Subject: "No, scales, of course. Why would I have it covered in fur?" (nm)
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Posted on: 2022-05-02 18:28:02 UTC
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Philharmonic of the Plot Continuum by
on 2022-04-26 16:26:41 UTC
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"What's this?" said Rebecca, picking up a piece of paper that had been shoved under the door. by
on 2022-04-30 14:46:30 UTC
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She read it. "Huh. It says 'Musicians and concertmaster/mistresses wanted. Must be able to read music or otherwise be able to learn by ear.' I can read music, and I was in an orchestra for a few years."
((more soon))
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Can't wait to see what instrument 😉 by
on 2022-04-30 15:34:06 UTC
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A bit of clarification though: a concertmaster is the leader of first violin section (a.k.a. a musician), while the person waving a baton is a conductor.
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"Are you coming?" She asked Deirdre. by
on 2022-04-30 15:53:42 UTC
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"Nah, I don't know any instruments." Deirdre could sing a bit here and there, but she'd never taken lessons.
Rebecca grabbed her violin case and walked out the door. "If I'm not back by tonight, you can go looking for me," she said, closing the door behind her. She walked off to find the orchestra, whistling a tune to herself so as to be distracted enough to get there.
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Mina stormed out of her room, muttering under her breath. by
on 2022-05-01 18:20:50 UTC
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"Stupid partner. Why does he have to be such sourpuss any--" She stopped when she saw that Rebecca was walking alongside her, carrying a violin case. "Are you joining the orchestra too?"
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"Yes, I am. Hopefully it'll be better than the one I was in at school, but I don't know." (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 16:20:46 UTC
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"Cool!" said Mina. by
on 2022-05-02 18:22:06 UTC
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"I'm Mina, department of Floaters, RC -?. And this," she nodded towards the guitar case she was carrying. "Is my guitar, Flurffles."
((Yup, she named her guitar.))
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"You named a guitar Flurffles? It isn't covered in fur, is it?" Rebecca wasn't sure... by
on 2022-05-02 18:25:11 UTC
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... what to make of that.
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"No, scales, of course. Why would I have it covered in fur?" (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 18:28:02 UTC
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"But why would you name it that if it isn't fluffy?" Rebecca asked her. (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 18:32:10 UTC
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"What else would I name it?" (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 18:36:12 UTC
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Mina looked puzzled. "Anyway, what's your name?"
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"I'm Rebecca. I've never thought of naming an instrument, I guess." (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 18:46:22 UTC
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"Nice to meet you!" said Mina. by
on 2022-05-02 18:53:48 UTC
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"Do you play violin?" She nodded towards the violin case.
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"Yes, I do. I've been playing for about five years. I like playing folk music. Especially Irish." (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 19:13:51 UTC
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"Wow," by
on 2022-05-02 19:28:26 UTC
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Mina said. "I've only had this guitar for three days."
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"It's taken me this long, and I'm not even especially good as classical violinists go. by
on 2022-05-02 19:33:29 UTC
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Or fiddlers, for that matter. It takes a long time to get to be even passably goot at playing an instrument. Maybe it would have taken me less time if I'd practiced more, but I don't have all the time in the world, what with being an agent and trying to squeeze in a few classes here and there."
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As she said that, the two Agents arrived at the Orchestra room. by
on 2022-05-02 19:38:55 UTC
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"Here we are!" said Mina.
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"Yes, but where is everybody? Is this the wrong time or something?" Rebecca wondered out loud. (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 20:44:14 UTC
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Mina sat down on a bench. by
on 2022-05-02 21:35:42 UTC
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"Ack! Ow!" said Rebecca, rubbing her ears. "You need more practice with that. A lot more practice." (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 21:50:49 UTC
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Mina sighed. "You may have point." (nm) by
on 2022-05-02 22:01:39 UTC
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((Any chance my Mina can bump into her?)) (nm) by
on 2022-04-30 16:02:55 UTC
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((Why not? People are always meeting each other in unexpected places in HQ, or so I've heard.)) (nm) by
on 2022-05-01 14:28:27 UTC
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((All right, then...)) (nm) by
on 2022-05-01 18:19:54 UTC
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The Music of SOM167168 by
on 2022-04-28 23:22:39 UTC
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That made me laugh. Now I need to write one of those. (nm) by
on 2022-04-28 23:30:05 UTC
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Links To Every Reference by
on 2022-04-28 23:51:14 UTC
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This starting now is actually kinda funny for me. by
on 2022-04-27 11:23:26 UTC
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David Null plays Guitar by
on 2022-04-28 12:18:54 UTC
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If they're in the market for a flute, they should stop by RC 1110. {= D by
on 2022-04-29 02:09:45 UTC
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Derik has one he's willing to lend! It's a typical Western concert flute, though, so K might actually want to borrow the recorder instead. It is not a crummy plastic one. {= )
~Neshomeh
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Here goes: by
on 2022-04-27 04:52:41 UTC
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Let's see... by
on 2022-04-27 00:24:09 UTC
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Spensor plays the cymbals and is quite irritating with them during rehearsal. Phil plays the piccolo and is the usual target of Spensor's antics.
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You are allowed to cond--lead an RP. {= ) by
on 2022-04-26 22:16:07 UTC
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Anyone can start an RP! Use the Other Board so the RP thread doesn't eat the main Board if it gets big.
I'll admit I don't quite see how an orchestra RP would work, but I don't have to. {= )
~Neshomeh is in the choir, see you for "O Fortuna"!
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Oh, also! This isn't the first time someone thought of a PPC symphony orchestra! by
on 2022-04-27 04:30:50 UTC
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Oooh! Can I do O fortuna too? (nm) by
on 2022-04-26 23:16:07 UTC
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Hac in hora, sine mora, corde pulsum tangite! by
on 2022-04-27 03:53:12 UTC
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Can I include my Agents even without Permission? (nm) by
on 2022-04-26 20:31:59 UTC
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I think so? by
on 2022-04-26 20:58:03 UTC
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I'm pretty sure the rule is that people who don't have Permission can participate in roleplays as long as the person starting the roleplay doesn't mind.
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Well, then by
on 2022-04-26 21:21:33 UTC
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May I use my non-canon Agents, Yuki? (That nickname’s okay, right?)
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Go right ahead 😉 (nm) by
on 2022-04-26 23:19:19 UTC
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Thanks! (nm) by
on 2022-04-27 00:35:45 UTC
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Oh brother… by
on 2022-04-26 17:37:06 UTC
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🤣🤣👏👏 by
on 2022-04-26 23:22:37 UTC
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Will they get admitted or will they get laughed out? I can't wait to find out!
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I like this idea. by
on 2022-04-26 17:00:16 UTC
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Rebecca Buch plays violin. She plays first violin, specifically. She especially likes to play folk music, especially Irish folk music and jigs. She would play rock'n'roll if she knew any. She is generally friendly with most of the people in the orchestra, and wants to learn guitar and/or ukulele someday if she ever has time to pick up an instrument. Or maybe she'll just go back and do piano, shich she started learning but switched over to violin. She also likes to sing.
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So, first violin by
on 2022-04-26 17:03:45 UTC
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Is she the concertmaster, or is she just in that section?
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Just in that section. What's a concert master again? I feel like I should know what that is. (nm) by
on 2022-04-26 17:11:09 UTC
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Concertmaster/concertmistress by
on 2022-04-26 17:15:49 UTC
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also called orchestral leader, is the leader of first violin section, whose role in an orchestra is pretty much second to the conductor. Wonder why all the string players' bowings are in sync? It's the CM's job to make sure they're that way. On top of that, they also have the usual section leader duty to play solo bits for their instrument. From the audience's point of view, the CM is the violinist sitting to the immediate left of the conductor, which is where the red circle in this photo marks.
The violinist sharing a desk with the CM is called an associate or assistant CM, whose job is to fill in for the CM if they're not available.
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Thank you. Now that I know what that is, I think she would be concert mistress.... by
on 2022-04-26 18:13:43 UTC
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although she would definitely grumble about that. I'm one of the oldest/most experienced first violins in my classical violin teacher's orchestra (which is pretty much all violins) and I'm sort of this. Well, the other first violins sort of rely on my sister and I to not mess things up, anyway. There are hardly any first violins, and the orchestra really needs us to be there. I will stop now, before this turns into too much of a rant about how suboptimal my orchestra is.