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.
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 🥲
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 🤦🏽♂️
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
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
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.
EXACTLY!!! Im always 2nd violin, and always sitting near the winds section. We all say we can not hear ourselves. No one hears us. We get out played by everyone. Sometime embarrassed to call myself a violinist, in a symphony orchestra 😔
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
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. 💀
@@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.
@@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.
I remember the playing bass clarinet with the full orchestra and I was used to playing in a full band where all of our instruments balanced well. Yes, woodwinds were on the quieter side, which is why we were in the front. When playing with the orchestra we had around 15 band members, half woodwinds and half brass. The 15 of us were in the back and even with us playing piano and the strings playing forte we would still overpower the 50-60 string players. It is kinda crazy.
Bir gitarist olarak sadece gitarların, piyanonun, kemanların ve baterinin olduğu bir gösteri vermiştik ve en çok kemanlar parlamıştı ve biz gitarlar duyulmuyorduk
True. Also back when i played violin in the school orchestra and was practicing my mom used to ask me what i was even playing. She could only hear that weird single notes and repetitions, but in my head i could hear the whole orchestra xD
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 😊
I really understand, the only good thing about it is that if you play a wrong note, nobody will notice, but if you play the wrong rhythm, it will be bad
Can confirm as a cellist as all the string interments can barely be heard while the other sections are overtaking the sound in the room so ig we are just there for visual
Yeah just play like a tenor instrument. They get to play like half as much and get all the coolest parts. Speaking from the experience of a tenor sax player whose friends play cello trombone and French horn.
Normally, the orchestra I do is only violin. But this year im going to do it with guitar, more guitars,(idk what its called) recorder, flute and a saxophone ( including violin.)
Lol i remember in high school and we had a combined concert and just in practice the orchestra teacher was livid that no one can hear the strings cuz at the time our class size was like 1/3 of the bands class size 😅
My colleague's daughter is quite a good viola player. Parents spent 250k for her viola made by some master craftsman and during mid year break she flys to Europe to learn from the best.
That's because you got a bunch of op brass players, this kinda situation wouldn't happen in my country, most of the time the one that disappeared is brass :)
i wonder if they had mics on the winds specifically during the recording so the balance is off. Tho i wouldn't doubt a brass section can overpower strings if they want. They just seem usually not to
typically i do not understand why people put angry comments on videos. but as a cellist who is always being told to play quieter in chamber music so that the violins can screech away... godddd the audacity
Weird! Cellists are usually told to play louder in most chamber settings bc they have the most important bass line/ the register is low so harder to project
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.
Trombonistbros, we cant stop winning
Then tubas either play 3 different notes, 10 different notes or rests for half the performance. As a highschool tuba player
@@nowhere1327Tubabros, we can’t stop winning 😂 (don’t even play tuba I play guitar and piano)
We also get paid so much less for so many more notes HAHAH
And there's us recorder players with just nothing
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 🥲
HAHA
This made me sad 😂😂
“Damn, the trumpets are so loud! It’s like I can’t hear anything else!”
*absolutely just sobbing and throwing up in french horn*
Those oboes and clarinets lifting their instruments as if it does anything XD
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 🤦🏽♂️
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
Life is SO much more stressful for principal wind and percussion players. EVERYONE will hear their errors like more than half the time.
REAL OMG
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
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
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
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.
That bunch of violinists seem like they’re fighting for their dear life to make the violin be heard
Wow she's beautiful!
As a trombonist, thank you for picking this excerpt
When I played violin I prefer to play with other than on my own. The harmonies just sounded like heaven!
As a contrabassist this is how we feel with literally any non-solo piece. Tubists can relate.
Nope, go listen to ein heldenlaben or Beethoven 9
Sometimes it’s not about what you’re playing but how you look when you’re playing and you look great always! 😁😁😁
EXACTLY!!! Im always 2nd violin, and always sitting near the winds section. We all say we can not hear ourselves. No one hears us. We get out played by everyone. Sometime embarrassed to call myself a violinist, in a symphony orchestra 😔
Which symphony is this? Sounds so good!
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
- Metal wind enters the orchestra.
- Everyone else stop being heard.
Cries in Cello
This is definitely a violin moment of All Time.
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. 💀
Facts
Louder please 😂
@@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.
@@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.
Your literally saying violin is privileged because it is hard as fuck, what?
As a cellist in a high school orchestra where we don’t include band into our concerts, this is just the Harp (with most of our pieces) and the Violas.
Yes, I can! 😊
Albeit, when live, it's so much easier to hear them.
Every instrument resonates around you. 😎👌
Fr so true I play the chello, but the funny thing is no one ever hears us because we are so low. LOL 😂
:cries in bass clarinet:
that's why i prefer playing jazz in my bigband instead, you feel more necessary
i got you girl 😔 we only hear the trombone trumpet and co🧍🏾♀️ but we are the most difficult to play and THAT'S a flex
I remember the playing bass clarinet with the full orchestra and I was used to playing in a full band where all of our instruments balanced well. Yes, woodwinds were on the quieter side, which is why we were in the front. When playing with the orchestra we had around 15 band members, half woodwinds and half brass. The 15 of us were in the back and even with us playing piano and the strings playing forte we would still overpower the 50-60 string players. It is kinda crazy.
Bir gitarist olarak sadece gitarların, piyanonun, kemanların ve baterinin olduğu bir gösteri vermiştik ve en çok kemanlar parlamıştı ve biz gitarlar duyulmuyorduk
As someone who played french horn and is now learning violin
Im so sorry
And i feel this
Composers: I think the strings need to look like they are working furiously too *aggresive airbowing*
HAHAHAH
Sobs violently in bass
Better than playing Bruckner Symphony No.4, doing tremolos for several mins in the opening
welcome to the club, as a bassooonist I relate to the whole "why am I here " thing
Piece is Ein Heldenleben for people who want to know
True. Also back when i played violin in the school orchestra and was practicing my mom used to ask me what i was even playing. She could only hear that weird single notes and repetitions, but in my head i could hear the whole orchestra xD
the fly in my room at night:
as a violist we get that too
I can hear it but it might be cuz i learned how to divide each group up for my school orchestra
It's the same as how the middle finger feels of the pianist, between the other digits.
As a fellow person who plays violin I can tell you that's how it feels
This Is Why I Like to Be a Violinist and Conductor.
HAHAHA TAKE THAT STRING PLAYERS ( says the brass and winds )
I hate seeing these passages because of their difficulty, but I love that the rest of the orchestra provides cover so I don't have to practice 😉
“If the brass rushes if going to bring my blow gun” 😂
Omg so true I’m a violinist myself and it’s actually really hard
I can't even hear myself sometimes 😭😭
What is this piece called?
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 😊
the color guard of orchestra right there.
I really understand, the only good thing about it is that if you play a wrong note, nobody will notice, but if you play the wrong rhythm, it will be bad
"you guys get to play?"
-violas
fr practicing so long to play something that cant be heard 😭
your section and the conductor can hear it though right?
@@jub8891 yes
Me as a Viola player every time 🙃
…. We understand your pain -flute player
That’s why brass is the best
Cries in oboe
Can confirm as a cellist as all the string interments can barely be heard while the other sections are overtaking the sound in the room so ig we are just there for visual
Can we talk about the two oboes pointing their bells at audience?💀
Yeah that happens when you play Strauss with the best brass section in the world😂
Yeah just play like a tenor instrument. They get to play like half as much and get all the coolest parts. Speaking from the experience of a tenor sax player whose friends play cello trombone and French horn.
As a double bassist, same with us but we never get the melody. I don’t wanna see any violinist tears 😂
Basses literally start this piece with the melody lol
Reminds me of the cello part to Bartoks Concerto for Orchestra...
Meanwhile the harp gang is sitting in the audience, forgotten by all composers🙂🙂🙂
Normally, the orchestra I do is only violin. But this year im going to do it with guitar, more guitars,(idk what its called) recorder, flute and a saxophone ( including violin.)
Same for the flutes until we hit the highest note we can possibly ever hit
Me a pianist: I feel you
As a violinist, I understand your pain.😂
Ayo violinists are like me, a bassist!
Better than drinking in a alley.
As a violist, I FEEL YOU 😭
Yes I can hear the violins quite a lot.
I know that one! Flight of the bumble bee! Kidding only. Good vid.
Lol i remember in high school and we had a combined concert and just in practice the orchestra teacher was livid that no one can hear the strings cuz at the time our class size was like 1/3 of the bands class size 😅
Well, if you can’t hear the violins then I guess the cellos don’t even exist anymore 💀
It sounds like TROMBONES 🎉🎉💪💪
My colleague's daughter is quite a good viola player. Parents spent 250k for her viola made by some master craftsman and during mid year break she flys to Europe to learn from the best.
C00l
That's because you got a bunch of op brass players, this kinda situation wouldn't happen in my country, most of the time the one that disappeared is brass :)
I am a violonist for 7 years now and smtimes i have a bisg concert but online Whit the violins cello and the contrabase and its very ard to play then
😂😂😂 Nailed it!!!!
Brass is KING
Cries unrepentantly in pianist
Like why are we so loud alone but so quiet together in a full orchestra
Cries in bass
Bass has a better part than the violin in this piece
as a violin stundent i agree!
This is so true!!!!!
That's the point. even if u play a bunch of wrong notes.. nobody can hear u :x
as a low brass player I feel this
You know what it's like to be a violist? All of that is rests.
It’s to make it look cooler you’re not meant to hear them, because the winds are just clearly cooler.
Eh, take one part away and you immediately hear it. We are all essential in an orchestra
i wonder if they had mics on the winds specifically during the recording so the balance is off. Tho i wouldn't doubt a brass section can overpower strings if they want. They just seem usually not to
I felt that
Tbh if we didn’t play no one would notice
We played heldenleben this fall and i lowkey just gave up practicing this part since the brass is so loud you cant even hear yourself play lol
Cellists: :')
nah literally 😭😭
this is how woodwinds are treated in wind band😭
All i gotta do is follow the bowing, screw the notes😅
horns are best section
typically i do not understand why people put angry comments on videos. but as a cellist who is always being told to play quieter in chamber music so that the violins can screech away... godddd the audacity
Weird! Cellists are usually told to play louder in most chamber settings bc they have the most important bass line/ the register is low so harder to project
Well good job anyway!!! You could have to count literally a zillion measures of rest like the third trumpet! (That’d be me!😂)
So relatable
Meanwhile the violins in my class don’t practice 😅