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the humble eighth note

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do u ever get emotional about the fact that tchaikovsky, a gay man, wrote his Romeo and Juliet overture for his brother and his brother’s gay lover bc I sure as hell do

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I hate french horn (<- loves french horn so much)

look at this source of endless frustration

"oh it's cool and swirly" WRONG

those swirls are like a dang maze because god forbid you wan to get the spit out of instrument hope your prayed to the french horn in the sky cause sometimes the spit comes out right away and sometimes it's like playing hide and go seek with your instrument

also also also

composers why why why am i resting for 50 MEASURES. only to come in and play off-beats for the next eternity. please i am on my hands and knees begging if i have to play just off-beats again i am going to lose it. This is a callout post for marches

OH AND THE BEST PART ITS NOT EVEN FRENCH.

THAT'S RIGHT THIS IS A GERMAN INSTRUMENT. BUT NO IT"S CALLED FRENCH HORN BECUASE WHY WOULD ANYTHING MAKE SENSE WITH THIS SWRILY ABOMINATION

this instrument has years off my life

its my favorite instrument

it's also going to be the death of me :D

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Happiness is a french horn

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dropped by my high school to give my younger brother his mello and he'd told me to wave to him in the theater but the band director saw me before my brother did and was like "come on down come on in" and I was like "oh I just have elliots horn" and he was like "omg I didn't recognize you" I pass as a freshman still whadda hell

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You do like tumpet? 🎺! bwaaa!

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2014’s collection of band valentines

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who else up lowkey missing marching band 😭😭😭

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This is the oldest piece of music known to humankind. It’s engraved in cuneiform on a tablet from 1400 BC. And it was a hymn to their goddess Nikkal.

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That’s SO cool to see it explained

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it's so beethover / we're so bach

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inktober day 8: toad

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If you answered ‘kind of/maybe’ I wanna hear why! Feel free to elaborate regardless though!

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this poll again but more thorough. if you play multiple instruments choose the one you're best at / like most / play most often. (example instruments are including but not limited to)

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