suyeon, who was fiddling with her chin with her small hand, soon went back into the room.

This time, he hands me a bill worth 1,000 won.

It was Sooyeon’s wrapped ssamjit money.

“It’s small, but put it in. Next time I get a chance, I’ll buy Ha-eun something delicious. Understand?”

I said to Suyeon while holding back my laughter.

“But that lottery figure costs 500 won. “Then wouldn’t Suyeon be at a loss?”

“brother. How can people live only for profit? “The heart is more important than that.”

“······ That’s right.”

“And you’re my childhood friend. Then I have to take good care of it again. “Isn’t this the duty of being a younger brother?”

“My little brother has a lot of work to do.”

“It’s nothing special.”

Suyeon pretended to shake my hand and secretly handed me 1,000 won. Then he pats the back of my hand.

‘Where else did you learn this?’

In the end, when I burst out laughing, Suyeon also laughed and added an explanation.

“It was like this in the movie I saw with my dad the other day. how is it. “I was natural, right?”

“I thought you were an expert.”

“But you shouldn’t use this method anywhere. “Everyone who did this was eventually caught.”

“Then shouldn’t you have done it now?”

“It’s okay with family. So, I’ll take care of you next time too. “Don’t worry brother.”

“It’s very reassuring.”

“Ahem. “I’m kind of like that.”

Su-yeon is triumphant.

He was truly the most reliable younger brother.

I had dinner with my family and came back to my room.

Yesterday, while I was composing music, I looked at the staff paper I had created.

Musical staff with melody and guitar chords written on it.

I had no intention of making this song complicated.

There was no need to be flashy or impactful.

I thought it would be enough just to calmly express the inspiration that came to me by chance.

This song was a letter.

A letter in which someone conveys their thoughts to someone else.

There was no need for fancy rhetoric there.

‘Should I really only use the guitar as an instrument?’

Rather, I thought that would be good.

Thanks to this, the difficulty level of vocals gradually increased.

Depending on how the vocalist sings, this emotional line will be felt differently.

I hummed the melody and tried writing some lyrics.

‘How will Lee Ha-eun react when she hears this?’

I do not know.

I can’t let go of these inspirations that come to my mind right now.

Write it down first and think about the results later.

Even if Lee Ha-eun sighs and laughs, it will be a success.

Even if you calmly nod your head, it will be success,

Even if you grumble, ‘Hey, what is that!’, it will be a success.

That’s what it meant to make a song about the emotions I feel at this moment.

‘Because I am satisfied with just this.’

Songs written to make money are certainly meaningful, but I felt much more satisfied with songs that expressed my thoughts like this.

It was like that when I was on the deserted island, and it continued to be like that even after I left the deserted island.

How my audience would receive my songs was always a question of later.

While I was working, I looked at the clock and it was already 12 o’clock.

I lay in bed and watched some New Tube shorts on my phone.

Perhaps thanks to the algorithm, more than 95% of the content was related to classical and popular music.

Then, with a 5% chance, a video of someone climbing a mountain appeared.

Which mountains are good in this season and which have the best scenery?

While watching it, I fell asleep.

* * *

The next day, early morning.

I put on my sneakers and left the house.

Today I was planning to go to the mountain behind the neighborhood.

Since we had been jogging every day since leaving the uninhabited island, the hike was very easy.

I was able to reach the top when I was starting to feel a little out of breath.

Even though it was a mountain behind the neighborhood that was not very high in altitude, I could see the entire cityscape at a glance.

The apartments look like miniatures. The car wasn’t even visible.

I don’t know if it was my mood, but the air seemed very clear. She didn’t have the same exhilaration she felt on a deserted island before, but it wasn’t that bad.

I sat on a bench at the top, scribbled notes, and then came down the mountain.

At that time, suddenly it started to rain lightly.

There was no forecast for rain.

First, I ran to a nearby cafe. There was one more person who had the same thoughts as me.

The middle-aged man opened the door for me, and I bowed lightly and entered the cafe.

I ordered iced tea.

And I looked out the window.

At this point, it is already mid-May.

I was a little confused as to whether the rain falling now was spring rain or summer rain.

Considering that the feeling I’m feeling is closer to ‘freshness’, it might still be spring rain.

The air conditioner was turned on in the cafe. A slight cold breeze was blowing away the moisture around me.

I continued drawing the staff while listening to the sound of spring rain.

‘It would be nice if someone with a good voice sings it.’

I was a little worried because it was a song I had to sing right now.

⌜For some reason, Spring⌟ was slowly going down in ranking. Thanks to the weather approaching summer, the upward trend seemed to have slowed down a bit.

However, it is still not in the top 10.

‘It would be correct to say that I held out for a long time.’

Now that I think about it, following the last time ⌜Magic Fog⌟, this time I was only making ‘my songs’.

Manager Park Hoon of ⌜Moonlight⌟ said I could do whatever I wanted, but could I continue to do that?

So I started making songs that were a bit more popular. The empty staff paper was filled little by little.

“What are you studying now?”

It was my sister who worked part-time at a cafe.

However, although she said she was a part-timer, she was actually the daughter of the owner of this cafe. She knew her mother and the cafe owner well. I also said hello to my part-timer sister when we ran into each other in Saebom-dong.

I looked around and there weren’t many customers. Only the middle-aged man who came in with me was sitting at the table, and there was no one else.

So I guess you were a little bored.

“I wasn’t studying, I was composing music.”

“Composition? and! “I heard you go to Seolhwa Ye Middle School. That’s cool.”

“It’s not that big of a deal.”

“still. “Didn’t you find your dream early?”

“Yes, but.”

“I’m a little jealous.”

Sister Alba quietly took a seat in front of me. At the same time, a cookie is provided as a service. He was also a good person.

“I compose music in a cafe on a rainy day. It’s completely romantic. “It’s completely analog, too.”

My sister pointed to the staff notebook and ballpoint pen.

“On days like this, the songs come out better.”

“Can you please let me know? Or sing it a little bit. “I’m just curious.”

Alba’s older sister with brightly shining eyes.

But this time I had to shake my head.

“I already have a reservation. “There is also a confidentiality agreement.”

“okay? “He was a very successful composer.”

“Probably… I think that’s the case.”

“Tsk tsk. Envy you.”

When I had an unusual conversation about Saebom-dong with my part-timer sister.

The sun came up before I knew it.

I put the music paper notebook in my bag and went outside the cafe.

Even though it was only a brief rain, it was full of the smell of rain.

The wet asphalt floor had turned a slightly darker color.

At that time, a phone call came.

It was a good call.

I ended the call by saying I would see you tomorrow.

Maybe it’s because it rained.

The sky became even clearer.

* * *

next day.

As soon as I arrived at Korea University and opened the practice room door, fireworks exploded. There were a lot of people inside.

“congratulations!”

“I thought it would happen all at once!”

“Honestly, if you’ve heard Seojin play even once, it’s within the expected range.”

College student older brothers and older sisters that I bumped into while coming and going.

and.

“Congratulations~ Congratulations~”

“Suyeon, when did you come? “Is this where you said you were going somewhere else with your parents in the morning?”

“Ahem. I had a hard time with my mom and dad for tricking my brother in the morning. Now, take the cake first. “This is heavy!”

My parents are looking at me with happy expressions and Suyeon is standing precariously holding the cake. I got the cake first.

Professor Yuhan Kang was smiling kindly behind him.

“Ettlingen Youth Piano Competition. Congratulations on making it to the finals.”

What I heard on the phone yesterday.

I guess it was that surprise party.

It is said that there were a particularly large number of applicants for the preliminary examination of the Ettlingen Competition this year.

About 700 people.

From there, 40 people will be selected and placed on the first stage of the finals.

20 people in the second round of the finals.

There are 10 people on the final stage.

What is certain is that of all the competitions I have participated in so far, this was the most credible and representative competition.

The Ettlingen Competition was the competition in which pianists, who were said to be able to fly, participated in their youth.

We shared the cake.

Strawberry whipped cream cake.

It was the most delicious cake I’ve ever had.

Professor Yuhan Kang asked me to play a performance to celebrate.

While thinking about it, I played ⌜Magic Fog⌟.

It was short, it was intense, and it was a song that fit well with how I felt now that I had finally found the light.

“and···. “So this song was also composed by Seojin?”

“It’s really amazing.”

“I had to show this to the kids in the composition department. “Maybe he fainted?”

“Seojin, your performance was great!”

My college college brothers and sisters congratulated me once again.

While I was taking lessons from Professor Yuhan Kang, my family decided to tour Korea University. Since it was the alma mater of both my parents, I was even more excited.

From today’s lesson, I started practicing the piano concerto.

The piano solo pieces to be played in the first and second rounds of the finals had actually been rehearsed.

So from now on, I was planning to focus more on the concerto that I would play in the final round.

A song that requires a single piano to deal with the harmony of an orchestra of dozens of people.

That was the piano concerto.

Professor Yuhan Kang played the orchestra part on the piano, and I began to gradually adjust the solo piano part to the flow.

Up until now, I had been playing as I wanted, but from now on, I had to learn how to communicate and coordinate with my partner.

After the first concerto lesson was over.

“It looks like you’ve memorized all the music.”

“The score (full score, full orchestra score) is not yet available.”

“okay. It’s worth being greedy at first. “I’m going to try as hard as I can.”

Professor Kang Yu-han said that he had also asked teacher Park Ha-seon to help me practice the piano concerto.

Just like Professor Yuhan Kang did today, let him play the orchestra part.

Professor Yuhan Kang also asked about my school life. You’ve been asking questions more often lately, wondering if you were impressed by the last ⌜Magic Fog⌟.

“······ There is an ensemble in this practical exam. So, we are building that team.”

“An ensemble could be of great help to you. So, have you decided on a song?”

“I’m going to try playing a Mozart piece.”

“Mozart?”

When I give the answer to the professor, he immediately smiles faintly.

“haha. That will help with your piano concerto too. “You used your brain a bit.”

“I haven’t asked him yet, so I don’t know what will happen.”

* * *

What I needed now was practice playing solo in the concerto.

For example, a piece with only piano accompaniment, such as a violin sonata, may not be helpful to me as I prepare a concerto for a competition.

Of course, in the case of a sonata performed by two virtuosos, the piano is seen as the area of ​​performance rather than accompaniment, but it was a difficult task for me now.

So, I got a little greedy and asked for a favor.

“me?”

“If the ensemble team hasn’t been created yet.”

Lee Ha-eun blinked several times.

The song I asked Lee Ha-eun to play with me was Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos.

In this song, each piano plays on equal footing.

Of course, here too, the first piano presents the main melody, but the second piano does not only play the role of ‘accompaniment’.

It was a song that had a similar feeling to the piano and orchestra having equal positions in a piano concerto.

‘This song should be enough practice for the concerto.’

So, the first thing I asked Lee Ha-eun was.

If that doesn’t work, hire someone else…

“I want to do it! “I want to do it!”

However, Lee Ha-eun answered faster than expected.

“You… make decisions quickly.”

“of course! Who told you what to say? So Seojin, are you playing the first piano?”

“Wouldn’t it be right to coordinate opinions first?”

“no. It’s true that you play the first piano. Because he’s better than me. There was a song like this. I forgot. Han Seo-jin, you have a great idea!”

Lee Ha-eun smiled brighter than ever.

“Actually, I wanted to play with you at least once. Something like coal briquettes. But I like Mozart better. “I think it’ll be fun.”

However, “Are you saying I can be of some help? You came to me first. Huh! “Is that right?” he said, liking me all day long.

like that.

A rather powerful team was formed, consisting of the senior and assistant chairpersons of the piano department at Sulwha Arts Middle School.

“Eat everything. “The two of us took first and second place in the midterm exam.”

Of course, there were kids like Shin Joo-won who complained.

Lee Ha-eun and I’s answer to that was very simple.

““To do that.””