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the official blog of altos

[mycreativename]

look. here’s the thing. star wars is not for the critics. it’s not oscar bait. it never has and it never will be. star wars is not about being the best subtle and artful pretentious cinematic statement. star wars is about cool scenes in space, characters you love, worldbuilding, mixed results of experiments with film technology, adorable comic relief characters, saving the galaxy, debating fan theories at parties, and intergenerational nostalgia. it’s going to have cheesy elements. it has its own set of genre rules that it’s bound to and can only be unpredictable within those limits. the ONLY thing about it that is truly transcendent art on its own is, obviously, the music. sorry rotten tomatoes I can’t hear you over the sound of john williams’ latest variations on the imperial march, call me back later

[mycreativename]

we call it space opera unironically because literally the only thing that would make star wars more like opera back in the day is if you could talk in the theater and demand to replay your favorite scenes

[mendelssohn-kin]

[official-alto]

im so delirious i found this on facebook and read it as yeet and now this is the funniest thing in my life

i can’t play this,, YEET

[biglawbear]

I can’t play this piano

YEET

[mathemusicianiam]

I also read this as “YEET” and now I can’t stop laughing

[papabach]

If any of you kindlein yeet your pianos I will rise from my grave, drag my dead bones to your home and yeet YOU

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

It’s easy to complain modern music has gotten too vulgar but then I remember that 1782 Mozart wrote a canon called “lick me in the ass” so maybe we’ve already been freaks.

[soyouwanttoplaytheflute]

my teacher - part 2

[thelostdivine]

Far too many notes for my taste

[lilabard]

reblog and put in the tags what your total number of notes across all original posts are from this site. it also gives you your top 9 posts.

[insecuredragon]

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW

THIS IS A TRUMPET

THIS IS A TROMBONE

THIS IS A TUBA

AND THIS IS A FRENCH HORN

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

[jackadittyditty]

You mean trumpet

Slidey Trumpet

Big ass trumpet

Drunk Trumpet

[insecuredragon]

I’M GONNA PUNCH YOU

[random-homestuck-things]

My sides

[mosaicabstract]

AT LEAST YOUR INSTRUMENTS LOOK DIFFERENT 

[mrchrismad]

those are some fancy guitars

[thepantaloons-deactivated201609]

EXCUSE YOU THAT IS A BASS, A VIOLIN, A FIDDLE, AND A VIOLA

[charlesoberonn]

Those are big mama violin and her little violings

[cannedcream]

String trumpets.

[goddammityouscrewedupagain-blog]

THATS NOT A BASS YOU DICK THATS A CELLO GET UR FUCKIN STRING INSTRUMENTS RIGHT JFC

[spacememepng]

things heating up in the orchestra fandom

[xxhorsmaxx-deactivated20260511]

I know what a trumpet is I play one

[lemon-catto-deactivated20200427]

Time to reblog this and give my friends a stroke

[funkiidoinkz-deactivated2020072]

Being a past trumpet player and now a French horn this post makes me very angery

[mystic-quartelz-deactivated2019]

I tap keys

[zzoupz]

But hey what about

[h-cand-deactivated20210530]

Wow… Those are really strange trumpets, where did you get them from?

[faustandfurious]

What about this six-string viola I found?

[verycorrectlotr]

acoustic trumpet

[faustandfurious]

#m gonna punch you

Violins is never the solution

[thats-over-85-decibels-deactiva]

Some of y’all have never felt the stress of being one of the only two people in your section who actually plays out and it shows

[dadwhosagirl]

I was forced to be second chair once and it was terrifying

[maes-music]

some of y’all have never felt the stress of being the only person in your section and it shows

[thelostdivine]

@maes-music I feel that on a spiritual level

[melodramaticsoprano]

So I got called into jury duty…

And I was put in the seat instantly, of course. I said, “your honor, I can’t be a juror on a two week trial, I have opera rehearsal.” And she said, “opera huh, well, sing something for us.”

And I did. In a federal court of law, in front of the judge, 75 jurors, the lawyers and the fucking DEFENDANT, I sang o mio babbino caro.

And the judge excused me.

[turbofetus]

[caitlinguine]

@districtswiftie13

[melodramaticsoprano]

YO I DIDNT EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FEDERAL COURT SO YALL CAN DOUBT ME.

[butterynutjob]

I know a lot of opera singers, and singing a full-on aria in a court room with only a hint of provocation is EXACTLY what they would do.

[hellenhighwater]

I know a lot of judges, and demanding an impromptu opera solo on a whim is also something they would do.

(And also one of the main reasons you can be excused from jury duty is economic hardship–basically, it would cause you unreasonable financial damage. If you’re a professional singer, a two week gap in your rehearsal schedule could do that for sure.)

[jackironsides]

As a muso, I absolutely believe this. I’ve got my accordion out of my carry-on and played a tune when airport security couldn’t recognise its weird mass of levers. Singers and musicians are just Like That.

[taraljc]

Accurate.

[official-alto]

im so delirious i found this on facebook and read it as yeet and now this is the funniest thing in my life

i can’t play this,, YEET

[biglawbear]

I can’t play this piano

YEET

[official-alto]

im so delirious i found this on facebook and read it as yeet and now this is the funniest thing in my life

i can't play this,, YEET

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

happy valentines day, have a romantic playlist!

[mendelssohn-kin]

[official-alto]

where are all the music meme comic sans valentines this year I need them

[mrs-chief]

Y'all need to stop saying shit like “songs with the same bpm”

Beats per minute is a unit. The word you’re looking for is tempo.

If two songs have the same tempo, their bpm are equivalent.

You wouldn’t say two people of the same height have “the same inches.” You would say height. So stop saying two songs have “the same bpm” when you can just say tempo

I’m an assistant band director don’t argue with me

[saintbaselshouse]

I have a music degree and taught for over a decade. You can say BPM or tempo it’s basically all the same. Don’t let the classical music snobs get you down

[mrs-chief]

Oh no, I made a post voicing a pet peeve of mine and suddenly I’m a “classical music snob” even though I’ve been playing baroque flute for over a decade professionally…

[saintbaselshouse]

Yeah I mean… Well there it is

[juulius-ceasar]

[secretstradivarius]

is it possible to be all of these at once

[official-alto]

thank you?? this blog was supposed to be a joke for a meme that lasted about 8 seconds but here we are in the year of our Lord 2019 so thanks for sticking around