Simple Little Band Things

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[simplelittlebandthings]

Band instruments as things I've heard them say

Piccolo: .... (I don't think I've ever heard them speak. Thinks they're better than everyone and doesn't talk to other band kids)

Flute: guess what 'band director' said about 'piccolo'

Oboe: *quietly playing a solo, very concentrated*

Bassoon: *squeak*

Clarinet: we're gonna play those two notes ff instead of p so it sounds like 'DOOT DOOT' wanna help

Bass clarinet: I don't think I play here

Alto saxophone: I can fit my whole mouthpiece down my throat I'll show you

Tenor saxophone: we either play 4 half notes the entire song...or constant 32nd notes....I don't understand

Bari saxophone: so do I do sectionals with the trombones, or...?

Trombones: *screams into instrument*

Tuba: why am I even here

French horn: (secluded, doesn't speak much. Very put together. Know what they're doing)

Trumpet: *clearly plays wrong note* that wasn't me

Percussion: *screaming* RATCHET SUPREMACY

[simplelittlebandthings]

Non-music major: Yeah school has been pretty tough lately, I-

Music Major: HA! 😂 Tough? 😤 Try practicing 🎤🎷🎺🎸🎻 20 2️⃣0️⃣ hours a day PLUS ➕ taking 🎼 MUSIC THEORY 🎼 You think your "classes" 📓📔📒📚 are HARD? 😥 Try being a 🎼MUSIC MAJOR🎼 for a day ⚰️😈

[haha-i-need-to-study-deactivate]

Do trumpet players naturally have an ego before playing trumpet, or does always having the main melody of a song give trumpetists their ego?

[official-saxoboist]

Choosing an instrument is like choosing a wand in Harry Potter. The ego is drawn to the trumpet and the trumpet draws out the ego.

[averagefairy]

honestly you know why people centuries ago were so extra in the way they spoke and so dramatic it’s because they were listening to classical music. go turn on some johann sebastian bach and tell me you don’t suddenly feel like composing a hand written love letter to your dearest annabelle and using the word melancholy

[sopranoandthealtoclef]

*me at my senior voice recital*

Hello and today I will be singing Flight of the Bumblebee for you

[hothautbois]

but it’s pretty

[take-me-to-your-lieder-deactiva]

Classical Music Explained

Symphony

Opera

Lieder

Fantasia

Toccata

Chorale

[ovadrive]

[mormonfacts-deactivated20190208]

[fluffmugger]

every time I see this my grip on sanity gets just that little bit slimmer

[friendlyfrankenstein]

Shshshshshshshs. Let it take you.

[liminalwoman]

probably in my top 5 post Ive ever seen

[liminalwoman]

I fucking love this post

[deactivated-blog]

If you guys don’t know what this song is

[cuteclarinet]

Distracted classical musician culture is browsing social media during practice with the metronome still going

[drumcorpshero]

2014 Blue Devils “Felliniesque” Chorale.

[drumcorpshero]

2003 The Cavaliers “Spin Cycle” Opener.

[drumcorpshero]

2014 Carolina Crown “Major Tom”.

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[fuckyeahorchestra]

REBLOG IF YOU ARE A MUSICIAN

Let’s see how big the army is.

[toperformisart]

Practice and Perform

Practice like you’ve never won. Perform like you’ve never lost.

[instrumentastrology]

Tips to make yourself practice more

-listen to small humans who are far superior to you -leave your instrument out so it can stare into your soul and feed on your guilt -superglue your instrument to your hand

[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

[violapianolife-blog]

When you flub your entry but still manage to recover

[itsaviolathing]

When someone else flubs their entrance

[violapianolife-blog]

When you have your entry clearly marked with a neon highlighter and you still mess it up

[itsaviolathing]

When you finally get that entry you always mess up

[violapianolife-blog]

When everybody messes it up except you

[itsaviolathing]

When you mess up but no one notices 

[violapianolife-blog]

When the conductor stops everyone because you messed it up

[itsaviolathing]

When the conductor stops everyone because one person messed up

[violapianolife-blog]

When you miss your entry but the conductor doesn’t stop

[itsaviolathing]

When you forget to count rests and lose your place in the music

[violapianolife-blog]

When the second violins keep messing up the same part for 20 minutes

[itsaviolathing]

When people obviously haven’t looked at their part before the rehearsal

[violapianolife-blog]

When everybody acts like they practiced it but they bomb the rehearsal

[itsaviolathing]

When someone says they practised it but you know they haven’t

[violapianolife-blog]

When you go to turn the page but crash your scroll into the stand, drop the music, and stab your partner with your bow

[itsaviolathing]

When you do that in a super quiet part of the piece and so everyone notices (bonus points if it’s in a concert)

[violapianolife-blog]

When your shoulder rest falls off for the 5th time in a single rehearsal

[itsaviolathing]

When your bow hasn’t got enough rosin so it’s just sliding everywhere