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![Ubiquitous: sushinfood:
justamerplwithabox:
vivelafat:
prokopetz:
officialdeadparrot:
grellholmes:
elsajeni:
gunslingerannie:
justtkeepcalmm:
dean-and-his-pie:
fororchestra:
musicalmelody:
Fun Story: My director kept telling me and my tenor sax buddy to play softer. No matter what we did, it wasn’t soft enough for him. So getting frustrated, I told my buddy “Dont play this time. Just fake it”
Our Band Director then informed us we sounded perfect.
To my readers: “p” means quiet, “pp” means really quiet. I’ve never seen “pppp” before haha.
On the contrast, “f” means loud, and “ffff” probably means so loud you go unconscious.
I had ffff in a piece once and my conductor told me to play as loudly as physically possible without falling off my chair…
Me and my trombone buddies had “ffff” and he sat next to me and played so hard that he fell out of his chair.
The lengths we go for music.
Okay yeah so I play the bass clarinet and the amount of air you have to move and the stiffness of the reed means it only has two settings and that is loud and louder, with an optional LOUDEST that includes a 50% probability of HORRIBLE CROAKING NOISE which is the bass equivalent of the ubiquitous clarinet shriek.
One day, when I was in concert band in high school, we got a new piece handed out for the first time, and there was a strange little commotion back in the tuba section — whispering, and pointing at something in the music, and swatting at each other’s hands all shhh don’t call attention to it. And although they did attract the attention of basically everyone else in the band, they managed to avoid being noticed by the band director, who gave us a few minutes to look over our parts and then said, “All right, let’s run through it up to section A.”
And here we are, cheerfully playing along, sounding reasonably competent — but everyone, when they have the attention to spare, is keeping an eye on the tuba players. They don’t come in for the first eight measures or so, and then when they do come in, what we see is:
[stifled giggling]
[reeeeeeally deep breath]
[COLOSSAL FOGHORN NOISE]
The entire band stops dead, in the cacophonous kind of way that a band stops when it hasn’t actually been cued to stop. The band director doesn’t even say anything, just looks straight back at the tubas and makes a helpless sort of why gesture.
In unison, the tuba players defend themselves: “THERE WERE FOUR F’S.”
FFFF is not really a rational dynamic marking for any instrument, but for the love of all that is holy why would you put it in a tuba part.
This is the best band post
Everyone else go home
Oh man, so I play trombone, and we got this piece called Florentiner Marsch by Julius Fucik, and we saw this
which is 8 fortes. We were shocked until,
that is 24 fortes who the fuck does that
Who does that?
This guy. Take a good look - that is the moustache of a man with nothing to lose.
Julius IdontgivaFucik
More like Julius Fuckit
Pyrozod’s tags for this were too hilarious not to share](https://pics.conservativememes.com/sushinfood-justamerplwithabox-vivelafat-prokopetz-officialdeadparrot-grellholmes-elsajeni-gunslingerannie-justtkeepcalmm-dean-and-his-pie-69735260.png)
![Ubiquitous: HOW ABOUT
3. Pavane
Gently 76
soft mallets
PPPP
IJUST DON'T PLAY
Masic Publ
sushinfood:
justamerplwithabox:
vivelafat:
prokopetz:
officialdeadparrot:
grellholmes:
elsajeni:
gunslingerannie:
justtkeepcalmm:
dean-and-his-pie:
fororchestra:
musicalmelody:
Fun Story: My director kept telling me and my tenor sax buddy to play softer. No matter what we did, it wasn’t soft enough for him. So getting frustrated, I told my buddy “Dont play this time. Just fake it”
Our Band Director then informed us we sounded perfect.
To my readers: “p” means quiet, “pp” means really quiet. I’ve never seen “pppp” before haha.
On the contrast, “f” means loud, and “ffff” probably means so loud you go unconscious.
I had ffff in a piece once and my conductor told me to play as loudly as physically possible without falling off my chair…
Me and my trombone buddies had “ffff” and he sat next to me and played so hard that he fell out of his chair.
The lengths we go for music.
Okay yeah so I play the bass clarinet and the amount of air you have to move and the stiffness of the reed means it only has two settings and that is loud and louder, with an optional LOUDEST that includes a 50% probability of HORRIBLE CROAKING NOISE which is the bass equivalent of the ubiquitous clarinet shriek.
One day, when I was in concert band in high school, we got a new piece handed out for the first time, and there was a strange little commotion back in the tuba section — whispering, and pointing at something in the music, and swatting at each other’s hands all shhh don’t call attention to it. And although they did attract the attention of basically everyone else in the band, they managed to avoid being noticed by the band director, who gave us a few minutes to look over our parts and then said, “All right, let’s run through it up to section A.”
And here we are, cheerfully playing along, sounding reasonably competent — but everyone, when they have the attention to spare, is keeping an eye on the tuba players. They don’t come in for the first eight measures or so, and then when they do come in, what we see is:
[stifled giggling]
[reeeeeeally deep breath]
[COLOSSAL FOGHORN NOISE]
The entire band stops dead, in the cacophonous kind of way that a band stops when it hasn’t actually been cued to stop. The band director doesn’t even say anything, just looks straight back at the tubas and makes a helpless sort of why gesture.
In unison, the tuba players defend themselves: “THERE WERE FOUR F’S.”
FFFF is not really a rational dynamic marking for any instrument, but for the love of all that is holy why would you put it in a tuba part.
This is the best band post
Everyone else go home
Oh man, so I play trombone, and we got this piece called Florentiner Marsch by Julius Fucik, and we saw this
which is 8 fortes. We were shocked until,
that is 24 fortes who the fuck does that
Who does that?
This guy. Take a good look - that is the moustache of a man with nothing to lose.
Julius IdontgivaFucik
More like Julius Fuckit
Pyrozod’s tags for this were too hilarious not to share](https://pics.conservativememes.com/how-about-3-pavane-gently-76-soft-mallets-pppp-ijust-64705961.png)
![Ubiquitous: lgbt-history-archive:
Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991), 1978. Photo © Neal Preston. Freddie Mercury, who would turn seventy today, was born Farrokh Bulsura in Zanzibar, though he and his family fled to Britain during the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. From a young age, Mercury (who began calling himself “Freddie” at boarding school) displayed the characteristics that came to define his public persona: intense kindness and shyness mixed with an uncanny musical ability that, when engaged, would bring out an enormous personality. By 1971, Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon had formed the band that Mercury dubbed “Queen”; around the same time, he changed his last name to Mercury. For the next twenty years, Queen blended prog, glam, and arena rock, disco, opera, gospel, heavy metal, and countless other styles to create an extraordinary sound and to produce hits as varied as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Somebody to Love,” “I Want to Break Free,” “These Are The Days Of Our Lives,” and the ubiquitous “We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions.” And, of Queen’s legendary live performances, one writer summarized as follows: “Freddie Mercury on stage…is the summit of rock n’ roll.” As with many queer pioneers, debates persist over how Mercury “defined” his sexuality and whether he was “sufficiently open.” In 1992, one writer noted that Mercury “was a ‘scene-queen,’ not afraid to publicly express his [sexuality], but unwilling to analyze or justify his ‘lifestyle’…It was as if Freddie Mercury was saying to the world, ‘I am what I am. So what?’ And that in itself for some was a statement.” Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in the spring of 1987, a fact he did not publicly confirm until the day before his death. Freddie Mercury died on November 24, 1991; he was forty-five. Mercury was survived by his partner, Jim Hutton, and his longtime companion, Mary Austin. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #QueerHistoryMatters #HavePrideInHistory #FreddieMercury](https://pics.conservativememes.com/lgbt-history-archive-freddie-mercury-september-5-1946-–-november-24-1991-64833792.png)
![Ubiquitous: HOW ABOUT
3. Pavane
Gently 76
soft mallets
IJUST DON'T PLAY
sushinfood
vivelafat
prokopetz
elsajeni
musicalmelody
Fun Story: My director
kept telling me and my
tenor sax buddy to play
softer. No matter what
we did, it wasn't soft
enough for him So
getting frustrated, I told
my buddy "Dont play
this time. Just fake it
Our Band Director then
informed us we
sounded perfect
To my readers p means
quiet, pp means really
quiet Ive never seen
pppp before haha
On the contrast, f means
loud, and fff probably
means so loud you go
unconscious.
I had fff in a piece once and my
conductor told me to play as
loudly as physically possible
without falling off my chair
Me and my trombone buddies had
fifff and he sat next to me and
played so hard that he fell out of his
chair
The lengths we go for music
Okay yeah so I play the bass clarinet and
the amount of air you have to move and
the stiffness of the reed means it only
has two settings and that is loud and
louder, with an optional LOUDEST that
includes a 50% probability of HORRIBLE
CROAKING NOISE which is the bass
equivalent of the ubiquitous clarinet
shriek
One day, when I was in concert band in high
school, we got a new piece handed out for the
first time, and there was a strange little
commotion back in the tuba section
whispering, and pointing at something in the
music, and swatting at each other's hands all
shhh dont call attention to it. And although
they did attract the attention of basically
everyone else in the band, they managed to
avoid being noticed by the band director, who
gave us a few minutes to look over our parts
and then said, "All right, let's run through t up
to section A.
And here we are, cheerfully playing along
sounding reasonably competent-but
everyone, when they have the attention to
spare, is keeping an eye on the tuba players
They don't come in for the first eight
measures or so, and then when they do
come in, what we see is
[stifled gigglingl
[reeeeeeally deep breath]
COLOSSAL FOGHORN NOISE]
The entire band stops dead, in the
cacophonous kind of way that a band stops
when it hasn't actually been cued to stop. The
band director doesnt even say anything, just
looks straight back at the tubas and makes a
helpless sort of why gesture
In unison, the tuba players defend
themselves: "THERE WERE FOUR FS.
FFFF is not really a rational dynamic marking
for any instrument, but for the love of all that
is holy why wouid you put it in a tuba part
This is the best band post
Everyone else go home
This is so funny!](https://pics.conservativememes.com/how-about-3-pavane-gently-76-soft-mallets-ijust-dont-35560920.png)