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WHOSE MAKING THESE

Always reblog when I see this video

and people say the baroque times weren’t fun. it was lit af back then. bach was turnt

egg

the music really adds to the plot

this is literally so stupid I’m cackling

Totality Today: The epic Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 was beyond words today about 1140 Mountain Daylight Time, northeast of Shoshone, Wyoming

by riverwindphotography, August 21, 2017

Pupper Symphony Orchestra

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Reblog if you’d see them in concert

theres literally 4 trumpets out of like 41

I didn’t wanna say anything… but I agree that this is far better than having 41 trumpets out of 50 band members

I kid, I kid, the ratio is far worse

all I see is altos. where the tenors and baris 

where are the trombones… there’s like no brass players 

also, there aren’t usally saxophones in an orchestra so it kinda just an ensemble 

Did you know Adolphe Sax invented another family of instruments still in use, the saxhorns! For example, baritones and fugelhorns. I JUST LEARNED THIS

I knew something like that

*breathing heavily* I NEVER KNEW

What the fuck yall they literally don’t have a trombone, tenor sax, or bari sax emoji are yall like dense or smth

I’ve discovered that the dorm stairwell is a fun place to play music (at University of Southern California)

Borrowing my teacher Michele Zukovsky’s replica classical-era clarinet for a few days. It’s… different (at USC Thornton School of Music)

@anastrophilesworld asked: “What do you like (or dislike) about this clarinet versus the modern one?”

Something about this instrument allows for really natural phrasing of music by composers like Mozart, Beethoven, and others of that time period.  Between the particular sound it gets (sort of smaller, sweeter, more lyrical), and the different blowing resistance, the phrase shapes are created much more naturally.

Playing it feels really different.  Because of the different bore and mouthpieces, you use faster air and way less embouchure pressure than modern clarinet, at least with the setup I’m using.

Also, since there are very few keys, the fingerings get weird.  Playing outside of C major and closely related keys (F, G, A minor, D minor, etc.) is difficult and the intonation gets progressively worse as you have to start using cross fingerings to achieve certain notes.  Also the intonation and evenness of tone in general are pretty bad — the throat tones and upper 2nd register go very sharp, and the lowest notes are boxy and flat.

The classical clarinet is also pitched at around A430, so although this is a Bb clarinet, it’s lower in pitch than a modern instrument.

The modern clarinet is more flexible, the sound is much bigger, and it has many more keys so playing chromatically is no problem.  It’s a more versatile instrument capable of greater virtuosity and playing in different styles.  But I think playing the older clarinet can inform us of how music from that era would have sounded originally, and then you can transfer that to modern clarinet.

Maybe sometime I’ll do a comparison video between the two.

this is really cool, the tone is a bit more similar to an oboe than a modern clarinet imo

Fingerings are more similar to oboe too.  It has a forked F (which can also be played with a sliver key, like on oboe.)

More “stairwell Bach” from the 8th floor. I also tried putting the phone on the 1st floor thinking it would sound cool, but it was just a muddy reverb-y mess.

“So how’s life working out for you?”

“hellroo” ???

Killed it 🎵🎵🎵 IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamezinma/

Oh shit she bodied it

Troix Gymnopedies, No.2 - Lent Et Triste In C Major

By Composer Erik Satie

Pascal Roge, Pianist

Artwork : “Camille Monet On A Garden Bench” (1873) By Artist Claude Monet. Oil On Canvas.

@bbdiminished because i know you love some nice piano..

Troix Gymnopedies, No.2 - Lent Et Triste In C Major

By Composer Erik Satie

Pascal Roge, Pianist

Artwork : “Camille Monet On A Garden Bench” (1873) By Artist Claude Monet. Oil On Canvas.

When you can’t do anything with your hands except play your instrument. #musicianproblems

this is my unwashed super nasty mudi who’s curls have been and could b better 👀…explain urself…dusty onion…