Standard disclaimers apply.
Thanks for your reviews guys! I really appreciate them. ) Also, just for the sake of not feeling stupid, the music that AxM will be playing will be the same as the music I'm playing this year in my school's symphony orchestra, okay? Oh, and we'll hear lots of things from Soujirou, since he's a violist and that's what I am myself. I can get my hands on first violin music, though... But I probably won't need to, I know enough already.
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My audition went fairly well. So I didn't quite know my prepared piece, but I had just picked it out a week or two ago anyway-I don't even remember what it's called. Some Divertimento in F major, I think. Who composed it is a mystery to me...do I even want to know? Well, yeah, but there are other pressing matters at hand. Like...beating Aoshi!
Sight-reading wasn't too bad, it was exactly easy, but it wasn't very difficult. Scales, as always, were pretty easy. Two octaves, easy as hell; three octaves, somewhat difficult, but that's what I have to do to stay on top. I just need to practice some more anyway.
"How'd you do?" Kaoru asked me.
"I think I did pretty well."
"Well enough to be concertmaster?"
"We'll see. At least you percussion don't have to audition for section leaders."
"I had to audition during the summer to get MSO, so be quiet. If you play a string instrument, you automatically get in."
"Not freshman."
"Well, obviously."
"And not if you get kicked out."
"Thank you Captain Obvious."
"I know, but still! You guys have it easy, you're automatically in."
"But that doesn't mean you automatically get first chair."
"Well, no, but still, if you want in, you're in. Easy as pie."
"You can't make pie." haha! Using Kaoru's cooking skills against her! I truly am a genius. Hold the applause.
"Be quiet!" She huffs away, feigning anger.
I saw Sou-chan practicing for his audition, even though violas don't go until tomorrow, after all the violins are done. So I went up to him.
"Hey Sou!"
"Hi Misao."
"What's your prepared piece?"
"Something in one of my old Wohlfahrt books. I couldn't find anything better, so I just picked up book 4 and picked something I liked."
It was a nice piece, I guess, but I can see why Sou was practicing so hard. It sounded like he just started it a few days ago!
"Sou?" I ask, "When did you start this piece?"
"A few days ago. I'm really such an idiot, I knew I should have started practicing sooner, but I didn't anyway. I might not get first chair this year..."
"Don't say that!!" I scold him. "You're the best there is!"
"You only say that because you don't pay attention to violas. We're so underappreciated."
"You are not."
"Yes we are, whenever we have a melody, the woodwinds and brass are still louder. How many stands of violins are there? Twenty? Thirty? Forty? Violas are lucky to even have ten stands!"
"You just can't stand to the superiority of violins."
"Oh no?" He retorts. "That's right, you caught me. What I really want to do is conform to being a boring violinist like you, my dear weasel."
A vein pops. "I. Am. Not. A. Weasel."
"Oi! Weasel!" Sano calls.
Let's just say that Sano's bandana is tied a little too tight today.
I went back to my seat next to Aoshi. "How'd you do?"
"Good."
"Better than me?" I teased.
"Oh, never." He said, giving me a slight smirk.
"Shut up." I poked him with my bow. He deserved it. "I think I did well, too, so we'll see who comes out on top this year! (me of course!)"
"Wishful thinking."
"Relates to you!" I said. "We'll see soon enough...don't be surprised if I'm concertmaster this year!"
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MSO: Makoto Symphony Orchestra
Makoto: truth
I though it sounded nice and would be an interesting name for a high schol. Truth High School, stands for honesty. Get it?
No relation to Shishio, okay?