16 ‘Y tho’ memes that only musicians will relate to

9 April 2019, 13:05

In a world of annoying sopranos, deafening brass sections and conductors who know better than the rest, these daily struggles make every musician ask 'y tho'?

Seriously, y tho?

1. Bad musician stock photos

   

   There is a simple solution to this monstrosity: use musicians.

2. Airline hand baggage restrictions

   

3. Terrible instrument miming in films

   

   We’re not pointing any fingers, of course. Particularly not at Jeremy Irons in The Mission. Definitely not.

4. Violin teacher: ‘You should play this in second position’

   

   Don't try to make even-numbered positions a thing. It'll never be a thing.

5. When percussionists play the drums on literally anything

   

   No, that is not a drum, that is my chair. That desk is also not a drum, and your knees are certainly not drums. STAHP IT.

6. Annoying vibrato on TV talent shows

   

   Goats. Goats everywhere.

7. Musicians who sway too much

   

8. When the brass section plays fortississimo and blows your eardrum off somewhere into the next room

   

   I hear nothing.

9. When the conductor tells you to change the bowing

   

   Oh thank you baton-holder for your valuable opinion on how to play an instrument you've never even touched.

10. Actually, when the conductor tells you to do anything at all

    

    I'd rather not play that pizzicato any section louder, thank you.

11. When you step in a puddle of spit

    

    Wind and brass players, contain yourselves please.

12. Dropping your rosin on the floor and watching it shatter everywhere

    

13. ‘Can you play for free? It'll be great exposure’

    

14. ‘You should practise Alexander Technique’

    

    Absolutely not. Next.

15. When they say I should give up the practise room because I'm sitting alone, eating my third chocolate bar and staring at a closed instrument case

    

    I'm an artist, leave me alone.

16. When my teacher says watching Joshua Bell on YouTube isn't actual practice

    

    Let's agree to disagree.