i'm not allowed to touch

[erika]

Practicing my $5000 bassoon makes my left hand cramp up something wicked.

In related news, these diamond shoes are too tight.

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[ex_rising236]

Ah, fun.

That's the right way to do it, though. When I learned in high school, I was the kid who could learn any instrument. I had an oboe and an oboe book shoved at me with the music for a piece we were playing, I don't even remember which, but I did love the oboe. And then we had a Star Wars arrangement, and in the Star Wars suites, the bassoon has an actual line, so it was less than a month away from the concert and they shoved the bassoon at me and told me to learn to play it. I love it, but sadly, have fallen out of playing it. Would love to have one and play again, though, there is some beautiful music for bassoon and not just the Star Wars parts that it gets, but the actual classical music for it as well.

[erika]

Wait, the bassoon has a line in the Star Wars arrangement?

THAT'S SO AWESOME.

[ex_rising236]

Yes. Or at least, in the part of it that's from the piece Across The Stars. I think that in the full orchestral version, said line is also given to the cello, however, high school was a wind ensemble, so we had no cello and during a couple places the trombones had different lines, so it was JUST ME. IT WAS FECKING AMAZING. BECAUSE PEOPLE HEARD ME AND I GOT TO SIT IN THE SOLOIST SEAT.