Will the plagiarism girl be a substitute for the preference for women?

The courage that had just been mustered quickly dissipated, turning into embarrassment.

I really want to leave this place and practice alone... but there are people here who need me.

There is someone who says, "I can't live without myself."

Once she left, China began to blame herself for what she had done wrong and why she couldn't keep him.

Aine didn't want to repeat the night she tried to persuade Chinami not to take her own life; that would be too difficult...

"Um, it's my first time playing, so I'm not very skilled... Let Chika do it." Aine frowned, her tone somewhat self-conscious.

Although I'm reluctant to admit it, the two people in front of me must have had a good idea of ​​my skill level after the piece I just played.

Seeing the person who usually seemed to radiate brilliance become disheartened, China's emotions underwent a subtle fluctuation.

She wasn't always optimistic; she needed encouragement and I to guide her through practice.

"Aine, are your strings newly replaced?"

China asked through the brand-new, gleaming strings of her harp.

"um, yes."

Ai Yin glanced sideways and said that she didn't really want to explain why she changed the strings—it had been too long since she had played them and the strings hadn't been loosened, so when she took them out and played them once, the whole tune was off.

“It’s normal to have a break-in period with new strings; you’ll gradually get used to the feel,” China explained.

It's true that it takes time to get used to the new and old strings because of their different tensions.

But for Aine, who had forgotten the feel of the strings last time and knew that she was playing single notes rather slowly, Chizuru knew that Chizuru was just comforting herself.

What else could I do? I could only accept her comfort.

"Hmm, I'll get used to it a bit more."

In addition, Aine wasn't too discouraged. If she had to say something, she felt that China had extraordinary talent, which was why she could quickly become familiar with guitar techniques.

As for myself, I'm just an ordinary person. If I practice hard for a month, I'm sure I can reach a level that would be suitable for forming a band with him.

Everyone has strengths; there's no need to completely deny yourself just because you're not as talented as others in one area.

But... I'm still a little unconvinced...

Thinking of this, Ai Yin unconsciously pursed her lips.

At the same time, China quietly circled around behind Aine and wrapped her arms around her.

"??" Ai Yin and Deng made a sound almost simultaneously.

China held Aine's hands in her left and right hands respectively, rested her head gently on Aine's shoulder, and looked at the strings.

At this moment, Aine's right index finger and thumb are holding the pick, and Chinatsu's right hand is wrapped around Aine's right hand, like a teacher teaching a student to write.

"Let me share my feel with you."

Chika lowered her eyes and whispered in Aine's ear.

Then he looked up at the lamppost.

"Little Lamp, let's let Aiyin get used to the intro first, and then we'll teach you how to sing, okay?"

"Hmm... okay!" Deng said, clenching his hands together.

At this moment, Aine's breathing became heavier involuntarily.

Perhaps it's because this teaching method is relatively new and we need to get used to it, or perhaps it's because it's a bit warm sitting together like this and we need to breathe more to cool down.

In any case, Aine suddenly lost the thought of running away.

With China's help, her hands smoothly began to play the intro to the song.

After repeating this several times, China's hands left.

"Try again?"

Aine played the piano as China instructed.

I discovered that my muscles had formed a memory, allowing me to smoothly play the intro.

But in fact, the intro is just a simple melody repeated three times.

If Ai Yin is willing to practice a few times in front of others, she will quickly go from being unfamiliar to being proficient.

It was precisely because she was somewhat hesitant to show her unfamiliar side and only wanted to display her familiar side that China chose this hands-on teaching method, allowing Aine to become "proficient" through practice.

"Okay, let's practice the main melody later. We'll just sing one line and then play a couple of chords."

Considering that she also needed to teach Deng to sing and talk to Xiangzi about virtual streamers later, Qianna made this decision after weighing her time allocation.

"Okay, Ms. China," which perfectly aligns with Aine's thoughts.

The main song is more complex than the intro, and Ai Yin prefers to learn the vocal parts.

In the afternoon class, I would first play the intro, and then when singing vocals, I would sing a line and strum a couple of chords, and that would be enough.

Chika clapped her hands: "Okay, I'll sing one line, and then you guys sing one line after me."

“itsfriend”

Upon hearing the opening line, Aine seemed to realize that something was amiss.

This song has a very high pitch...

Chapter 75 is rolled up!

"Then, let's have the lamp sing first."

Akari is the main student being coached in this vocal training session, so China had Akari audition first.

This song is quite well-known, so I've heard it a few times, but this is the first time I've sung it seriously, especially in front of Chika. So I hesitated a bit before I started singing.

Chinatsu promised me she would teach me techniques to easily sing high notes, and she has now made time to teach me. I can't let her down.

So, the lamp didn't remain silent out of shyness; after encouraging itself, it sang out.

"Itsa...cough cough...sorry..."

It seemed that he hadn't sung in a long time, and coupled with the fact that he was almost always shouting in his natural voice, Deng's voice cracked.

"No need to work so hard," China stopped saying and then gestured with her palm down.

"It's okay, we can lower the key first, or add some falsetto. I can't handle singing it all in my true voice."

"Ah."

Following China's instructions, Lamp patted his chest, looked at the lyrics, and sang the first line in falsetto.

"It's friend~"

After she finished singing, she felt that she hadn't sung in a long time and her breath control was off, which caused her falsetto to sound too shrill, like a child singing.

Seeing China's expression, it seemed she was trying not to laugh.

However, Chika wasn't laughing because of the light's singing.

Despite what was expected, you can still often hear advertisements on the street with English pronunciation in katakana.

But when she heard "friend" pronounced as "Frandot", and the whole sentence became "It's been a long time since I've seen Frandot", China couldn't help but chuckle.

Hey, stop smiling right now!

After finally managing to suppress a laugh, Chizuru quickly declared:

"Sorry, I have a weird sense of humor, I didn't mean anything by it."

Everything else is fine, but China feels that without correcting the distinction between R and L sounds, this lesson can't be taught properly.

"Um, please try to press as much of the edge of your tongue against the top of your mouth as possible, with a slight indentation in the middle, and pronounce the word 'rank'."

"Hmm..." The lamp tried to do it, then read it with a blank expression, "lan...co?"

Upon hearing this, China's heart skipped a few beats.

No...it's too cute.

"Little Lamp, is that how it is?"

Aiyin, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't resist sharing the experience she had gained while practicing her English self-introduction the night before.

She opened her mouth, pointed to her protruding tongue, and mumbled:

"Little lamp, when you read this, don't just use the tip of your tongue to touch the top, curl your whole tongue upwards and say it after me: rank."

Although the pronunciation was a bit stiff, it is indeed a retroflex sound.

Because the fifty sounds learned from childhood did not include retroflex consonants, Deng did not initially realize the difference between R and L.

But after Aiyin read it a few more times, she seemed to gradually feel this difference in scores.

I tried to imitate Aine's lip movements, but I couldn't find the point of force to exert that lip movement with my tongue muscles.

If you want to quickly develop the retroflex consonant, you need to form muscle memory as quickly as you did when you held Ai Yin's hand and played the guitar.

That is, using your fingers to help shape the tongue of the lamp into the corresponding shape...

That's so weird...

So, China had no choice but to say:

"Xiao Deng mainly wants to learn singing techniques, right? Then let's start by singing in Japanese, it will be easier that way."

While Chizuru was speaking, Tohru continued trying to make a rolling tongue shape with her mouth.

That's true. If it were me, I wouldn't really want to stop halfway through either.

It's like when the teacher is explaining a problem in class and then says, "If you didn't understand this problem, you can study it after class," but you're unwilling to stop working on the problem yourself.

It seems difficult to assign weights to "oral language teaching" and "singing technique teaching" when combining them.

While Chika was somewhat at a loss, Aine's teaching did not stop, patiently and repeatedly instructing Tama on how to pronounce the sound.

“rank.”

“lan…lank.”

"I see, rank, rank!"

"Um, lan..."

"ran! rank!"

"Rank!"

Finally, after trying his best to curl his tongue up again, he managed to produce a standard R sound.

"Wow!"

China, who had been observing from the side with her chin in her hands, suddenly widened her eyes.

"That's a huge step forward!"

"really?"

The light was excited, but at the same time, she wondered if only knowing one retroflex consonant really counted as "taking a big step"? Or was it just Chizuru's attempt to comfort her...?

“Really!” China said with certainty. “Some people can’t even tell the difference between R and L.”

"Thanks……"

Fifteen minutes had passed, and the techniques for singing high notes had not yet been formally taught.

Chika was initially a little anxious because she had to talk to Shoko about something later, but after thinking about it, she realized that it wasn't urgent to talk about it in the evening or tomorrow, so she relaxed.

Deng also knew that practicing singing was a matter of perseverance, and it was perfectly fine to learn at a slower pace.

On the contrary, Ai Yin said somewhat flusteredly, "Um... let's take our time correcting the accents later. Let's teach Deng how to sing high notes first."

China sensed something was off. Even though Aine had come mainly to learn spoken language, she was being asked to teach Akari to sing first.

Is it just a matter of courtesy?

China didn't ask any more questions, and then, with the light on, she practiced falsetto, guiding her on how to make her breathing more even and gentle while singing, as well as the techniques for switching between true and falsetto.

Aiyin, standing to the side, listened attentively.

The lamp also noticed Aine's careful expression.

Are they seriously learning techniques just to sing a few harmonies well? It seems Aiyin really values ​​the band.