"Music is essentially twelve notes between any octave." - Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Twelve notes. It's not about the fans, the, administration, or the coaches. The game is about the players - assembled, dissected, reassembled.
"Play for the girls next to you." Whether done well or poorly, that assembly imprints indelible memories with tears of joy or sadness. The game brings the highest highs and the lowest lows.
What do those twelve notes reveal?
- You cannot play a song with one note.
- Everyone plays the notes differently.
- The notes differ on different instruments.
- Practice matters.
- You define how you play the notes.
- Care and maintenance of your instrument matters.
- Unimaginable creativity is possible.
Play the musical genre in a style that works for you.
Competition is real amidst technique and artistry.
What other parallels exist?
- Tempo matters, fast, slow, and varying.
- Memory endures along peak and ending performance. Audiences are affected by strong or weak finishes.
- The composer counts, do.
Lagniappe. Avoid these.