Dong dong, dong dong, dong.
At first, Sister Ling worried that her drumming might seem out of place, but once she truly joined in, she realized it wasn't awkward at all.
Instead, the deep drumming added a bass section to the whole band.
The bass is thick.
The mid-range is distant.
The high notes are light.
The initially chaotic melody rapidly achieved an indescribable tacit understanding and harmony after a group of people played it together.
With pedestrians in the distance craning their necks to look, the group was already performing seamlessly, and the music was becoming more harmonious and pleasing to the ear.
Without sheet music, one simply blends in without disrupting the overall beauty of the music.
Without a song list, they improvise, playing familiar tunes from "Ode to Joy" to "Happy Birthday" and "Merry Christmas."
When pedestrians approached, Ye Wan slipped the bells onto Sister Ling's wrist and picked up the microphone to start singing.
