#i dropped my first flute and dented the head on like my third session when i was eight | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

chabbit · 2 years ago

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I’ve decided to get back into music, so I bought a flute. Today I held said flute in my hands for the first time and immediately thought, “what the fuck, this thing is tiny, did they send me a fucking baby flute??” And then I realized, no, they did not send me a baby flute. I just haven’t held one since I was thirteen and had baby hands. This is a normal sized flute. There’s something poignant to be said here about the fallibility of memory and the impossibility of recapturing childhood experiences, but honestly, the thought that is most consuming my mind?

...I’m going to have to be careful not to death grip this poor thing into twisted wreckage by the end of its first week.

#it feels SO small and SO light #but i am merely older... i have undergone the relentless process of change #also RIP to my poor neighbors because you know what else i forgot?#how to play a fucking flute apparently #the Bb scale came back no problem but the rest of it... is a mystery...#i do not have a good track record with these guys come to think of it #i dropped my first flute and dented the head on like my third session when i was eight #which i think really set the tone for my flute ability going forward #thankfully my teacher as an elementary school teacher was Very Experienced with getting dents out #it functioned normally for the ten years it was mine... wonder where you are now old friend

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