Band

I miss band music. I miss hearing Tokyo Kosei's, First Love Medley. I miss Helen Comley's, Jamaican Cocktail. I miss Thomas Bishop's, String Adagio. I miss Bruce Fraser's, Variations on a Scottish Folk Song. I miss playing the clarinet.

I miss sitting in a band room with percussions. I miss feeling the vibrations of the various instruments when everyone would play their parts. How the band mood would become mellow when we played tender pieces, how everyone would smile when we played a lively song.

I've almost forgotten how it feels to hear a single note sweep across a silent room. How a melody would touch my heart and bring emotions to my face. I've also, almost fogotten how a vibrato on a clarinet sounds.

It's been so long. I wonder, why I'm not playing anymore. Have I forgotten my scales? Have I forgotten what the sharps and flats are? Have I forgotten...how to play like I used to?