Hello loves! While I haven't been writing, I have been working on updating some issues that have been hanging around on the layout! The Character change box is now at the bottom of the page, beside the up/down arrows! Green and Gold dragon flight dates have been shifted to the bottom of the page, where the (useless!) discord widget was located. Where the dragon flights were in the header, is now replaced by a Monthly Event box! This will be updated at the start of each month, with a fun mini-event you can take part in, if you want to! Thistle!
15.Nov.13, 05:41 AM
Casa relinquished the guitar to the impatient and probably irritated rider with a wince, sitting on her hands as she watched. He seemed very capable, very well attuned to the instrument. He turned the knobs this way and that way, minute little movements that didn't seem that different to her until she started to focus, watching in silence as he listened and adjusted.
What had taken her a couple minutes seemed to fly by in seconds for him, and the next thing she knew, it sounded beautiful and strummed out a light, fluid sound. So he was right...the error was in the user, not the instrument. That one didn't sound nearly so pretty as B'jin's had, but it still had a mellow tone that made her happy when he strummed it. She took careful note to review the way he had turned just so to try to get it to sound like that...Harpers had Turns of practice, she had only a couple hours here or there. She made a note to try and practice more.
When V'ler didn't hand the instrument back right away, she took that to mean there would be more to this impromptu lesson he had decided to grace her with. He wasn't nearly so kind or patient as B'jin, but he did seem very, very capable...maybe that's why she'd never seen him help to teach lessons. She was willing to bet he made beautiful music when he entertained, however.
As he crouched beside her and showed her the difference in the pressures on the strings and the exact positioning of the fingers, she saw more and more glaring errors on her part. It was hard to remember to keep each finger just so when there wasn't a teacher there. And the amount of pressure on each string definitely made a big difference. She would have to start practicing completely differently, if she wanted it to sound anything like it did when it was in V'ler's hands.
She took the guitar back as it was passed to her, once again taking her seat and leaning over. For now, she merely practiced mimicing how his fingers had sat, as well as pushing on and letting go of the strings, to try to get a feel for the right kind of pressure. She had a lot of work to do if she was going to make that little song sound pretty. "Thank you," she murmured, head bent intently over the fretboard as she worked on her finger's positioning.
What had taken her a couple minutes seemed to fly by in seconds for him, and the next thing she knew, it sounded beautiful and strummed out a light, fluid sound. So he was right...the error was in the user, not the instrument. That one didn't sound nearly so pretty as B'jin's had, but it still had a mellow tone that made her happy when he strummed it. She took careful note to review the way he had turned just so to try to get it to sound like that...Harpers had Turns of practice, she had only a couple hours here or there. She made a note to try and practice more.
When V'ler didn't hand the instrument back right away, she took that to mean there would be more to this impromptu lesson he had decided to grace her with. He wasn't nearly so kind or patient as B'jin, but he did seem very, very capable...maybe that's why she'd never seen him help to teach lessons. She was willing to bet he made beautiful music when he entertained, however.
As he crouched beside her and showed her the difference in the pressures on the strings and the exact positioning of the fingers, she saw more and more glaring errors on her part. It was hard to remember to keep each finger just so when there wasn't a teacher there. And the amount of pressure on each string definitely made a big difference. She would have to start practicing completely differently, if she wanted it to sound anything like it did when it was in V'ler's hands.
She took the guitar back as it was passed to her, once again taking her seat and leaning over. For now, she merely practiced mimicing how his fingers had sat, as well as pushing on and letting go of the strings, to try to get a feel for the right kind of pressure. She had a lot of work to do if she was going to make that little song sound pretty. "Thank you," she murmured, head bent intently over the fretboard as she worked on her finger's positioning.
