Musical score is a common language

"There was a very good mandolin player in my grade. The person played very well and made me want to play the mandolin too."

"For my job transfers, we've lived in Omiya in Saitama, Singapore, Suwa in Nagano...and each place had a mandolin club, like Singapore mandolin club."
"I joined the club there as well."

"I think there are less mandolin players now. Many people ask me to show my mandolin. When I show them, they say 'Wow! Fabulous!'. But many say they won't play because they can't. They say so before trying...
Even if you can't play well, if you continue playing, you would be able to play one or two songs to some extent."

"If you move your fingers along your humming, you can play the melody, right? If you know the seven-note scale."

"We speak different languages, but seven-note scale is the same around the world. It's a common language. Musical score is a common language."

(Oji)