Chapter 2 What is the golden finger?

Before the 1950s, the mainstream music in the United States was blues and jazz. At this time, country music was still non-mainstream, not to mention rock music, which had not yet entered people's horizons.

"Owl" is a band established by Bart and his colleague Lao Qiao. This is an unknown band that has made no achievements in the field of music. In the words of insiders, it is an unpopular wild style.

They just play as part-timers and are usually busy with work. Once they are interested, they will get together to practice. As long as they have the chance, they will tour and earn some pocket money to help support their families. Common venues for performing include their workplaces, small towns, Northern Indiana nightclubs, various clubs, and the University of Chicago.

The basement of the Carpenter house was their rehearsal space, with Bart as the lead guitarist and Old Joe on the saxophone. They are the two main members of the band, and others may be replaced according to actual conditions.

When they practice music in their spare time, Alex watches. Sometimes, Angel would come over to listen, but most of the time, she would stay in her room and do housework. She neither supports nor objects to Bart's hobby, but she does want Alex to learn guitar.

Every time Angel came, she would always say to him: "Alex, you can sing along with Bart!"

Alex was a little moved when he heard it, but he didn't dare to sing, and he always felt a little shy.

At one point, Alex was so mesmerized that he couldn't help humming along with Bart and the others.

"Haha! Bart, your son is very talented in music!"

Old Joe is an outspoken black uncle, his full name is Joe Jackson. Maybe because of too much hard work, he looks older, so others call him Old Joe. He had many children and a large family. Old Qiao is very strict with his children, but he talks and laughs with Alex. He always felt that Alex was not an ordinary child, at least not that noisy.

"What kind of talent is this? It's just humming!" Bart disagreed. He had long been accustomed to Alex's abnormal behavior.

After hearing this, Lao Qiao stopped, touched his chin and said, "Are you humming? I think his humming is even better than our singing!"

This was not meant to be sarcastic. Lao Qiao likes music. He may not be good at playing, but he has a high appreciation for music. Alex's humming sound was small, but very accurate.

"Ignore him, let's continue practicing. We have to perform at the pub in a few days!"

Bart didn't care. He knew that his son was smarter and precocious than other children, but he never thought about training his son to become a big man. He is completely different from Angel in this regard.

"As long as your child grows up healthy and happy, don't put too much burden on him."

This was Bart's inner thought, and he also told Angel, but it still couldn't change his wife's desire to have a child.

"Take a rest!" The person who spoke was another team member, his name was Dill, he was in his twenties and he was a drummer!

There are five or six people in the "Owl" band. Among them, Old Joe and Bart are the main members, and the others are all improvised. There were only three people present today. The lead singer was absent due to work, and only Bart, Old Joe and Dill were the only ones present.

Bart is a guitarist and Old Joe is a jack of all trades, but his best thing is the saxophone. Dill is the band's full-time drummer and usually attends performances, but sometimes he doesn't come during rehearsals.

Alex is over three years old this year. He has inherited the excellent genes of Bart and Angel, plus he pays attention to diet and exercise, and he has grown taller than ordinary children. He looks like he is four or five years old.

"Dad, let me play your guitar too!" Alex had been watching from the sidelines and was itching for a long time. He had always wanted to learn guitar in his previous life, but he never had the chance. This time he had the opportunity, and of course he wouldn't let it go.

Bart is worried about tomorrow's performance and is in a bad mood. He said impatiently: "Go! Don't get in the way here. What do you know? This guitar is not that simple. I will teach you when you grow up!"

Alex refused to leave. He pouted and said, "I've already understood what's wrong with the guitar."

This is true. He has been watching for so long and has already seen everything. Who told him that he has a good memory, almost a photographic memory?

When Bart was about to say something, Old Qiao spoke from the side: "Bart, just let him try. It's not a big deal!"

So Bart handed the guitar into Alex's hands and said, "You must listen carefully. If you can't play a complete tune, I will have to beat you!"

Bart likes to scare his son. He says he's going to beat someone, but in fact, Alex has never seen him hit anyone. It's just lip service, it can't be taken seriously.

After Alex took the guitar over, he felt a little nervous. He had never played the guitar before and didn't know how he would play. He was recalling Bart's movements just now and imagining how he would play.

"What's wrong?" Bart looked at Alex with a smile and urged, "Hurry up and play!"

Lao Qiao and others also stopped what they were doing and stared at Alex, wanting to see what tunes this little guy could play.

Alex played a few notes at random. He was imitating Bart's technique, and it felt pretty good. It's just a few very simple notes, and he wanted to play something more beautiful.

Except for Bart, the other two people were a little surprised. They really didn't expect Alex to play the guitar. Bart was already accustomed to Alex's ability to learn everything immediately, not to mention that the few notes just now were nothing.

Alex wasn't going to give up yet, he wanted to play a real guitar song. So I concentrated my mind and tried hard to recall the guitar songs I had heard before, trying to find one to play.

Just when I was about to play some tune, a strange feeling came over me. It felt like the hairs all over the body stood on end, and as if all the blood in the body was flowing to the head. The light in the space became brighter, and an incredible amount of optical illusions emerged.

He knew he was still in the garage, but it felt like he was somewhere else. These visual hallucinations appear and fade rapidly, then are replaced by countless new images. He saw circles, whirlpools, sparks, sprays of water, crosses and spirals emerging. The things in front of us are changing continuously and rapidly.

These images emerge primarily from the center or lower left corner of the visual field, and by the time they reach the center, the rest of the visual field is filled with a large number of similar visions. Like a kaleidoscope, each one is different from the other, with subtle changes.

At first, he only saw images, but soon he heard sounds, growing from small to loud.

Accompanying the sound are pictures, all of which are colored. At first they are light, beams of light, raindrops, rings, whirlpools, particle jets, colorful clouds, etc. Later images became more complex, showing arches, rows of arches, a sea of ​​rooftops, desert scenes, terraced rice fields, flickering flames, a starry sky of incredible splendor.

In the end, the world he perceived changed, and countless picture fragments flew past his eyes, as fast as watching a video of thousands of movies. A series of music tunes sounded in my ears, changing very quickly, as if someone was constantly switching channels while listening to the radio.

Alex felt a little panicked. He recognized these images and sounds as memories from his previous life. It seemed like a long time passed in the illusion, but in reality it was only a few seconds.

Bart and the others turned their attention to Alex and saw that his eyes were a little dazed and there were drops of sweat on his forehead. Just when Bart was about to interrupt, Alex finally broke free from the nightmare.

He almost thought he was going to faint, but in the end he didn't. Alex desperately grabbed a fragment of the memory fragment, and played it randomly according to a certain guitar fragment he had heard in his memory.

The feeling passed quickly, lasting less than a minute or so. When he came to his senses, he realized that what he was playing was the prelude to the world-famous song "Carmen".

Bart was shocked. He had been playing guitar for more than ten years, but found that he could not play as well as Alex.

Old Joe and Dill also had incredible expressions on their faces. They thought that even if a three- or four-year-old child could play the guitar, it would be impossible for him to play it so beautifully. This level of guitar playing is far beyond that of anyone in their band.

Bart's eyes widened and he said, "You, where did you learn the music you played?"

Alex pretended to be embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "I heard this from the radio. It seems to be called "Carmen"! It's just a part. It's a long piece and I haven't finished playing it yet!"

"What a genius!" Everyone shouted in their hearts.

Old Joe sighed from the side: "Bart, you have a great genius in your family. He can learn to play the guitar just by listening to radio programs! It's amazing, it's amazing!"

As for Dill, he was shocked speechless by Alex's performance. He is the youngest in the band. He has been practicing drumming since he was a child, and his level is much higher than Bart and Lao Qiao. Because of this, he looked down on Bart and the others. He always considered himself a genius, but when he met a real genius, his heart was suddenly shattered.

Bart coughed and said to Alex: "Play that song again!"

"Oh, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net Oh!" Alex hurriedly straightened the guitar, trying to regain the strange feeling just now. But after a while, he couldn't regain his previous state.

Everyone was looking at Alex with wide eyes, as if their eyes had a clairvoyant function and could see through people.

"I, I forgot how to play!" Alex was so anxious that he almost cried. He didn't expect this situation to happen.

Lao Qiao asked strangely: "Didn't you play well just now?"

Alex said with some embarrassment: "I had a better feeling when I played just now, so I can play well. Now I don't feel it anymore, so I can't play."

"So that's it!"

Inexplicably, Bart and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This is only right. If you can play such a beautiful piece of music skillfully and freely after just listening to it once, how embarrassing would it be for people who play music!

Alex was also secretly surprised that after his rebirth, he spent a lot of time looking for his "golden finger"! As a result, nothing was found, not a single portable system, superpower, portable grandfather or maid.

Apart from being healthier and developing better than ordinary people, he just has a stronger memory, so there is nothing surprising about him.

Just after he gave up, he accidentally discovered that he was a little special!

"Is this the benefit of us time-travelers?" Alex couldn't help but start having sex. He couldn't wait to develop his superpowers.