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Bought myself a Melodic Exercise book for flute & another bassoon reed today (hopefully i won’t break it…)

what are some decent quality bassoon reed brands for beginners?

ethowitz:

inothernews:

theweekmagazine:

A new study asked an old question: Do orchestra conductors actually serve a purpose, or are they pure spectacle?
To answer that question, the University of Maryland analyzed whether the conductor leads the orchestra or the orchestra leads the conductor. In this experiment, researcher Yiannis Aloimonos and his colleagues installed tiny infrared lights at the tip of a conductor’s baton as well as on the bows of violinists. While the orchestra played, infrared cameras captured every movement, which were then analyzed using mathematical techniques pioneered by Nobel-Prize winning economist Clive Granger. The scientists in this study theorized that if the movements of the conductor predicted the movements of the violinists, then the guy holding the baton was clearly in charge.
So what happened? It turns out the purists were right all along — the movements of the violinists were indeed predicated on the movements of the conductor.
Keep reading…

Man, I hate this question. Look at it this way: HOW THE FUCK ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP 50, 100 PEOPLE PLAYING INSTRUMENTS FROM STEPPING ALL OVER EACH OTHER.
ANSWER: IT’S THE CONDUCTOR, STUPID.

yes ^^

try thinking of marching bands too, like holy shit, some have 200+ of course we follow the conductor more (although listening back & following the drumline does help of course)

oh

i had a concert last night

it went well

we did holiday music of course

the choir sang with us, soprano was standing right next to me so all i could hear was her haha

Mike: Are you still a flute?
Me: Yea, although I'm gonna take bassoon lessons next semester.
Mike: So you'll be taking them bassoon?
Me: ...You're hilarious.

oh the fucking frustration when a movie stops the music at the “fff” part! you can’t just DO that! it was the climax of the fucking song, you can’t just STOP

everyobe is singing bohemian rhapsody on the bus ride home

Band kids: Is this the real life?
 Is this just fantasy?
 Caught in a landslide
 No escape from reality
 Open your eyes
 Look up to the skies and see
 I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
 Because I'm easy come, easy go
 Little high, little low
 Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
 Mama, just killed a man
 Put a gun against his head
 Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
 Mama, life had just begun
 But now I've gone and thrown it all away
 Mama, ooo
Me: Woah. This song suddenly got 2spooky for me

number one rule of marching band

don’t move during a hold

don’t move during a hold

don’t move during a hold

don’t move during a hold

don’t move during a hold

~~don’t move during a hold~~