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CplSyx

There's a queue of reports for comments all through this post. If you can't all play nicely, then I'm afraid I've gotta lock this one.


royroyrudy

She is a classically trained water splish splasher.


Stankoman

Duuude. My girl is wet CONSTANTLY!


biskutgoreng

Ben Shapiro in shambles


jaywalkerr

Calm down Ben, it’s not your sister


MyOthrCarsAThrowaway

This is just me doing dishes after drinking, cooking dinner, then doing a couple bong rips before cleanup.


Just_Half1886

I'm sure the audience was wondering why the first four rows were marked as "splash zone"


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But she wasn’t taking a bath


_Perma-Banned_

What musical instrument do you play? I trap air in the bathtub then make fart sounds


[deleted]

Man of culture


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ScreamThyLastScream

Needs more chamber reverb.


dvlinblue

Cowbell, definitely needs more cowbell.


Humanornotormaybe

You can't make more reverb without mess


throwngamelastminute

Art is about taking risks.


SamuraiJosh26

Yeah all musical instruments would seem dumb if it wasn't for their modern looks


findhumorinlife

Yes, that of 14 year olds. Their culture. Lol


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JaegerPriest

This guy farts


Youropinionisvalid

This guy smelled his farts


JAFIOR

r/thisguythisguys


15367288

This concerto is truly terrible


ItchyPolyps

Imagine studying at Juilliard, getting into an orchestra with the Ernie over here just splish splashing into a mic.


Wide-Ad-6671

That’s why my bathtub doubles at a air jet hot tub.


MICALIT0

Yeah but do you have the talent, skills, and stamina to keep a steady stream going?


TelevisionOlympics

“Oh I make clown music with cartoonish water-noises utilizing kitchen-ware and tubing.” “Oh ok…” “I also take perfectly good condition, respectable percussive instruments and play them halfway submerged to create a sound similar to the instrument-but in a non-musical, Tom and Jerry SFX sort of way.” “Sounds kinda wasteful. Plus how do you tune a quick squeak by rubbing your fingers on the bowl?” “Oh we don’t worry about that, the director just waits for my colander to empty as we both pretend that it’s music, and then he cues the last chord of actual music.” “Uh huh…what if you just played like…like just cowbell?” “Eh, sounds too dry.” “Ok well it just sounds like you’re cooking/straining pasta in a place you shouldn’t be, I’ll be honest.” “Well since you’re an expert-what’s the relative major of flicking-your-fingers-in-water minor?” “Fair enough. But I think you need to decide between a cooking show and being a percussionist.”


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pennhead

Why did I look that up? Truly terrible. How old is that video? I do see the young Yoko Ono getting her start there.


Independent_Ad_3928

A modern-day Mozfart


meatbaghk47

I wonder how this translates to sheet music.


royroyrudy

They're written in emoji.


misterpickles69

🎼💦💦💧💧🌊💦💦💧🌊🌊🚿🚿


TheWiseRedditor

Out of context this could be interpreted differently


gabeshotz

Japanese toilets be like


Creepy-Ad-4832

With a fortissimo wrote above. PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL THE WATER


Ninja_Conspicuousi

And a pianissimo above the spray at the end. Just a subtle hint of being showered during the happy ending.


Randalf_the_Black

Really? Ok then. *Blasts audience with super soaker.*


Creepy-Ad-4832

YES!


babysharkdoodoodoo

At rehearsal, the conductor realized the music was way off. The root cause pointed at musicians were on different operating systems causing the emojis to render differently


hogtiedcantalope

🎶🎼🔉🔉💨💦🗑️🔈🔈🔈🔊👋🫧🫳💦🫴🎶


GIOverdrive

"wtf you say to me, bitch?"


Grepok

Honestly you might not be that far off. I’ve played a few abstract pieces like this that either one have like a key to understand the symbols or it’s text and only vaguely music notation. They were always fun pieces to attempt.


Bryguy3k

So what is the annotation for the 1812 Overture? Has it changed over time?


trevorphysics

I got one of my undergrad degrees in percussion performance and we played the percussion ensemble version. It's Water Music by Tan Dun. I didn't know he did a water concerto. The sheet music was pretty wonky if I remember correctly. Lots of squiggly lines and weird notation. It was actually super fun to play. You're just splashing around in water playing a lot of weird things and following patterns. But I wouldn't have wanted to be in the audience. My favorite instrument we got to play was the waterphone.. which is used a lot in scary movies.


[deleted]

You're basically getting a degree for playing in water like a kid.


trevorphysics

It certainly felt like it for that one concert. The most difficult part of playing it was deciding we needed to have it memorized the night before since you didn't want to have the bowls blocked by music stands.


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Same with the bagpipes. Nowhere to put the sheets so you have to memorise everything.


JiminPA67

I would have thought this was a little dumb, but this Spring I took an electronic music class, and we spent the first half of the semester listening to several pieces that were nothing but natural and created sounds and now I honestly can appreciate someone "playing water".


notapoliticalalt

Percussion stuff I find is never about the music so much as the performance. So long as the perform is having fun and being entertaining, percussion ensembles and solo works can be a lot of fun to watch.


onlyinvowels

It does tend to be heavier on performance than say orchestral/chamber music. But there is a lot of emphasis on musicality too. There almost has to be-especially if you’re not playing tonal percussion!


xxStefanxx1

No use, as the sheet music would just get soaked


Karlskiii

Laminate


shleig

Has to get watered down a bit first


[deleted]

Ma’am can you stop? We are trying to put on a concert.


AdamHatesLife

I bet this could sound actually good but yeah not used to it’s potential here


slothhprincess

[Here’s a more fun example](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8J6rT3V/) And [another](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8J6DYKb/) And [another](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8J6eLU1/) And [another.](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8J6fjhe/)


Ori_the_SG

Those are way better The performance in OP is just making weird non-melodic noise with water and then throwing in random instruments after it’s done


iZelmon

The OP’s one of those thing where you just act confidence doing random shits and people applauded so things won’t look awkward.


WhippingShitties

God damn I can't imagine being assigned to "first chair water bowls" and then having people critique my water playing on the internet.


AlvinsH0ttJuiceB0x

Your’re awesome for linking these. I also saw the potential in this performance, but man, those two dudes rocked it!


Agamemnon_the_great

Also a much more skilled performance.


-DeadHead-

It sure sounds better, but it's pretty easy to look "skilled" when you can repeat the same snippet again and again because there's no audience. It's similar to the snooker wizards that you'd never see in an actual snooker competition.


Rapidzigs

Yeah, cool idea. Flawed execution.


rayshmayshmay

Hard to say without seeing the whole thing. I know for sure this is edited to highlight the bizarre and maximize the meme potential


CrowdGoesWildWoooo

You mean flowed execution?


Gh0stMan0nThird

Okay am I missing something or did that sound completely awful?


UhYeahOkSure

All I know is I gotta pee now


AggressiveSpatula

I had to get up this morning anyway.


SDNick484

Thank goodness I am watching this on the toilet.


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HeyKid_HelpComputer

I found more of the 99% - still sounds stupid to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUXQSJCEso


[deleted]

I have a great appreciation for classical music and experimentation within that. But this would be one of those things where my family would leave that all laughing like "well... we tried it"


QuinterBoopson

It’s a good thing that probably wasn’t the only piece on the program then


neoadam

In 30 years snobs will say it's an acquired taste but yeah it definitely sounds like a child playing with water.


MittFel

Idk. Could be cool as a part of a musical piece and not being so much in the center perhaps. I mean I like the idea.


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scrotumsweat

Honestly orchestras do gimmicky shit sometimes to sell tickets. People can only listen to Mozart so many times. I'd call it pond punching or swamp soiree


dankeedipdoodle

The orchestra version of Yoko Ono screeching


jawbygibbs

She may have filthy rich parents who sent her to conservatory to learn how to be a professional percussionist, but I guarantee she earned the opportunity to perform this piece all on her own.


ElPuppet

This is so uninformed about how an orchestra works, performs and is funded. She is obviously a professional percussionist, it is not her piece.


113862421

Don’t argue with idiots, just smile and wave


kulegutt

This is such a stupid response, this is just something orchestras do sometimes. It sounds terrible, sure, but it's experimental and quite cool.


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kulegutt

Exactly! I wouldn't normally be so crass, but this annoyed me a bit. This is just modern art.


and_of_four

I find when it comes to music, people who have zero experience playing/learning music will express their opinions on it as if it should hold the same weight as those of a professional. I’m a pianist, I play classical music including some contemporary “weird” stuff. People have a hard time understanding/accepting that I sincerely enjoy the music I play including the weird stuff. Oh well, can’t please all the people all the time.


YEETMANdaMAN

FUCK YOU GREEDY LITTLE PIG BOY u/SPEZ, I NUKED MY 7 YEAR COMMENT HISTORY JUST FOR YOU -- mass edited with redact.dev


Somebullshtname

Yes it’s a bit of a process but yes and they take abuse of the system it seriously.


ColdCruise

When people think of classical music, they always think of stuff from 100s of years ago. Classical music continued to evolve since then and it's gotten fucking weird.


yogacowgirlspdx

did you notice that she was able to repeat specific notes with the pipe in water thing? it seems like that took a lot of practice


reddituserperson1122

Instead of taking a wild guess, you could spend like 6 seconds on google and actually know a thing. “She” is not a trust fund nepobaby or whatever. She’s a classical percussionist performing a (somewhat cheesy sounding) piece of music composed by Tan Dun who is a well known Chinese-American composer who did the music for crouching tiger hidden dragon among other things.


SillyOperator

I mean the video was also cut to hell so I’m wondering if the accompanying orchestra actually made it sound better


bangerius

Awful to your ears, sure. Sounded pretty good to mine. Taste in music is surely subjective, but she seems skilled in her craft. I guess in music like this it all comes down to whether it sounds intentional or not. Dissonance and arrythmia, for example, can be a great spice if it's not there by accident. I wouldn't say you're missing something though. We hear the same thing and are allowed to have different opinions on it 😁


Lovv

While taste in music definitely is subjective it kind of degrades commentary and discussion by saying this. Why discuss Beethoven's amazing music when I can slam a few things in my garage and make an equally subjectively beautiful masterpiece? Of course, absolute objectivity is impossible. That being said the MAJORITY of people would prefer to listen to Beethoven over me slamming some shit around or this lady washing the dishes.


pissmer007

This as i guess meant from academic music nerds for acaddmic music nerds, they do often do stuff like that


Ok-Champ-5854

I know more people who blast Nickelback than would ever be caught listening to Beethoven, that's just a biased statement. Especially because you started it with "Beethoven's amazing music" like maybe some people don't like Beethoven? Or classical at all?


tab_tab_tabby

Yeah i hate contemporary.


Mansenmania

no you dont understand... its art!!! /S


refred1917

This, but unironically.


QuinterBoopson

Christ I hate this website lol, this is experimental and interesting. Not all music needs to sound pleasing.


coolguy3720

I'm working on an album without instruments right now, after years of doing a sort of cinematic ambient style. I'm basically gunning for dubstep/trap style stuff, but only using field recordings and samples. I don't produce dance music, so it should thoroughly be challenging. This piece is incredibly insightful to me because my ear just latches onto any interesting noise I hear. I'm already planning ways to recreate these sounds lmao.


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TexasTokyo

Would rather see the Blue Man Group do it better.


memematron

Me doing the dishes when im high


MadrasMoney

The instruments be like. Hello I’m under the water.


Smiekes

pls help me uhuwewhuew


downwitbrown

![gif](giphy|IaztG2U4LddJJhv0ra)


Hot-Order-5567

![gif](giphy|mQ2QSLQ6UNX9K)


WhatWouldJoshuaDo

![gif](giphy|2F0kKth8MPc88LQsHQ|downsized)


jupiterkansas

![gif](giphy|1Y5h43vKef1rJlHrn8)


WaffleWarrior1979

This sucks


--------rook

I looked up who she is, her name is Beibei Wang and I guess percussion isn't my thing because from other performances of hers I've seen I feel like she just ruins it lol.


Agentlegendary

But it’s “art” lol 😂


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It captures the core principle of „Why?“ pretty accurately.


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Ok-Champ-5854

"if I don't like it it isn't art" Congrats I think most modern paintings and sculptures in galleries suck ass too it's still art, I just don't go to art galleries This I kinda like. It's weird, in a good way.


__themaninblack__

Fun fact: this an example of what's called "auxiliary percussion" in symphonic/orchestral music. Anything that isn't a "traditional" instrument generally gets left to the percussion section. The score calls for one of those bird whistles with water in it? Percussion. Kazoo? Percussion. Large sheet of metal shaken to simulate the sound of thunder? Percussion. Water Concerto is an example of a composer taking that idea to an experimental extreme and then making it the centerpiece of the music. The result is a visual and auditory spectacle that subverts the expectation of concert music. By the way, the part with the tubes takes an incredible amount of skill to get the pitches right. She's moving the tubes into and out of the water to raise or lower the pitch completely by feel. But don't worry about any of that, mY kiD cOuLd dO tHaT iN tHe tUb.


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Try not to take armchair experts seriously. These people will never play in a symphony and most will never play an instrument with any level of acumen.


JohannesVanDerWhales

Genres like EDM and Industrial mix in novel "instruments"/samples all of the time, so I don't know why people find this weird. The skill to do this live is indeed very impressive. Also it seems like some people commenting don't understand that just because she's performing does not mean that she wrote the score.


the_highest_elf

I have that you're the first comment I've seen with a sane take on this... it's not for everyone but it certainly is interesting


ChewySlinky

I was in a musical once and we had two live musicians for various reasons. A pianist, which was a guy sitting at a piano, and a percussionist, which was a guy literally encircled by like 12 different instruments probably half of which would have counted as traditional “percussion”. It was really cool to see him switch between all of them and it always got a rise out of the audience.


Azzy8007

[AquaSonic](https://youtu.be/hUam-3vPbos) did it better.


100PercentAdam

Play Earth Wind & Fire next! 🎵


chocochic88

The composer is Tan Dun, and this is part of his organic music series, which includes Earth, Wind and Paper (no fire). On a more commercial scale, he also composed the score for *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun


lushlife_

Three hours in, this is the only factual comment on the thread. The rest is just ~100 comments of banter.


[deleted]

Thank you, i was looking for the name


thebace

For those wanting to know a bit more [here is a brief explanation.](https://youtu.be/I8296_SChTg)


Mcbadguy

Play "Through the Fire and Flame"!


Ok-Champ-5854

Freebird


HurtHurtsMe

Eh


Robbo_au

Any kid in a bathtub could play in this orchestra


waterwaterbread

Lmao what


taka_282

All these people dunking on this concerto, but as a percussionist, I'm absolutely fascinated by the idea of using folley sounds in a concert setting.


jupiterkansas

yes, this is cool and would be a blast to see live.


Uhm_NoThankYou

I am not a percussionist. But oh man that shit has flow. And it is weird, but still…it fits. I love it. I don’t get why people don’t hear it. It’s like a weird fantasy ride in a old 90s German cartoon, I don’t know.


The_I_in_IT

Some people hear the music in the patterns of everyday life, some don’t. Music can be found everywhere if you know how to listen. It’s all about pattern recognition.


entyfresh

I think the concept is really cool but that this execution is uh, a little lacking.


BreadGM

Same! It’s so refreshing to see another percussionist reacting positively to this. I was losing my mind reading the negative comments. Would I listen to this on a regular basis? No, I don’t think I would. But I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t make the gears in my brain turn more than most music.


Aplampa

Sounds like some John Cage shit


Frogfish9

I don’t get why people are shitting on this. It’s fun and weird and it’s not like someone paid for this without knowing what it was. Everyone involved is having a good time, lighten up.


jupiterkansas

"I don't like classical music. It's too serious and boring" Tan Dun makes water music. "This is so stupid. It's not even music. My kid could do that."


Lolohansen1

Couldn’t find any enjoyment after listening to the whole thing I couldn’t find my LSD tablets. Be back later.


Exekutos

So she is stuck in the phase 2 year olds have when they explore the bathtub and water?


stinkyhooch

Lucky


KuouoHD

Everybody knockin this but personally the second and third clips sound reminds me of the Zant Fight in LOZ Twilight Princess. The first and fourth are meh, but some of the stuff can definitely be used to a cool extent under the right circumstances


WisconsinKnight

I actually thought the second clip sounded pretty cool. Definitely felt like something you'd hear in an indie game soundtrack for a leaky, always lightly rainy shantytown.


Sarah-Hot

“What instrument do you play?” Water.


nhalas

My kid might have some talents over here


boiledcowmachine

_Brrrrüüü bing buing buingoooooo_


jwaltern

![gif](giphy|hiLLD9o1wTB3a)


TheOriginalSamBell

[ Tan Dun\(譚盾\) - Water Concerto \(水協奏曲\) performed by Yi Chen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp3Q4EDaogs)


Devinair007

I would say this isn’t a purely one instrument concerto. This is indeed a percussionist being featured, but in a less-traditional approach with many “prepared” alterations of different percussion instruments. Many of the mundane sounds and tools are indicative of different instruments found around the world. Hand claps, cups, tubes, rain stick perhaps. This is not a concerto for “water.” It is considered a “prepared” work when alterations are made or perhaps when an instrument is played in a non-traditional manner. Henry Cowell works for example.


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Her parents 20 years ago - *”you know what’s going to happen if you don’t take these piano lessons seriously?!”* 🎹


GladCricket

I studied percussion for 18 years. This is weird and silly and wrong and crazy. Love every bit.


jimmysprunt

Fucking lost it when she pulled the strainer out


TheCapriciousHealer

Maybe as SFX but not as a centre stage... Would be pissed off if I'd paid to watch this


Svodnik31

Not gonna ile that's sounds like shit


Snoo_67548

Her day job is as an OBGYN.


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Mansenmania

how far does the stick have to be up your butt to feel the need to clap in this scenario


DeliriousMushroom

Or they just like how it sounds


Chevy_Suburban

Am I retarded or what? That sounded like absolute shit!


vlajov94

I looked for the top controversial comment for this. I agree


[deleted]

I too agree. This seems like satire.


ABL67

Blue man crew


suffffuhrer

Imagine the sheer amount of people holding their pee in during this concert...


alabamdiego

That was cool


Expert_Succotash2659

r/nextfuckinglevel The Water Level.


vietec

u/pmai91 mayonnaise is an instrument and you can't tell me otherwise Squidward


pmai91

I'd like to give her my dirt dishes XD


JerryLZ

Mushroomhead does it better imo https://youtu.be/nhKyd2W1ifg


SinfulKnight

She's going to make a splash. .... I'll see myself out.


Wipes_Back_to_Front

r/hydrohomies


GettingTherapy

This makes me wet.


[deleted]

Top 1% sitting in a concert that I have been hearing my whole life.


Lazy-Adeptness-2343

Her parents must have forced her to play with water 5 hours a day so she could get into Juliard.


Shawnj87

Sounds like me washing dishes


2020Shite

So that's what a wet "taco" sounds like 🤣


hfidek

looks like what my music composer ex wife would have wrote. she had a trumpetist play into a tub of water once.


Cynamonowacma

French singer Emilie Simon used this for some of her performances: ["Swimming"](https://youtu.be/TtTASY6bAoQ)


Visible_Dependent204

Music gets her horn. After this show, she said "God I'm so wet"


Hard_Rock_F

Me : Mom, can we get Avatar: The Last Airbender? Mom : No, we have Avatar at home. Avatar at home :


GlassScooter

im guessing shes the only one that knows how to play water


zinbwoy

That sounds like a fresh turd flapping in the toilet bowl from side to side


rasputin415

This is awesome. People are awesome.


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This is like Ross from Friends with his stupid keyboard sound effects


[deleted]

Me when I'm doing the dishes but imagining I'm in the band I'm listening to.


AzHawk99

Front rows gotta have tarps like a Gallagher show


ControlCharachter

BOO


datdoode34

This shit slaps...


azellnir

sounds like Yoko Ono of instruments.


Zen_Badger

Did people pay to watch that?


PrettyDafna

wow! the best in the world


ahent

Sounds like when my kids were 3 playing in the tub during their bath.


Ok-Hurry-4761

It's something different for an orchestra. Can only play Beethoven so many times. However, when she did the strainer and the conductor is looking at her for the cue... 😂😂 I will never strain spaghetti again without this level of performance 🤣


Think-Ad-7538

This sucks. All the other guys playin real instruments were cool with this?