Flute kind of noise

Fingers fly over buttons 

To get the notes just right

The sound is almost alien

Notes aren't supposed to reach that height

Yeah, you garage punks are pretty cool

But can those electrified new age noisemakers

Toot a symphony, too?

Or play about three notes only moving your mouth?

Or while you're beating away on your drumbs with just sticks

Trust me, you can't touch this

One day at band camp blah. blah. blah.

Trust me again, I've heard them all

It takes discipline

It takes poise

To make the classical

Flute kind of noise

Reviews

[Becca Bishop]

My sister plays the flute and I totally agree with your line "Notes aren't supposed to reach that height". GAH! It's inhumane! Being a cellist I'm used to lower, more dulcet tones myself so it's doubly bad for me to hear all those high trills and blasts coming out of her instrument. But I also agree that the flute is a beautiful instrument most of the time. Great poem :D :D :D

[Annabelle Lee]

thanks!

[Baby Ricochet]

Sweetness you need to get familiar with the band Jethro Tull. They came out of the 1960's from Scotland. Heavy on the flute solo's and intelligent lyrics. Check out the LP "Benefit." It's a flute fancier's paradise. If you love the Cello check out the Band "Rasputina. The artistic drive is a woman named Melora Gregor. She's a musical genius. Check out the songs Gingerbread Coffin, My orphanage and Saline the Salt Lake Queen. I drove 900 miles to see Rasputina in North Carolina and I would have driven twice that for them them Melora is that brilliant

[Annabelle Lee]

thanks! definitely got some youtubing to do!