[ Maglor settles back against the sun warmed rocks and considers ]

It does not sound that dissimilar.

[ He agrees ] Although I cannot say of certain, of course. And admittedly, my family are somewhat more talented in that area than others, and as a bard, my skills with the Music are somewhat unusual, even amongst my kin.

[ He's hardly the strongest, or the most skilled. But a bard may do and hear things in the Song that few others can ]

But Finrod might have described it more as... we know how to talk to the world, to get it to answer us back.