In Love With All Baroque Music

Jump-scare dynamics for days

[c-53]

Turn up the bassoon I cant hear the bassoon

[cyber-punk-rock]

Can you play an instrument? (Any skill level)

Yes (which one? 👀)

No

Nuance (up to interpretation)

Voting ended onApr 2

I’m just curious how many people at some point in their lives have played/learned to play an instrument of any kind.

I included a nuance button bc I know there might be some folks who might be like “well I played the recorder in grade school but idk if that counts” — count it if you want or hit nuance if you’re unsure! 😊

To be clear, if you studied an instrument to any level of proficiency, even if you’re out of practice now, please select yes!

Reblog with your instrument, if you wish 🙏🏼 Or just for more accurate results

[fullofvexation]

after the latest Chalamet discourse, I'm curious:

Have you ever been to a live opera, ballet, or play?

I've been to an opera

I've been to a ballet

I've been to a play

I've been to an opera and a ballet but not a play

I've been to an opera and a play but not a ballet

I've been to a ballet and a play but not an opera

I've been to all three of these

I've been to none of these

Nuance (tell me more!?)

Voting ended onMar 14

For the purpose of this poll, musicals are classified as a play! Only count if you actually saw the show live, not a video of it.

[asoftpsychnerd]

the three moods of baroque music:

1. We Are All Very Happy

2. You Are Having a Panic Attack

3. Someone Has Died

[pianorchestra]

4. You Are the Harpsichordist Figuring Out the Basso Continuo and You Are Having the Panic Attack

[chronophobica]

what they DONT tell you about clarinets is that you have to fucking build the damn thing every single time. "what instrument do you play" fucking legos man idk

[baroque-is-bae]

Do you like the Pièces de Clavecin by Rameau?

Yes, they’re great! I learned to play the Menuet (RCT 1 IX) a very long time ago for a piano exam, but I really like Tambourin (RCT 2 VII) and Le Rappel de Oiseaux (RCT 2 IV) the most from Rameau’s Pièces de Clavecin!

[gasparodasalo]

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Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) - String Quartet in c-minor, Op. 2 No. 1, G. 159, III. Allegro. Performed by Alea Ensemble on period instruments.

[gasparodasalo]

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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Trio Sonata for Recorder, Oboe and Continuo in a-minor, TWV 42:a6, II. Allegro. Performed by Walter van Hauwe, recorder, Han de Vries, oboe, Wouter Möller, cello, and Bob van Asperen, harpsichord, on period instruments.

[prokopetz]

Everybody needs to listen to Gustav Holst's The Planets, not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because literally every epic sci-fi movie soundtrack for the past hundred years has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.

[calloutnevvegas]

Not a prank it's genuinely one of my favorite albums. They all fuck but Jupiter goes the craziest. Star Wars has ripped nearly all of them it's so crazy to hear the ogs

[apolladay]

Have you ever given money to a busker?

yes

no

Voting ended onDec 13, 2025

Busker: a person who performs music or other entertainment in the street or another public place for monetary donations.

[maachine-deactivated20250630]

Music is wild like howd U make that lol

[gretathefreak]

when you listen carefully to the bass lines, your whole world changes

[gasparodasalo]

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Johannes Schenck (1660 - after 1712) - Sonata for 2 Violas da gamba in b-minor, Op. 8 No. 1, V. Giga: Vivace. Performed by Les Voix Humaines on period instruments.

[cardassiangoodreads]

Okay let's actually test this out, let's see if instrumentalists are better about this.

Which instrument did you play in band or orchestra in school?

High strings (violin, viola)

Low strings (cello, bass) (the best section)

Flute or other reed-less woodwind

Single reeds (clarinet, sax)

Double reeds (oboe, bassoon)

High brass (trumpet, cornet, and relatives)

Middle brass (French horn / mellophone)

Low brass (trombone, euphonium, tuba)

Percussion

Guitar / harp / piano

I did some other type of music (like choir) or instrument

Vanilla extract, like mayonnaise, is an instrument

Voting ended onOct 4, 2025

[thebartlets]

school choir rehearsal! sound off

soprano

alto

tenor

bass

I never experienced the epic highs and lows of high school choir

nuance/bald

Voting ended onOct 2, 2025

[yournewcryptid]

Math is really tiring, im so glad i finally get to relax and do some knitting and crochet and i oh god oh my what the fuck

[massivetittiesandwarcrimes]

[auxphono]

[yournewcryptid]

Woagh thats a lotta fish

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

can you count them?

[vetchtibbles]

dead serious WHAT did they put into claire de lune to make it do all that

[the-rodhaj]

pinao

[vetchtibbles]

astounding