Violin

I open the case,
and take it out.
I rosin the bow,
and clean the strings.
I start to tune,
beginning with "A".

 First is a scale.
A flat major,
four octaves I climb.
Sixteenth note slurs,
then brisk spiccato.

Finally I close my eyes,
and let my bow dance.

A sonata before all else,
the intonation must be perfect.

I follow with a concerto,
Mozart's Concerto No.3.

The last one is a waltz,
the tempo cannot be off.

Then I'll put it down,
and let it rest.

I await tomorrow,
to express my feelings again.

Author's Note

I started violin when I was about 9 years old, and I still love it today!

-Lysta

Reviews

[jeannemarie coulter]

the gift of music...wonderful...music like laughter is a universal language...well penned...

[Lysta]

Yep! I really love creating music!

-Lysta

[ANTO]

I play the didgeridoo and guitar but its hard to play them together ;p
I love poems that are music related and this is doesnt disappoint.
More power to your elbow!

[Lysta]

Cool! I've always wanted to play a wind instrument! I sort of want to see someone try to play a guitar and a didgeridoo together! XD

-Lysta

[ANTO]

plugging the didge in is awkward lmao xD

[Lysta]

Must be hard for you... :P

-Lysta

[ANTO]

lmao x 1.5
yep very very ... ;p

[Lysta]

I am left wondering why it is x 1.5...

[ANTO]

well I laughed one and a half times my normal decibel level of course ... I thought a musician would have figured that I had an augmented giggle ... lol

[Lysta]

Ah, I see. My friends like to text me with things like: lol x10 which usually meant lollollollollollollollollollol as an abbreviation, but I do understand the joke now... Perhaps I am unfit to be a musician?!? O:

[ANTO]

im sure you're a fine musician - we'll have to jam someday.

[Lysta]

^^ Thanks! Wish I could play 2 instruments like you, but after a certain fiasco with my used-to-be piano teacher... never again!

[Samuel Dickens]

I play acoustic guitar, so your words are somewhat familiar to me. It's the same, I think, the compassion one feels for the instrument and the magic it can produce.

[Lysta]

A comrade! :D

-Lysta

[Braden Freeman]

You seem like a very creative person. I appreciate your talent with words.

[Lysta]

Mmm, thanks! :)

-Lysta