"You are the most Euphonium-est girl in YoRHa, you know that? Operator 6O remarked.





45O never knew what it mean, but now, she knew what it meant.







The peeps in the manufacturing & maintenance department had a little too much free time & decided to re-create musical instruments of humans. 6O was one of the first to insist on having an instrument to play with, of course, she dragged 45O along. As soon as they shuffled into the maintenance department's workshop, a silver coloured instrument caught 45O's eyes. A Euphonium, 801S said it was called. 45O was somehow drawn to this particular instrument, while 6O was happily fiddling with the assortment of musical instruments laid in front of her on the workbench.







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There are some things in life that you will never grow out of love for.





I realised that, I would not be where I am today, if I never picked up the Euphonium back then. Through all the seasons in life, the melody of the Euphonium never stopped. The intense moments, the sad moments, the joyful moments, the highs, the lows. The Euphonium never skipped a beat, be it Allegro or Adagio, Grandioso or Dolce, a March or a Cantata.





The melody flows & changes according to the peaks and valleys, the rain or shine. But 1 thing never changed. It was how warm it sounds. How "round" the Euphonium sounds. I was drawn to the Euphonium because of the warmness & richness of it. I loved Euphy so much & I still very much do! Despite haven't been playing it for 2 years now, the melody never left, the Euphonium, and the love for it, never left.







As cliche & cheesy as it sounds, I am a Euphonium, as much as the Euphonium is a part of me. I am one of the most Euphonium-est girl there is. What does that mean? Perhaps, one day, I would be able to put it into words, or even a melody, or even maybe grasp it in my arms. Despite not being as attention-grabbing as the trumpet, as sleek & sophisticated as the trombone, as lively as the flute or clarinet, the Euphonium carries itself forward regardless, supporting those instruments as they do their thing and shine, it itself only shining in the occasions where the other instruments dim their volume to allow the Euphonium to take the stage for those fleeting moments.







In the end though, we gotta keep playing, no one stops. I want to keep playing, I want to improve, I want to own that warm sound that is the Euphonium, to be able to create that warm vivid sound that has always lingered in the background of my life. Perhaps, it's the downside of the Euphonium, being the support most of the time, it's easy to lose motivation to keep at it. How boring it is to play on your own without melodies. But that's no excuse, especially how much the Euphonium has shaped my life.













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I did not want to touch colouring yet until I finished DrawABox's Lessons 1 & 2, but it was my birthday on Wednesday & the epiphany I had of the Euphonium warranted a drawing, so I dived in & figured some colour values as I go along. I think I am kind of proud of this!