Mastering an instrument takes dedication, but some think there’s such a thing as being too prepared.

When a student realized they had already learned the audition piece months before, they thought it was a lucky break… until their friends called them selfish.

Read on for the full story!

AITA for already practicing an audition piece before it was given?

My high school has four bands in total, and the top two bands require auditions while the bottom two do not.

But soon one dedicated student made a surprising discovery.

We recently received our audition pieces, and I was surprised to see that our etude was a piece I learned over the summer.

The piece is from one of the Rubank Advanced books, and over the summer, I learned the whole book solely for the purpose of practice — not to try and give myself an advantage against my peers.

When they revealed this information to their peers, they didn’t get the reaction they were expecting.

The piece is only about 20 measures long, and we are given two months to learn it along with some scales.

I told my friends how excited I was that I already knew the piece and that I might be able to get into the top band.

They all replied that I should be given a new piece because it isn’t fair to everyone else.

The student came clean to the director who didn’t seem to have any qualms about it.

I felt bad and even talked to my directors about it.

They said that I don’t have an advantage because I didn’t know the piece was going to be given — I just happened to practice it.

But their friends still aren’t satisfied.

Even after telling my friends this, they still think it isn’t fair to the other people auditioning and that I’m a selfish AH for thinking that it is.

AITA?

The audition must go on whether their friends like it or not.

Let’s see what Reddit made of this.

It’s clear to this commenter that this young musician didn’t have any ill intentions.

These friends are definitely either jealous or threatened!

School is the place to compete, in many ways.

Life is full of unfair advantages, so it’s best to make peace with that as soon as possible.

They say practice makes perfect, but not in these peers’ eyes.

No matter how others feels, this student shouldn’t have to apologize for playing it smart.

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