Hearthswarming Eve at Canterlot Café

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It's Hearthswaming Eve, and Sweetie Belle finds herself stranded in Canterlot.

Written for Pascoite for Jinglemass 2021

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Wanderer D

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Wanderer D #1 · Dec 26th, 2021 · 1 · ·

A cello-playing Sweetie Belle. How familiar.

Pascoite

Pascoite #2 · Dec 26th, 2021 · 1 · ·

Thank you, this was really sweet! I loved the way you captured the atmosphere of this place, and the way Octavia grew out of her nervousness to perform was also a lovely touch (and in my experience, quite accurate).

Sonicsuns

Sonicsuns #3 · Dec 26th, 2021 · · ·

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Thanks! I'm glad you like it! =)

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Sonicsuns

Sonicsuns #5 · Dec 26th, 2021 · · ·

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Is that familiar? I don't recall seeing it earlier.

TSBrony2014

TSBrony2014 #6 · Dec 26th, 2021 · · ·

Sweetie Belle doesn’t necessarily play the cello (although she might). She may have just learned some basic musical notation through her own studies. While I don’t actually know the details of it myself my mother is a musician and she has some experience with musical composition.

According to her, if you know the G-Clef and the mathematical relationships between the notes the rest is just a matter of translating to the correct clef for the instrument you are playing and some transposition. In theory, Sweetie Belle could have written the entire piece in G-Clef (for example) and Octavia would (no doubt) be able to handle the necessary transpositions in her head on the fly.

Given the cover art, she might play the Cello (in addition to singing and playing some piano), though.

NovemberDragon

NovemberDragon #7 · Dec 26th, 2021 · · ·

Wonderful little story!

Sonicsuns

Sonicsuns #8 · Dec 26th, 2021 · 1 · ·

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Thank you! =)

Wanderer D

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Wanderer D #9 · Dec 26th, 2021 · · ·

11096797 It struck a chord of nostalgia as it is. Sweetie Belle in the Sweetie Chronicles learned how to play the Cello from Octavia in the crossover with "Best Night Ever". Obviously nothing to do with this, but it was a punch to the feels seeing that lol.

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