$$ in mah G string

official account run by an actual cello • i am definately not a people • pro rosin • pro cello equality • cellosexual • cello safe zone

[mamoru]

[bitsow]

4800 players, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Speedrun

[s-tu-deactivated20160514]

who needs swag when you have class

…ical music

[s-tu-deactivated20160514]

I THINK I LOST A FOLLOWER FOR THIS

THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE AGAINST CLASSICAL MUSIC I’LL RAM MY TROMBONE SO FAR UP YOUR HOOHAH WHEN SOMEONE EATS YOU OUT THEY’LL BE ABLE TO PLAY THE SOLO FROM SIBELIUS’S SYMPHONY IN C

[keena-kapu]

@booksandburrs

[classical-crap]

fun way to scare a musician:

tell them “good luck on the concert tonight” on a day that they don’t have a concert 

[celloofficial]

harry potter books rated by how dead snape is in each one

philosopher's stone: not dead, 0/10

chamber of secrets: not dead, 0/10

prisoner of azkaban: not dead, 0/10

goblet of fire: not dead, 0/10

order of the phoenix: not dead, though we do have the 'snape's worst memory' bit so it could be argued that he dies a little on the inside. 1/10

half-blood prince: not dead, 0/10

deathly hallows: he dies in this one. rip in pieces douchebag 10/10

[bassclarry-blog]

[celloofficial]

guy who invented the double bass, probably: folks, we're going to need an even bigger violin,

[missingaudrey]

Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier photographed for Billy Wilder’s “Love in the Afternoon”, 1957

[tempo--tantrums-deactivated2017]

That technique though

[confessions-of-a-cellist]

extraordinary bow holds

[letsfclef-deactivated20181013]

wow how much endpin does a cello have

[confessions-of-a-cellist]

what is endpin :/

[tchaikovskify-deactivated201712]

quality

[classical-crap]

like if u get this terrible music joke!!!!!!

[celloofficial]

The Best Solos

Piccolo: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. 3

Flute: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals, Aviary

Oboe: Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Serenata

English Horn: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Mvmt. 1

E-Flat Clarinet: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Mvmt. 2

B-Flat Clarinet: Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Bass Clarinet: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Bassoon: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, Mvmt. 2

Contrabassoon: Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

French Horn: R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche

Trumpet: Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. 1

Trombone: R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Tuba: Gershwin: An American in Paris

Percussion: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, Mvmt. 2

Violin: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. 2

Viola: Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. 2

Cello: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. 2

Double Bass: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals, L'Elephant

[celloofficial]

you: cello

me, an intellectual: pokey stringy death machine

[thewatsonator]

*steps off the buss in Georgia*

WHERE’S SATAN??!?!?!???

[celloofficial]

me when I first got my instrument: I will never let anything happen to you my young child. I shall treat you gently and with a feathery touch

me now: *instrument falls down a flight of stairs* well frick

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

Butt music. Literally.

This is taken from the painting: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Now look closely…

And if you are curious as to what it sounds like here is the music for this artwork here it is:

You learn something new everyday ;)

[celloofficial]

orchestra person: why do people think that orchestra kids are more well-behaved than band kids? like it's really not true

band person: *casually screaming and sticking their head inside their instrument*

orchestra person: oh

[classicallytrainedidiot]

walking into private practice with a new piece

teacher:

after they hear the first note:

[kaleran]

Um. Well. That sure is a cello bow. No doubt about it.

[realcelloguy]