Chapter 155: Is Zhang Dong Sober? (Third Update) (Asking for Monthly Votes)
The main fuse was that some people claiming to be objective and rational analysts had appeared in the comments.
They said that after listening to Brother Dong's ensemble with the other two, it was obvious that Brother Dong's performance had fallen short.
One of the more aggressive commenters was a Bilibili user called I Am Cat's Dog.
Before I say anything, let me establish my credentials. I graduated from the music conservatory, so my musical taste is better than the average person's. Seeing people in the bullet comments awkwardly hyping up "Brother Dong's heroic entrance" was painfully cringe.
Back to Spanish Bullfight Music. None of the three had any issues with the introduction in the first ten measures, but when the main melody came in at measure eleven, Brother Dong's bowing and intonation clearly weakened. Starting at measure twenty-one, portamento was needed here to convey the sharp change in emotion. The violin sounded okay on its own, but when placed with the piano and cello, it was simply a disastrous performance! It was nothing but a drag on the other two instruments!
When all three accelerated together during the climax, Brother Dong's level was exposed even more clearly. He was probably forcing himself to keep up. Fortunately, the video only played one section of the climax. Believe it or not, if they had recorded two more seconds, Brother Dong would have immediately shown his true colors?
On his own, Brother Dong's performance of Spanish Bullfight Music was actually quite good, worthy of the title "the person on the entire internet who understands Moonlight and Cat best." But the other two were simply too strong.
Let me respond to those bullet comments with something harsh—you played some trashy violin