Go Deep Throat An Oboe

Megan. I play the oboe and I post about it.

[godeepthroatanoboe]

Oboe: the perfect blend between a strangled duck and America's economy

[amyguarino]

Screw you, Mozart.

[valeroyeaux]

Which American Composer should you fight?

John Philip Sousa: Will you win? Probably not. He was in the marines, so he’ll probably kick your ass. But do it. Punch John Philip Sousa in the face. For all of us. I will pay you to fight Sousa.

George Gershwin: You could probably win this fight, but what will it accomplish? Nothing. He’ll just cry and you’ll hate yourself for making him cry.

Leonard Bernstein: Are you kidding? Have you ever watched Lenny conduct? Have you seen his music and time signature changes? He’ll kick your ass.

Aaron Copland: DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT FIGHT AARON COPLAND. HE IS SIX FEET OF PURE, CONCENTRATED ANGER. AARON COPLAND WILL DESTROY YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU LOVE.

John Cage: Fight John Cage. Just do it. You know you want to after that 4'33 bullshit. Use your rage to fuel you and you will win. Just remember: people buy sheet music for 4'33.

John Williams: Don’t fight John Williams. He will crush you with his massive amounts of money. You will die, suffocating under the checks for Hedwig’s Theme and The Imperial March.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: You will definitely win this fight. No one really knows who he is, but fight him. There is no chance you will lose

Eric Whitacre: ABORT MISSION. I’m like 80% convinced that Eric Whitacre is some sort of God incarnate and you don’t want to incur his wrath.

Charles Ives: Do not fight Charles Ives. He is a precious cinnamon roll, too good for this world. Too pure. Just let him continue writing his weird music. He hurts no one.

[babashookethed]

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[obohemia]

Originally posted March, 2008

[lumosnox934]

[classical-crap]

leave the name of your instrument in the tags!

okay tumblr I need you to help me with an experiment

my hypothesis is that musicians give their instruments really terrible names and I need to know how accurate this is

please help me

for science

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

Happy Valentines day! :D 

[galaxies-of-apple-trees]

“Gimme an A!” “Gimme an A!” “Gimme an A!” The oboist refuses to give an A. The orchestra cannot tune.

[bae-ssoon]

horror movie where you’re sent smashed reeds and a ransom note saying that if you don’t practise, your best reed won’t survive the night

[gestopft-deactivated20200103]

is this what the kids are listening to these days?

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

Musical nightmare!!

The other night I had a nightmare that I was going to play a concerto with an orchestra and on the day on the concert I realized that I forgot to practice the fast part of the concerto…. So I started to look through the music wondering if I could sightread and it was impossible. I panicked like crazy and ran to the conductor but couldn’t think of an excuse, I couldn’t just say ‘I forgot to practice the difficult part of the concerto because I wanted to focus more on my tone in the slow part….’’  Anyway this post is longer that I thought it would so long story short the anxiety was unbearable and I was SO HAPPY to wake up!!!  

Anyone else had any scary musical dreams? Please share them with me!! 

[godeepthroatanoboe]

So before he retired, our high school's band director was the most feared/respected teacher in the district, and I was terrified of him. Last year I really wanted to be the woodwind captain, like I was so hyperfocused on proving myself in marching band and wind ensemble it was unhealthy. My legit biggest fear was him being disappointed in me. Like it was so bad that I had two nightmares that he was disappointed in me and I legit woke up crying.

[just-oboe-things]

[thingsmymusicprofessorssay-blog]

Oboes, I want to see blood. Mouth blood.

Our orchestra conductor on 4 measures of triple-tounging in the finale of The Firebird (via thingsmymusicprofessorssay)

[basicallycarolburnett]

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

Quiz of the day: what instrument is this? ;)

[dennisbrain]

an oboe, right???????????????

[official-mellophone]

Close enough

[theclosetpianist-deactivated202]

Please guys come one let’s be serious. That’s obviously a tuba

[jaseonn]

dont be stupid, this is a trombone

[pianistical]

guys i play it i should know. this is CLEARLY a double bass

[hexaviolet]

no it’s a cannon

[pianistedujour]

this clearly is a timpani, I have no idea what all of you are on about.

[confessions-of-a-cellist]

thats a bassoon you complete imbeciles

[panic-at-the-band-room-blog]

you baffoons it’s clearly a marimba

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

Hahaha I wasn’t expecting so many creative answers! It’s an Italian piccolo which goes down to a C ! 19th century :) looks so beautiful and I’m curious to know how it sounds!

[nargalsofthesoul]

No you insufferable butthole fiddlers, it’s a kazoo.

[confessions-of-a-cellist]

Insufferable butthole fiddlers

[instrumentastrology]

have none of you ever seen mayonnaise before

[sleepless-sincerity]

You know you’re an oboe player when you have a vague and strangely traumatic dream about not being able to tune the orchestra properly because your reed is suddenly playing an entire semitone sharp.

[godeepthroatanoboe]

When that wasn't a dream; it was the last concert you played at