17th Ymiden, 718
"Wotcha," she said, as she walked in and she smiled at Cecily. Vega had paid for five lessons and this was the fifth and final one. She'd enjoyed it, had to be said and Vega knew that Arlo had been right when they talked about it. She'd found it - the thing which was hers and which she could do, had to do. "Before we start, I wanted to say thanks." Vega looked at Cecily and smiled slightly. "I know yer used to people who aren't like me," other than her family, Vega wondered briefly if anyone was used to people like her. Still, best not to get distracted. "But I've learned a lot from you, an' I appreciate it. I do. So, thanks. I was gonna buy you a gift, but then I remembered that I paid fifty gold nel. Then I thought wow. So I didn't." Vega smiled slightly as Cecily's eyebrow raised.
"How are you totrial, Vega?" Cecily asked with a smile and Vega grinned. "I'm good thanks. Really good. How're you doin'?" Once she had told her that she was very well, and gestured to the piano, the instrument that she had been teaching her, Cecily turned her attention to her student. Thick accent and a sharp tongue, quite obviously a brash young woman and yet, when she lifted a violin, the sound she made was exquisite. No, Cecily considered, she really hadn't ever had a student quite like this one. Vega pointed to her head. "I wore my hair tied up, so you don't get tempted to be pawin' at me." She smiled as she said it though and was obviously teasing. Sitting down at the piano, Vega attended once more to her position. Her posture was good and she was more than happy with how she sat. "So why's there a bloody big harp in here, then?" Vega asked and Cecily smiled.
"I wanted you to try it. A piano is fundamentally a harp in many, many ways, although it's different too. In a while, I wanted to show you some basics." Vega nodded. "A'right. Thanks, that'd be well interestin'." She smiled at Cecily in thanks, and then let her hands move over the keys. Cecily nodded. "It seems to me that, rather than me telling you about the remaining pedal, it would be better for you to experiment. Play this, and use the pedal intermittently throughout. See what you think?"
It was how she had needed to do it with the damper pedal, it was true. Cecily had explained it, Vega had not understood it and only when she had actually played did Vega know what Cecily had been talking about. So, she looked at the piece of paper with musical notation on it, and Vega asked her, "What's that mean?" Cecily nodded. "You are playing a piano, not a violin. That is your left hand, that your right."
"Well, knickers, that's complicated. You sure?" Vega really didn't think that she was likely to be able to do it but, after watching the young woman over the last four lessons, Cecily didn't doubt it. So Vega began to play.
525 words
Musical Instrument: Piano: Musical notation for each hand
Musical Instrument: Piano: Will help you learn to play the harp
"How are you totrial, Vega?" Cecily asked with a smile and Vega grinned. "I'm good thanks. Really good. How're you doin'?" Once she had told her that she was very well, and gestured to the piano, the instrument that she had been teaching her, Cecily turned her attention to her student. Thick accent and a sharp tongue, quite obviously a brash young woman and yet, when she lifted a violin, the sound she made was exquisite. No, Cecily considered, she really hadn't ever had a student quite like this one. Vega pointed to her head. "I wore my hair tied up, so you don't get tempted to be pawin' at me." She smiled as she said it though and was obviously teasing. Sitting down at the piano, Vega attended once more to her position. Her posture was good and she was more than happy with how she sat. "So why's there a bloody big harp in here, then?" Vega asked and Cecily smiled.
"I wanted you to try it. A piano is fundamentally a harp in many, many ways, although it's different too. In a while, I wanted to show you some basics." Vega nodded. "A'right. Thanks, that'd be well interestin'." She smiled at Cecily in thanks, and then let her hands move over the keys. Cecily nodded. "It seems to me that, rather than me telling you about the remaining pedal, it would be better for you to experiment. Play this, and use the pedal intermittently throughout. See what you think?"
It was how she had needed to do it with the damper pedal, it was true. Cecily had explained it, Vega had not understood it and only when she had actually played did Vega know what Cecily had been talking about. So, she looked at the piece of paper with musical notation on it, and Vega asked her, "What's that mean?" Cecily nodded. "You are playing a piano, not a violin. That is your left hand, that your right."
"Well, knickers, that's complicated. You sure?" Vega really didn't think that she was likely to be able to do it but, after watching the young woman over the last four lessons, Cecily didn't doubt it. So Vega began to play.
525 words
Musical Instrument: Piano: Musical notation for each hand
Musical Instrument: Piano: Will help you learn to play the harp
