Symphonic attunement

Some mortals are unnaturally tuned in to the Symphony, and can hear certain strains above all background noise, even above their own deafness. They can hear disturbances, even if they are not Symphonically aware.
For 4 points, a human is attuned to one kind of disturbance. This can be Songs, the sound of a celestial entering or leaving the corporeal plane, the sound of corporeal damage inflicted by a celestial, the sound of a human being killed by a celestial, etc. Humans without Symphonic awareness can roll to perceive disturbances made by that source. Mundanes may be very confused by the noises they hear; though they receive information about the disturbance as usual, they probably have no idea what it means! A human who does have Symphonic awareness gets a +2 bonus to hear that kind of disturbance.
A human who is attuned to Songs may also learn them over time, if exposed to them often enough. He must meet all the usual requirements in order to actually perform any Songs. However, there is a deeper form of Symphonic attunement. For an additional 2 points, a human can be attuned to a specific Song, and able to perform the Ethereal version of it, thanks to a very narrow link to the ethereal plane. For another 2 points, his attunement extends to the celestial plane as well! Even with a Symphonic attunement, no mortal with less than 6 Forces can perform any kind of Song.
Note: A Symphonic attunement is a rare gift, one that often drives its recipient insane! It's mostly intended for NPCs, and definitely not intended to give human characters a convenient way of getting around the limitations on what Songs they can perform. You must be born with a Symphonic attunement; it's not something that can be acquired later in life, even with the help of a Superior. Superiors can bestow the Ethereal Connection and Celestial Connection attunements, but even they don't know what produces the rare human able to hear and play in the Symphony naturally.
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