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Tam laughs heartily as he hands Salunia his harp, offering to show her some simple songs. (extremely simple... nursery rhymes and such...)

Tam grins at her and shows her his own claws, wriggling his fingers for emphasis. "Not as long as yers true, but I have claws, too, just so ye know. Besides these strings are special. Now my travel harp or floor harp, no... I'd say don't touch those. Gut has a way of fraying something terrible and even I must wear special guards on me fingers to keep from tearing them up, but these are enchanted... heck, even Kero can play this one, if I'd let him... but he has his own harp so I rarely do... How is he anyway? I haven't seem him yet today, is he still burrowed into me bed?"

"Guess he's still sick then and yer Mama's right, Princess. We definitely do not want you catching it. And I'm sure Bez and Thyrion watching over him. Can't have yer Daddy go up there either. So... want to learn anything or do ye just want to listen, hmm?" he asks once more getting comfrotable on his side.

Tam rescues his leg by pulling her close then turning her so her back is to his chest and places the harp before them. "Okay, now you probably know this from watching me play and listening, but each string sounds different... right? But did you know they are like a ladder... Watch..." he instructs, showing her how the strings move up in a scale.

"This harp has metal strings, so it's tone is a bit higher... brighter sounding than those of one strung with gut... It is called a lap harp, though it is a bit smaller than most, and it spans no more than two and a half octaves. Do you know what an octave is?" he asks kissing the back of her head.

She touches the harp gently and shakes her head no.

"Can't hurt it, Princess... not really.... not by just touching it... go ahead. As for octaves, they are eight notes in a scale... like this..." and he plays a set of eight notes in a climbing scale. "See how simple that was. Try it." he urges placing her paws on the strings.

Tam gently coaches her until she can pluck an octave scale, with each note sounding a clear as a bell. It takes some time but eventually she does just that.

"Very good!" he says with a grin. "I do believe you got it, Princess. Now for something a little more difficult, but much more fun." This time he slowly picks out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for her, showing her how to spread her paw a bit to make the spread from middle C to the A. Then he breaks the song up into phrases for her and teaches it to her one phrase at a time. By lunch time she almost has it down pat.

"Kewo's up!" she cries with delight as she hears the notes drift into the room.

"I do believe he is and from the sound of it, feeling a bit better as well." laughs Tam. "I wonder if he's feeling up to joining us or iffin he is going to stay upstairs."

Tam strums a question on his harp, and waits for his reply. He is wondering how he feels but knows better than to get out of bed because there is a slender tan lioness staring daggers at him right now.

"Hey... did ye see me move from the bed. I'm right here, Princess." he grumbles with a laugh as she moves to keep him from getting up.