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The sky's the limit... unless you can't fly; Tag: Arpeggio
Topic Started: Mar 12 2013, 08:42 PM (717 Views)
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Arpeggio blinked a few times. Was this filly for real? "...Practice is when you do something over and over before you perform it for others. You do it to get better at something. That's what you've been doing with the flying. And music... music is an arrangement of sounds designed to be pleasing to the ear."
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Starry giggle as Arpeggio mentioned the word 'practice' again. It was, at least to her, a funny word. "That word's funny.... Prac-Tice.... Teeheehee. So, it's when someone purposely does something bad to get better at it? I guess that makes sense... " she replied.

"What kind of sounds? "
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"No no... it's when someone does something, good or bad, to improve. I may be a good musician but I keep practicing to get better. Here... I'll show you." He went downstairs again, to the piano, and began playing the Maple Leaf Rag like he'd done for Fenny earlier.
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Starry got off the couch and followed Arpeggio downstairs. She was still confused on the concept of 'practice' but she still wanted to learn about it nonetheless. However, once she hard the music, her face lit up. It was wonderful, the first song she'd ever heard.

"Wooooaaaaahhhh!!! That's awesome!!! I've never heard anything like it! " she exclaimed.
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The brown pegasus smiled a bit. "See, this is what practice got me to. I didn't start out good at this, just like you haven't started out perfectly at flying. With practice, I got better, and so can you. Don't be too hard on yourself because you didn't get something perfectly the first try."
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Starry jumped up and down once he finished before giving him a round of applause. The music was truly wonderful to her, and she enjoyed it greatly.

"So... You played that song over and over again until you could play it like that? "
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"Sort of. Not just that song, mind, but I practiced the fundamentals of music performance quite a bit." He played a basic scale going up the piano. "See? This is the basic technique that lead me, with practice, to being able to play like I just did." He smiled a bit. "Everything is based off the basics; you learn those and improve that, you can get good at anything."
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"Basics.... Basics..." Starry muttered to herself. Though she was suddenly interested on the topic of 'practice', she was now even more interested in the foreign concept of 'Basics'.

"If I learn those.... I can do anything... " she spoke to herself.

"Um, mister Arpeggio, what are the basics of flying? "
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"I've already been teaching you them. The basic wing motion, the concepts of gaining lift... once you've gotten to the point where you can steadily hover in the air, we can go onto the basics of turning in the air."
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"Oh oh oh!!! Can we do it no-" starry started but stopped mid sentence, remembering her wing injury.

"... Oh, uh... I guess we'll wait a while then? "
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"Wait a bit. There's no sense in burning yourself out while practicing. If you don't practice moderation now, you'll wind up hurting yourself in the future. You just rest for a bit, okay?"
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Starry nodded in reply. She didn't want to permanently harm herself and what Arpeggio was saying seemed to make sense, somewhat. She'd try it out later, but for now....

"Okay... But, in the meantime, can you make that music thing again? " she asked.
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"Sure." He smiled warmly as he began playing a gentler tune on the piano, humming lightly along with it. "Your phoenix seemed to like the music as well, I must admit. It was kind of neat watching him dance to it."
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Starry listened in as the music started. It wasn't something she had ever really heard before and she wanted to enjoy it while it lasted. "Dance? What's that? I'm sure that Fenfen would love your music, he likes cool sounds. " she told him. Unbeknownst to Starry, she started tapping her hoof to the beat.
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"I don't know where he is otherwise he could show you..." Arpi was seriously perplexed. This filly did not know anything about even basic social concepts, did she...? He sighed in his mind, continuing to play.
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