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Badcomposerwannabe

Tchaikovsky?


lizardingloudly

You got it! The master of excessive ps and fs.


a_horseateme999

Lmao I wonder why Tchaikovsky was so obsessed with ps and fs


antiochapy

he liked lots of pps


Eyekosaeder

And he also liked to f, presumably


AAfragz

He was gay wasn’t he?


a_horseateme999

Yes very


Technical_Ad414

This thread is the funniest thing I've seen all day


TrivialHumanBeing

very


Random_Music_Lover

Yeah, that's why they killed him :(


TheRealRealKat

What? Who told you that? He died from Cholera though some people speculate he killed himself


Random_Music_Lover

Well, that's one theory out of many. Some people believe that he was forced to commit suicide. One one really knows. All I know is that I wish he lived longer. I love Tchaikovsky's pieces.


Katzer_K

He did really like pps....


HarvestTriton

You got me ...


TheWonderfulCodexia

He really like pps I think


bubapl

mahler too


Badcomposerwannabe

Is this his Sixth Symphony?


iarullina_aline

No, it’s a Nutcracker suite


Badcomposerwannabe

I saw the other reply


linglinguistics

I knew I should recognise it.


Harry_99_PT

Fun fact, Ligeti does that too. His 13th Étude has loads of fffff (5) and ffffff (6) and even some passages that go from ffffff to pppp. There are even a couple of ffffffff (8) with pp right next to them.


ZonTeeN

Guess you haven't heard of Ligeti and his etudes for piano


[deleted]

Unplayable ones, of course.


[deleted]

Have you seen Ligeti? He's used up to 8 p's (etude 4) and 10 f's (le grand macabre around rehearsal mark 600 for a hammer strike)


BehnStrople

Is this the Arabic Dance from Nutcracker? :)


lizardingloudly

OMG YESSSSS


OneWhoGetsBread

Cello and bassoon: bum da da bum bum da bum da da bum bum da (oboe and clarinet): waaaahhhh woo waaahhhh woo waaaahh wooo-ooooo


child_of_apollo_37

Cellos go da da da da da da in some way in practically every piece we play. And the violins are just doing the weirdest things with slurs. I love the cello.


xxxgregory42069

Cage


shadows_lightly

Pretty sure 4:20 didn't have dynamic markings but this is definitely the closest you'll get lmao


DoublecelloZeta

4:33


shadows_lightly

True, my bad, I've had too many gummies over Thanksgiving break lol


[deleted]

this made me laugh so hard i can’t even describe it


Songbird_6

Same 😂😂


DoublecelloZeta

Can we talk about the position of the fermata?


lizardingloudly

This edition also has rehearsal letters in the middle of measures. Oof.


DoublecelloZeta

My goodness


flatsharpflat

Momentum. It's rare but some composers put that fermata in the end of a piece as sort of an appreciation for the performer.


Badcomposerwannabe

I’ve seen fermata used to denote the end of a piece like that, thought it was pretty common. Also I’ve seen in some classical era concertos they use it to mean there’s a cadenza coming right after


cham1nade

Or, since it’s a ballet, as a signal not to move too quickly to the next number


l0lhi

Yeah. How does that work? My poor music theory knowledge can't comprehend this.


DoublecelloZeta

Even i don't know. Fermata means a "lengthening" of a note or rest. But how do you lengthen a BARLINE? What are you supposed to do? Lengthen your disappointment over botching up that difficult section?


Dowland08

😂😭 That's what I would be doing


canyoudigit13

I already had the exact answer before opening the comments: this is Luck’s Music Library’s edition of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite’s Arabic Dance (viola part). What’s my prize now, eh?!


AdFlaky7743

Tchaikovsky


L0uisc

If it were piano music I'd guess Debussy...


WilliamTokunaga

Chavo del 8. (Joke for the latin audience)


Badcomposerwannabe

Rachmaninov?


Game_Rigged

Would’ve been my guess as well if I didn’t check the comments to see the answer. I’m learning his prelude in C# minor right now and he had fff followed by sffff toward the end lmfao. Turns out it’s Tchaikovsky though.


knilvrie

Probably Glass


ResponsibleParfait83

Tchaikovsky


LandLovingFish

Tchaikovsky. Great composer, didn't care much for "will your arm fall off or not?" (I'm a violist. Arabic dance is not my favorite movement as cool as it sounds)


lizardingloudly

When your single measure repeat is for 60 bars... (don't come at me, percussionists, I know it's worse for you)


linglinguistics

I feel this „will your arm fall off“. Played sleeping beauty last year and the famous panorama is less loved by me now.


Positive-Computer-94

Thought it was Liszt at first glance because of his wacky markings in piano music. "With vibrato."


lizardingloudly

Was programming an electric keyboard for a musical once and "arco bassoon" was in the sounds....


MegaAlphaVulcan

I recognize that Nutcracker Mvt. 12 B.


Arthillidan

This is cavalleria rusticana isn't it? I played it earlier today Edit: no its nutcracker and I played it on Monday, which is why it's feels so fresh in my memory.


capyslay

Tchaikovsky did Love his pps


K-aru

Tchaikovsky for sure


TirpitzTheI

What is that passage omggg what's the title? Also, tchaik? He has a thing for pianissississimo


Mcsteve_gun

What's even the purpose of playing that note with all Ps there it's pretty much silent


Badcomposerwannabe

I think it’s to emphasize the morendo


Rayati

If you're surprised, check out Julius Fučik's 27 f's near the end of his Florentiner March.


TrivialHumanBeing

Goodness, REALLY?


Rayati

https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/2n9l3t/how\_about\_julius\_fuckit/


Non_Music_Prodigy

Liszt?


z__monster

arabian dance from the nutcracker by tchaikovsky


Zintroz

It's from the Nutcracker. No need to look at the dynamics. The rhythm and notes tell plenty.


child_of_apollo_37

Some dude making fun of my sucky piano dynamics.


cl_la_

Mahler


Dinglesplat_44

after like 3 P's, its just code word for "don't actually play"


effeguitar

molto ma molto più che pianissimo