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[fiddlestick]

Elliot Craig

[MUFFLED VIOLIN MUSIC IN THE DISTANCE]

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[compendiem]

It's mostly improvising, so...

[ he gears up for another full glissando, an introduction to... really simple playing, with just one hand, and lots of scales to make up for any real melody. ]

[fiddlestick]

[He listens and...yeah that's definitely just a combination of notes than actual any intentional playing. But rather than be annoyed...it's actually a little adorable? Like a baby making babbling sounds, not aware of the sounds they are making or how to form them into words.

Time to go into teacher mode]

Hmm, okay. [He moves closer] Can you name any of the notes you just played?

[compendiem]

Um. There's an alphabet somewhere from A to G.

[ Heck if he can tell them apart, though. He shifts slightly, closer towards the lower end of the keyboard. ]

Are you quizzing me?

[fiddlestick]

Haha, more checking your skill level.

[Which is somewhat like teaching]

It's pretty slow tonight, I could show you a few things if you'd like.

[Elliot was never going pass up an opportunity to spread music to other people ok]

[compendiem]

Mm... I think you can tell my skill level just by watching.

[ He turns back to the piano again, at the solid black in front of him so polished that he can see his own reflection on the surface. ]

I can read, and I've looked at the theory before. It's just the technical aspects of it. Being able to sight read ahead, or make accurate jumps, or reach octaves, or coordinate two hands without looking. Clarinet's easy, 'cause you're only doing one note at a time.

[fiddlestick]

[Don't lie Card. I played clarinet for 3 years and it was hell.

He'll listen, moving to take a seat on the other side of the bench. That's more musical background than he was expecting, so that's good]

Eheh, I think you're getting too far ahead of yourself. Piano players learn one note at a time like any other instrument. It's just you build on it once you master a skill.

I can show you how to play something simple, if you'd like. Start off easy.

[compendiem]

[ Wind instruments are the real hell, whereas I played piano and it's zen and even better for zoning out and daydreaming than showers are. As for Minato, for all the years he's played the clarinet, it's still largely one note at a time, albeit playing actual music. He doesn't do it for the music, but rather as exercise. Boring things. Mandatory things. Piano, on the other hand, he's interested in but never had the luxury of time, or access to a piano. ]

Teach me the one that goes like-- [ He hums the first 30 seconds of this ]

[fiddlestick]

Huh?

[He listens to that melody that he hums, taking in the notes. He's never heard that song before, but already his mind is analyzing it, imagining the notes and rhythm in his head. His hands hover close to the area of the piano where he theorizes it'd be played.

Still, he wasn't expecting to hear a song, so he was caught a little off guard. So-]

Hum that one more time?

[compendiem]

[ He hums the tune again, a little slower, the notes drawn out the best he can, although he has to pause and catch his breath more often because humming is not something he can apply circular breathing to. ]

[fiddlestick]

[ He listens to the piece quietly. Then once Minato's done, his fingers will go to the piano keys and with eyes shut, he'll start playing back the theme. Despite only hearing it twice? It's played perfectly to what Minato hummed. ]


...Yeah, I think I can teach that.

[compendiem]

[ There it is. It's not an overly complicated melody, but playing without mistakes is still impressive. Minato trying to put the song onto sheet music would be chicken pecking individual keys through trial and error until he finds one that sounds sort of right. Too bad they're chords and not single notes.

Anyways!! he scoots back a little closer to Elliot, although he keeps his hands on his lap instead of raising it to the keyboard. Do your teaching thing. ]

[fiddlestick]

[Does the teaching thing!! Which we will handwave because Yuff cannot fake actually playing the piano. Still, he'll be patient and encouraging to Minato through the lesson. Like a good kindergarten teacher or something.

Congrats on learning a soundclip of canon music Minato]

[compendiem]

[ It'll be a lot of repetition, with Elliot playing through a passage and then letting Minato have a turn until he can start committing it to muscle memory and learn to anticipate what notes are coming up next. Minato's playing is slow and faltering, but the notes are all there and now whenever Elliot leaves his piano for even a fraction of a minute, he will hear this little section of canon music playing and it will haunt him in place of discordant piano key mashing. ]

[fiddlestick]

[ It's okay. Could be worse. Could be Pachelbel's Canon for cello players. ]