Nothing's Really Changed

[Hmmm... Y'know, I left band last year and I really haven't played for more than ten consecutive minutes (on silver flute, that is) since. Or at least not of my own free will. I mean, I worked out that Fushigi Yuugi song for Dancing_Wind, but that doesn't really count, since she kinda had to force me into it.]

[O'course, it is rather ironic...she's the one that got me to play two times today... *sweatdrop*]

[But maybe I'd better back up and start from the beginning.]

[You see, DW and I actually met in band class last year, even though we really didn't become friends until this year. She was always an intermediate player, but since she really did try (unlike most of the other flautists in our class) I never held that against her. (As for myself, I never considered myself at all good, but everyone else seemed to think I was, so *shrug* I still say I suck, but whatever...)]

[Last year, I ended up helping her and a lot of other people on their UIL solos (since I didn't care enough to learn my own. What can I say? I let Becky pick it for me. Shouldn't have done that. It was everything I hated - lots of high notes - and nothing I liked, which means no really low parts, no strange but fun rythyms, and above all no feeling. It was all fingers and no heart.]

[And since I'm not in band this year, obviously I'm not doing a solo.]

[So I was rather surprised when DW asked me to help her with some of the rythyms and notes.]

[We tried to go to the band hall to play, but it was locked, so we went to the little hall by the gyms instead. It was quiet and relatively empty, and frankly I thought the acoustics were just awesome, so that worked out. I had her run through it once so I could get my bearings (I've kinda fallen out of the habit of reading sheet music; now I play primarily by ear).]

[I knew right off that I'd heard the thing somewhere before. But I couldn't remember the notes, which means I hadn't actually played it. So I played what little I could remember, pointed her in the right direction on some technical details (which I think she actually already knew and just wanted confirmation on), and everything was good.]

[When I got home, I'd pretty much forgotten about it. I was doing something or other - dun remember what - and something must have reminded me of the tune, because all the sudden it was stuck in my head again. So I got up and checked out my pitifully small but actually rather nice classical selection, and lo and behold there it was: Sicilienne, track 7 on my bizarre little German CD. I was happy ^_^]

[Sooooooo I've spent the last hour or so toying around with it.]

[And since I'm sure you care so much, I'm just going to shut up now.]

[But really, it is kind of ironic. I mean, my chosen alias actually means 'island flute player' or something very similar, and yet I only ever play Irish music.]

[ANYways. This is shy I'm not allowed to have sugar.]

[So I'm just going to cut this a bit short, leave off the writing bit (not in the mood tonight anyway), and go amuse myself at quizilla.com. Sayoonara!]

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Random Quote of the Day:
There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.
- Peter Sellers

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