Lelangir on guitar skills in K-ON

I am going to requote the whole of the short-post at lelangiric now:

In season 1 episode 5, Yui first learns to play Fuwa Fuwa time in the first position. That’s way down on the fretboard where you can utilize the open strings. It’s a simple beginner’s move because (1) playing open strings in chords is a lot easier and (2) you might not know the notes of the frets up higher on the fingerboard. But in season 1 episode 12 – the final – we see Yui play Fuwa Fuwa time around the 9th position. Accordingly, it’s more difficult because you have to navigate your way around unfamiliar territory and you have no open strings to work with. Great detail.

The breakneck progress of Yui with the guitar raised a few eyebrows back in the day, but I always thought of it as an anime license: if we allow heroes to pilot mecha on pure guts, why not guitar? But hurray for taking it seriously.

UPDATE: Lelangir replied:

i don't think it's that "breakneck". Yui still isn't really that good. She has latent skills (like perfect pitch), but all she can is, well, strum some palm muted power chords pretty well, which is a perfectly reasonable skill level for someone who's been playing for two years (and she practices a lot, I take it).

See, that's my problem. If Mio says the "the opening riff is pretty difficult, yet she's playing it pefectly", I have no choice but to believe her.

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