Girls' Wishing Tree

As an old woman who has played guitar all her life, she naturally hopes that more people will like this instrument.

"Yes, the classical guitar is one of the three major Western musical instruments. In the middle of the last century, musicians installed pickups on folk guitars to create electric guitars, which quickly became widely popular. You are a musician who came from the era when offset was still popular on electric guitars. You watched step by step the techniques and effects that are considered classics today were invented, and you also witnessed the golden age of rock music, so I would like to ask you to tell everyone the story of the guitar. If the response is good, I would also like to invite you to do some online tutorials." Takagi Sakura made a request that Tsuzuki Shifune could not refuse.

"Is there anyone willing to listen to my old lady's story?"

"There will definitely be one. The guitar is such a magical instrument. This is the first episode of the series. We will invite many guitarists later to guide beginners to start playing the guitar." Takagi Sakura said without hesitation.

If someone else had said this, Tsuzuki Poetry Ship might not have been moved.

But what Takagi Sakura said does carry weight.

Tsuzuki Shifune had seen Takagi Sakura perform at the Sakura Festival and had long considered her a guitarist on his level. Furthermore, she had bought some Space equipment and was helping him take care of Kaname Rakuna, which further strengthened Tsuzuki Shifune's affection for her.

"Okay, then I agree. Please inform me in advance when the recording will be, I need to prepare." Tsuzuki Shifune said seriously.

"Just contact me whenever you think it's a good time. I'm currently staying at the shrine, so it's easy to find."

Tsuzuki Shifune narrowed her eyes. "It's truly remarkable that an outstanding guitarist of the new generation like you is willing to take the lead in conducting guitarist interviews. From now on, if Lenai plays late, she should stay at your place. There's no need to rush her back. She'll easily catch a cold in the cool breeze at night."

"Hmm?" Lenai, who was playing the piano at the side, leaned over.

Takagi Sakura felt that Lena was more like a guitar-playing mascot than a human, but she didn't object to this feeling.

After leaving Tsuzuki's house, she decided to go out and shoot some street shots for the interview transitions and opening credits. Shooting at the LiveHouse wouldn't work without permission, so she decided to just shoot some street scenes of people walking and see if there were any street performers willing to be photographed.

In this world's Tokyo, there were more street performers than in her previous life, but Takagi Sakura couldn't find any with speech bubbles above their heads. She only managed to get permission to film two one-minute videos of a chubby guy who played guitar well, using his pretty face as a tool.

Sakura Takagi whistled, put her hands behind her back, and wandered around the street, preparing to wait until it got darker to see if there would be any other street performers coming out.

In the end, she didn't wait for the musicians, but instead saw a host in the crowd with a dialog box above his head.

"Good evening, meow meow! Today I'm taking everyone to the 100-yen trinket shop to pick out some accessories that will suit your outfit..."

Looking at the energetic anchor girl in front of the camera, Takagi Sakura had an idea in her mind - it would be better not to disturb her.

Fortunately, the tree demon's body was not so exhausted that Takagi Sakura could continue strolling for another three hours and take the last bus back to the shrine.

Just as she was about to go back, she turned a corner and suddenly heard singing.

"White, long, common sense..." (I handed in a blank paper, but my thoughts were long and my so-called answers were just formal common sense)

This sound is so special.

It was clearly the voice of a young girl, but it gave people a feeling of helplessness yet relief. Just by listening to this voice, Takagi Sakura felt that she could make up a story in her mind.

She turned her head and looked in the direction of the sound, and found that it was a girl holding a JazzMaster electric guitar and singing.

The girl had long light blonde hair and a metal tag around her neck that looked like an identification card. She was wearing a coat that was one size too large and tight-fitting pants. There was a look of confusion between her brows.

The JazzMaster guitar was originally designed for use by jazz musicians. Essentially, the effects pedals of that era were not ideal, so special circuits were added to the guitar to increase the plasticity of the tone.

But the metallic blue JazzMaster electric guitar in the girl's hand does not have the Offset-style wheels for adjusting the tone, but only has traditional paddle shifters and a large single-coil pickup.

There is no doubt that this guitar is a niche among niches.

However, the girl still used it to play out the sweet and mellow feeling of a large single-coil pickup, and combined with the girl's confused but gentle voice, she performed the song very distinctively.

More importantly, there is a dialog box next to her head.

"Hello!" Takagi Sakura waited for the girl to finish singing a song before she took the initiative to talk to her. "I want to do a guitar interview show and I'm currently recording the material. Can I film you playing and singing and edit it to use in my show?"

"No." The girl glanced at Takagi Sakura and flatly refused: "I don't have the copyright to the song I just sang."

"Huh?" Gao Muying was stunned for a moment. "Then can you sing something that doesn't have copyright?"

"Buy me an album and I'll sing you a song."

"Okay... okay." Takagi Sakura paid for an album that the girl was selling, and the girl did not go back on her word.

"?... (Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...)" This is a very old British folk song with a beautiful melody, suitable for young girls to sing. In the warm guitar tone, there is a sense of storytelling.

After filming the video, Gao Muying took the initiative to ask the girl for her contact information: "Let's change our contact information. I'd like to invite you to do an interview about guitar later."

"After a while." The girl didn't take out her phone, but laughed at herself: "Oh, I probably won't be in Tokyo for a while."

Chapter 46 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 6. Former Guitar Vocalist

"DiamondDust... the lead singer of this band isn't her anymore?"

Although the girl singing on the street did not exchange contact information with Sakura Takagi, after returning to the shrine, Sakura Takagi still identified her identity based on the album cover.

Momoka Kawahara, the former guitarist and lead vocalist of the girl band DiamondDust.

Why the former guitarist and lead singer? Because when Takagi Sakura was searching for the band online, she saw a message posted on DiamondDust’s official social media account three months ago.

Due to personal development, the band's lead guitarist, Momoka Kawaharaki, has decided to leave DiamondDust after consultation with her agency and bandmates. We wish Momoka Kawaharaki continued to forge her own path in music. DiamondDust will sign a new lead vocalist and continue their activities. We hope everyone will continue to support her.

It was a fairly official message, with nothing wrong to find and nothing to read in it.

Now Momoka Kawahara is performing on the street and selling CDs. She also said she wants to leave Tokyo. It is obvious that she has no good personal development.

Takagi Sakura put the album she bought into the computer, put on headphones and listened to it carefully.

This is DiamondDust's debut album, and the arrangement sounds a bit immature, but they do have their own understanding of music, and given time, they can definitely become a very good band. In this case, why did Momoka leave the band?

With this question in mind, Takagi Sakura went back into the tree and went to learn violin from Miyazono Kaoru.

three days later.

Lena came to the shrine to play with her guitar and brought a handwritten letter from Tsuzuki Shisen.

The veteran guitarist formally agreed to appear at the interview festival.

"Runa, I won't play bass for you today." Takagi Sakura took out a can of matcha-flavored chocolate chips and placed it in front of Runa. "I need to write down some questions for Tsuzuki-senpai that will be asked in the interview. Please take them back for me later. Also, I wrote a song that I want to sing with Tsuzuki-senpai on stage. I'll give her the sheet music and lyrics first. It's called 'Precious Heart'."

Kaname Lenai was obviously a little disappointed, but for the sake of the matcha chocolate beans, he just fiddled with his guitar like a cat playing with a scratching post.

The song Sakura Takagi prepared was a single released by Seiko Matsuda in 1989. The composer was Okui Kaori of PrincessPrincess, and the lyrics were written by Seiko Matsuda herself. She has always believed that this is the last song of the idols of the Showa era in her previous life.

She had searched for this song in this life, but it didn't exist. The song was perfect for her and a veteran guitarist from the Showa era, and the lyrics didn't feel out of place in the show.

"Lena, lend me your guitar." After writing the music score, Takagi Sakura reached out to Lena, ready to try playing it.

But Lenai didn't listen to her and snatched the music score from her hand.

Listening to the prelude played by Lena plucking the strings, Takagi Sakura shook her head helplessly and sang along with the music: "... I heard that I had a big dream. Who said that? Now I am honest and upright, and I have no shame..." (Please listen carefully, my big dream. Although I have never told anyone, I will tell you everything frankly now, even though I am still a little shy...)

Lenai played for a while, then suddenly stopped and squinted at Takagi Sakura: "It's very old, like a grandma's song."

"Well, it's written in an old style. You can think of it as a love letter from a bygone era."

"Huh?" Yaoi Rana, who had just entered junior high school, found it difficult to understand what Takagi Sakura said.

So, she could only change her words to something more understandable: "Through this song, I want to take the audience to see the elegance of Tsuzuki Shifune-sensei when he was young."

This time, Lenai understood and continued playing. Takagi Sakura also continued singing: "The heart is burning, in the world, to..." (The desire in my heart is burning fiercely, to spread these melodies to the whole world...)

In the chorus, Kaname hummed along with the melody, forming a simple harmony with Takagi Sakura's voice. Her voice gave Takagi Sakura the feeling of a cat humming comfortably in the sun.

"It feels so good." After playing this song, Yao Lenai stretched comfortably and said, "I want to perform this song live in front of everyone."

"Wait a few days. This song will be premiered in the live performance with Tsuzuki Shifune-senpai." Takagi Sakura touched Kaname Rakuna's head. Her short, smooth silver hair felt like satin.

Hearing her grandmother's name, Yao Lenai stopped making a fuss, stuffed the music score and interview questions into the effects pedal box, and walked out dragging the box and guitar.

Sakura Takagi stayed in the training room and started editing the opening credits of the talk show.

In the past few days, she filmed several videos of street performers. These people played the guitar very well, and two of them even sang, but the edited videos always felt a little off.

It's too fragmented. It's okay as a transition, but as an opening scene, it lacks impact.

Gao Muying picked up the guitar and tried to play a few parts. In a flash of inspiration, she suddenly realized what the problem was.

Just a guitar is too thin.

Guitar VII Age GusEi (Six) u Dad Penguin, especially the electric guitar, is an instrument that can only fully display its charm in a band. It seems that she still needs some band material to be more suitable.

As for filming bands, PasPale, her closest personal friend, was a band with an agency, and asking PasPale to help her shoot the opening credits required the agency's approval. Of the remaining bands, only Popipa was willing to help.

Sakura Takagi immediately sent a message to Kasumi Toyama, asking them to come to the shrine for rehearsal in the next few days, and she would record some rehearsal footage to be included in the opening credits of the guitar talk show.

It was late, but Kasumi replied almost immediately, saying that she would discuss it with the members of Popipa at school tomorrow and it shouldn't be a big problem.

Only then did Takagi Sakura feel relieved and continued to practice her guitar playing skills.

Her mind can now keep up with guitar playing, but her hands are a bit behind. There's no shortcut to this; it's all about practice. With her intermediate violin and bass skills as a foundation, she has aspirations of reaching intermediate guitar playing and has a detailed training plan.

"Bang——" The slender fingers slid across the strings, and one string of the old guitar made a mournful cry, and then broke into two pieces with a slight sense of relief.

Ten hours of guitar training every day made the strings completely consumable. Most guitar enthusiasts can change their strings once a month or two, but she has to change a set of strings almost every week.

Sakura Takagi skillfully removed the broken string, passed the spare string through the bridge to the headstock, stuffed it into the knob and turned it, and cut off the excess part, not letting this little episode affect her piano practice.

Chapter 47 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 7. The Disrespectful Producer

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Sakura Takagi did not bring any musical instruments. She stood in the audience with her mobile phone in both hands and filmed Popipa's performance.

Popipa has not held any independent performances yet, but she is already very skilled at piggybacking on other bands' performances or filling in the performance time between two bands at LiveHouse.

Sakura focused the main shots on the two guitarists, especially Hanazono Tae.

Kasumi Toyama focuses her main energy on vocals, and she plays the guitar only to use chords to make the whole song fuller - in other words, the most important guitarist in this band is still Tae Hanazono.

The guitar she was holding was a classic ST model. The special thing about it was that the blue guitar was equipped with a mirrored pickguard, which looked shinier under the light than the traditional white pickguard.

In addition, Hanazono changed the guitar's bridge pickup to a small double pickup that takes up the same space as a single-coil pickup. It has greater power than a single-coil pickup, making the guitar more versatile.

When Sakura Takagi was staring at Hanazono Tae and taking pictures, a strange sound suddenly came from beside her.

"You also think she is a Wonderful guitarist, right?" The mixture of Japanese and English confused Takagi Sakura. It didn't affect her understanding, but it seemed a bit weird no matter how she thought about it.

"Ah... yes." Takagi Sakura turned her head and saw a girl standing next to her, who was obviously shorter than her. She was wearing a somewhat exaggerated British style outfit and a pair of earmuffs with cat ears. The confidence in her eyes was overflowing. She also had a dialogue box, but perhaps because she was too short, the dialogue box was not on the side of her head, but on the top of her head, making it look like the two cat ears on the headphones were holding up the dialogue box.

Takagi Sakura is only 1.55 meters tall. She can feel that the other person is obviously shorter than her, so the other person's height must be under 1.5 meters.

"Did you get permission from the Premission for your filming?"

"I'm a friend of Popipa. I'm currently filming for an online program and have already communicated with them." Takagi Sakura felt that the other party's question was a bit rude, but considering that she had a dialog box, she still gave a simple answer.

At this time, the performance of a song on the stage had ended. Toyama Kasumi jumped down from the stage and suddenly took Takagi Sakura's hand: "Today, our good friend, the songwriter of "Sakura Sakura Wants to See You", is also here! Sakura, come and sing this song for everyone!"

Takagi Sakura, who hadn't put down her phone yet, felt a little embarrassed: "Kasumi, we didn't tell you about this part at the beginning!"

"Hey, just come up and sing! Everyone is waiting for you!" Kasumi pulled Takagi Sakura's arm and dragged her onto the stage.

"Ah... um... I'm Kasumi's friend. I'm here today to film material for an online interview program." Takagi Sakura glanced at Kasumi standing next to her. "It's a guitar-related interview program. Um... um, it seems like you're using Popipa's stage as an advertising platform. That's not okay. Saaya, could you please start?"

There was laughter from the audience.

There is no sense of incongruity when Sakura Takagi stands among Popipa, and it can be seen that she has a harmonious relationship with the members.

"Yes, we will meet today..." (Sakura Sakura wants to see you, I want to see you now) Sakura stood on the stage and sang sincerely into the microphone.

In terms of singing skills, she is not considered the best among all the girl bands, but her voice is very good and she can express the sweet and sad feeling very well.

Especially after singing the chorus, the enthusiasm of the audience was completely aroused, and the glow sticks swayed to the rhythm, like a forest of glow sticks.

"Great, I'll see you like a star, I'll go out, I'll do it..." (Thank you, I love you the most, I will protect you like a star, and knowing you is really, really a good thing...)

Sakura Takagi's somewhat immature voice when singing this narrative song actually makes people feel a kind of natural sincerity.

After singing, she bowed to the audience and put the microphone back in its place. Because she sang two songs between the performances of two bands, no one called for an encore, but the applause of everyone proved the success of Gao Muying and Popipa's song.

In the audience, the short girl who had spoken to Takagi Sakura before was now next to a girl with dyed twin ponytails.

"Master CHU^2, do you think this child can be our lead singer?"

"Her voice is good, but her technique is a bit raw. We could try it, but if we're going to be her role model, Roselia's Yukina Minato is a better choice." The short girl known as CHU^2 looked at the girl with twin ponytails. "If we can recruit that guitar miko and add Yukina Minato to our roster, we'll have the most dreamy lineup! Then, together, let's change the world! Come on, she should be coming out from backstage."

After chatting with Popipa's staff for a few minutes, Takagi Sakura left the LiveHouse through the backstage passage. Unexpectedly, she was stopped by the short girl she had spoken to earlier.

"Would you like to be our band's second lead vocalist? I see you have some creative talent. If you join my band, we can arrange songs with two lead vocals, and you can help me with some of the lyrics and arrangements. We will be the strongest girl band in the era of big girl bands!"

Takagi Sakura's eyebrows twitched twice.

It might have been a little rude just now, but now it is definitely impolite.

"Are you a music producer?" Takagi Sakura replied somewhat unhappily.

"Yes! I'm CHU^2, the revolutionary girl band!"

"You?" Takagi Sakura looked down at CHU^2's face. "If your creation is better than mine, I'll buy you coffee and then eat the coffee cup right in front of you."

She had confidence when she said this - with her music library from her previous life, she was naturally not afraid of the dwarf in front of her who looked like he hadn't even grown all his hair.

"Ugh!!" CHU^2 seemed deeply insulted, clenched his fists, and stamped his feet twice. "How dare you say such nonsense? You have never heard my music!"