Hello all of you reading this! Eliza here! Just wanted to let you know that this chapter is quite different than my normal ones. This is one I'm writing for a history project. And when you're reading this "Hello Mrs Staring!!! Hope you enjoy!"

Please keep reading if you're one of my reg's. Or you know, you don't really have to.

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This is a note for Mrs. Staring. Just really quick before you start, there might be one or two things that don't make sense in this chapter. The whole Brock thing for a start. But that's just things that have happened before the events of this chapter. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, or read the chapters posted before this (Specifically the 'They're after me?' chapters) However, the things you don't understand won't be fundamental to the project itself.

Happy reading! <3

Ellie's P.O.V.

Life has to go on. It does. It... it just has to. Because if it doesn't, we'll just be stuck.

Which is exactly what I'm doing.

Moving on...

With the help of Jack.

"It's just plain CRUEL." Jack insisted, chucking his textbook across the living room. "Making us move on THIS FREAKING QUICKLY!"

"I think you dented the wall." I whispered.

"It's been 3 weeks. He died 3 BLOODY WEEKS AGO." Jack sat down on the couch again and sniffed, putting his forehead in his hands, his elbows on his knees. "I'm sorry, Leah really I- I. I'm sorry. I just... it- I- you- he-."

"I know." I replied in a whisper. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "I know. I miss him too."

"How am I supposed to focus on anything except Brock right now?"

"You know what, I have no idea." I replied, still whispering.

2 days later:

"Ready?" Jack asked, in a falsely cheery voice.

"As I'll ever be." I agreed, swinging my legs out from under my desk. Jack and I walked up to the front of our classroom, and turned to face the desks.

"Alright, how many of you here, are in a music class right now?" I asked, generally curious, but also with a bit of a segway in mind. About two-thirds of the class raised their hands.

"Cool, you can put your hands down now." Jack instructed. "Now, when you're in whatever music class you're in you start out somewhere, and end up somewhere different. This is called adaptation, or growth. And just like you all grow in your abilities, music itself has grown and adapted through the years."

"Today we're going to focus on three different countries' music in the 1600's." Jack and I shared a glance before beginning. I winked at him, and he smirked at me, then we started.

"Ireland." Jack said proudly. (Mrs Staring, you don't have to listen to the entire song, just maybe play it in the background while you read the Ireland part.)

I clicked the little remote in my hand and played this song. ^^^

"Previously only known for Jacksepticeye, and potatoes," Jack began. "Iis now well known for it's music. The Irish from the 1600's used instruments like pipes, harps, fiddles, whistles, and flutes, to make music that is light with a clear rhythm to dance to. More often then not, the flute and pipes would be playing the melody whilst the harps, fiddles and whistles were accompanying. You don't find too many vocals in Irish music."

"That's right." I agreed, "Irish music was very light, with a clear beat, and many harmonies. It made for very catchy music even without words. Some of you may be wondering why we haven't mentioned fiddles, and that's because Ireland didn't start using fiddles until the 1700's. Ireland's music were called 'jigs'. Jack and I were listening to some of them, and we couldn't help but bounce along with it."

"One of the best well known pieces of this time, was 'Cailin Dear', written and adapted by Lyons, the Harper. Here's an example of another famous song from that Irish era or music."

"One of my favourite things about Irish music, is that it's not specific to one class of people. During one of the wars, a piper was stationed with every commander. Which goes to show how important music was to these people. As many do, the Irish took music seriously, and had a good time with it. Whether it be a group playing in town square, or in a home. Or even for the ruler of Ireland, music was something that all of Ireland was able to enjoy."

"Moving on now to France," Jack insisted, taking the Ireland paper, and moving it to the back of his pages. I clicked my button again and switched the song to this one. (Mrs Staring, you don't have to listen to the entire song, just maybe play it in the background while you read the French part.) vvvv

"Many of you know about the French revolution, that they surrender easily, and those crispy potato logs that come from there. But that -to even my surprise- isn't everything about France." I couldn't stop myself from giggling at that.

"And while that is a surprise, what was more of a surprise to me was the amount on instruments that the French used. The French used clavichords, violins, trumpets, drums, jaw harps, harpsicords, violas, organs, flutes, flageolets, spinets, and bugles. Not the kind you eat, although I wish it were those because that would be amazing."

"Music in France was created using either your voice or any other instruments you could find. French music did have a lot more vocals in it than the Irish. Think like modern opera but not as loud or as high. Their music flowed. It was the kind of music you go see, and sway to. And a fun fact about the vocals, nun's actually were responsible for teaching a lot of the musicians to sing and play the violin."

"And, as for famous composers and pieces from France," I added, switching my stance from my usual posture of my feet right next to each other, with my knees locked, to fifth position for some reason. "Our well known friend Francois du Moussart was brought to France to help teach music. Jean Berger actually wrote songs while doing time in prison."

"In France, almost all of the preforming arts incorporated music in one way or another. Much like in Ireland, pretty much everyone played or preformed music. Choirs actually, were 'invented' in France in 1647 which popularized music because it was easier to not have to transport large instruments around." Jack finished, switching his papers around again.

"Speaking of Italy-" I said, switching my papers around too, and pressing my great button changing the song. (Mrs Staring, you don't have to listen to the entire song, just maybe play it in the background while you read the Italian part.)

"No one said Italy," Jack replied confused.

"Speaking of Italy," I said again. "Italy is our next, and final country. Italian music follows back to the Middle Ages. Italian music has a lot of instrumentals, but it also has a ton of vocals. Italy made operas. Operas grew even from the 1500's to the 1600's. Italian music that wasn't opera music was very structured, and rythmitic."

"Exactly, it has a very ball like feel to it. Alessandro Scarlatti, Claudio Monteverdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, and Vincenzo Bellini all wrote operas including hte music, which all grew quickly, and got quite large. Opera has stayed on the musical form most closely associated with Italian music and identity. A lot of Italians played and sang whether or not they could if you know what I mean."

"Italian's danced to folk music which is different from the opera music Jack was talking about just now. So Italians did dance just not to the music we've been talking about."

'In conclusion," Jack said, taking a step forward. "Music is an important part of the lives of hte people back in the 1600's, and even still today."

"While each country had their own style of music, the appreciation and love people show through their songs ."

Jack and I threw our papers in the air, over the people in the first few rows of desks. "THANK YOU WE ARE DONE!" We said together, bowing, and going back to our seats.

2 days later:

"See, told you we'd get an A." Jack insisted, nudging me.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Shut up."

Hope you all liked it!

Here are my citations Mrs Staring:

Classic Italian Music. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/classic-italian-music.html

Music. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://entertainmentinnewfrance.weebly.com/music.html#:~:text=There were many types of,flageolets, spinets, and bugles.

https://tinyurl.com/y8xsjvcm

Anyhoo, hope you all liked it. Especially my reg's because this wasn't anything like one of my normal chapters.

Thanks for reading!

Update again soon, promise.

Love you lot!

-Eliza <3