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to all musicians who are slowly giving up,

don’t.

just because someone is weighing you down, or you think you’re not worthy of playing your instrument, or your self-esteem is dragging you down, do not give up.

do. not. give. up.

it will be hard, and it will take some time, practice, and dedication, but you will be where you want to be.

and it will be worth it.

official-bass-trombone

music kid reminders

•you don’t need an “official” title to be important to your band •you don’t need to be section leader to be important to your band • you don’t need to play first part to be important to your ensemble •how long you have been playing isn’t a reflection of who you are •even if you aren’t an official leader, you still deserve respect from others-even if they think they’re a better player than you •musical ability means nothing with a bad attitude •it’s okay if you don’t make it into “that big thing” you auditioned for

Feel free to add more!!

lumosoboe

• it’s not a matter of whom is better than whom, every musician brings something unique to the table and diversity is valuable • you are a person first. Then you are a musician. Then you are your instrument. • Don’t forget self care - mental, emotional, and physical - always comes first.

crazymusicianpoop

This is so hard to remember sometimes when you’re in a big section, but you’re important no matter how many people are playing your part!

cherryroses-deactivated20250922

Classical music is so ethereal and beautiful

hotguysfugue

schnittke

ferneyhough

berg

late schoenberg

bartok

ginastera

crumb

five-flats

but…

hildegard von bingen

dufay

ockeghem

brumel

josquin

morales

palestrina

tallis

gibbons

byrd

victoria

gabrieli

the praetorius’

monteverdi

schütz

purcell

buxtehude

fux

pachelbel (not the canon and gigue in d major)

most handel

ALL the bachs, jc, js, cpe, j, wf

some vivaldi and some telemann

lully

rameau

couperin

charpentier

late mozart and mozart opera

weber opera

some haydn e.g string quartets

beethoven

schubert

schumann

verdi

rossini

brahms

strauss I & II

offenbach

mendelssohn

reger

chopin

chaminade

liszt

paganini

rachmaninov

tchaikovsky

parry

wagner

fauré

duruflé

dvorak

grieg

debussy

ravel

scriabin

elgar

howells

mahler

kodály

sibelius

walton

gershwin

prokofiev

stravinsky

shostakovich

messiaen

poulenc

vilette

britten

james macmillan

sally beamish

cheryl frances-hoad

johnathan dove

kerry andrew

györgy orbán

john williams

john adams

me

taylor swift

TO NAME A FEW

i promise you, the good composers outnumber the bad

gentlestudying-deactivated20191

saturday, 18th october good god, i love the viola

classical-crap

teacher: have you been practicing?

me, not lying: yes

morganflute

unclesamwilson

text post meme: shostakovich

classicalconditioningblog

Incredible historic footage of composers in performance

#NowPlaying Lady Writer by Dire Straits

#music #spotify

Guys look it's me!!

#usf #college marching band #marching band #trumpet

pianistical

ok so today i was in public and i had earbuds in which is nothing unusual right but then this old white dude comes up to me and goes “young people these days are so uneducated, i bet you’re listening to that stupid crap they call pop, get good taste and listen to classical music” i’ve actually never had anything like this happen to me here in canada so it was super jarring like???????? ok chill?????????????? so i had the pleasure of informing him i’m classically trained in the piano and violin, listen to almost exclusively classical music, and in fact am listening to poulenc’s clarinet sonata literally the look on his face was priceless. ah, sweet sweet victory but this whole thing makes me angry bc, like, him! he’s the type of person who pushes people away from classical music and reinforces the stereotype that classical musicians are stuffy, pretentious, old white dudes who need to get off their high horses gosh i love the smell of elitism in the mornings

lifeiscello

Do you ever have those pieces where the more you play it, the worse it gets?

pianononsense

No.

outofcontextarthur

official-mellophone

Me af

doubleflopflat

my friends have trouble pronouncing composers names like this is literally them:

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Surgay Ratchet-man-it-off Igor Stravinsky - Iggy Azalea (she gave up) Fryderyk Chopin - Fryderyk Showpin Franz Liszt - Franz Lips Johann Sebastian Bach - Joe-Han Sebastian BATCH Mortiz Moszkowski - More-tits Motes-cow-skis Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Ponyo ily<3ick Chism-microscope Sergei Prokofiev - Surgay Pro-ko-go-mo-fiv Dmitri Shostakovich - Dimehhhh-tree Shushee-Claustrophobic Claude Debussy - Claude Debussy (omfg she said it right wow) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - E. coli Skimpy-Caw-sip-cough Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Modest Petrovich Must-orgy-sky Camille Saint-Saëns - Chameleon Saint-Science Antonìn Dvoràk - Anthill Door-rack Franz Schubert - Franz Schubert (another one wow) Robert Alexander Schumann - Robert Alexander Shoeman Isaac Albeniz - Isaac Albinos

this was my other friend:

Sergei Rachmaninoff - SereGEE Ratch man-it-off Igor Stravinsky - Eager Stravinsky Fryderyk Chopin - Frederic Chopping-ya-fingers-off Franz Liszt - Friends Listszenschn… Johann Sebastian Bach - John-hand Sebastian Bitch Mortiz Moszkowski - Mortzee Moszkowski Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Pie-otter Lillich um.. tuchachchofcvkick Sergei Prokofiev - Segree Pro-co-files Dmitri Shostakovich - Dmitri Shot-Akovich Claude Debussy - Claude Deeee-pussy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Nikolai Rimsky-Kuhhrrsuck-off Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Modest Pet-yo-fish Must-org-ski Camille Saint-Saëns - Camille Saint-Seals Antonìn Dvoràk - Antonion Dora-quacky Franz Schubert - France Sherbert Robert Alexander Schumann - Robert Alexander Schumann (wow) Isaac Albeniz - I-suck Al-pins