One more sleep…
Thanks to Rochelle for shepherding us through another year of Friday Fictioneers. Thanks also to Bjorn for supplying the photo for the prompt this week .
Copyright Bjorn Rudberg
Genre – Fiction
Word Count: 100
The Lost Chord
Hugo loved music, but whenever he sang people ran covering their ears. He played several musical instruments reasonably badly, only the piano had escaped his attentions. The Outdoor Piano Festival would change all that.
For months he cycled over to see Aunt Matilda and hammered out his versions of the classics on her yellowing ivories.
On the day of the Festival, Hugo was eager. Clutching his music he mounted the steps and played his piece to a stunned audience. He heard someone mutter ‘unbelievable’ and ‘he lost a chord.’
Pleasure turned to embarrassment as he dived to retrieve it.
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I wrote this a while ago for a prompt I missed; it has been dusted off and suitably amended. May I take this opportunity to wish my fellow Friday Fictioneers and all my friends and followers a Happy Holiday, however you celebrate it, and a healthy and prosperous 2015.
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Ah the embarrassment.. but maybe he should find a career that is better suited for his skills…:-) Have a great holiday.
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Hi Bjorn
Sorry to be late replying to you but there seems to have been a glitch somewhere…
Hope you had a great Christmas
Dee
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love your header
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Thank you… sorry don’t know where your comment went, but I’ve only just picked it up.
Dee
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Reminds me of a FFF piece where a person on the dance floor was struck by a chord. As a musician, I find its sometime difficult to keep your chords corralled. A very witty and entertaining tale, Dee.
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Thank you for your kind comment, pleased you liked it.
Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all good wishes for a happy 2015.
Dee
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Being a non-musical person, I can’t imagine losing a chord.
Where would it go to?
Cute sad tale. But I guess you could say that in this case it couldn’t strike a chord.
Randy
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Thanks for reading Randy, hope you enjoyed the holidays.
Dee
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Poor Hugo but great story. 🙂
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Thank you, glad you liked it.
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
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Poor Hugo! I feel his pain. Lost chords have been my speciality. Good to see you getting back into the swing of writing again Dee. Have a lovely Christmas!
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Thank you Sandra. Hope you had a lovely Christmas too.
I’m trying to get my writing sorted out, would love to get it back on course.
Best wishes for a very Happy New Year to you and yours.
Dee
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Poor Hugo.
Merry Christmas!
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Thank you Dawn, think there has been a Christmas glitch in my system – only just picking up some messages. Hope you had a great Christmas.
Dee
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Dear Dee,
I’m pretty sure I know which prompt you wrote this for originally. 😉 Poor Hugo, to love something so much and be so bad at it. Fun story.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle
I knew you would remembet the prompt!
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the holidays, sending all good wishes to you and yours for 2015.
Dee x
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Having done several recitals myself and having lost several of my own chords in the process, I know how Hugo feels.
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Thank you so much for reading.
Happy New Yeat
Dee
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My pleasure!
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Dear Dee,
Sounds as though your protagonist was long on enthusiasm and short on skill. Many a pop star nowadays survives solely on that. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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Dear Doug
Thank you, you guessed it.
Hope you enjoyed a happy Holiday. With all good wishes for 2015.
Dee 🙂
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Dee, Cute and humorous piece. Well written. Happy Holidays! 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne, all good wishes for 2015
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Dear Dee,
Poor Hugo. This reminds me of a story I once read about Antonio Stradivari. Apparently he was well known as a horrific musician and yet the world still plays his music. I hope someone gently shows our young hero a more appropriate outlet for his inner musician as well.
Thanks for the great read.
All my best,
Marie Gail
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Thank you for your comment about Stradivari, perhaps there is hope for Hugo after all.
Take care
Dee
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Ugh, I felt poor Hugo’s embarrassment. You have to admire his persistence, though. I enjoyed this writing. Happy New Year!
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Thank you very much for reading. A very Happy New Year to you too.
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Such a public embarrassment– my empathies go to poor Hugo. I like his resolve and spunk.
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Complex charactet Hugo, never accepts his limitations; but then the world would be the poorer without people like him.
Happy New Year to you and yours Dawn.
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