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A Story about Grace Notes

This is a doozy.

So, we're playing Fever in lesson right? Barely anyone turns up to lessons, so it's just me and two other flutes. We're blocking Fever and the conductor asks "what's that note?" And points to the note(s).

None of us know, and so our conductor turns to the poor grade seven beside her and says (in a joking way) "You should know this one."

The girl's looking kinda scared, so the conductor just says:

"It's a grace note, Grace!"

-LilFlute

Oboes with Ducks

Oboes should have conversations with ducks, I'm sure it'd go smth like this:

Oboe: *does its thing*

Duck: Aight cool when u free?

Suffer.

I know marching band rehearsals are probably a lot longer, but concert band rehearsals at our school... we don't get breaks at all. You bring your water bottle to the chair and that is it. You don't move for an hour.

Summer is a special kind of hell.

Spoopy Season

Golden instruments, it's your time to shine.

Who else hasn't been in choir since third grade?

Band Bus Story Submission!

"We have around 80-90ish people in our band and we have three buses. The brass bus has the least number of people and we’ve listened to Take me Home, Country Roads pretty much every time we’re on the bus. This past Tuesday, we listened to Barbie Girl by Aqua and Wannabe by the Spice Girls The brass bus is gr8"

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I still don't know how submissions work, but yeah! First story submission! Honestly this Band Bus sounds like the best thing ever. I'd be so down to join such a big band.

None of the saxes talk about Careless Whisper tbh. Like until I got into the band side of the internet, I had no idea what careless whisper was.

JOHN CAGE

Our band teacher told us who John Cage was, and his deal with silent pieces.

So now, if she wants us to shut up, she'll shout "JOHN CAGE!"

Golden Chorale and a Headless Bear (Story Submission)

"So, a few weeks ago was our State competition. On our way home, we all stopped at Golden Chorale to eat and celebrate. One of the kids in my grade, a trumpet, ended up buying a teddy bear from a band aide for $30. In a matter of minutes, the teddy bear had its head sawed off with a steak knife. Our entire table was in a fit of laughter and rumor has it that the teddy bear is still headless today. That story is by far the highlight of the season. 😂"

- @scarletphantomprivateblog

Thankyou for the submission! That's amazing 😂 Wish stuff like this could happen in my school's band!

Keep sending in stuff guys! It makes my day to hear about your band stories!

-LilFlute

Heck yeah

I get to doot an oboe again on Tuesday. Wish me luck.

Mhm, mhm.

I did not get to doot an oboe. My teacher did not turn up. I waited for twenty-five minutes.

BAND BUS CHAOS [Part 2!]

So! The band bus post is in my top 5 most popular posts, so here's a pt. 2!

The bus ride back to the hotel once you've won a competition... don't we love those!

My band sings "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" really loudly! And everyone gets in on it!! It's one of the times where I really feel a part of the band, regardless of section, age, or chair, everyone has fun. Because we achieved that win! We did it together!! I wish I still had videos, but I think I deleted them. It really shows that we aren't just some teens smashed together to make invisible wiggly lines, we're a team! A team that can do anything if we try!

c o n f l i c t

I don't know if I'll be allowed to take my flute away with me on a six week trip.

I'm scared, I'll lose the minimal amount of technique I have.

help

I Have Failed You All

I forgot my flute.

I am so sorry.

I have the urge to practice (which is r a r e) and now I can't.

For six weeks.

This hurts.

Guess the song.

P l e a s e.

*ugly sobbing*

Day t h r e e of practice? Is this real?

Usual b flat major scale, and Crusaders as a short piece. Played a piece that I've been playong since grade seven, the almightly Shackleford Banks. Got it in grade seven, didn't have it grade 8, played it in nine and apparently we're playing it this year? Sure. I can dig it, as the kids would say.

I looked over Mama Mia, tried to play it with the actual song, gave up after five seconds.

I have my first rehearsal for the year tomorrow, which means I'm going to badger the bd for a chance at the oboe again. Wish me luck!

Hey!! Oboe players!! Dudes!! Happy new y- I mean drop some tips!! Ya girl is desperate!!

Dooot

So, dooting the oboe is INCREDIBLY hard.

Yahoo answers why is my head sore after playing the oboe

I only got this oboe a few months ago, but if anything happened to it, I would kill everybody in the room and the myself.