Week Three

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, some shit went down! Salieri's scene went off without a hitch, but the good mood didn't last. The first motive was a bit of a doozy, and yet it didn't even have anything to do with the eventual accidental death of Mumble Happyfeet! At least Sissi was already pretty much dating Death anyway, right? She's probably fine, wherever she is.

This week, new menus have been posted in the cafeteria. But, more importantly, it seems that other new information has emerged. Everyone wakes on Sunday with some new memories - or are they old ones? - floating around in their heads. Maybe there was something to your discussions of time travel after all. Maybe there was someting to the Wizard's knowledge of the future.

Regardless, you're still stuck in here. At least there's some new places to explore this week. Maybe you'll find something helpful.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))

Comments

[comeandfindme]

[ Brows knitted together in concentration, she repeats the process on a different key, again walking through the pattern. This time she slips up a bit more, pressing the F instead of the F#. ]

Oh- shoot. [ She starts over and corrects herself, deliberately going slower between each note. ]

[violentenvies]

[Salieri almost moves to correct her, but when she corrects herself, he looks even more pleased.]

That's it exactly. So, now you can play any major scale starting from whichever note you want.

[comeandfindme]

[ But, surprisingly, Peregrine shakes her head. ]

No, I gotta play them all again. I don't know how to do something until I can replicate it without a second thought, right?

[violentenvies]

[....hm?]

...true enough. Practice does make perfect, I'll admit.

[comeandfindme]

[ At least she seems dedicated!! ]

Give me scales at random. So I can try recalling them individually.

[violentenvies]

Alright. What about E-flat?

[comeandfindme]

E-flat? [ Oh! There's a bit of surprise to her response. ] ...Already challenging me, huh?

[ She likes that.

Peregrine places a finger on the E and then moves it to the flat, starting the scale. This one has a lot more black keys so it definitely trips her up a few times. But she corrects each one, and then before being told to, she goes back and plays it again, without hesitation. ]

[violentenvies]

Well done. [He nods, approving] Try...A-sharp. [it's a bit of a trick question, what with A-sharp and B-flat being the same, after all.]

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine uses the last strategy, placing a finger on the A and moving to the sharp black key. That's when— ]

Wait. Wait, this was... Is this A sharp or B flat?

[violentenvies]

Yes.

[comeandfindme]

That's not a yes-no question!

[violentenvies]

Ah, but it is.

It's both--A-sharp and B-flat. The same note.

[comeandfindme]

[ !!! ]

...You tricked me.

[ sir!!!! ]

[violentenvies]

[he smirks a bit, he can't help it]

Perhaps a little. However, you still figured it out, did you not?

[comeandfindme]

Well. Yeah. [ She clicks her tongue and scoffs. ] Is it like that with all of 'em?

[violentenvies]

Indeed. Different names might be used for notes depending on what key you want to write in.

For example--[he plunks down the B-natural key] This is B-natural. However, there's no black key next to it. Only the C-natural. However, depending on what key you're writing in, it could also be B-sharp. [lol here's the beginning of music theory looks ordered on the outside but can be chaotic and ridiculous]

[comeandfindme]

[ flashbacks to high school while screaming ]

You're saying natural notes can also be called sharp or flat? Isn't that just overly confusing?

[violentenvies]

[ WELCOME TO HELL, GET OUT YOUR CIRCLE OF FIFTHS CHART ]

It certainly can be. [he looks amused] It's mostly used to allow the piece to stay in the same key for the purposes of keeping the song on-track. Or for moving to another key.

[comeandfindme]

Different keys...

[ She looks down at the piano keys. She's aware key changes are a thing but she cannot. Put it together in her head yet. ]

[violentenvies]

Yes, but not these kind of keys. [he taps one of the keys on the piano]

Rather, musical keys. [and he picks up a piece of paper, drawing a staff on there, and a treble cleff] In a piece of music, the musical key--or simply, the key--is what tells you what the general sound of the piece will be, and what notes you will generally mostly be using.

How you determine which key your in depends on the starting note and, more important, the number of flats and sharps.

For example...will you play me a major scale starting on F?

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine listens, not quite comprehending yet but clearly eager to learn. She complies, pretty easily at that. She's getting the hang of this! ]

[violentenvies]

Now...which black keys, if any, did you need to press? [just the one--the B-flat/A-sharp, of course]

[comeandfindme]

[ She presses that black key again, to demonstrate. ]

It's the B-flat.