[1] The narrator once practiced violin to win chair placements and avoid disappointing her teacher. [2] After graduation, she left the violin case under her bed for almost a year. [3] A neighbor's child asked her to tune a small instrument before a recital. [4] Paragraph 4 says her relationship changed because she played without ranking herself, listened for texture rather than mistakes, and treated music as a conversation instead of proof. [5] The final scene shows her opening the window so the child next door can hear.