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Get to Know Me? (Got tagged by @indecisiveslut teejee ly)

1. Name

Elyse (but that’s just a nickname 👅)

2. Age

15

3. Best friend/s

@indecisiveslut

4. Relationship status

single of course

5. Piercings you have

Lobe!

6. Piercings you want

Second lobe, Helix, daith, industrial, etc (lots of ear piercings) belly button, lip

7. Tattoos you have

none

8. Tattoos you want

full sleeve on left shoulder, idk of what yet, also something to do with music on rib cage

9. Favorite blog

she deleted her account :(

10. The meaning behind my URL

like alter ego but alto is the clef i play yeehaw

11. Favorite (musical) artist at the moment

Ryan O’Neal AKA Sleeping at Last

12. Favorite movie

Don’t have one currently oop

13. A fact about my personality

varies around different people oops

14. What I hate most about myself

I’m a pessimist lmao

15. What I love most about myself

My hair and my eyes, also i’m apparently fun

16. What I want to be when I’m older

I wanna compose video game scores because hell yes

17. Idea of the perfect date

any lmao

jk probably something nature-y

18. Things I hate most

The sound of fingernails on a pillow case/bed sheet (my equivalent of nails on a chalkboard)

19. Weakness

Anger

20. Phobia

Drowning and getting trapped in small spaces (kind of claustrophobia but only if i can’t get out which i’m pretty sure there’s another term)

21. What I hate most about school

In general i just don’t function well in a school environment and it constantly gets overwhelming. also all the fluorescent lights never stop ringing

22. Things I find attractive in guys

curly hair

23. Biggest turn on

to take a more PG approach @indecisiveslut funny, curly and dark hair, cuddle-able

24. Biggest turn off

ugly personality

25. A random face I know

hate this question i- @indecisiveslut

26. A quote I live my life on

don’t have one oops

27. Something I need to get off my chest

I shouldn’t have to feel guilty about wanting to hang out with a different person

28. A description of the person I hate and why I hate them

no they’ll find me also i’m not that mean

29. The last time I cried and why

lmao like 2 hours ago and i’m not spilling i ain’t no little bitch

30. Looks or personality, why?

personality because you’re not gonna last long around someone if their personality is ugly

Litterally my only other friend on here (besides the bitch that tagged me ly b) deleted her account so if you wanna do this to it i’m not tagging anyone specific oop

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I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

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how was prison

pl prison? ;)

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would you consider yourself 💋not like most girls💋?

🤠 i’m a cowgirlllll baby

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The struggles of a violist

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please reblog if you hear music inside your head all the time

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this is my new favorite thing

MUSICAL NOTATION, AS DESCRIBED BY CATS

(I would have liked to crop some of these gifs (like the accent ones) to make them more accurate but alas, I lack the skills.)

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oof

Australian comedian Jim Jefferies points out the ridiculousness of American pro-gun arguments. x x

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Roman Numerals

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#please keep it going #i beg of you #i wanna have this as my legacy lmao #roman numerals

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Me in history class: Wow, humanity has been through some fascinating times!  I wonder if I’ll ever live through major historical events!

Me now: NO NO NO NO NO I WANT TO GET OFF THIS RIDE

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ya girl got a 0!!

How well do you see color?

I’m cry I scored 60, I feel blind

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i’d 👏🏼 rather 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 thanks

I’m reading a book that just mentioned the rite of spring and it says “the violas never play their instruments vertically in that arpeggiated passage in the introduction” and is this seriously a thing they’re supposed to do? I didn’t see anything in the score but I fully support it

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things that are enjoyable:

showers

things that are not enjoyable:

getting in the shower

getting out of the shower

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hi tumblr

I’ve decided to do another 100 days of practice challenge this summer, BUT to make it reasonable (I’m also traveling, having a tendinitis flareup, and cramming for the June LSAT) I’m instating these rules:

listening to any of your rep counts as practicing that day

bonus points if you look at the score while listening to it

I’m trying to keep a practice log where I at least write down which scale I did and which rep I practiced

When tallying up how much time I spend practicing, I’m including stretches and hand exercises for my tendinitis… as motivation to actually do them

posting here about my practicing is one of the top motivators for me to actually practice! today I actually practiced for an hour and a half

so anyway, feel free to join me and post about your practicing successes :) 

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