Bangle's Vibraphone Lessons
An Animal Crossing One-Shot by ktlnboyle
Bangle, a peppy tiger villager, was learning how to play the vibraphone, which was a musical percussive instrument that has a vibrato sound to it. Her teacher, a sisterly cat villager named Katt, happen to have a vibraphone in her house, and always invited Bangle to come and practice on it. However, Bangle almost always brought her own mallets.
When Bangle decided to take up vibraphone lessons after hearing Katt play the instrument multiple times, she decided to look up to Katt as an aspiring vibraphone teacher. So, the next day, the two got started with the note taking and the practicing. Bangle was learning how to only stand up while playing the instrument and not sitting down while playing it. She was also learning a popular and easy unnamed folk song that was usually sang at traditional folk festivals. So, when Bangle started to play the song, she didn't know how much she was messing up! Katt decided to solve the problem.
"Bangle, take a look at this." Katt said while showing Bangle a music sheet.
"What's this?" Bangle asked Katt.
"The music sheet for that folk song you are learning from me." Katt explained. "Try taking a good look at the parts I have highlighted in magenta." Katt said.
Bangle took a good look at the highlighted portion of the music and practiced. Apparently for her, she messed up again. Then, Katt had a solution on how Bangle could practice more. Together, they went to the music studio portion of Katt's house, and it turned out that Katt had an extra vibraphone fit for Bangle. So, Bangle took it back to her house.
The next day, after Bangle was practicing over 15 times the previous night and not falling asleep, she went over Katt's house again and told her the amazing news about practicing 15 times. Bangle was then told to give the folk song another try. And Bangle did just that, mastering the vibraphone.
"Bangle, that was amazing!" Katt said after listening to Bangle play the folk song. "How did you do those amazing tricks with the mallets? I never taught you that."
"Yeah, I know. But I thought I wanted to impress you with those tricks I learned all by myself!" Bangle said."
And that was the story on how Bangle mastered the Vibraphone, and how Katt was very impressed with Bangle.
THE END
Moral of the story: Try, Try Again, and You can Do It
