a day in the life of a violist

daily problems of being one of the many violists in the world.

[depsidase]

[nylarac]

[girlballs-archive]

its hurding absolute gurdy

[afeelgoodblog]

Never get discouraged when chasing your dreams.

[vivienne-faustina]

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[hamletthedane]

Best part is the background commentary from the other seventh graders:

Student 1: How does he do that???

Student 2, in a bored tone: he’s gay, he can do anything 🙄

[jaskaliina]

man this is so funny

[timotey]

(Source)

A chance meeting of Julien Cohen and the 10-year-old prodigy Yeonah Kim at an airport. Magic happens.

[only-tiktoks]

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[bardotinblue]

Red Orchestra (Le concert rouge)

Raoul Dufy 

1946-49

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[modogoblin]

him looking the audience straight in the eyes

i live

[cannibalchicken]

[bearslime]

Some updated refs+expression sheet of my conductor OC, Quave!

[littlebluebarista]

alright girls, favorite time signature

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i don't know what any of these numbers mean/see results

Voting ended onMay 9, 2023

[dailydankmeme]

I spent my two-hour layover mourning the two halves of my Ovation. Help me save others from the same fate!

[travislatrine]

SIGNAL BOOST. I honestly didn’t know this.

[cameoappearance]

#my dad - a professional musician - has many horror stories from people who didn’t know this and had their guitars totally wrecked on planes #advice duck

[coasttocoastlikebutteredtoast]

The More You Know.

[unclebeanbag]

I did not know this

[animar-seal-of-elephants]

This goes for violins and any other stringed instrument as well

[unfriendlybat]

ID:

Actual advice mallard with top and bottom text reading: if you take your guitar on an airplane De-tune the strings so the pressure change doesn’t snap the neck in half

End ID.

[winter-thebearded-deactivated20]

when you’re on a plane, you have to set your guitar to nu-metal mode

[the-haiku-bot]

when you’re on a plane,

you have to set your guitar

to nu-metal mode

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[violaproblems]

music urls for grabs!

last year i horded a bunch of music urls and i wanted to see if anyone here wanted to use them? these are what i have: @violasection @theviolasection @violinsection @theviolinsection @fucksolfege @bassoonproblems @bittersweetconcerto @longlivebohiema please send me a message or ask if you want one!

[violaproblems]

i cant edit the original post bc im on mobile but fucksolfege is taken!

[violaproblems]

bassoonproblems and longlivebohiema are gone! any violinists want the violin themed ones?

[violaproblems]

take these from me!!!!! send a dm if you want @violinsection or @theviolinsection

[violaproblems]

hi i came back from twitter and now im a general music teacher and orchestra teacher

[violaproblems]

orchestral relationship dynamics that i like

-when the 1st violins and cellos have a lyrical melody together (you know…with the cellos shifted up) -the boom - chick rhythms between 2nd violins and violas (and basses too!) -when viola and cello sections have a melody feature!! -the knowing stare of everyone in the orchestra when in rehearsal the conductor has to work with only the 1st violins -when 1st and 2nd violins have similar melody parts but the 2nds are rocking a cool sounding harmony -the viola, cello, and bass section when they have rhythmic parts that interact with each other

[tempo--tantrums-deactivated2017]

YES

also 

- strings vs woodwind and brass (when they take turns, like question and answer)

- percussion and one solo instrument yass

- when the violas are literally the only ones doing their cool little things… and you can hear it over everyone else because it’s that awesome

[official-contrabassoon]

I raise you

-STRINGS VS WOODWINDS VS BRASS - when there’s a bassoon melody and the clarinets play background -High strings supporting low strings instead of vice versa -when the strings play pizz and a wind gets the melody - strings playing runs and then BRASS OR LOW STRINGS PLAYS A SLOWER MELODY ON TOP -when a section is being featured and another section just CRASHES IN LIKE HEY I EXIST

[augmentedflutes-blog]

yEs-adding a few personal faves if that’s ok -when the cellos have the tune and the violins answer -when flutes have little ornamental twiddly bits -when the brass suddenly come blasting out -wheb the french horn gets a solo -pizzicato in any form tbh -when the flutes and clarinets are kind of duetting with eachother -when you can hear the viola doing their cool viola stuff -when your conductor really gets into it -when your orchestra feels like a family (not in like a sappy way in a you know everyone and how they play their instrument? i don’t know i’m terrible at explaining lmao)

[shostagroovich]

FOUND THE POST IM SO HAPPY

[violaproblems]

hi everyone- im in my 4th year of college in my journey to get my music ed degree with hopefully one more to go. while my account seems dead, it's mostly because im always busy with school and work. happy practicing this school year!!