The next day, the students discuss the Brahms symphony. They discuss the harmony of partial motifs and how they can be incorporated into the melody. The students are interrupted by a discussion of sight reading, which is a practice of reading a piece of music with the aim of memorizing notes and phrases. The discussion is interrupted by the arrival of a student named nodame, who wants to know why everyone has so much knowledge. The student tells him that his mother is a great mother and that he should take care of her. He is glad that he has been accepted into the school and that all the students are talented.