ok, i don’t think i’ve ever related to a tweet more in my life
Semi-seriously, this is the problem with cultural elitism- not just that it shuts out works outside of its accepted canon, but it diminishes works within them. Because a lot of classical songs are good songs- but you’re not meant to listen to them as “good songs”. You’re meant to listen to them as the Greatest Works Ever Made By Human Hands That Can Only Be Understood By The Greatest Of Geniuses. And they don’t reach that standard. No work of art ever made is, was, or ever will be as good as we claim classical music is, so when they are merely very good it’s a disappointment. And with them Great Intellectual Works, we just assume we’re too dumb to get it. And no-one likes to feel stupid, so we just go with they’re elitist boring songs and that’s why we haven’t come to peace with our place in the universe after listening to Moonlight Sonata
If classical music was shown to us as just music, songs we might like or dislike just like any other, it probably wouldn’t have the stigma as boring. People who don’t like them just wouldn’t like them. But they’ve not been seen as music to just listen to in centuries. It’s no wonder no-one likes music you aren’t allow to listen to without completing a history exam to prove you deserve it.
And what makes that even worse is the fact that a lot of classical music (ie Mozart) literally was the pop music of the time. It was written to be accessible to the average listener, super easy to consume. I just hate that it’s become a mark of cultural elitism
so I play the cello and my friend plays the trombone. We were playing a duet, and he kept messing up a specific area, so we played it really slow and he still kept screwing up. I wound up giving him shit about it and he kept apologizing. We were playing a cello duet. Later, he explained that during long runs he couldn't figure out where to breath, so he just didn't. i felt bad
aww, i did something similar to that to one of my friends in band, aha. its weird to think about breath management when you don’t need to.
stories like these make me grateful that i’m a string player
ok, i don’t think i’ve ever related to a tweet more in my life
Okay, but Tchaikovsky had the biggest bass anyone could ever HOPE for. Tchaikovsky went FUCKING HARD. “Hmm, this music isn’t poppin enough, what should I do? Ah, yes, FUCKING CANNONS BITCH”
Alright buddy you inspired me to create the CLASSICAL BIG BASS POWER RANKINGS
ok, i don’t think i’ve ever related to a tweet more in my life
Semi-seriously, this is the problem with cultural elitism- not just that it shuts out works outside of its accepted canon, but it diminishes works within them. Because a lot of classical songs are good songs- but you’re not meant to listen to them as “good songs”. You’re meant to listen to them as the Greatest Works Ever Made By Human Hands That Can Only Be Understood By The Greatest Of Geniuses. And they don’t reach that standard. No work of art ever made is, was, or ever will be as good as we claim classical music is, so when they are merely very good it’s a disappointment. And with them Great Intellectual Works, we just assume we’re too dumb to get it. And no-one likes to feel stupid, so we just go with they’re elitist boring songs and that’s why we haven’t come to peace with our place in the universe after listening to Moonlight Sonata
If classical music was shown to us as just music, songs we might like or dislike just like any other, it probably wouldn’t have the stigma as boring. People who don’t like them just wouldn’t like them. But they’ve not been seen as music to just listen to in centuries. It’s no wonder no-one likes music you aren’t allow to listen to without completing a history exam to prove you deserve it.
ok, i don’t think i’ve ever related to a tweet more in my life
Okay, but Tchaikovsky had the biggest bass anyone could ever HOPE for. Tchaikovsky went FUCKING HARD. “Hmm, this music isn’t poppin enough, what should I do? Ah, yes, FUCKING CANNONS BITCH”
Alright buddy you inspired me to create the CLASSICAL BIG BASS POWER RANKINGS
you fool. i have never met a piccolo player who had genuinely bad intentions and blasted loud notes at people for no reason, unlike the whole trumpet section,
Since when are cellos considered evil????
I feel like Tuba should be in there with chaotic neutral because I sure as shit walked around with my sousaphone in high school just playing In The Hall Of The Mountain King but otherwise had fun going BWAHHHH during whole notes in class proper.
As far as voice types go:
soprano: chaotic neutral (not a read, I’m one of you so chill)
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Posted in long post, self reblog kinda, thats my thoughts exactly, this is completely true, you explained it very very well
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