In the music series, the male protagonist writes a self-help manual for the inner world

She tapped the strings on her "guitar."

"One, two, three...six."

"Look... there are six strings on it."

"A guitar has six strings, a bass has four... I'm not so amateur that I can't tell the difference between a guitar and a bass."

Chen Xinghua covered his forehead with his hand.

"Kito, there's a kind of bass in this world called a multi-string bass. It has six strings...that's the one you're holding."

Is Kita so amateur that he can't even tell the difference between bass and guitar?

"Listen...this is the sound of the guitar." Chen Xinghua plucked the guitar in his hand.

"And the sound of the bass is like this." He plucked the bass in Kita's hand again, making a bouncing bass sound.

....like the sound Kita would make when he was practicing.

Xiduo looked at Chen Xinghua, then at the guitar in his hand, and then at the bass in his own hand.

It seems that the guitar I bought is actually a bass.

"I bought this with two years' pocket money in advance and red envelopes."

If this "guitar" is a bass, then Kita can be sure that he will not be able to practice guitar in the next three years.

Because good guitars are not expensive.

Kita, over.

"Wake up, wake up, Xiduo, Xiangzi, please get me a glass of warm water, thank you."

In a trance, Kita heard a familiar voice.

"Open your mouth, Kita."

Kita opened his mouth.

Gulp, gulp, gulp, the warm water flowed down Kita's moving throat into her stomach, injecting a stream of warm energy into her body that was defeated by the pressure of reality.

"Do you still want to practice guitar...Xiangzi, come here and help me put Xiduo on the chair over there." Chen Xinghua waved to Xiangzi.

"I still want to, but I don't have enough pocket money anymore." Kita said dejectedly.

For a high school student like Kita, buying a guitar with good sound quality is as difficult as hell.

You should know that any guitar with a good tone will cost more than 50,000 yen.

"I think your multi-string bass is pretty good. I also want to practice bass. How about exchanging my guitar with you?" Chen Xinghua's voice pulled Xiduo out of hell.

"...this guitar with a skull sticker on it."

A brand new guitar appeared in front of Kita.

"Senior..." Kita said gratefully.

She could see that Chen Xinghua was helping her.

Because what brilliant guitarist wants to be a bassist?

Although Kita doesn't understand bass, she understands bass jokes.

"Go on." Chen Xinghua put the guitar in his hand into Xiduo's hand, "Don't break it, it will be very troublesome to repair." Xiduo touched the new guitar and was reluctant to let it go.

But she soon remembered a crucial question.

"Senior, if I accept this guitar, what will you do?"

Chen Xinghua raised his index finger and put it to his mouth.

"Shh, I have a spare, so you don't have to worry."

"A good guitarist has many spare guitars."

Chen Xinghua lied, this is the only guitar he has.

He said he had a spare, just to reassure Kita.

Besides, it’s a different era now. If you want to buy another guitar, can’t you just go to a music store with enough money and buy one?

"I will cherish my senior's guitar." Kita looked at the black guitar, which has now become his own guitar, with deep affection.

...This guitar might be much more expensive than it looks. This thought popped into Kita's mind.

There are cases on the Internet where musical instruments used by world-class musicians are extremely expensive.

It is almost certain that Chen Xinghua will become a world-class guitarist.

Although Xiduo doesn't know much about professional music knowledge, her hearing is not as good as Beethoven's, so she can still hear how high Chen Xinghua's guitar skills are.

"I will absolutely not let it be taken away by others."

After hearing Xiduo's speech, Chen Xinghua was speechless.

"No one will grab the guitar."

Shoko Toyokawa stood aside and silently waited for the end of the drama.

She could see that Chen Xinghua was quite rich and kind-hearted.

Because Shoko Toyokawa could distinguish the names of the two instruments.

That guitar is a Gibson Les Paul custom reissue from 1968, and the price is around half a million.

That multi-string bass is an Ibanez BTB 866SC Weathered Black Low Gloss, and it costs about yen.

"By the way, Xiduo, what are you going to do after you finish practicing guitar?" Chen Xinghua put away the multi-string bass that now belonged to him.

He finally understood why Kita ran away before the band finished performing on stage... because she was a guitarist who was so novice that she couldn't even tell the difference between a guitar and a bass.

Now we have to start teaching from the most basic things.

"Senior, I'm planning on apologizing to the senior in my previous band... because I lied to her about playing guitar and joined the band just to get her in."

"Then I practiced the bass as if it were a guitar, and in the end I didn't even realize I was practicing the bass," said Chen Xinghua.

"Senior!" Kita sighed deeply and continued, "After I couldn't learn the bass...or the guitar, I ended up running away."

"Senior, I'm really mean. I don't know how to play guitar, but I pretend I can."

"If you feel sorry, then practice guitar well," Chen Xinghua said, "and then come and apologize to the senior students you hurt on the day you finish practicing guitar."

"I've been lying on the ground feeling sorry for myself, and nothing can change that."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.

Shoko Toyokawa, who was listening nearby, trembled a few times.

She admitted that her decision to quit the Crychic band due to financial difficulties was extremely drastic... After all, she could barely afford her bean sprout lunch at the time, and if she didn't find a part-time job, she would starve to death at home.

How can you form a band if you can’t afford food?

No matter how you pursue your dreams, you have to fill your stomach.

But no matter how Toyokawa Shoko explained to herself, she still couldn't let it go.

...It was clearly her who connected everyone in Crychic, and it was clear that everyone had found a home in Crychic.

She was the one who ruined everything.

38. Playing music is expensive

...They should be able to get out of this, Toyokawa Shoko thought uncertainly.

"Okay, Xiduo, come over and practice guitar." Chen Xinghua stood up from his chair. "Turn all your apologies into motivation to practice guitar."

"Yes, senior." Kita held the guitar and slowly approached Chen Xinghua with a girlish pace.

"Thank you so much, Senior."

Chen Xinghua nodded and then said, "Major chord, minor chord, do you know what these are?"

"Is it baseball?" Kita guessed, tilting his head.

After seeing Chen Xinghua's unfriendly face, Xiduo hurriedly changed his words.

"Something guitar-related?"

"Looks like I have to start from the beginning." Chen Xinghua sighed deeply again, "This level of ignorance is too high."

But the rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the band is here.

"A major chord is a major chord, and a minor chord is a minor chord."

If Kita practices guitar well, then the possibility of her returning to the band is almost 100%.

Because of sunk costs.

Xiduo has invested so much money and energy in the guitar.

After practicing guitar, can she still resist not using it?

Playing guitar means joining a band, because famous guitarists never play solo.

So what is the band closest to her?

The band was missing a lead singer and rhythm guitarist.

Driven by guilt, as long as Hongxia and Liang seniors show a little interest, Kita will definitely be happy to return to the band.

I just don't know if Hongxia and Liang senior will forgive Kita for running away that day.

A little troublesome.

Let's take a step by step.

"Kita, how's your singing?"

Hongxia seemed to have said that Kita was the lead singer and guitarist in the band.

And Kita's guitar skills are zero.

So her singing skills shouldn't be a problem...right? Chen Xinghua began to feel uncertain.

"Compared to my seniors, it's nothing." Kita said with some distress, "I only got 90 points for singing in karaoke, not even a perfect score."

"Oh." Chen Xinghua responded.

It is very good for an ordinary high school girl to sing at this level without any special training.

Next, you just need to sign up for a more professional training class and learn some singing techniques, and you will probably be able to become a qualified band lead singer.

At present, the overall level of the band is reached, and it is enough for the lead singer to reach this level.

Having said that, it would be better to ask a one-on-one musician to teach you.

...but it would also be more expensive. Chen Xinghua narrowed his eyes.

Otherwise, why do people say that making music is so expensive? Not only does it cost money to buy musical instruments, but if you don’t want to learn on your own and want to get guidance from professionals, it will cost even more.

It’s all about spending money. It’s so hard to make music without money.

Chen Xinghua glanced at Xiduo who was listening to his explanation attentively, and put aside how to spend money to improve Xiduo's singing skills for the time being, and started by teaching her how to play the guitar first.

.....

"It's so hard to learn!!!" Kita lay on the ground, pounding the floor with his fists.

Guitar is really hard to learn, with so many different concepts and particularly difficult techniques.

Kita felt like his brain was about to be shattered by all this knowledge.

The black guitar lying flat on the ground stared at Kita blankly, as if saying, "Are you giving up now, Kita Ikuyo?"

"I won't give up. I will definitely learn it."

My senior has helped me so much, how could I possibly let him down?

A familiar pair of sneakers suddenly appeared in Kita's field of vision, and the owner of the sneakers immediately made a sound.

"Okay, Kita, take a break. It's already twelve o'clock."

Chen Xinghua touched his neck, then turned to look at Toyokawa Shoko.

"Xiangzi, could you please bring us some lunch? And a few bottles of iced Coke... Here's the money."