Chapter 450 Extra Chapter 1: The Vitality of Sona's Music

Chapter 450: Extra Chapter 1: Sona·The Vitality of Music

In Demacia, enjoying music is a very common, but somewhat luxurious thing.

The music is said to be ordinary because in rural taverns, there are often bards stationed there. You only need to pay three or five coppers to get them to take out the five-string or seven-string harp that they hold in their arms. , and moved quickly.

Although most of the time, they play tunes that have been passed down from generation to generation, and the contents are all familiar stories. Generally speaking, they lack new ideas, but at least the prices are reasonable.

If you want to hear some new stuff with a little more color... then you have to pay extra.

For the conservative Demacia, this is already a very "exciting" entertainment project - if it is more exciting, it will be illegal. If the Sheriff discovers it, he will be invited to the Sheriff's Station. .

However, although hiring a bard to play and sing a song is not expensive, in Demacia, where the commodity economy is not developed and most farmers rely on self-sufficiency, there are not many people who have spare money to hire a bard to play and sing a song. many.

After paying the taxes to the nobles, farmers need to keep enough food for the family for one year and seeds for the next year before they can consider selling the rest.

Most of the proceeds from the sale will be used for the new year's firewood, rice, oil, salt, clothes and tools. Those who have the leisure to go to the pub to listen to music will mostly be labeled as "prodigal".

So, despite the fact that these bards stay in the tavern with their pianos in their arms all day long, and receive limited amounts of free drinks from the cooperative tavern owners every day, in fact, the bulk of their income comes from emcees at weddings and funerals. and playing.

After all, who among the serious people has time to go to pubs every day and spend their hard-earned money to listen to music?

And if someone wants to listen to some "more advanced" music, then they will have to work harder - the Illuminati choir will hold touring performances in Demacia, and wherever they go, they will perform in the local Illuminati auditorium. A stage was set up outside and Illuminati music was played.

Different from folk music, the Illuminati choir has always been studying music and always hopes that music can bring forth new ideas. Therefore, the content of the performance will change almost every time on tour. For civilians who have little exposure to music, Illuminati The choir's tour is undoubtedly a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with music.

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Sona, who was on tour for the first time, was very uncomfortable with this noisy environment.

Sona, who was born as an orphan, is not some unworldly young lady, otherwise she would not take the initiative to participate in the front line of the show.

After all, for most "high-status" choir musicians, this kind of tour often means a holiday in the countryside, and they do not need to lower themselves to perform for those who have "no taste".

Their performances would only appear in the banquet halls of local lords.

But Sona is different.

Unlike people like Lux who purely use art as a tool, Sona also has pursuits in music - standing on the stage and performing in front of the public during the tour is not only because of Sona's love for nobles and common people. Treating everyone equally is also because she is pursuing more dynamic music.

She hoped that her music would receive feedback from civilian audiences rather than polite compliments from aristocrats.

But in the beginning, her playing was poor.

Not to mention getting feedback, even the audience in the front row looked drowsy amid the sound of the piano, which undoubtedly made Sona quite disappointed.

Is my music so unappealing without the use of magic?

A senior who often participated in such performances answered her questions.

"What you just played almost brought me to tears, but it was too tactful for this audience in front of me."

Sona blinked.

"For them, music is something novel, something that allows them to relax after their busy work, rather than something that requires extra time and energy to understand."

Sona suddenly realized.

This was the first time she clearly realized the huge difference between commoners and nobles.

It was also the first time she realized to her surprise what was missing in her previous music.

In addition, this also answers a question that has been troubling Sona: It is clear that the noble council has always strictly guarded against the Illuminati's influence on the grassroots, and even imposed many restrictions on the Illuminati's preaching, but why do the lords everywhere Will support Illuminati tours.

Sona had previously thought that this was because the lords in various places needed the internal information about Xiongdu revealed by the Illuminati, and that the Illuminati took advantage of the gap between the foreign lords and the nobles of Xiongdu.

But now it seems that this is not a kind of confidence.

Perhaps the people would be happy to listen to the novel music brought by the Illuminati, but they would not take the time to understand its religious implications.

Only the most straightforward and direct missionary sermons can truly let the people understand the Illuminati's intentions.

After thinking about this, Sona quickly developed a new style in her subsequent performances. She chose as the basis the repertoire that was most easily accepted by the common people and was often used for weddings, funerals, and great joys and sorrows. Adapt and extend the original folk songs.

As expected, this kind of performance was a great success. This time no one was drowsy, and the audience in the front row shouted loudly and with red faces.

After the performance, Sona even heard someone swearing that "when I get married, I will definitely invite this lady to perform", but was teased in return, "If you dare to invite her, your new wife will twist your ears off."

Although the vulgar words made Sona blush, she once again felt the vitality contained in the music - perhaps, the vitality of music is not only in the music itself.

It is also in the needs and desires of the audience.

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Kalya's small classroom · The Illuminati's tour:

When being excluded by the aristocratic parliament, the Illuminati thought of many ways to expand its influence among the people. In addition to the most effective charity, the Illuminati also made a lot of efforts in the field of art.

However, unfortunately, these efforts often have little effect - many aristocratic children will "deviantly" approach the Illuminati because of their pursuit of art, but among the people, the Illuminati's art has hardly made any splashes.

Perhaps, a more concise doctrine is the right direction for the development of the Illuminati. Without this foundation, the Illuminati's other efforts will ultimately be castles in the air.

Extras:

Starting from this volume, some extras will be updated occasionally. Most of the extras are stories that are not directly related to the main storyline.

There is another extra chapter in the second half of the night, Quinn's.