Orchestra Instrumental Pet Peeves

[Calculus Freak]

Here's a new one:

Conductor : YOU'RE IMPROVING! WOW!

[and you know you haven't even practiced the song AND screwed up on more than just a few measures].

Wow, I thought there weren't that many strings but you guys proved me wrong. I heart you all my musicians.

[Calculus Freak]

KamikazeSkies

The one thing that always got to me was my conductor humming along to the playing right in front of me.

Sure, humming the notes, nothing wrong with that, right?
Wrong.
He was always humming in a different key. Idiot. Lol.

Or when the trombone players decide they want to 'show off' RIGHT BEHIND YOU and start randomly blasting. Even if it's in p. I played with a load of tools.

You should tell the conductor to sing in a note within his range, heh heh.

[Rose the Homicidal Maniac]

When people can't sit up and cross their legs. How the hell do you play like that?

That, and when you're sitting behind someone in the pitt, and BUTTCRACK. Pull up your pants.

[Calculus Freak]

Rose the Homicidal Maniac

When people can't sit up and cross their legs. How the hell do you play like that?

That, and when you're sitting behind someone in the pitt, and BUTTCRACK. Pull up your pants.

My butt is beautiful! ; 3 ;

Well, I would come across that problem but I sometimes get to play up front so... It's just me and the conductor's legs.... UH-OH, I'm off beat!

[KarinMaaka16]

Calculus Freak

KarinMaaka16

1. When you have a sub and they dont know what the hell we're playing
2. When Kelsey and I have to share a stand, and her scroll gets in my way
3 When Christopher steals my violia and bow and proceeds to make schreechy noises

Screeching noises, heh. That's only good for horror movies. At least Christopher has talent in that . 3 .

You've never heard him! He makes my teeth hurt he's so bad! (at the screechy thing)
He kinda has to be good! He's the only cello!

[Calculus Freak]

KarinMaaka16

Calculus Freak

KarinMaaka16

1. When you have a sub and they dont know what the hell we're playing
2. When Kelsey and I have to share a stand, and her scroll gets in my way
3 When Christopher steals my violia and bow and proceeds to make schreechy noises

Screeching noises, heh. That's only good for horror movies. At least Christopher has talent in that . 3 .

You've never heard him! He makes my teeth hurt he's so bad! (at the screechy thing)
He kinda has to be good! He's the only cello!

*Looks at your Signature*

VIOLIN POWER!

[IAmACuttlefish]

Calculus Freak

KarinMaaka16

Calculus Freak

KarinMaaka16

1. When you have a sub and they dont know what the hell we're playing
2. When Kelsey and I have to share a stand, and her scroll gets in my way
3 When Christopher steals my violia and bow and proceeds to make schreechy noises

Screeching noises, heh. That's only good for horror movies. At least Christopher has talent in that . 3 .

You've never heard him! He makes my teeth hurt he's so bad! (at the screechy thing)
He kinda has to be good! He's the only cello!

*Looks at your Signature*

VIOLIN POWER!

*cue viola joke*

I hate my school orchestra teacher. She's incompetent to the point where I could do better. Can't tell if an octave is out of tune, can't keep a steady tempo in 4/4 time, can't even play the violin right.
emo

[VirtualTranSEXual]

-When you play viola and your director wants you to play Handel. -.- We are NOT a percussion section.
-When your orchestra becomes a bureaucracy rather than a group based on talent.
-No one else knows the music but you

Any other viola players agree with the Handel remark?

[esse et non esse]

When the conductor picks a song that includes saxophone... go back to symphonic band, there is no place for you here

When parts are written only for trumpet and not for cornet... cornet was the original orchestra brass voice and does wonders to mellow out the entire brass section to promote blending

not a string player, but still in the orchestra =)

[musicalmoons]

When the 2nd violins can't get a rhythm right, or they're out of tune. Getting poked by a bow. Never being able to really use long bow because there's no room. Or having to go so slow when we first play a song. People making up excuses as why they can't play good today when we know they just suck

[uStare]

I don't play a string instrument, but this really really really bugs me. People just can't seem to get that there is a difference between a Bass and a Cello!!!! Even my band director who is extremely musically talented doesn't get it!! My cousin played cello and just by looking at the two I could tell there was a difference. I've also heard people get a viola and violin confused. Gawd, get your instruments right!!!

[Christopher Columbine]

Rose the Homicidal Maniac

Calculus Freak

Rose the Homicidal Maniac

When someone is like, "Can I play your violin?" and then grabs the bow around the bow hair. (GODDAMN.)

DON'T GET ME STARTED!

When they even grab the violin and say "HAH! I AM THE MASTER" and start screeching on purpose, and still keep playing for minutes on end o-o.

DUDE. I sometimes visit the high school orchestra I played in, and there was this one girl that would always come up to me while I would be practicing and start moving my left hand saying, "It needs to be here." (I'd be playing a G# like it was supposed to be, and she be moving my hand to a G or some s**t.) And I'd be like, "No, that's not the right note." It pissed me the ******** off. I don't know if it was a whole senority issue (not just in school, but I was playing professionally) or if I was pissed because I didn't ask for help and felt like she was intruding or what.

But my old director asked me to pull aside during the older student's lunch hour this freshmen and tutor, and lo and behold chick comes over (after she puts up her violin) and says, "You can help me tutor her." So we're out there, and then she just keeps grabbing my violin out of my hands and then taking my bow from me by grabbing it around the middle, touching the hair. I was going nuts man, and now a part of the middle of my bow doesn't hold rosin because of this chick. I swear, if I have to rehair this (when it really doesn't) because of that, I'm going to choke her, because that was not only my best violin, but my best bow.

DON'T ******** TOUCH MY BOW. D<

I have so much anger. D:

Baritone sax reeds are more fragile, but WAY EASIER to replace. I can see why you hate people touching your stuff though.

[Christopher Columbine]

uStare

I don't play a string instrument, but this really really really bugs me. People just can't seem to get that there is a difference between a Bass and a Cello!!!! Even my band director who is extremely musically talented doesn't get it!! My cousin played cello and just by looking at the two I could tell there was a difference. I've also heard people get a viola and violin confused. Gawd, get your instruments right!!!

Viola and violin I can understand, but cello and bass... that's like some retard calling a contrabass sax a baritone sax.

[uStare]

Christopher Columbine

uStare

I don't play a string instrument, but this really really really bugs me. People just can't seem to get that there is a difference between a Bass and a Cello!!!! Even my band director who is extremely musically talented doesn't get it!! My cousin played cello and just by looking at the two I could tell there was a difference. I've also heard people get a viola and violin confused. Gawd, get your instruments right!!!

Viola and violin I can understand, but cello and bass... that's like some retard calling a contrabass sax a baritone sax.
I know!! Its insane. Most of the time I tell people if they want to know the difference the basic way is to stand it up. There are many more difference but the size is just.... obvious!!!