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 Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:59 am
Popo glanced forward. She looked down before looking back at Iyasu, "How about a song about longing? A song both happy and sad? I feel both."
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:36 pm
"A song of longing . . ." She said a loud in thought. "Hmm . . . how about this." She picked up her shamisen and tuned it accordly. Iyasu picked up the bachi and began to play a small sigment of the song. "How is that?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:06 pm
Popo listened closely. It echoed in her heart, she felt it resonate inside of her. It was exactly what she was thinking of. Her eyes closed as she looked down. "That was beautiful, onee-san." Popo opened her eyes and looked at Iyasu, "Teach me, onee-san! Teach me, please!" Popo smiled.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:47 pm
"Hai, Iyasu-san, it is very beautiful.I would love to learn it too." she said picking up her shamisen.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:46 pm
"Wonderful! Now then, do you girls remember how we tune our shamisens for a song of peaceful melody?" She asked them carefully. It had been a while since she put the class on hiatus. Iyasu was hoping that they would remember something.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:44 pm
Popo nervously giggled a bit and said, "Maybe a quick refresher course, onee-san, and I'll be good."
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:14 pm
Ariku nodded, "Yes, a refresher..." she said.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:51 am
She laughed a little, "It is all right, girls. Do you remember the strings? Ichi no ito, Ni no ito, and then San no ito?" Iyasu pointed each string as she said their names. Her bright hazel eyes scanned over the girls to see what they might remember, "The thickest to the finest?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:15 am
Popo nodded. Her memories were slowly filling in the blanks...
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:09 pm
"Oh, okay..." she said quietly seeing Iyasu point to the strings. She looked down at her Shamisen and noticed the same strings.
She nodded and smiled.
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:03 am
"Good! Now then, listen and watch closely as tune this into the style we want." She took her time and twicked each string, stricking it every so often with her bachi to hear the note. She continued to do this until each sounded as if it were in a minor key.
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:13 pm
Ariku began to imitate the notes on the shamisen. It took her quite a bit longer than Iyasu, but, she eventually was able to get the shamisen tuned correctly.
((Lol, I found a shamisen, koto, and taiko drum option on my keyboard...))
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:04 pm
"Very good! Listen closely and watch my hands, I'll play a little bit of the song then you shall do your best to play it back to me individually." She smiled, "I will help you if you need it."
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:21 pm
Ariku nodded, "Okay, Iyasu-sama." she said and smiled giving her full attention so she could learn the song.
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:07 pm
Popo tuned her shamisen and listened carefully. She was pretty good at picking up on things fast and remembering stuff. She waited for Iyasu to play...(!)
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