I didn't know what else I'd want to eat. :/
Anyways. Made it through my classes this morning, and went to the gym, done a whole lot of nothing since then, really, other than laundry.
Also...
Really? Piano majors shouldn’t act like they know anything and everything about wind instruments. There’s a small chance that you have played a wind instrument at some point in time, but you probably don’t know it too well.
I don’t care if you don’t think a flute should be a woodwind because the modern flute is metal and doesn’t use a reed. That. Does. Not. Make. It. A. Brass. Instrument.
First of all, I’m more than 100% positive that the first “flute” and variations of it were originally made out of… guess what. WOOD. Yeah! Imagine that!
Secondly, the way instruments are organized and categorized in Western music doesn’t solely depend on what it is made of or how sound is produced, exactly. I believe it’s a combination of many different factors that classify an instrument in a certain category. Yes, most woodwinds use reeds for the sound to vibrate, but I feel that there is another categorizing feature, a common quality that clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, AND flutes have that makes them so much different than brass instruments. Most clear to me is the keys. Brass instruments have valves as opposed to holes and keys. You have three valves on a brass instrument, and therefore, obviously limited finger combinations. Because of that, most of the different notes are created by the way the mouth is shaped. Yes, some parts of wind instruments require a different shape of mouth, too, but usually to assist in a better sound in different octaves. But generally, press a combination of keys, you get one note. Different combination, different note. This si something else that I feel separates the categories more.
I’m primarily a bassoonist, formerly and secondly a flutist. I have played clarinet, I have played saxophone. I haven’t played the oboe, but I’m aware that it is the same generality. I think I understand and know at least a little something about this.
This isn’t something that goes for every person, but most young piano majors at my university seem to think that they’re better than a wind, brass, or string player. Why? Because you have more repitoire? Because you can read two clefs at once? Because you think you know more basic theory? Because playing the piano is “hard”? Stop. Think. Calm down. Chill. Be polite. Not a snob.
In the end, a flute is a god damn flute, and a flute is classified as a god damn WOODWIND, and its probably not going to change, so just deal with it, and don’t argue.
I also finished "It's Kind of a Funny Story". Not sure I have too much interest in the movie, because I really did enjoy the book, and the movie seems SO different....
“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is still making so much sense to me. Everything is clear. Depression is clear.
The Tentacles do exist, there are Fake Shifts, I can find an Anchor…
At this point, the Tentacles are just eating away at me, twisting and turning every chance they get, making everything seem worse than it probably is…
Problem after problem, thought after thought…
Thought is bad.
I am getting sick of this depression.
I'm going to try and not breakdown anymore tonight, but... that may require I rely on old, unhealthy habits of keeping me calm.
Medication. Unnecessary medication. :/
Hoping to watch the episode of "Face Off" that I didn't watch yesterday cos I was out with Jake online... and then crash...
Not much else to say today. Night.
~Mary
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