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188This is what happens when undergrads don’t take group piano class seriously.
#007
You die a little when someone refers to a fully instrumental work as a song.
e.g. “The Rite of Spring is a damn good song.”
Signs you’re doing your homework wrong: Theory homework is on Neapolitan 6th chords. Analyze everything and find no Neapolitan 6th chords.
#006
Carl Dahlhaus.
#005
Getting sick of having to explain to people that just because a cadential 6/4 chord has the notes of the tonic does not mean you should label it a I6/4.
Going to the library to pick up one source and walking out with ten. Every single time. And not having a backpack.
#004
Searching ‘music theory’ on tumblr and only getting undergrads bitching about how they left their homework until the night before it is due. Do your TA a favor; don’t hand it in. Bad part writing is a bitch to grade.
#003
Finishing an exam at 12:30pm and wishing there were a bar open.
