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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

[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.

[mindinthegittern]

Good! Now, take your chording fingers off and pluck the open strings.

[hailstormed]

[ he looks a bit lost for a moment, but tries it... or, what he assumes medren means anyway. ]

[mindinthegittern]

Yes, just like that. Do it again and listen closely.

[hailstormed]

[ oh, i did it '^' following his instruction, just staring down at the strings as he touches them. ]

Ah...

[mindinthegittern]

Notice anything?

[hailstormed]

It's different, right...?

[ looking back up at him ]

[mindinthegittern]

Right. There's a bigger gap between those notes than between the notes of a scale. Can you hear it...? Try playing the scale again, then the open strings, and listen for the difference.

[hailstormed]

[ nods, and gradually does so, listening closely ]

... I can hear it.

[mindinthegittern]

Great! Okay, why don't we put the instrument aside for a minute and I'll show you the visual notation of what you just heard?