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El was playing a quiet tune on his black acoustic guitar as the students filed in, seemingly not noticing them. There was a plate of freshly made tacos on the side for any who might want to pick them up.

When the last student had filled in, El stood up and faced the class.

"When I spoke to you all last, I said that I would have a syllabus for you. Unfortunately, if you are a fan of syllabi, I'm afraid that I lied. I tried strict syllabi for my two classes last year, and it didn't quite work out. I'm afraid that rigid, ordered structures simply don't work for me. However, this does not mean that there isn't a plan for this semester. Far from it. In fact, there are three plans for this semester."

El put the guitar in its case and slowly latched it up. He began walking between the student's desks, clinking as he went.

"This class will have three separate components. History of the Guitar. Playing of the Guitar. And Making of the Guitar. We shall alternate between these three subjects each week. Learning about the history, learning how to play or play better, and making a guitar. At the end of the semester, you will have three options for your final. You can either write me a research paper on some aspect of the guitar's history. You can play me a piece of your own choosing, although I will count you off if you try and pick something easy, unless you play it extremely well. Or you can build a guitar of your own.

Now, for today. If you know how to play guitar? Play something for me. Anything. If you don't have a guitar with you and want to play something acoustical, you may borrow mine. If you want to play something electric, Mr. Bernadette has graciously offered the use of his electric guitar.

If you don't know how to play guitar? There are guitars over there. Electric, acoustic, bass, many kinds. Go over and pick out something that you think fits you. This will be your guitar for the semester. And I expect all of you to practice every day. Then I'll spend the rest of the class showing you the basics. Everyone else, talk amongst yourselves about why you picked those songs to play.

And, just for record's sake, my office hours will be Wednesday afternoon."

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"It's two in one." He looked over the sleek guitar and nodded. "And a lot thicker than the plain electric ones."

El nodded. "Well, would you like to start learning?"

Kaoru couldn't help but look a little skeptical when he nodded. He wasn't sure he had the hands for guitar; it always seemed people who played had much less delicate hands. He couldn't help he had such thin Japanese fingers.

"Sure. I'll give it a go."

"It's going to hurt for a bit. But your fingers will toughen up. Let's start with positioning."

El showed Kaoru how to position his hands.

He felt strangely relaxed as he held the guitar, figuring it would have been awkward to hold. After a quick scan of his hand positioning, Kaoru looked up at El, "This okay..?"

El nodded. "Now, we won't start with chords. Just practicing strumming with the pick. Later, we'll work with just the fingers."

"Right." He looked back down at the guitar, bringing the pick down over each string so that it sounded each separately before he started the same motion in one quick swipe.

Whoa. He was actaully playing. Well, in the most literal sense he was playing... but it was still cool.

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