Apple grinned. "Aint nobody perfect without practice," he said situating the ukulele into Sylvia's hands. "The strings go G, C, E, A," he said plucking each one in turn. "Go ahead and strum with yer thumb," he said.

"Aint so bad right?" he grinned. "Now try a C-chord. Put yer ring finger between the second and third fret on the A-string," he said situating her finger onto the string. "Now pluck."

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Sylvia was skeptical of learning instruments. Her father had tried to make her learn violin like Brianna when she first moved to America but she had put a stop to that idea pretty quickly. Still, she did as she was told and plucked the string. When it made an actual sound similar to what Apple had been doing she looked up at him with a wide smile.

"Well shit," she said. "You're a good teacher" she joked around.

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"Very nice!" he encouraged her, setting her fingers again. "Now play this chord and then go back to the original," he grinned. "You'll be leadin' the band with uke solos in no time," he joked.

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