High School

All right, for those of you who don't know me(everyone) i'll go into a little detail of my band experience.

I started last year (8th grade) playing Trumpet. I quickly surpassed the rest of my group, and went on to play in our Honor Band and with the rest of my grade in our concerts.

So, this year, in our first semester(we have 6) I played 1st trumpet, 2nd chair(blasted seniors) Well, we have 10 trumpets(not including me) so we were just a little full(exaggeration) So, I talked it over with my mom, and learned that a one of the types of baritones had the exact fingerings as a trumpet! naturally, with a chance at a scholorship, of course I'm going to switch. Plus, the baritones we had now were, well... none of them had ever played, so they weren't getting any help.

So three weeks ago, I switched. It was hard at first, but after i managed the mouthpiece, I sounded heavenly. So, while getting just one hour a day to help teach my three fellow baritones, play, and learn better myself, i'm doing pretty well. Now, i'm not meaning to complain, but it's pretty hard trying to play loud enough for four, when you've been playing less that they have on that instrument.

Now, naturally, it would be wrong to ask for recognition, but sometimes a pat on the back, or a good job could go a long way. I even had to cut into my study and homework time these past few weeks just who help my fellow baritones, who seem to not get anything. I've sadly learned that osmosis does not work on human brains.

So, I'm doing pretty well, but everything is getting tougher and harder. Who would have thought high-school would be this stressful?