« Prev 1 2 3 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] (Read 575 times) Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 15, 2015 22:55:35 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Like what?" She considers for a moment. "Getting maps of everywhere we go and memorizing them ahead of time? Learning how to slip in to secret meetings and record everything that's said?" She thinks a bit longer. "Deep dive research on threats to find their potential weak points?" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 11:43:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "That's a good one, actually, but lately I've been working more on what I can do mentally, and physically. Like shooting a gun, or bandaging someone up. Your brothers been helping me a lot with that kind of stuff." Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 15:47:31 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She considers it a bit. "So like, a jack of all trades type thing." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:09:28 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah, and most definitely a master of none, at the moment." Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:12:48 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I guess the memory doesn't extend to muscle memory, huh? You can do this stuff in theory but in practice, you gotta work at it?" She'll play a somber 'dun-dun-dun' on the piano to accentuate the point! Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:15:40 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It does to a point. I learn things faster through practice than most." He nods. "It's very useful in life and as an agent." Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:20:03 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "So I probably shouldn't play chess against you either, is what you're saying," She'll look over the piano at him with a smile! Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:26:15 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He smiles back, nodding. "I'm actually pretty terrific. How long have you been playing the piano?" Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:28:47 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "All of my life," she says, "or at least the largest portion of it. I think I started taking my first lessons when I was like, four," she laughs lightly. She'll scoot over on the bench and pats the space next to her. "Why, do you play yet?" From what she's gathering about him, it sounds like it would only be a matter of time, after all. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:30:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Not yet, but I'm sure it's a good time to learn." He takes a seat! Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:44:07 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I would say the phrase 'as good a time as any' couldn't be more true in your case," she'll remark with a grin! "So basically, your white keys are your whole notes. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, over and over in each octave. See how this one," she taps an A, "and this one," another A, "sound sort of the same? At least compared to this one," a C, "and this one," another C. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:45:38 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Ah yeah! Your scales, right?" Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:53:27 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Exactly!" He gets a celebratory pat on the back! "And the black guys here are the half notes, your sharps and flats." She'll press a few so he can get an ear for them. "Basically, if it's the right of a white key, it's a sharp, and if it's to the left of one, it's a flat. A, A-sharp, B-flat, B," she says, playing the keys as she names them. He'll notice she plays the same black key twice. Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 16, 2015 23:57:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Why did she do that! "Why'd you do that? Play the same key twice." « Last Edit: Dec 16, 2015 23:57:17 GMT -6 by Murdoch Ó Caiside » Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 0:15:15 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Well this is where music gets a little bit goofy," she answers. "Tonally speaking, an A-sharp and a B-flat are functionally identical," she shrugs. "Same with any of the black keys." She'll point out the keys as she explains. "At that point it's about the direction you're coming from. Learning the individual notes is only the first step." She'll play a little one-handed melody that travels up to a D-sharp, and then another with her other hand that ends on an E-flat. He'll hear that they manage to fit into the sounds differently. "Every note has a relationship to each other, which is why music sounds so nice. Getting that part down is where the science becomes art." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 0:19:00 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "So it's what it needs to be depending on the situation." He nodded in understanding, watching Zora's hand on the keys. « Last Edit: Dec 17, 2015 0:19:06 GMT -6 by Murdoch Ó Caiside » Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 0:28:25 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah, that's one way of looking at it." She looks over at him and grins. "Hey, kinda like you, now that I think about it!" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 12:27:30 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah, I'm like a piano." He states, not very enthusiastically. "So what about playing this thing? How do you learn songs?" Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 12:43:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "That's a whole new beast," she says, flipping through some sheet music that was available until she finds something easy. "So here's Mary Had a Little Lamb," she says, pointing at the sheet music in front of her. "The lines here are called a staff, and the notes correspond to either a line or the space between. It's not quite as clean-cut as A, B, C, D, E, F, and G though." She'll point at each line, from bottom to top, as she lists off their note. "E, G, B, D, F," and then again, pointing up at each space in the same direction. "F, A, C, E." "People use the mnemonic "Every Good Boy Does Fine" for the lines but... you've got it already, I'm sure." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 13:53:25 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah, I do, plus 'FACE' would be easy enough for anybody." Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 17:02:03 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She nods enthusiastically. "That's just for treble clef," she points at the symbol to the left of the staff, "Bass clef is a lower register, it's deeper, and the notes are a little different, but you can figure that out pretty quick if you just look it up. So you put your notes on your staff and play where they tell you to." She'll plink out the first few notes of the song, half-singing out the notes as she plays them. "B, A, G, A, B, B, B~," she stops, points at the hollow note. "That one you hold for twice as long as the filled in ones. The filled in ones are quarters notes, you pretty much just press and release, and the hollow guys are half notes, give it about twice as much time pressed down. Try it over on your side!" Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 17, 2015 17:37:55 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Murdoch attempts to play what he's reading on the sheet, but his fingers stumble about! He's not completely sure how to position his hands properly for this! Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 18, 2015 11:54:25 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She smiles encouragingly all the same. "Good start! But here, maybe I got a little ahead of myself." She takes his right hand and puts it deliberately on the keyboard. "So number your fingers, thumb to pinky. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5." She puts his thumb on C and the rest on each following white key to the right. She'll mimic the position with her own right hand an octave down. "Hit the first key with 1, and as you play each next note, bring the thumb under your other fingers to the other side to play A." She will do so, deftly bringing her thumb around under her other fingers to catch the edge of A key. "Give it a shot. This is more about limbering your fingers than anything, so you'll have to practice it." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Murdoch Ó Caiside Mentor Intelligence Kouhai in the streets, Senpai in the sheets [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 1,778 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 18, 2015 17:46:17 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Murdoch attempts to play as Zora had instructed! He plays the first key with one, the second with two, and brings his thumb over from under his fingers. "Uhh, like this?" Back to Top   Craft Spells // Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Zora Cross Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 504 Jabu-Jabu [Zora / Open] « Dec 19, 2015 0:29:17 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yup, it's a little tricky to get at first. You kinda have to keep practicing to get limber enough fingers to do it easily." Back to Top   I am the Storm Bio Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first