Today, my piano teacher told me that she "forgot" to inform me that she volunteered me to play a 5-page song in a recital in front of 300 people that's happening next week. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was at a piano lesson playing a song I had worked very hard to make perfect. Halfway through, my teacher abruptly stops me and asks, "Did you notice that I rearranged the furniture?" FML
Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML
Today, I had a piano exam, for which I'd worked hard. I went in, and the examiner asked me to play some scales. I was so nervous, I played 3 octaves and then realised I'd ran out of space. I might have then said, "FUCK!" really loudly… and she heard. FML
Today, I was playing piano for a wedding rehearsal. Bored, I decided to pass the time playing through a book of music I found in the piano bench. Some time later the bride turned to me and screamed at me to stop. I had turned the page and had begun to play "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off." FML
Today, after I'd told this girl I’m seeing that I play piano to impress her, it turns out her father is a pianist and has a grand piano in their house. Tonight, I’m supposed to go to her place to play her my "favorite piece." FML
Today, I was a guest performer for a school orchestra concert a grade above mine. When they called my name, I didn’t hear them, so when they started the song hundreds of people watched me run on stage. FML
Today, I had a test in orchestra class, which I'd practiced over 30 hours for. After I played my part, which I thought I did very well, my teacher asked how long I'd practiced. Trying to show off, I said, "Oh, just 30 minutes." My teacher said, "It shows; that was terrible." She was serious. FML
Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML
Today, I was the first to sign up to play the national anthem for my school, at one of my volleyball games. My teacher told me she would bring my sheet music. She didn’t. So I just sat there, awkwardly, not playing my cello. FML
Today, my piano teacher complimented my song, calling it great. I was proud and thanked him, then realized he was being sarcastic. FML
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Top comments
TheOtherNewest1 6
You should get a few lessons from her without paying and then "forget" that you fired her.
nerdking21 10
Yeah, that's gonna be hard to pull of. But if you work hard and don't screw off, you could probably do it.
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Comments (122)
ragsy 7
A lot of people would kill for that opportunity. Why take lessons if you don't want to play?
RoguePenguin 0
Um... maybe OP wanted more time to prepare for such a big performance? I think that's pretty obvious. Also some people do stuff because they enjoy for themselves not so they can show off to other people.
sublime93 0
So don't do it
Pianoman015x 0
oh **** off I was doing that when I was in 4th grade. You must not be a very good pianist... Go and practice. Its what your teacher expects you to do- not bitch about it.
firakkai 0
just man up and play it. she's your teacher and obviously thinks you're good enough.
RuralNinja 0
Just tell her that you 'forgot' you won't be able to make it.
burnhamt23 0
or just say no...
3rdDegree 0
Well either you're serious about playing the piano and you'll do everything you can to succeed, or you'll drop out or fail because you didn't try hard enough. Either way, you'll find out what you're made of. I say bust your ass and pull it off, you'll feel great afterwards.
chem1calburn 2
So "forget" to tell her the night of the show that you took an eight of shrooms and downed a bottle of vodka.
kcool1 0
five pages is nothing, try 9
nerdking21 10
Braggart
insomniacdude 0
Oh man look at this guy who can't just appreciate somebody taking the time to learn some music, it's all about the way HE plays music and the pieces that HE plays. What a dick.
kcool1 0
everyone has their own opinion on whats hard, i think 5 pages is nothing and i felt like telling this person calm yourselves -_-
insomniacdude 0
It doesn't matter what you think is hard when it's quite likely that OP is at a different stage in her musical development. Coming and posting something like that is terrible for confidence. Normally I wouldn't give a shit, but I am not cool with someone degrading someone's musical endeavors. It's like going to a five year old and going "hahah JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU GET DOUBLE DIGITS HAHHA!!!!!" Learning is about encouragement, not spiteful bragging. Especially when you're learning something as amazing as muic.
kcool1 0
i'm ******* not the only one that said that you douches
insomniacdude 0
I responded to you because, at the time, you were at the bottom of the list. Your reply is slightly worrying because it implies that the degradation of one person's musical journey is OK so long as there's a group of people doing it too.
maipinkbear 0
practice your ass off and play what you can that day. and if you happen to forget something, just do a glissando and everyone will think it sounds "oh so pretty." or you can just end the piece a few pages early.