Tsuzuru Minagi/SSR Family
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What's Important for Guitar Practice
Backstage Stories| *Knocking on door* | |
| Tsuzuru | Juza, you got a minute? |
| Juza | Sure. ‘Sup? |
| Tsuzuru | For the company’s second-anniversary performance, Autumn Troupe played in a band, and you played the guitar, right? |
| Juza | Ah, yea, I did. |
| Tsuzuru | I’m going to be playing a guitar player in our next play, so I was wondering if you could teach me some things. |
| Juza | Guitar, huh? Sure, but… |
| I think it’d be better to learn from the manager than from me. He’s the one who taught me in the first place anyway… | |
| Tsuzuru | That’s what I thought too. But, the manager’s been slacking off and has a lot of work piled up. |
| Furuichi-san was so furious with him, and now he’s desperately trying to get that work done. | |
| Juza | I thought I saw him doing somethin’ while bein’ watched by Sakyo-san. |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah. That didn’t look like it was gonna end well. |
| So, I thought I’d ask the manager for advice later and see if I could get some from you first. | |
| Juza | If it’s good with you, then sure. |
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| Tsuzuru | Thanks. I’m in your care. |
| Juza | By the way, are you actually going to be playing the guitar in the show? |
| Tsuzuru | No, I’m just going to be pretending and not actually playing. But I think I want to try playing the guitar and writing music. |
| Juza | So your role is a guitar composer then? |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah. But if I’m gonna compose, I have to know how to play the guitar first. |
| And even if I’m pretending to play, I should at least be able to press the strings properly. | |
| Juza | Gotcha. ...Ah, can Azami come to practice too? |
| Tsuzuru | Ah, that’s right, Azami used to play guitar too. It would be great if you both could teach me. |
| Juza | Yea. I’ll go get him. |
| Manager | I’ve brought the guitar, Minagi-kun! I’ve also tuned it for you. |
| Tsuzuru | Thank you so much! |
| Manager | I’d really love to teach you myself, but I haven’t finished my work yet. |
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| Tsuzuru | G-good luck with that… |
| Manager | If you have any problems, please let me know. |
| I’ll be able to help once I finish my work. Do your best~. | |
| Tsuzuru | Yep. I will! |
| Juza and Azami haven’t gotten here yet… | |
| Juza | Sorry we kept ya waiting. |
| Azami | If we’re gonna teach you, we’d better both have guitars, so I had to borrow one from the manager and that took a while. |
| Tsuzuru | Ah, you went through a lot of trouble to prepare for me. Thank you. |
| Well, let’s start. | |
| Juza | Yeah. |
| Azami | First, hold the guitar like this… |
| Tsuzuru | Agh, I can’t seem to get the strings right… |
| Juza | It’s cuz you’re laying your fingers down. At the beginning, I couldn’t get it right either. |
| It’s better if you hold your fingers up. Like this… | |
| Tsuzuru | Gotcha, so that’s how it should be. |
| Azami | You should also be aware of the position of your thumbs. Also the angle of your wrist… |
| Tsuzuru | Oh, I’m better at holding it than before! |
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| Juza | I think it’s pretty good. |
| Azami | You’re gettin’ halfway decent at this. |
| Tsuzuru | Alright, next is… |
| Tsuzuru | Here, like this… …Hmm… |
| Citron | Tsuzuru, are you practicing the guitar? |
| Tsuzuru | Yeah. Thanks to Juza and the others, I’ve been able to get down the strings little by little. |
| But, it’s still kinda difficult. | |
| Citron | Tsuzuru, it is just like the viola! |
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| Tsuzuru | Viola? From “Harugaoka Quartet”? |
| Citron | Yes! Before you practice on the actual guitar, you should do the air guitar to warm up! |
| Tsuzuru | It feels like something like this has happened before… |
| Citron | No matter what, it is important that you first imagine yourself playing well. |
| If you can’t do that, you will not get better! | |
| Tsuzuru | (It’s strange, but I feel like he’s right…) |
| I get it… I know that imagining is important, so I’ll give it a go. | |
| Citron | You have done it! That is the way to do it, Tsuzuru! |
| Tsuzuru | Thank you so much, Citron-san. You’ve given me some seriously good advice--. |
| Citron | I am expecting a fierce and exciting performance by Tsuzuru the guitarist! |
| Tsuzuru | …Hm? Now…? |
| Citron | Citron presents the 2nd Air Concert, please look forward to it~! |
| Tsuzuru | Hah!? |
| Citron | I will find other performers for Tsuzuru! You only need to think about yourself, Tsuzuru. |
| Tsuzuru | Th-Thank you… Wait, that’s not true! |
| Citron | I will entrust the trio to you, Tsuzuru! |
| Tsuzuru | (An air concert trio… My memory from last time was of it going majorly wrong…) |
| No no no, absolutely not! | |
| Citron | You can do it, Tsuzuru! I am looking forward to your intense and super exciting performance! |
| Tsuzuru | This again!? W-Wait, Citron-san! Don’t run off! |
