violasarekooltoo:

bangdoot:

new-world-symphony:

i learned the best thing the other day in rehearsal: at the end of the first movement of beethoven 7, all of the strings are playing some type of chromatic passage. in the violin 1, violin 2, cello, and bass parts, the notes are marked d, c ♯, b ♯. yet, in the viola part, the notes are marked d, c ♯, c ♮. beethoven’s reason for doing this? he thought the violists wouldn’t understand the b ♯.

tl;dr — even beethoven made viola jokes

this is gold

It’s sad but true tho