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I'm here not being real too

can i join the music deity squad?? i swear i have something to do with band

Absolutely

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blue juice: forbidden drink

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I mean I literally asked for a plunger for my birthday..

@ trumpets:

can you use an apple as a mute and could you post a video of the experiment? I need it for intellectual purposes

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Shosty baby Slip a symph'ny under the tree For me Been practicing all year long Shosty baby So hurry down the piano tonight

that’s actually top notch

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a low e? learn to play pedal notes, they make my head vibrate so much I can't see the music (and they sound incredible when they're really loud)

What would the Death Note of music be for you? Trombone's definitely a low E

i just. i have no idea what this means

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Shosty the snowman

Was an oppressed Russian soul

With some music scores and a hatred for

Stalin killing rock n’ roll

Down to Leningrad

With a symphony in his hand

Running here and there all around the square

Saying “catch me if you can!”

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such beauty

an adventure in face distortion part 1

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you know it's concert season when you don't remember what it's like to have a lie in

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Reasons Your Music Major is Crying

Their reed broke.

They forgot to eat this morning.

Bach.

They have an audition soon.

Their favorite practice room was taken.

They realized they haven’t seen the sun in two weeks.

They saw a dog when they looked out their teacher’s window.

They’re awake.

They’ve been awake for 18 hours and rehearsal isn’t over.

They got a lower chair than they wanted.

They got a higher chair than they were prepared for.

They just had an audition.

Messiaen.

They remembered the Katzenklavier existed.

They have to memorize Gregorian chant.

Their teacher scolded them.

Their teacher complimented them.

They were asked to perform ‘for exposure.’

Someone asked what they planned to do after graduation.

They heard an Otamatone.

They ran out of caffeine.

Their department’s funding was cut. Again.

They are currently auditioning.

They had to choose between performing one concert or performing a different concert.

Wagner. (The asshole.)

The price of Young Artist Programs.

The price of YAP applications.

Someone put their flute on a music stand.

Their mute fell out on stage.

Their teacher is retiring.

Their favorite performer tweeted back at them.

Someone PAID THEM TO PERFORM.

They finally hit that note.

They can finally go to sleep.

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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!

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MUSICAL NOTATION, AS DESCRIBED BY CATS

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especially in orchestras or larger ensembles, the sound blends together from the perspective of the audience, so don't worry if you didn't sound your best in a performance.

For you musicians out there who are frustrated with a performance: you sound different from the audience than from your perspective on stage. YOU SOUND DIFFERENT FROM THE AUDIENCE THAN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE STAGE. You are getting the raw version of your playing. while you should work on making that as good as you can, don’t feel bad after a performance because your tone wasn’t great or you messed up that one spot. I guarantee it sounded different from the audience perspective than from right in your face. So chin up, keep practicing, and know that you still gave a beautifully unique performance that is entirely yours.

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at an orchestra concert where people don't know concert etiquette

orchestra: *finishes movement*

me: hoe don't do it

audience: *claps*

me: oh my god

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beautiful

Mechanical Violins

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Shit People Say ‘Bout You: Composer Edition

(lots of people had shit to say about Wagner) 

Composers | US Presidents | Artists | Writers

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