The Blue Guitar - Sex Stories

The Blue Guitar

... before speaking. “Listen, I will give you my guitar and I will teach you to play it.” Orrin could not believe his ears and felt like he was going to cry. “Why would you do that?” “ I don’t know for sure. I love that guitar and I will not be making another one, but when my old friend Hermes told me about you, I had a feeling. I can’t explain it and for some reason I wanted to meet you, and now I know I want you to have my guitar. I have played the guitar all of my life and I have a feeling I can teach you to play like no one else. What do you think about that?” Orrin didn’t know what to say and couldn’t believe this was happening to him, but that was how he got the blue guitar and learned how to play. Still, he was curious why he had been given the guitar, and the first day he went to Apollo's house for a lesson, Orrin asked, “Why did you give me the guitar?” Apollo looked into Orrin’s eyes before speaking. “The reason I painted the guitar blue was because I knew whoever wanted to buy it in that color was meant to have it. There are no other guitars in the world like it, but when I met you and saw how you loved it, I knew you were the one to have it. It’s as simple as that. Does that answer your question?” “ I guess so,” Orrin answered, still wondering why Apollo thought he was meant to have the guitar, but he just accepted the man’s answer. He began going to Apollo's house, first one day a week, then two, then almost every day and Apollo taught him to play. He told Orrin he ...

... was a natural and gifted musician and instructed him to let the nails of his right hand grow long in order to play properly. Orrin’s mother objected to the long nails, but once she knew the reason for them, she left him alone about it. Apollo taught him to read music and said he wanted Orrin to eventually be able to compose his own music, but he must first learn the music of the masters. Orrin learned to play classical guitar and Apollo introduced him to the music of Bach, Scarlatti, Vivaldi and many others. He also taught him to play flamenco, the music of the gypsies, as well as the folk music Apollo had known as a child in Greece. They listened to Apollo’s recordings of Andre Segovia, Jose Thomas, Narciso Yepes and many other guitarists, but Orrin especially loved listening to Apollo play. He loved how the older man seemed to be looking out into space when he played, hardly looking at his fingers. Orrin studied the way Apollo played, and knew he wanted to be able to play like that. He thought that Apollo’s playing was better than any of the great players he’d listened to and marveled at what a master he was, not just as a musician, but as a craftsman who made beautiful guitars. He often thought about Apollo, the god of music and poetry, and when he watched and listened to his teacher playing, Orrin knew he was experiencing something special, but could not articulate what it was he felt. One day, Orrin asked Apollo why he hadn’t become famous. “You’re better than anyone I’ve ...