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 Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:54 pm
(Let me make something clear: Yes I wrote this. Yes this really happened, exactly as it happened in this story. Yes I love the percussion. No I am not in it. I am in guard.)
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Rat-tat-tat
Strolling through the mist, backpack in tow. Rhythmic clicks ahead stir my head to look up.
Rat-tat-tat
I've heard this often, it keeps the beat of my whirling silk, my flourishing rifle. Heard, never appreciated.
Rat-tat-tat
Echoing through the fog, right on beat. Fast tempo, slow tempo. Wood meets wood, a natural metronome.
Rat-tat-tat
Fellow classmates pass by, over the blue bridge. From one campus to the other. An insolent girl's whisper. Passing between caustic lips, voice high with mockery. "Band geeks!"
Rat-tat-tat
My body freezes and whirls around in rage. Mouth opens to return the name with a swear. But an innocent girl is behind me and the other is far off in the sprinkling weather. I turn back and continue walking.
Rat-tat-tat
The one creating this beat is unaware of this. Flanked on both sides by others, he makes this music all by himself as I cross over the bridge.
Rat-tat-tat
Yelling, breaking the sound. An immature boy tosses his verbal barbs across the parking lot. "Shut up! I'll shove that stick up your a**!"
Rat-tat-tat
The barbs don't do a thing. The clicking never stops. Steady, constant, unyielding. Two more pairs of sticks come in, blending perfectly.
Rat-tat-tat
I pass crossroads and go off in an opposite direction from the metronome creators. One of them hugs a Guard member. Someone from my Guard family.
Rat-tat-tat
She doesn't see the wonder of those clicks, does she? Is it deaf to her ears? Then it hits me: I was like that up until today. Perfect sounds on ears that won't listen.
Rat-tat-tat
That boy, that girl. They just didn't get it. The beat is hard work. Striving to help the rest of the band.
Rat-tat-tat
I walk into the toasty warm school and head to the Guard room. More lovely sounds fill the air around my now open ears.
Rat-tat-tat
Xylophones. Pit players make the band music so much more beautiful. Like that boy, their hard work is never appreciated because nobody stops to hear the dedication through each decibel.
Rat-tat-tat
They are the percussion. An important section of the band. Their love for their craft perfects their work, and they will always keep tempo.
Rat-tat-tat
Boom-boom-boom
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:44 pm
When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:27 pm
xXNoriPrimXx When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink Yeah, I'm in choir and being able to read music makes me feel smart. <3 I still can't believe my Dad says Music Theory is a blowoff class! D:
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:48 am
chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink Yeah, I'm in choir and being able to read music makes me feel smart. <3 I still can't believe my Dad says Music Theory is a blowoff class! D: My choir buddies have learned to sing via copying. And they can't read music. AND... they think they're better than me. I think there's a little different program over there >.<
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:04 pm
xXNoriPrimXx chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink Yeah, I'm in choir and being able to read music makes me feel smart. <3 I still can't believe my Dad says Music Theory is a blowoff class! D: My choir buddies have learned to sing via copying. And they can't read music. AND... they think they're better than me. I think there's a little different program over there >.< Wow...no offense but your school's choir sucks. Do they even go to UIL? Or are your friends the only ones who don't read music?
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:51 am
chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink Yeah, I'm in choir and being able to read music makes me feel smart. <3 I still can't believe my Dad says Music Theory is a blowoff class! D: My choir buddies have learned to sing via copying. And they can't read music. AND... they think they're better than me. I think there's a little different program over there >.< Wow...no offense but your school's choir sucks. Do they even go to UIL? Or are your friends the only ones who don't read music? None taken. Our entire music program sucks. None can read music in choir. I suggested to my choir friend to go to Music camp to improve his voice, and he's like, "I can't read music. Is that a problem?" And I'm like "uh, yeah."
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:04 pm
xXNoriPrimXx chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx chesiregirl xXNoriPrimXx When people call me "band geek," I think of how they most probably can't read music. Then it makes me feel better wink Yeah, I'm in choir and being able to read music makes me feel smart. <3 I still can't believe my Dad says Music Theory is a blowoff class! D: My choir buddies have learned to sing via copying. And they can't read music. AND... they think they're better than me. I think there's a little different program over there >.< Wow...no offense but your school's choir sucks. Do they even go to UIL? Or are your friends the only ones who don't read music? None taken. Our entire music program sucks. None can read music in choir. I suggested to my choir friend to go to Music camp to improve his voice, and he's like, "I can't read music. Is that a problem?" And I'm like "uh, yeah." God, seriously what are the schools thinking. I've been able to read music since 6th grade, possibly even in elementary school!
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