July 10 was the second vocal lesson day.

Ebichan, a nickname for my instructor I named, gave me an explanation why and how to do abdominal breathing. Then vocal exercises. Reading musical notation and singing. The test piece he gave me is "Kokoni Sachi Are", an old generation piece. He selected this one for an exercise to sing in prolonged voice.

This song seemed not so attractive at first, but later as I sang this some more times, its lyrics gradually came into me, perhaps as its words from a woman of before-50s generation, just like my mother.