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Hello dears!
Recently I've been reading a lot of manga (when I should be studying, I know!), and I came across a particular one called "Nodame Cantabile". I wasn't really sure what to expect from it since I wasn't particular to the style of drawing the artist used.
Nodame is about the life of a young man in Japan aspiring to be a conductor since the first time he watched his idol conducting when he was younger. Well-trained in the piano and the violin, he attempted to learn conducting by himself with the help of others. In the mean time, he meets a really odd girl named Megumi (but everyone calls her Nodame) who wants to be a pre-school teacher, while in fact she is actually an amazing pianist. Her style of learning is very strange though; she is able to play a song she's only heard once but is terrible at sight-reading. Both are currently undergraduate students studying piano. The whole manga is all about the life of these two and how they help each other through their struggles in life, learning off each other and eventually falling in love :D Although the manga is romance/comedy, it also has a serious side where they focus on classical music.
THIS is the reason why I wanted to write about this, so I apologize for making you go through that summary of that manga (but I do recommend it if you're curious about classical music!). Okay, so after finishing this manga, I was very interested to search up all the classical music facts I've gained from the manga (there's actually quite a lot, y'know). Thank goodness for youtube, I searched up "orchestra" and "piano/cello concerto" today, and well what do you know? I love it. I absolutely love classical music. It's simply amazing to see and listen to what people can do. I don't know about you, but I haven't heard anything classical since the third grade (not knowing any other genres at that time, I said that classical music was my fave).
Right now, I am having an intense craving to see a real concert. Anywhere. I'm deciding RIGHT NOW that when I'm older, have more free time and money, I'll travel to Europe and listen to my heart's content! As well, as y'know, sightseeing and everything else.
I am so envious of people who are able to play instruments. You could say they have talent to play an instrument well, but what I learned from Nodame is that it is hard work. To be able to play a musical instrument at that skill, a lot of practice would have gone into it! Perhaps in my lists of things to do when I'm older, I'll finally take up piano or guitar lessons. Perhaps even the cello! Or the violin! Ah, I think my preferences for an orchestra is strings and percussion. It just sounds so lovely <3 I'm also craving to buy an acoustic guitar since my last one broke...
You only have one chance in life, might as well not waste it.
Now I am going to take my own advice and actually study (I did nothing all day, wah). Also, if you are super-duper curious, then I encourage you to youtube some concertos! I love love love them. OH and in the manga, they mentioned an instrument that YOU PLAY WITHOUT TOUCHING. It's called the "theremin" AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU SEARCH THAT UP ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW. It's actually so cool >___<
Done rambling!
Have a good night/day everyone, see you on the flip side :)
- joy