Oboe Angst

Musings of an angsty oboist. (Is there any other kind?)

[oboeangst]

Sale in my etsy shop! Now is a great time to stock up on thread! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ReedsByStephanie

[violapianolife-blog]

When your section leader makes a wrong entrance

[itsaviolathing]

When you’re the section leader

[violapianolife-blog]

When the whole section comes in wrong

[itsaviolathing]

When the conductor brings you in wrong

[shitty-composers-notes]

this could be sO MUCH SIMPLER JUST WRITE THE TEMPO

[official-saxoboist]

Oboe Problems

People asking why it’s in your armpit.

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

my teacher - part 2

[8th-note-boulevard]

-#XG

[oboeangst]

every musician before taking a music aesthetic picture: right gotta find the most difficult looking page of this sheet music

[kylostantrums]

[thank-you-everyone-deactivated2]

why is Spring by Vivaldi still such a fucking banger?

[amiibo-archive-deactivated20170]

DON’T CALL IT THAT

[thank-you-everyone-deactivated2]

it just slaps.

[amiibo-archive-deactivated20170]

DON’T SAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thank-you-everyone-deactivated2]

you think people weren’t sitting there fanning themselves in old Italy trying not to nut in their leggings listening to that shit when it first dropped???

[didntactuallydelete-deactivated]

what in syncopation

[oboeangst]

all you need to know about the evolution of harmony

1500s: yikes is that a fourth? it's so dissonant!! yuck!

1900s: how many tritones can i fit in one chord

[mendely]

Same, Franz, same @franzschubert-official @official-franzschubert

[franzschubert-official]

Relatable composers

[bookofoctober-deactivated201908]

The Cleveland Orchestra, showing us it it’s not only okay to dress up for Halloween at work, it’s awesome

[oboeangst]

some stagehand probably: mr. tchaikovsky sir we cant actually hit the drum this hard it will break the instrument

potyr ilyich tchaikovsky, wheeling a cannon into the theater: does it look like i give a fuck, johann

[just-oboe-things]

[crazymusicianpoop]

That feeling when someone asks what an oboe is and you have to start with: “well, it looks like a clarinet”

[crazymusicianpoop]

When you thought you totally obliterated your reed but your teacher makes it work