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On 5th Grade Music

I’m singing in the choir. The brass instruments were too heavy. I got confused by the reeds and the woodwinds. Why is a flute a woodwind anyway? It doesn’t use a reed and it’s not made of wood?

And I refused to even try the string instruments. I mean THINK about what the bow is made from! Horse hair! Seriously? I will not contribute to the harming of horses in order to play a ridiculous instrument that sounds like a screeching hawk!

The 10 y.o. (on why she will never play a musical instrument besides the piano)

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