Whats it like to be a string player in orchestra

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  • @captainmilkman
    @captainmilkman Год назад +14002

    Violinists play for all 2 hours of a 2-hour-long concert but the bits they get are all background bits
    Trombonists play about 5 minutes of a 2-hour-long concert but the one bit they do get is the coolest bit.

    • @nowhere1327
      @nowhere1327 Год назад +782

      Trombonistbros, we cant stop winning

    • @mitchellfriesen4795
      @mitchellfriesen4795 Год назад +371

      Then tubas either play 3 different notes, 10 different notes or rests for half the performance. As a highschool tuba player

    • @enriqueperezarce5485
      @enriqueperezarce5485 Год назад +133

      @@nowhere1327Tubabros, we can’t stop winning 😂 (don’t even play tuba I play guitar and piano)

    • @formyflounders
      @formyflounders  Год назад +767

      We also get paid so much less for so many more notes HAHAH

    • @gas9605
      @gas9605 Год назад +38

      And there's us recorder players with just nothing

  • @flamingarbre1284
    @flamingarbre1284 Год назад +21162

    Meanwhile I can hear the flutes just ripping that one high note over and over 😭😭 we all be suffering tbh haha

    • @Civ33
      @Civ33 Год назад +457

      or god forbid.......the piccolo

    • @myleeclark4350
      @myleeclark4350 Год назад +325

      I played piccolo just so me, and the other girl that played the flute had a sliver of a chance of being heard, and I would always throw the notes up an octave if possible

    • @koalamarsc7452
      @koalamarsc7452 Год назад +101

      Play the oboe part in my band and play if I’m being honest I have no clue why I’m here. Easy for me yes, but can anyone hear it? NO. You have to be directly next to me on the right side to hear it properly

    • @awesomesauce.-.
      @awesomesauce.-. Год назад +116

      NAHHH I WISH THIS COULD BE ME!!! i play flute for my middle school band and i’m the section leader as i have the strongest tone but NOBODY can hear the flute section because of the saxophones honking up a STORM!!!! We just wanna be heard ☠️😭

    • @ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670
      @ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670 Год назад +10

      ​@@koalamarsc7452 all of this made me remember the first oboe from my all county orchestra who only had one dynamic ffffffffff.
      I could hear him when the horns were blasting in the end of Danse Bachanale

  • @EmareeVA
    @EmareeVA Год назад +2691

    All their little bows frantically moving all at once like they're desperately trying to be heard as a tiny little army is equal parts adorable and sad 🥲

  • @Lisa-minci
    @Lisa-minci Год назад +845

    As a bad violinist, I can confirm that I can play songs perfectly fine on my own but when I’m playing in the school group or orchestra I’m just moving my bow up and down and hoping no one notices.

    • @misatoto3414
      @misatoto3414 Год назад +59

      I have a feeling everyone does that at school orchestras😂😂😂

    • @hbvc462
      @hbvc462 Год назад +7

      HAHAHAHA THIS IS SOS RELATABLE

    • @Mslegend73
      @Mslegend73 Год назад +10

      Lol😂 I did that with my clarinet in band concerts! I had no idea how to play at all. I quit eventually. I wish my school offered violin and cello

    • @ferdytacomaboy3628
      @ferdytacomaboy3628 Год назад +7

      This is really funny. I thought it was just me. I used to move my fingers on the plastic flute we had to play in the 4th grade; I had a vague idea of what were supposed to be playing. Thanks.

    • @markianhlynka7867
      @markianhlynka7867 Год назад +1

      I noticed

  • @nihalgoral
    @nihalgoral Год назад +12700

    “can you hear violins?”
    *cries in violist*

    • @oliverH111
      @oliverH111 Год назад +127

      Fr 💀

    • @tobyanderson8065
      @tobyanderson8065 Год назад +224

      *Sad violist salute*

    • @dragames
      @dragames Год назад +34

      exactly.

    • @AbbiSieber
      @AbbiSieber Год назад +20

      relatable

    • @SkullPrince8
      @SkullPrince8 Год назад +82

      Bro I am a violist and it so sad. Probably gonna switch because I'm better than most of our violinists and no it's not because my part is easier. I sometimes play their part by ear and it requires a lot of shifting.

  • @reagantherobloxguy
    @reagantherobloxguy Год назад +9740

    as a violinist this is so real

  • @mrdaveloballs
    @mrdaveloballs Год назад +174

    Bass: "Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!"

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад +12

      Bass is actually hearable in these types of pieces lol, and their part is usually important as well

  • @chuvalysian
    @chuvalysian Год назад +173

    not the violinists in the comment section complaining
    imagine being a viola 😭 ain’t no one hearing us even during rehearsal

  • @Civ33
    @Civ33 Год назад +7394

    "it doesn't matter if you miss some notes, but for the love of god do not fuck up the bowing"

    • @pelochele1572
      @pelochele1572 Год назад +627

      Omg for real dude. Imagine being the only one on an upbow while everyone is on a down, the worst type of contrast

    • @moriahmanwaring755
      @moriahmanwaring755 Год назад +290

      When I moved to a new school and joined the orchestra, it turned out it was a wind orchestra and the school had no string groups to play with. So I played as the only violinist in the band and always felt so self-conscious about having the only bow moving up and down above everyone’s heads lol

    • @GR4MR43P4R
      @GR4MR43P4R Год назад +66

      No one can notice if your bow is perfectly in sync

    • @TheViolinRoom
      @TheViolinRoom Год назад +14

      Haha very true don't mess up the bowing 🤣

    • @gavinbrichardson
      @gavinbrichardson Год назад +34

      ​@@GR4MR43P4R they can if it's going the wrong direction

  • @k1wishade
    @k1wishade Год назад +5861

    *Sobs violently in harpist*

  • @subtle_narcissitic_altruism
    @subtle_narcissitic_altruism Год назад +37

    join a string only orchestra. you're the main event, the title sequence, the intro, the plot. the subplot, the climax. the cliffhanger, the sequel, and the finale.

  • @nekotizimo1156
    @nekotizimo1156 Год назад +263

    violinists when they don’t have the melody for 0.1 seconds

    • @clumpofdirt1193
      @clumpofdirt1193 9 месяцев назад +35

      the violinists in my school were practically offended when they didnt have the melody in one of our pieces. and the few that did pit for our drama club? flabbergasted. they should try playing double bass, then theyll appreciate the parts they have

    • @SSAviation737
      @SSAviation737 7 месяцев назад +7

      I don’t like school violinists as much because of this, especially the firsts.

    • @BenDoesMusiks
      @BenDoesMusiks 6 месяцев назад +13

      funnier considering right before that part there’s like a 12 minute violin solo & they’d still be fuming

    • @SSAviation737
      @SSAviation737 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@BenDoesMusiks Exactly I find it annoying

    • @SuperHunteeYoutube
      @SuperHunteeYoutube 6 месяцев назад +2

      Facts

  • @feltcute_mightdelete
    @feltcute_mightdelete Год назад +2938

    Meanwhile, we brass players sit silently through the rest of the hour and a half long program

    • @randompersonh
      @randompersonh Год назад +79

      Lol. As a violinist I'd love to have a break like that sometime during a concert. 😔

    • @angelwheeler6930
      @angelwheeler6930 Год назад +65

      And you get to play like 5 notes the whole time 🫥

    • @madness486
      @madness486 Год назад +23

      as a trombonist, yeah.

    • @JorgeLopez-fu9lb
      @JorgeLopez-fu9lb Год назад +36

      Not in a Mahler Symphony...

    • @randompersonh
      @randompersonh Год назад +6

      @@JorgeLopez-fu9lb LMAOOO

  • @ruikasasfixer
    @ruikasasfixer Год назад +1384

    Now they understand how the violas feel
    - violist

    • @TopatTom
      @TopatTom Год назад +6

      @joanna nanakumoisbeautiful (Joanna Jam) its the oppisite for me the violins higher strings are very loud even in solos

    • @GardeniaRose1-
      @GardeniaRose1- Год назад +2

      Frrr ¡~¡

    • @bread1242
      @bread1242 Год назад +1

      @joanna nanakumoisbeautiful (Joanna Jam) Thats one sand

    • @bread1242
      @bread1242 Год назад +1

      Song*

    • @formyflounders
      @formyflounders  Год назад +12

      yes

  • @Berny27
    @Berny27 Год назад +84

    I found this in the comments and I'm just spreading it around now lol: the piece is called Ein heldenleben by Strauss (Heldenleben Battle Scene) it sounds so good!!!!!!! GOD BLESS Y'ALL MY FRIENDS AND HAVE AN INCREDIBLE DAY 😊

    • @marjoriemorris5849
      @marjoriemorris5849 Год назад +3

      Thank you. I was trying to figure out who the composer was. I was getting Russian vibes along the lines of Tchaikovsky.

    • @ShovelChef
      @ShovelChef 7 месяцев назад

      You're the best. This is the exact reason I kept scrolling. 😎👍

    • @samdajellybeenie14
      @samdajellybeenie14 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes yes this is from the Battle Scene. It's a big excerpt for bass players. All 3 pages of it rip. We double the bass trombone so what you hear him playing is what we play.

    • @Panzerfaust_1939
      @Panzerfaust_1939 4 месяца назад +1

      Nicr

  • @gordon.sarratt
    @gordon.sarratt Год назад +69

    As a cellist, i love laughing at violins but im also silently crying because i know deep down we’re the same

  • @ekaterinazhuravleva2707
    @ekaterinazhuravleva2707 Год назад +534

    Imagine being a French horn playing PA PA. TA TA. TA TA. TA TA. Literally the same pace, same pitch, WHOLE peace

  • @most_sane_piano_enthusiast
    @most_sane_piano_enthusiast Год назад +511

    that's the moment where every single violinist fakes it

    • @quadZ_z
      @quadZ_z Год назад +14

      Watermelon watermelon watermelon

    • @svetlanakotenko-forte2435
      @svetlanakotenko-forte2435 Год назад +6

      NO! Do not say it loud 😆

    • @aerelien
      @aerelien Год назад +4

      So it wasn't just me faking it in the back row?? I think I was approximately second violin number twenty-eight. Or maybe it was twenty-four.
      7-note 16th-note runs in normie music (not classical) are even worse. Nobody knows how to write for a string section or single strings player, much less play music with them in a band.

    • @buchiacho2426
      @buchiacho2426 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@quadZ_z apple apple apple

    • @kyruui1429
      @kyruui1429 11 месяцев назад

      @@quadZ_z is that a jaiden animations reference

  • @Ghost._Mae
    @Ghost._Mae Год назад +8

    “Damn, the trumpets are so loud! It’s like I can’t hear anything else!”
    *absolutely just sobbing and throwing up in french horn*

  • @BSIT-IGenesisManingas
    @BSIT-IGenesisManingas Год назад +10

    the saddest part is when behind you is the trumpet players playing their part and just giving your ears a bad time

  • @imaneclair4836
    @imaneclair4836 Год назад +200

    meanwhile us basses have like four whole notes while the violins r absolutely shredding lmao

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад +3

      Not really, if you’re in a high school orchestra maybe

    • @imaneclair4836
      @imaneclair4836 Год назад +3

      @@gregoryf4186 yeah i am in high school haha

    • @LittleBoobsLover
      @LittleBoobsLover Год назад +3

      yeah and later after you are sober you are realising that you supposed to play in garage band, but it doesn't matter. It fits in orchestra too xd

    • @clumpofdirt1193
      @clumpofdirt1193 9 месяцев назад +4

      playing a piece right now with the direction "passionately". we are pizz. we have a half not at the beginning of every bar (in 4/4). its 70 bpm. every other instrument has at least eight notes. even the violas have the melody.

    • @imaneclair4836
      @imaneclair4836 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@clumpofdirt1193 too relatable

  • @AbigaylePratt
    @AbigaylePratt Год назад +55

    I would have stopped playing the violin a long time ago if it weren’t for the wonderful feeling you get when you listen to the orchestra and realize that it’s you, and the song you have learned that sounds so amazing. Truly heart stopping

  • @tabbywarrior
    @tabbywarrior Год назад +11

    Those oboes and clarinets lifting their instruments as if it does anything XD

  • @leastleane
    @leastleane Год назад +14

    For a moment of glory, give the brass section their time to shine for that 1 phrase. Yall have the 2-3 movements of fun

  • @nobody-gi3ox
    @nobody-gi3ox Год назад +113

    Meanwhile cello and viola:😐

  • @zachariz1490
    @zachariz1490 Год назад +31

    it's the kind of thing that you don't notice when they play but you would notice if they didn't

  • @elvismarrymeee
    @elvismarrymeee 7 месяцев назад +5

    *proudly stands in trumpet*

  • @alfonsoquinones7922
    @alfonsoquinones7922 Год назад +9

    As a brass/wind player, I see this as an absolute win.

  • @mattg6262
    @mattg6262 Год назад +126

    Life is SO much more stressful for principal wind and percussion players. EVERYONE will hear their errors like more than half the time.

    • @shondig
      @shondig Год назад +1

      REAL OMG

    • @electrocuti
      @electrocuti Год назад +2

      So true bc I do the percussion that isn't drumkit in a wind band and if I fuck up a rhythm or play a bar early or something it's acc humiliating

    • @AcheronAlex
      @AcheronAlex Год назад +4

      I do percussion. No one pays attention to us unless you mess up. You lose the beat and the whole orchestra goes haywire. And unless you play shit like bells or the anvil no one thinks you re cool or talented cause all you do is bang around

    • @ryanadams0922
      @ryanadams0922 8 месяцев назад +3

      this^ this right here. Every time I made an error my heart skipped a beat and I can feel the hell fire of my directors eyes staring at me. Not a good feeling o_o

    • @LordHelmchen190
      @LordHelmchen190 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, but you get to have the time to prepare your solos, because they are not that many.
      Being a violinist you have to play solos too and everything in between. No breaks and the conductor knows when you're not playing the right notes, even if the audience doesn't hear it.
      I'm talking about professional league here and not amateur.

  • @AaronMichaelLong
    @AaronMichaelLong Год назад +8

    Teamwork makes the dream work. No, you can't hear the violin. Until the violins stop playing. Then all the sharpness evaporates.

  • @yowo6105
    @yowo6105 Год назад +9

    As an oboist seeing those oboists raising their bells like that, yep definitely a Fortississimo written there 😂

  • @just_a_joltik
    @just_a_joltik Год назад +26

    **resting in the corner as a violist**

  • @i.quiroz3036
    @i.quiroz3036 Год назад +216

    I play flute in a sinfonic band, I know how it feel practice for hours and the end nothing can hear you 🤡

    • @sourbhar9902
      @sourbhar9902 Год назад +20

      sinfonic is crazy

    • @itsnottoolatetostart
      @itsnottoolatetostart Год назад +7

      I play clarinet... And i can relate so bad😭😭

    • @samdajellybeenie14
      @samdajellybeenie14 Год назад +5

      As a bass player I just love practicing licks for a while and then not having to fake them in orchestra even though you can’t really hear us lmao. It’s a personal satisfaction thing.

    • @fluffystuff6003
      @fluffystuff6003 Год назад +1

      Well I play flute in a symphonic band so ha I win 😂

    • @birdyghostly
      @birdyghostly Год назад +2

      Yeah same for the marimba, vibes, and timpani for my symphonic band

  • @randompersonh
    @randompersonh Год назад +18

    And then you're just like "Well why did I even practice..?"

  • @MorganHoover-om4oz
    @MorganHoover-om4oz 7 месяцев назад +11

    I just switched from violin to bass! Now I will always be heard😭😭

  • @ladder3257
    @ladder3257 Год назад +91

    *aggressively shits and cries in double bass*

  • @kxra0624
    @kxra0624 Год назад +43

    Of course you won’t hear it, you’ll just notice if it’s missing 😅😅 (the life of second violins 🥲)

    • @aerelien
      @aerelien Год назад

      Which is perhaps one reason why I have only ever wanted to play second violin! I just love it--I don't think about the reasons.
      I never wanted to play melody. I never wanted to have a solo (even with a violin section). And I never did, by choice, as a second violin!
      We have to play repetitive notes sometimes, the same two notes in the same eight-note rhythm for a whole page. Sometimes we get a part that's interesting, enjoyable, and occasionally audible!
      But it all matters! And I love it.
      Unfortunately, first violins are considered "better." At least among students.
      True and loyal second violins don't want to switch as soon as they're deemed worthy to be first! 😂
      (kidding, kidding, don't worry! It just made me proud, growing up, to know there were fewer people who knew that second violin matters.)

  • @korrosocs2580
    @korrosocs2580 Год назад +15

    “Can you hear any violins?”
    Violins: The kid that’s dangerously close to drowning
    Double bass: The skeleton man tied to a chair at the bottom of the pool

    • @therealhelmholtz
      @therealhelmholtz 8 месяцев назад

      I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PIC YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад

      As a bassist, this is incredibly true

  • @PrinceFrogFrog
    @PrinceFrogFrog Год назад +1

    SO TRUE
    AS A VIOLIST I CAN CONFIRM

  • @sashalin88
    @sashalin88 Год назад +21

    cries in cello

  • @jub8891
    @jub8891 Год назад +28

    cries in triangle

    • @birdyghostly
      @birdyghostly Год назад +5

      Lol. For me, the worse part is counting all the rests. I have ADHD which affects my counting process, so I always play at the wrong time and everyone gets mad at me

    • @mousi9736
      @mousi9736 Год назад

      ​@@birdyghostly maybe you should just tell the arranger to WRITE MORE PARTS or smth. Or yu know, use other percussion. Especially exotic ones. They are fun...
      sounds like a good idea for an instrument collection

  • @OctagonalSquare
    @OctagonalSquare Год назад +5

    Having done band, you may not hear it individually, but if all of them just didn’t play, it would sound off. It’s amazing what extra tones due to arrangements like this

  • @meow6335
    @meow6335 Год назад +6

    Cries in clarinet cuz no one can ever hear us in bands

  • @aminawinterwater2915
    @aminawinterwater2915 Год назад +5

    I’m a flutist, and this is me during marching band 😭😭😭
    You can’t hear flutes at all, but you can be certainly see them 💀

  • @ICREAMTOHANDTIE
    @ICREAMTOHANDTIE Год назад +49

    fr practicing so long to play something that cant be heard 😭

    • @jub8891
      @jub8891 Год назад +1

      your section and the conductor can hear it though right?

    • @Heirloop
      @Heirloop Год назад +1

      @@jub8891 yes

    • @GardeniaRose1-
      @GardeniaRose1- Год назад +1

      Me as a Viola player every time 🙃

  • @eyeartz242
    @eyeartz242 7 месяцев назад +4

    I can relate to this so much. I play the violin in an orchestra and saxophones and clarinetes are sitting behind me so I can't even hear MYSELF or the others who play a string intrument 😂😢

  • @Smoke---
    @Smoke--- Год назад +4

    This reminds me of the ending of the Rimsky Korsakov Russian Easter Overture I played in high school. 152 to the half note and crazy, slurred, string crossing, arpeggios with accidentals eight note passages everywhere as a violist. Especially at the end. SO. FAST. And listening to the performance you can’t hear us, just the brass. I spent so many hours practicing those parts 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @aeriseong1270
    @aeriseong1270 Год назад +6

    Let us winds and brass have our moment :D

  • @dabblerbrawler
    @dabblerbrawler Год назад +9

    imagine you're bass clarinet 💀

  • @S4VVYGAMES
    @S4VVYGAMES Год назад +3

    This is so true, even without a total orchestra. You can just hear those 45 cellos and bass blasting the violin out when they’re play high half notes

  • @nicholaswheeler8038
    @nicholaswheeler8038 Год назад +4

    I played viola and trombone. As violist, we were the butt of jokes. However, I always got a great part when playing Brahms or Prokofiev. As a trombonist, we’d sit back and watch the violins tear up their instruments while laughing at the violas. So I got the best of both worlds. 😂

  • @thebakagirl5293
    @thebakagirl5293 Год назад +3

    That bunch of violinists seem like they’re fighting for their dear life to make the violin be heard

  • @ABC_Guest
    @ABC_Guest Год назад +3

    This is so true. As a violist, I have never had to play something that difficult, but even when we do have an interesting part, nobody can hear us.

  • @Yourmother-zu7xd
    @Yourmother-zu7xd Год назад +7

    As a Violinist I can confirm that this is exactly how we play in orchestra😂

  • @chicken
    @chicken 4 месяца назад +1

    Violists be like ghosts, haunting the background of every concert, unseen but always there. Meanwhile, the brass players sit in silence, waiting for their moment to shine.

  • @cuberpro21
    @cuberpro21 Год назад +1

    It's more like you trying to change a light bulb, but instead of getting a ladder, the world revolves around you

  • @amanisalami3367
    @amanisalami3367 Год назад +3

    Cries in Cello

  • @nattherat1030
    @nattherat1030 9 месяцев назад +4

    as a double bass player, when i'm in rehearsals for concerts we would be playing a song while the violins just blast while the basses are just there lmaooo

    • @clumpofdirt1193
      @clumpofdirt1193 9 месяцев назад +1

      we do so little in rehearsals sometimes that we just gossips about the second violins who arent playing properly or commending the violist who actually project their sound. gotta remember not to do that in concert tho

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад +1

      Lmao fr. It’s even worse when you’re the only bass in your school.

  • @x1ao_
    @x1ao_ 8 месяцев назад +2

    this is how I feel as a flute player. I had a performance at my school last night, and the flute players sit in the front but you still can’t hear them.

  • @dexdraws5931
    @dexdraws5931 Год назад +1

    *quietly cries in violist*

  • @BaconAdventure
    @BaconAdventure Год назад +5

    Bro being a violinist is the definition of being a bass

    • @LoafLobster
      @LoafLobster Год назад +1

      Hey you take that back 😡 We’re in the same boat but they don’t have to carry a big wood box up and down the stairs 💀💀💀

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад +2

      Bass is much better tbh, backbone of the orchestra

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregoryf4186fr!

  • @jonsonsze9248
    @jonsonsze9248 Год назад +12

    at least you have more melody than every other string instrument

  • @benjaminyoung5668
    @benjaminyoung5668 Год назад +1

    As a cellist you are SO RIGHT!

  • @slytherinlady3907
    @slytherinlady3907 7 месяцев назад +3

    this is so real im a cellist, i could practice that shit for years and no one would hear it anyway

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад +1

      Bassist here, your instrument sounds so pretty! Good call picking it.

    • @slytherinlady3907
      @slytherinlady3907 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ACTUALBillyKidZZZ aww thank you! you guys play beautifully too

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад

      @@slytherinlady3907 :)))

  • @Touhouuu
    @Touhouuu Год назад +5

    As a contrabassist this is how we feel with literally any non-solo piece. Tubists can relate.

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад

      Nope, go listen to ein heldenlaben or Beethoven 9

  • @basil2850
    @basil2850 8 месяцев назад +4

    :cries in bass clarinet:

  • @nilsgerstenberger
    @nilsgerstenberger Год назад +1

    the instruments you don't hear in a mix. always are the most essential
    doesn't matter what genre

  • @serenity7879
    @serenity7879 6 месяцев назад +1

    “The brass rushes” being in the notes is SO VALID OMG 😂

  • @hpforlife
    @hpforlife Год назад +9

    why do the trumpets get legit everything like can the rest of us have a chance please 😭

    • @BenDoesMusiks
      @BenDoesMusiks 6 месяцев назад +1

      dude have you ever seen a trumpet part? especially classical parts for like mozart or betoven or hayden? it’s literally just like ‘G quarter note, half rest, G quarter note, half rest’ for 20 bars, then ‘C half note, C half note, C half note, C half note’ for another 17.
      that and 20+ bar rests for literally the whole piece and it’s the mort boring thing in the entire world, so yeah when we actually have fun parts once in a blue moon we’re gonna play them like it’s the best thing in the world, cause historically and comparatively speaking they might just be

    • @BenDoesMusiks
      @BenDoesMusiks 6 месяцев назад +1

      & i’m sorry if i sounded a bit like an AH, but i’m sure that if you look at any trumpet part from the classical era you’ll agree that they’re the most lame and boring things in the world, and when strings have literally everything fun and interesting in almost every piece and have had everything fun and interesting for the past almost 500 years, then proceed to complain when we have one fun part out of a million, it can be rather frustrating and annoying

  • @theGEnericE
    @theGEnericE Год назад +13

    Would be interesting to hear the song with each instrument dropping out to see what the difference would be. Kind of like making soup without the salt...you don't see it, but if it isn't there, it just isn't as good.

  • @greyshadow37
    @greyshadow37 6 месяцев назад +1

    That's what always intrigued me... Many violins played together don't sound like violins but some otherworldly sound...

  • @Chair_legs
    @Chair_legs 4 месяца назад +2

    Double bassists: "welcome to my world!"

  • @Gravata_Prata
    @Gravata_Prata Год назад +11

    Which symphony is this? Sounds so good!

    • @SuuSinator
      @SuuSinator Год назад +6

      Ein Heldenleben by Strauss (Des Helden Walstatt)
      One of my favourite works of Strauss!
      I'd recommend you to listen to the version of Strauss himself conducting Vienna Philharmonics. It's obviously an old recording so it lags a bit in terms of sound quality but imo it's still by far the best. You can even clearly hear the strings at the part of the video :D

  • @Archer634
    @Archer634 Год назад +8

    Violas playing the background music of all background music...
    *cries*

  • @zora.the.great.
    @zora.the.great. Год назад +1

    I was like "damnnnn how u play THAT fast???"

  • @cerealssbu7545
    @cerealssbu7545 7 месяцев назад +2

    The English Horn is likely a mistranslation of "Angled Horn," which we can see here, as the horn is literally tipped back past being parallel with the floor.

  • @judahwilliams2431
    @judahwilliams2431 Год назад +595

    Can't believe the most privileged instrument in the orchestra is complaining. At least you ain't the timpani in a Beethoven symphony playing 2 notes, or the trombone waiting 50 minutes in Bruckner to play the climax. 💀

    • @skepple1554
      @skepple1554 Год назад +18

      Facts

    • @felixrouthier2202
      @felixrouthier2202 Год назад +4

      Louder please 😂

    • @skepple1554
      @skepple1554 Год назад +27

      @@Quixel_Pixel_ we’re pretty much even? As Brass players we spend most of the time resting lol y’all never have that, come back to me when you’re resting for multiple movements in a piece.

    • @judahwilliams2431
      @judahwilliams2431 Год назад +31

      @@Quixel_Pixel_ Well, I still don't think it is equal. The violins have generations of repertoire compared to instruments such as wood winds or brass. Don't complain.

    • @USA_UNITED1776
      @USA_UNITED1776 Год назад +23

      Your literally saying violin is privileged because it is hard as fuck, what?

  • @sarusocool
    @sarusocool Год назад +3

    haha finally the violins get what they deserve! - Viola

  • @cashback3293
    @cashback3293 Год назад +1

    the violin looks so beautiful oh my god

  • @Franks_red_hotsauce
    @Franks_red_hotsauce 9 месяцев назад +2

    I can relate as a cellist, I play right next to a bass (there are 3 cellos) and my friend always says she can’t hear me 😭

  • @insertusernamehere3173
    @insertusernamehere3173 Год назад +3

    I'm a violaist not a violinist and let me tell you, I FEEL THIS. We never have anything good its all crazy notes for nothing. Its even like that in just string orchestras. One time we had to play a song and everyone got nice sheet music except for the violas. What did we get? Hand written notes that were so bad it was almost unreadable. For MONTHS none of the violas could figure out our part cause the note rhythm made no sense in the song, turns out the "rest notes" were supposed to be sharps....

  • @johndeacon129
    @johndeacon129 Год назад +18

    laughs in double bass

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад

      Guarantee that the bass part for this is more audible than the violin part lol

    • @Tehinstrumentalist
      @Tehinstrumentalist Год назад +4

      ​@@gregoryf4186 thats because we're usually just doing whatever the Trombone is doing in those big moments

    • @tacticaltux6486
      @tacticaltux6486 Год назад

      @@Tehinstrumentalist das what im sayin

    • @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ
      @ACTUALBillyKidZZZ 5 месяцев назад

      Fr

  • @tuttiflooti
    @tuttiflooti 6 месяцев назад +2

    I didn’t hear any violins but the flutes and that one clarinetist are having the time of their lives torturing the rest of yall😂

  • @benmoore2253
    @benmoore2253 9 месяцев назад +2

    As a man with a loud viola I see this as an absolute win

  • @Ashley_C_2599
    @Ashley_C_2599 Год назад +30

    Classical music is best enjoyed live, in a video the sound is lost a lot.

  • @user-vc8xi4rt6h
    @user-vc8xi4rt6h Год назад +111

    Down with violins. Up with violas

  • @lucyicanel
    @lucyicanel 8 месяцев назад +1

    As a percussionist, it's endlessly entertaining how terrified string players are of being asked to play by themselves

  • @Luqum
    @Luqum 7 месяцев назад +2

    When the brass sections have their solos, you know stuff is getting serious

  • @siemp0333
    @siemp0333 Год назад +6

    Yeah that happens when you play Strauss with the best brass section in the world😂

  • @justherexsisting2585
    @justherexsisting2585 Год назад +4

    …. We understand your pain -flute player

  • @A_BungouStrayDogs_Fan
    @A_BungouStrayDogs_Fan 7 месяцев назад +2

    As a violinist, this is relatable

  • @YoungDymisty
    @YoungDymisty Год назад +1

    When I played violin I prefer to play with other than on my own. The harmonies just sounded like heaven!

  • @dennisyelchaninov2613
    @dennisyelchaninov2613 Год назад +5

    What is this piece called?

    • @Berny27
      @Berny27 Год назад +2

      I found this in the comments and I'm just spreading it around now lol: Ein heldenleben by Strauss (Heldenleben Battle Scene) it sounds so good!!!!!!! GOD BLESS Y'ALL MY FRIENDS AND HAVE AN INCREDIBLE DAY 😊

  • @bbimmy
    @bbimmy 7 месяцев назад +3

    Just wait till you see how it feels to be a Viola player 😢

  • @T-rexMan69
    @T-rexMan69 10 месяцев назад +1

    “Can you hear the violinists?”
    I can’t hear anything over the sound of my cellist tears

  • @Swaggyswisscheez
    @Swaggyswisscheez Год назад

    the cellos will always be on top

  • @ailex_
    @ailex_ Год назад +4

    And then there r the 2 oboe and 2 bassoons

  • @nuage9538
    @nuage9538 Год назад +10

    As a double bassist, same with us but we never get the melody. I don’t wanna see any violinist tears 😂

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад +1

      Basses literally start this piece with the melody lol

  • @AnnaTodorova_piano
    @AnnaTodorova_piano Год назад +1

    I definitely hear what violins are doing! They play a rather percussive role here, but without them there wouldn’t be as much “action” going on! 🥰

  • @emperorofgaming8146
    @emperorofgaming8146 6 месяцев назад +1

    As a trombonist, thank you for picking this excerpt