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[The sun doesn't so much as rise as flick on with the sudden, glaring brightness of noon. Whatever time keeping device you have on you says its about 8:14am when this happens.

The power's back, but the time on your timekeeping device never really make sense with the position of the sun as it moves across the sky.]

Comments

[hailstormed]

[ looks up at him, surprised ]

Ah... um. ... yes.

[mindinthegittern]

[grins]

That counts!

[hailstormed]

[ a little flustered ]

Oh-- does it...

[mindinthegittern]

Well, I think so, anyway. Ready to begin?

[hailstormed]

Yes, if you're ready.

[mindinthegittern]

All right. I'm just going to start by showing you some basic chords. This is a G chord.

[demonstrates!]

Now you try.

[hailstormed]

[ DID YOU GIVE ME AN INSTRUMENT what am i playing

mimicking him though, Very Serious ]

[mindinthegittern]

[no he's handing over his gittern, they're sharing]

That's right. If you arch your hand a little more all the strings will ring more clearly.

[hailstormed]

[ oh ok good

but yes listening to him closely, brows knight and all too tense, but. he's trying. ]

[mindinthegittern]

Good. That's better.

[hailstormed]

[ plucking the different strings, with a frown. ]

They don't sound too different, mostly...

[mindinthegittern]

Can you tell the difference between them?

[hailstormed]

[ im sO BAD AT MUSIC ]

Er. A little.

[mindinthegittern]

If they all sound the same, that probably explains why you don't feel like you understand music.

[hailstormed]

Maybe...

[ bluh bluh, plucks at the strings ]

[mindinthegittern]

Here, give that back for a second.

[hailstormed]

[ does so, with a frown ]

[mindinthegittern]

[he plays a major scale, at a fairly slow tempo]

Can you hear the progression there?

[hailstormed]

[ troubled, for a moment, but. ]

Oh... I think so?

[mindinthegittern]

[plays the scale down in the other direction]

Hear the difference?

[hailstormed]

[ nods, listening intently ]

[mindinthegittern]

Now you try it. Form the chord again, then pluck the strings in order.

[handing the gittern back]

[hailstormed]

[ takes it, and does so-- very slowly, paying closer attention to the notes ]

[mindinthegittern]

[just sitting quietly, giving him a chance to absorb that]

[hailstormed]

[ it takes a long while, just repeating, back and forth but mostly slow, before he looks up again, a bit embarrassed. ]

... I-- think it's okay? Er, rather. I think I get it. Maybe.