Everyone has the conditions to master various skills. Some people become experts because they focus on one aspect. If they take this as their profession, they will enter a certain line of work. No matter what line of work you enter, you should strive to do well. The first is hard work, which everyone knows; In addition, skilled practice, skilled practice will be more meaningful.

I read articles and speeches by Gai Jiaotian and other comrades in the newspaper, which made it very clear. This is the conclusion that the old artist has accumulated life experience, which is very enlightening. It can be said that all successful artists come from diligent practice and skillful practice. Diligence and intelligence. Both are indispensable.

Diligence is generally easy to do, as long as you are healthy and not lazy. Coincidentally, it is more difficult. The difficulty lies in not being smart at once. Coincidentally, as the saying goes, "I found the trick."

Any work, familiar with the skilled; However, we have not summed up our experience and are too familiar with it. On the contrary, we don't know. We went to work and dug a dirt mountain. We hoed the ground hard, but the soil fell less, and it took a lot of effort. When the migrant workers saw it, they said to us, "If you find a gap and hoe in the right direction, the soil will fall quickly." As soon as the migrant workers hoe, large chunks of soil will come down, and it will be labor-saving. We did the same, and the soil soon fell off. The migrant worker said, "I found the trick."

Mining is a relatively simple job, so the "trick" is easier to master. If it is an artistic skill, it is much more complicated, and it takes a long time and constant exercise to master the "trick".

As the saying goes, "Practice makes perfect". A person is familiar with the law of a skill because he often works in it. He summed up his experience and thought of a better way to master and use this skill. This is a coincidence. It can be seen that "cleverness" is the most valuable fruit and harvest that people have gained in long-term labor. This is why the experience of predecessors is very valuable-of course, we have to go through the process of removing the rough and selecting the fine, which is the result of years of hard work and is very useful to us. It is unwise not to use it.

However, it takes considerable time to deeply understand the experience of predecessors; This means that predecessors have summed up experience and turned it into wisdom. Sometimes the predecessors didn't sum up the experience, but taught us the skills he acquired unconsciously. In this case, we should sum up our experience. This kind of work is often very difficult. Only by knowing the cleverness of predecessors can we explore new cleverness. The formation of new styles is the creation of artists after they have made certain achievements.

When we were students, we studied the experience of our predecessors and teachers. This is the period of laying the foundation, and the foundation is made of bricks. It is absolutely dangerous to leave a big block between bricks. Only by laying a solid foundation can we withstand high-rise buildings. This requires a lot of work. Even if someone has a high talent, he still needs to practice diligently and skillfully, but maybe he can touch the rules faster and master the tricks earlier. If someone pretends to be a genius, it is unrealistic to regard the skills honed by others as readily available, and the result is often nothing.

Not only during the study period, but also diligently lay the foundation and do basic skills; Artists who have already achieved something should constantly spend a lot of time doing basic skills. I have seen a toad painted by the old man Baishi, and the inscription next to it is: "The painter has to wait for the moon; The finer it is, the finer it is. I didn't draw it in January this time. " A great painter like Mr. Baishi doesn't draw toads for a month, for fear that he can't draw well. It is conceivable that technical training is long-term and cannot be interrupted. A famous pianist once said: You know if you don't practice piano for one day, critics know if you don't practice piano for two days, and listeners know if you don't practice piano for three days.

All the above are well-known platitudes, but they are the easiest to forget.

Whether doing basic skills or exploring more advanced skills, it is inseparable from diligent practice and skillful practice; Learn from the experience of predecessors, and then create new skills and new styles. I think this is the only reliable way; Artistic Excellence.

Let me briefly talk about the division of labor in music. The flowers in China's music garden are really colorful: there are national music, western music, various operas in various regions, folk songs, songs and dances, ballet and so on. Western music (including music with strong national style, western instrumental music played by orchestras or individuals, solos, etc.). ) is divided into symphony, chamber music, various instrumental music, opera, light music, dance floor music and so on. Music is divided into actors, composers and theorists. It is probably impossible to ask one person to master all departments. Everything is done a little, but it is not refined, even scratching the surface. But the masses don't want anything that is not refined. In this way, musicians have to study hard to be better. To keep improving, it takes a lot of time for a person to take several courses, or just one course, and it is bound to crowd out the time he thought he would learn more. So there must be a division of labor, there must be a division of labor. Now we are actually dividing the work, but in some aspects, we can be more clear and detailed. For example, the masses welcome light music, but there are few or no institutions and people who specialize in light music. The specialized organization of chamber music has not yet appeared. String quartet is a very important musical form in western music. The music of quartets is very colorful, but up to now, we don't have an organization that specializes in playing quartets (the Central Orchestra and the Conservatory of Music occasionally engage in it, but it is not a professional organization). As for composers, there are few who specialize in creating a certain kind of music according to their personal specialties and preferences. If someone writes light music, operetta, piano or March, I think all kinds of music forms will develop faster and better. I believe in the proverb "Practice makes perfect". No matter whether a performer or a composer specializes in a subject, he will always be skilled a little earlier.

Let's strive for perfection in our own specialty and infinitely enrich the big garden of China art!