Young people with light music will not encounter lonely rock music

So the girls present were a little stunned.

"Okay... okay."

"Although I promised Senior Xia to replace her as the keyboard player of the light music section at the graduation performance... But in short, I know too little about you, so it is useless to start practicing right away. I'd better let you know first. I understand some of the problems."

Kotobuki Hikaru paused for a moment, glanced around at the girls around him, confirmed that they all nodded, and then continued to speak.

"The first thing is...how many songs will the light music department perform at the graduation performance?"

"Just...just that one?"

"a?"

Kotobuki Hikari was stunned for a moment.

Saotome was not surprised to see Kotobuki Hikaru in a daze, but she opened her mouth to explain.

"Actually... the graduation performance is not in the name of our light music club, because the graduation performance itself is participated by the seniors who graduated this year, so we are participating in the name of senior Jasmine, so it is a personal performance There’s only time to perform one song.”

"I see......"

Kotobuki Hikaru nodded.

"If you only need to rehearse one piece, you still have plenty of time..."

The graduation performance is about a month and a half away. Even for a high school student club, it is more than enough to rehearse a song.

Of course, the premise is more than enough...

At the very least, the strength of the members is on the line.

After Risa asked Ichiri to teach him how to play the guitar, Kotobuki Kou couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Maybe they are all novices.

"Also...the staffing, of course I am the keyboard player, and I know that Risa-san is the guitarist. What are the positions of the female classmate and Qianzuru-san?"

"Ah...I'm the bass player." Saotome replied.

Um......

The long, straight, black, and cold appearance of the senior does indeed have the demeanor of a bassist.

"I...I'm the drummer..."

The girl who had been silent until now also spoke.

Eh......

Are there any drummers with such a soft-looking personality?

"Where's the lead singer?"

"It's...it's me..." Risa, who was sitting next to Goto Ichiri, said suddenly.

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh.

She remembered when she first joined the light music club last year.

It was clear that Risa was attracted by her classmate Chizuru just because she sang well.

As a result, due to the lack of guitarists, she, a complete novice who didn't even know how many strings a guitar had and had never touched a guitar, was forced into the position of guitarist and part-time vocalist.

Kotobuki Hikaru noticed that Saotome's eyes showed another strange expression.

"Hey... the guitar part of this song is still a bit complicated. Is it really possible, Risa-kun?"

Qinbukiguang couldn't help but feel worried.

For novices, even on rhythm guitar, the large number of syncopation and damper playing methods mixed together is definitely difficult to cope with.

When I first wrote the song, the band's guitarist was a legendary guitar hero, so I didn't consider the difficulty at all.

"I...I will work hard..."

Lisa made a heavy voice, as if she had made some kind of determination.

"Have you prepared the music score?" Kotobuki asked.

"Ah...yes, wait a moment."

Saotome stood up, took out a stack of stapled A4 paper from the locker in the corner, and handed it over.

There are four parts of the score, divided into different scores for each instrument.

"This is the score prepared by Senior Jasmine."

"Eh......"

Kotobukiko looked at the score in front of him.

The keyboard part uses relatively complex five-line notation, while the bass and guitar also use simple and easy-to-understand four-line notation and six-line notation.

Kotobuki Hikaru carefully turned over the music score, and the girls around him looked at him nervously.

After a while, after reading all the music scores, Kotobuki Hikaru finally put them down.

"Senior Xia Mian is indeed very good at picking up the music so accurately."

"..."

When they mentioned the seniors who were no longer here, the girls showed a bit of disappointment.

"However, she takes too good care of you..."

"take care of?"

The girls looked puzzled.

pat- pat-

Kotobuki Hikaru clapped the staff in his hand, the music score of the keyboard part.

It can be clearly seen that this store is completely different and complex compared to other scores.

"The score for the keyboard part is more complicated than when our band performs on our own...even the lead guitar and the most difficult solo are written into the score."

Lisha lowered her head, her eyes a little sad.

"But... the main reason is probably because there is only one keyboard player in the light section. It would be easier to just let Risa-san be in charge of the rhythm guitar part."

If you are a relatively capable keyboard player, you can modify the score and be able to take into account the lead and rhythm parts to a certain extent during the performance.

For example...if the band only had one guitarist, Ichiri Goto, with her ability, she would definitely be able to do the guitar solo.

If not, just record samples...

"Senior Jasmine, this has always been the case."

Lisha lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.

"It was always like this in previous performances... When I didn't know how to play the guitar at first, I just played the lead vocal. Later, my seniors also only asked me to play very simple parts."

"Obviously, senior has worked so hard... but I still rely on her so much. I feel that as long as senior is here, there will be no problem..."

The girl's hands were holding the hem of her skirt tightly, her tone full of remorse and unwillingness.

"It's just because I have this idea that I always stop moving forward... until now, I'm still half-baked."

Kita-san, who obviously started learning guitar later than me, is already playing a great role in the band, and is already a person who can stand alone.

But I relied on Gotou-san to understand even the most basic things. His poor skills could only hold everyone back.

"I'm not complaining...this music score is easy for me to control..."

but...

Kotobuki Mitsuru didn't know how to say the rest.

After being silent for a while, I felt that keeping this kind of thing hidden would be even crueler to them.

After sighing slightly, Kotobuki Mitsuru continued.

"But at the end of the day... I'm not the protagonist of this show, right... It can't be me."

"I'm just here to help. If I really replace Senior Xia Mian, I can't accept it, and you can't accept it either."

"Besides, I think that rather than completing this performance at the graduation performance, letting senior Xia see that you have the ability to stand alone is the most important thing."

If senior Xia Mian were to see his companions in the light music department, he would have to rely on himself to complete the performance.

Perhaps she would sigh that Kotobuki Mitsuru really fulfilled her request and took her place.

But I will definitely still worry about my companions, fearing that they will stop moving forward without me.

The girls looked at each other and finally understood what Kotobuki Hikari meant.

"I...I think Risa-san can do it!"

An unexpected voice suddenly sounded.

The eyes of Kotobuki Hikaru and the girl from the light music club were all attracted to Goto Isato by this voice.

"One mile?"

"Lisha can definitely do the guitar solo...she works very hard."

Goto Kazuri said in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"Goto-kun..."

Risa's eyes when she looked at Goto Ichiri also changed a bit.

Obviously he is just a dabbler.

But Goto-san has such expectations for himself and believes in himself almost without reservation.

"And...I will teach Lisa how to play the guitar. I can definitely do it before the graduation performance!"

Snapped--!

Goto Ichiri patted the table and stood up, patting his chest again to make a promise.

"Ah...ah...I'm sorry...I got too carried away!"

Gotou realized his rudeness belatedly and sat down immediately.

Obviously, the final decision should be made by everyone in the Light Music Department. What happens in the end has nothing to do with me.

"Then what do you think, Risha-san?"

Kotobuki Mitsuru finally threw the question to the person involved.

"I...I believe Goto-san..." Risa responded. "Kotobuki-san...please leave the guitar solo to me!"

"Um...Okay."

Kotobuki Hikaru nodded.

"If that's the case, the music score needs to be revised...Ah, that's right."

Kotobuki Hikari thought for a while, then turned to look at Saotome.

"Can Saotome-san be the lead singer?"

"Eh... me?!"

The girl's cheeks turned red and she showed an expression of disbelief.

"Yeah." Kotobuki nodded. "Lisha's guitar solo becomes even more difficult. She even has to play solo by herself. In this case, it's a bit difficult to ask her to be the lead singer."

"Really...really?"

The girl suppressed the throbbing in her heart, looked at Kotobuki Hikaru, then glanced at Risa, and spoke with some unconfidence.

"Is it really okay... We should be asking you this, right?"

His attention shifted to Risa, who was supposed to be the lead singer.

"Of course...I would rather say, please, Saotome-senpai!"

This song was proposed by Saotome-senpai.

And what kind of mood she was holding, several people here basically knew it.

"Then it's decided, Saotome-san is the bassist and vocalist, Risa-san is the guitar soloist, Chizuru-san plays the drums, and I'll be in charge of the keyboard."

Kotobuki glanced at the girls around him, and no one raised any objection.