Whenever I practice around Mimu...
On the weekends sometimes we like to practice music, Mimu and I.
Mimu took up violin in May (now technically last May; Happy New Year everyone!) and I have been playing flute for about a year and a half now.
For Christmas my dad also bought and sent me a used clarinet, so now I have that.
When Mimu practices, he is very screechy and out of tune and doesn't practice very thoroughly. He'll play horribly for a good 20-30 minutes or so before it really starts to bother me, especially if I'm concentrating on something myself. He uses a mute but even still, it's quite awful to the ear. I try to tolerate it, I put in my earphones or something. Once in a while I just can't take it and I have to ask him to stop. Most of the time he'll stop for me. Most.
When I play, however, I can't use a mute because my instruments don't have mutes (flute, clarinet... clarinet might, I dunno, but I can play pretty quietly on a clarinet) so it is somewhat louder and the sound is much more penetrating and reverberates all over the whole house. It's loud, but I'm also a MUCH better player and I have better practicing methods. I hardly ever squeak and I try as much as I can to avoid anything too high pitched and to play quietly.
Still
I play for not even a minute and he's already asking me to quit! Sometimes he asks me before I've even put the thing together! The longest I can play my instrument with him in the house is about 5 minutes, before he has a mini-tantrum and roughly gathers his stuff and shuts himself in a room.
[EDIT: and then hates me for hours, even after I've finished/given in.] <-point!!!
He LIKES classical music, he likes playing music, he likes going to concerts. I don't understand why he makes such a horrible fuss when I practice my instruments and fill the house with a serenade of the sound of flowers and stars. It's not fair and I hate him for that. That's one thing I really hate. I don't even care if he sees this, that's how much it bothers me!
Mimu took up violin in May (now technically last May; Happy New Year everyone!) and I have been playing flute for about a year and a half now.
For Christmas my dad also bought and sent me a used clarinet, so now I have that.
When Mimu practices, he is very screechy and out of tune and doesn't practice very thoroughly. He'll play horribly for a good 20-30 minutes or so before it really starts to bother me, especially if I'm concentrating on something myself. He uses a mute but even still, it's quite awful to the ear. I try to tolerate it, I put in my earphones or something. Once in a while I just can't take it and I have to ask him to stop. Most of the time he'll stop for me. Most.
When I play, however, I can't use a mute because my instruments don't have mutes (flute, clarinet... clarinet might, I dunno, but I can play pretty quietly on a clarinet) so it is somewhat louder and the sound is much more penetrating and reverberates all over the whole house. It's loud, but I'm also a MUCH better player and I have better practicing methods. I hardly ever squeak and I try as much as I can to avoid anything too high pitched and to play quietly.
Still
I play for not even a minute and he's already asking me to quit! Sometimes he asks me before I've even put the thing together! The longest I can play my instrument with him in the house is about 5 minutes, before he has a mini-tantrum and roughly gathers his stuff and shuts himself in a room.
[EDIT: and then hates me for hours, even after I've finished/given in.] <-point!!!
He LIKES classical music, he likes playing music, he likes going to concerts. I don't understand why he makes such a horrible fuss when I practice my instruments and fill the house with a serenade of the sound of flowers and stars. It's not fair and I hate him for that. That's one thing I really hate. I don't even care if he sees this, that's how much it bothers me!