Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Clap-along – GAME

Happy birthday Stravinsky! 🎈

On this day 140 years ago, Igor Stravinsky was born. Can you clap along with his The Rite of Spring? 👏

[oscargill]

Can't wait for this to be used in every high school music class ever. Fun stuff!

[londonphilharmonicorchestra]

We’re actually a day early with this video! Stravinsky’s birthday is tomorrow on June 17. Let’s celebrate his birthday-eve instead.

[RobinClower]

Don't forget the classic 11 notes in a row elsewhere in the piece, which you can count super easily by repeating the 11 syllable long phrase "I-gor Stra-vin-sky is a son of a b****"

[samcoleman]

It’s all plain-sailing until the bassoons and ‘bones mess with your head at level 2.

Genius craftsmanship from Stravinsky

[jolyonfelton]

Brilliant fun. Good idea made me realise just how good the players are!

[phineasg]

I need a rhythm game with just Stravinsky.

[JTBPercussion]

as a percussionist, this was insanely easy

[annasteinkogler]

Haha, brilliant, THIS is what playing in an orchestra feels like! (Harpist‘s point of view)

[DocKrazy]

Joke's on you, I've been clapping along for 15 years.

[jazzman]

This is a genius idea. I always love clapping along to Augurs. Easily my favourite part of the Rite. Harmonically and rhythmically sublime!

[MaxTooney]

Great exercise! I did surprisingly well, particularly in the empty measures.

[ezraschwartz]

Love this visualization!!! Wonder if animating the actual notes is possible:-)

[whatdoyousuppose]

I did remarkably well on this one but the other one with the final Sacrificial Dance is like the big final boss battle I still have trouble with 😂

[amadeus]

I was exposed to “The Rite of Spring” very early—I had a copy of “Fantasia” on VHS and watched it when I was in elementary school—so this music is second nature to me, but now that I think about it, the offbeat rhythms and nonstop dissonances must have drove the early 20th century music societies absolutely insane. Imagine never having heard this before and trying to sit comfortably in a theater seat.

[ilikechineseteaespeciallyj]

JOKES ON YOU FUCKERS COS I'M PRINCIPLE VIOLA AND WE ARE PLAYING THIS IN MY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA IN 2 WEEKS ALONG WITH KORNGOLD VIOLIN CONCERTO. I LOVE THE 444 TIME SIGNATURE CHANGES MMM MMM TASTY (this is a cry for help. I hate counting. I literally cannot play my part it is very hard).

[ouwebrood]

All those weird accents placed by the wind section makes it so hard.

[mr.boogerbutt]

I literally panicked when the cue line disappeared

[cora]

Me, a violinist: this is gonna be really easy
Me after: yeah no

[ejb]

I assumed there'd be level 3 using the Danse Sacrale. C'mon guys!

[nicholasyenson]

HOMESTAR: We're only allowed to play Clapping Party.