(Not) Official Violin

The ultimate screech instrument. (follows from acciosherlocksviolin)

[a-multi-instrumental-disaster]

Have you ever noticed how orchestra people always instinctively protect harp players?

[musictheoryaugmented]

Tristan uno is old

[violaboss]

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

[howtomusicmajor]

Worst Things to Hear From a Practice room

“Reed knives shouldn’t go there.”

“OW.”

*sound of an exploding piano*

R-rated noises.

The sound of a double-bass string breaking.

The sound of a double-bass breaking.

Clarinets squeaking.

The hollow doomp noise and clatter of a flute falling off of a music stand.

Tearing noises coming from the percussion room.

Someone “preparing” a Steinway to perform a John Cage piece.

Crying.

Three separate people, in three separate rooms, all practicing the same Piano Skills piece, at three separate tempos.

The above, only with Aural Skills vocal pieces instead.

An alto attempting that high C.

A tenor attempting that high C.

A piccolo cruising past that high C and ascending into the stratosphere.

Snoring.

Heart and Soul.

Someone playing a piece you’ve already spent a semester working on, but doing it better.

“I spilled my coffee!”

“…ON THE PIANO!!”

Chopsticks.

Complete and utter silence.

[mendelssohn-kin]

[mirlosonata]

Sometimes I listen to Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and kind of tear up, because out of everything he wrote he genuinely believed that he did a good job with that composition. The whole piece radiates love, beauty, and warmth and I’d like to think that he was in a good place when he wrote it.

[sforzinda]

Nothing to be Frightened of, Julian Barnes

[youknowyoureabandgeek]

Here at the school of music, we don’t cram for midterms or finals, we cram for our lessons ever week..

[classical-crap]

music major culture is standing outside your friend’s practice room holding a menacing face for five minutes and waiting for them to notice

[flutesncurls]

Welcome to music school

Where tendonitis seems to be more infectious than the common cold

[mendelssohn-kin]

my friend: idk, shostakovich isn’t that good

me: Sir That’s My Emotional Support Composer

[8th-note-boulevard]

What’s one thing you would’ve told your younger self about playing music?

[flutejesus]

“the harder you go, the happier you’ll be”

[drumline-jesus]

“Nobody will know you messed up if you don’t say “fuck” on stage.“

[saxophonejesus]

“when in doubt claim it’s jazz”

[mendelssohn-kin]

[would-ya-look-at-that]

A PSA:

I don’t know where the misconceived notion that classical musicians are boring comes from. Like, classical musicians are some of the wildest people I know. They’re also the most interesting, by far! And they have a great sense of style. And are generally a gift to the universe.

Go hug your local classical musician and thank them for being the splendid unicorn that they are.

[classical-crap]

Tip from someone who just finished a music degree: don’t focus on the number of hours you spend in the practice room. Instead, focus on the quality of work you’re doing. I had friends who would spend 3 hours every single day in a practice room and always hovered around the middle of the pack, and I have friends who’d spend 3 hours over the course of an entire week and rose to the top. It’s about efficiency, not quantity of hours. And as long as you’re succeeding, it shouldn’t matter to a teacher

my violin teacher actually talked to me about this and her explanation was that people just learn at different rates. some people can get away with hardly practicing and still do well on their instrument, and others need to the consistent 4 hours a day just to stay afloat in music school. she explained it more as the amount of time it takes someone to learn rather than efficiency of practice

[classical-crap]

life in a music major dorm

the posters, of which there is at least one on every floor of the dorm: no playing instruments between the hours of 8:00 PM and 10:00 AM

vocalists at midnight: ♫ ♫ the RUUUULLLLEEEESSSS DOOOONNN’T APPLYYYYYY TOOOOOO meeeeEEEEEEEEE ♫ ♫

[delicatebirdbouquetsworld]

[worldfastcararchived]

that boys got music in his soul