Hello, procrastinators! I'm back with this week's song of the week. Of course, it's a lot different than the songs I've picked in the past. Instead of it being performed by a singer or a band, it's actually a flute solo. My flute solo.
I was supposed to go to Solo and Ensemble yesterday. Or, at least, that was the plan I made with my private lesson teacher last May. I picked out a solo and everything, and I just loved the way it sounded (in the recording, anyway).
But then my parents told me that they were cutting off my lessons. I wasn't practicing much anyway, they reasoned, so they didn't want to spend money for me to go into my lesson every week without practicing. They had a valid point, but I was still upset. One of the few things that motivated me to practice was gone, and soon I was practicing less than ever-after about June, I stopped practicing completely unless I had a chair test.
The plan was to have the solo mostly learned by January, but when January-and registration time for Solo and Ensemble-rolled around, I hadn't even looked at it. Since I'm not one of those people who can perform with little or no preparation, I knew I couldn't do my solo. And I didn't see the point of pulling together a short, easy, boring solo just for the sake of going to Solo and Ensemble, so I just decided to skip it.
There's another solo competition my band is hosting in April, and I'm preparing to perform this one at that competition. If If I have a decent performance, I'll post the recording on the blog. But for now, listen to the portion I found on YouTube. I'm not sure who played this, but they did it beautifully, and anyone-flute player or non-musician-could benefit from a listen.
I was supposed to go to Solo and Ensemble yesterday. Or, at least, that was the plan I made with my private lesson teacher last May. I picked out a solo and everything, and I just loved the way it sounded (in the recording, anyway).
But then my parents told me that they were cutting off my lessons. I wasn't practicing much anyway, they reasoned, so they didn't want to spend money for me to go into my lesson every week without practicing. They had a valid point, but I was still upset. One of the few things that motivated me to practice was gone, and soon I was practicing less than ever-after about June, I stopped practicing completely unless I had a chair test.
The plan was to have the solo mostly learned by January, but when January-and registration time for Solo and Ensemble-rolled around, I hadn't even looked at it. Since I'm not one of those people who can perform with little or no preparation, I knew I couldn't do my solo. And I didn't see the point of pulling together a short, easy, boring solo just for the sake of going to Solo and Ensemble, so I just decided to skip it.
There's another solo competition my band is hosting in April, and I'm preparing to perform this one at that competition. If If I have a decent performance, I'll post the recording on the blog. But for now, listen to the portion I found on YouTube. I'm not sure who played this, but they did it beautifully, and anyone-flute player or non-musician-could benefit from a listen.
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Off to do homework-oh, wait, I did it all while everyone else was at Solo and Ensemble. I guess there is an upside to not going after all.
T
Off to do homework-oh, wait, I did it all while everyone else was at Solo and Ensemble. I guess there is an upside to not going after all.
T
The prelude is my favorite portion-it's just so...pretty. And I love the key.