8 Levels of How Musicians Count (Noob to Pro)

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S N A P C H A T: Brettybang | Eddy.Chen

[umarth]

Level 1: Not counting
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Level 8: Not counting

[RKDub]

Level 1: Guessing
Level 8: Guessing with some skill

[joedoherty]

Being a percussionist was basically "enjoy some music, and every 10 mins or so hit a drum really loud"

[lauren]

Level -2, Opera singer: don't count and just come in whenever you feel cause the orchestra has to follow you anyways

[sotakeabitofcalpol]

Level 17: It doesn’t matter. Nobody’s counting at the same pace. The cellos are hitting each other. The flute is on a solo. The clarinet is crying. The conductor is napping. Chaos reigns

[Jay-S]

“The conductor said he’ll give a cue...”
Aka the biggest lie in history

[toyuta]

“Orchestra is not a children’s playground, it’s a battlefield.”

-Eddy

[KanekoYasha]

Level 9: memorising the entire piece so you know when you should come in after other instruments. Just a tip from an oboe player

[edboy]

Level 9: Composing your own music and messing up the entrance anyways

[qxrbil]

When everybody is hoping that the director is counting but he's actually waiting for the violas to cue him.

[naringrass]

level 8: it's like when you fall asleep on the bus, but somehow wake up right before your stop.

[_ryanc]

1. Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Mvt 2 I think?
2+3: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mvt 3
4: Mahler Symphony No. 1 Mvt 3
5+6: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mvt 3
7. Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Mvt 3
8. Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Mvt 2

[amaart]

When two musicians sitting next to each other are both thinking that they can follow their desky 😂

[amaart]

Eddy: “The orchestra is not a child’s playground.
IT’S A BATTLE FIELD.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[francescadelsole]

Sacrilegious level: if you can count slowly, you can count quickly.

[imaniglasgow]

In high school, we did homework during 40 bar rests. Those were the days.

Thanks for the laughter!

[jedbeetle]

then there’s like knowing the piece so well because you’ve played this show a million times and you can walk out and have a sandwich and come back in the right spot.

[bbyfouv]

"The orchestra is not a child's playground, it's a battlefield."
This should be a merch design

[cpcoultertweedles]

One of my favourite junior orchestra moments: We were all struggling with the timing of a particular section of the music. Finally, the conductor stops us and says, "Alright, as you play it this time, EVERYONE is going to count out loud." It started soft, with people just quietly counting, "One, two, three, four." And then us cellists decided to count a little louder, to drown out the violists. Who counted a little louder in retaliation. Which inspired the first and second violinists to count even louder. By the end of the piece, you couldn't hear the music over the sounds of 45 kids screaming, "ONE TWO THREE FOUR!" We got the timing exactly right, the conductor declared the cellists the winner in our unofficial competition, and I excused myself because I had been yelling so loud that I had killed my throat.

[paulgush]

Level 12 - Become a horn player. I once had 101 bars of rest. I've totally forgotten the piece of music, but I remember that 101 bars of rest