#dorkestra

[galway-bae]

I don’t want to talk too much shit about brahms bc he seems harmless compared to, say, tchaikovsky, but where the fuck does he get off making the cello part for his academic festival overture Like That. fuck off johannes. 

[purplepintobean-blog]

A new way to do orchestral score studying:

Turn on the metronome and record yourself screaming one instrument’s line. Then make separate recordings of yourself screaming the other instruments’ lines at the same section and layering them on top of each other. Now you have a whole chunk of score in your head and in your phone for future reference. It’s quite innovative and it’s proven to make you a better musician/director.

[purplepintobean-blog]

A Classical Musician Vs. Siri: A short, true story

I was driving myself to orchestra rehearsal, and I wanted to listen to the piece we’re rehearsing: the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Mind you, Mahler’s SECOND Symphony is EXTREMELY dramatic and funereal, nothing cheery about it whatsoever. So I ask Siri “Play Mahler Symphony Number 2” “Sorry, cannot find Mueller Symphony To” she sneers.

After too many attempts, she FINALLY gets it and says “Playing Mahler Symphony! :D” But instead of the dark, heavy symphony I wanted to hear, THIS comes on (with perfect comedic timing).

My frustrated screaming while Siri taunts me with this jaunty sarcastic little dance is probably the highlight of my week.

“TRY ME, SIRI. TRY ME.”

[galway-bae]

orchestra discord rapidly descends into madness, more at 11

[marchment]

Tonight I just noticed that I hold my toothbrush while brushing like my violin bow hold. I don't know how I've gone almost twenty years and not noticed that before, but thats kinda fucking neat and makes me sort of want to pick up my violin again. I wonder how many other string players do this too.

[galway-bae]

The Signs As Things My Conductor Has Said

(to be read in a thick italian accent)

aries: I want you to play like you're tripping on LSD

taurus: you gotta take your bow and SHOVE IT UP THERE

gemini: (shouting across the orchestra to the timpani) YOU BETRAYED ME!!

cancer: the spanish are even more melodramatic than the italians. little known fact, but I'm telling you, they're crazier than us.

leo: we're going to change the music because bizet is dead and we can do whatever we want

virgo: I got my hair cut and it doesn't stick up anymore. I almost couldn't go out in public.

libra: well singers aren't real musicians but we can pretend

scorpio: violins, when you come in on that D, it's too tentative. I want a nice thick D.

sagittarius: SHOW ME THE D

capricorn: please subdivide before I start crying

aquarius: play like you're singing in the shower

pisces: please like us on facebook. please.

[galway-bae]

Orchestra in a nutshell, with input from @falloutcipher (my source for violin 1 shenanigans and objective views on the cello section)

[galway-bae]

Drew a matching First Violin floaty thing to go with Cello, also posting Cello on here. Both are transparent!