I'd say she's a little flat. And her toungueing needs some work (she's more of a "hoo-hoo-hooer" than a "tu-tu-tuuer" when she hits her notes.) Also, her fingering was a bit sloppy. As you are well aware, an "accomplished flautist" (heck, even a fifth grade flautist) needs to move all the right fingers AT THE SAME TIME to play a particular note. She'd move one, then decide it was time for the rest to follow, resulting in sloppy execution.
However, the simple fact is this: she plays the FLUTE. Quite crappily, as we have seen, but the public is forgiving. Flutes and lots of mascara lull the masses. It's what they (woodwinds and cosmetics) were created for. Regardless, this IS a noble instrument that deserves a platform. And when played by a beautiful cross-eyed woman (keeping one eye on the tip of her nose, another on Russia so those airplanes of theirs won't fly over) well, that's just BRILLIANT! They've definitely locked up the Band Camp demographic with this bold, musical move.
My sister, aka she who aspired to be a mermaid, who is also a first-chair sitting, band line marching, hard-core tooting flautist. I asked her to run a critique of Sarah Palin's 1984 pageant performance, which she graciously did, even in the whirlwind of packing up her kid for a trip to Disney World.
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Crap. I just lost my comment.
I love your sister the mermaid.
But Sarah as a flautist? Well, even though she's flat, and her song choice is lame, at least she CAN'T TALK AND PLAY THE FLUTE AT THE SAME TIME.
PS: I'm starting a new slogan: Band Geeks for Obama.
to be perfectly clear: I have it on good authority that the mermaid does NOT support sarah palin or sarah palin's ticket.
she DOES, however, support flautists.
"A mutant strain of Poujadism"
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