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Re: Forgot something

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-08-30 21:14

When I practice, I usually take my reed holder out of my clarinet case and put it on my desk. More than once, I've forgotten to put the reeds back when I put the clarinet away and have gotten to the next rehearsal with only the reed on my mouthpiece (for better or for worse).

I've forgotten to take my C clarinet with me to rehearsals when I had something to play on it and had to resort to the old-fashioned way of playing the part - transposing it.

I'm more careful when leaving for a performance - fortunately I can't remember ever getting to a concert missing anything except maybe the right tie (bow or long?).

Worse, though, is the recurring dream/nightmare I sometimes have (43 years after my discharge) of missing something - whether my instrument or my uniform or watching the bus pull away without me - on leaving for or arriving at an Army Field Band concert. It never happened to me when I was in the band, but I guess I was afraid enough of the consequences that it imprinted somewhere that to this day still comes out on occasion.

Karl
Karl

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