DSCH al Coda

a violist's classical music blog

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*sight reads difficult piece and it doesn’t sound perfect the first time through*

Me: well obviously this is a lost cause

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When I cross to a new string: new string who dis??

[annoyingaltosaxophone]

Me, practicing a piece: this isn’t going too well today maybe I should just practice some etudes so I’ll still be productive

Me, practicing etudes: this isn’t going too well so I guess I’ll just practice some scales instead

Me, practicing scales: this isn’t going too well maybe I’ll just practice my piece instead

[jabberwock-ji]

The struggles of a violist

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*entire brass section is missing at the end of opera rehearsal break*

Director: “Where’s Mu Phi Alpha?”

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Whenever I see a key with 3 flats, I just add one more in for safe measure.

[classical-crap]

anatomy of a music history book

bach :)

haydn

mOzart

BEETHOVEN BEETHOVENBEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN beEEFFFOVEN BBEEETHIVE BEETHOVENBEETHOVEN Beetgoven BEETHOVEN BEETHOVENBEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN beEEFFFOVEN BBEEETHIVE BEETHOVENBEETHOVEN Beetgoven BBBBBAEEETHOVEN MMMMMYESSSSS

tchaikbrahms

schoenberg

*oh,? and music outside of europe existed

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Why do old white men sometimes write full-blown program notes in the youtube comment section for classical music videos??

[feministism]

[cockyhorror]

I know this makes an important statement about society but is NO ONE gonna talk about my girls wig

[talleyrandsghost]

Jacques-André Portail (1695-1759) Concert

[catchingtearsinrain]

The Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris. Home of The Phantom of the Opera.

[contrabombarde32]

Things heard/seen in the music building this week:

1) a harmonica playing happy birthday in a minor key 2) someone playing 8-bitted versions of the Bach trio sonatas on their iPad 3) a piano major swearing at their instrument in a practice room for a solid 30 mins 4) two graduate organ majors doing a pedal duet on the theme of “The Pink Panther” for studio class 5) two violinists asleep on the music building couches (pillows and blankets included) for a solid 8 hours 6) two guys getting into a fight (like, almost a fistfight) over counterpoint 7) a conductor yelling “WHERE ARE ALL OF MY COMMUNISTS AT???” 

8) the recorder ensemble.

[yes-im-a-simple-man]

When the conductor has been talking to a different section for 30000000 years and you’re just there like

[8th-note-boulevard]

Symphony music in a nutshell. Gotta love those 60+ measure rests •Brasshole• https://ift.tt/2vtOVAl

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[that-twink-composer]

Musician: umm…what’s with the giant hammer, Gustav?

Mahler: *at the performance of the sixth symphony*

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tfw your conductor tells your assistant principal that there is something in his hair, and when the guy tries brushing the “thing” out of his hair, it turns out to be a moth, which flies behind him and hits you directly in the face and then the whole orchestra laughs at you