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I love my cello so much that sometimes I burst into passionate outbreaks, where I grab it by its weist and dance around the house with it while singing. Submitted &amp; created by fallsweethome  (x) 

I love my cello so much that sometimes I burst into passionate outbreaks, where I grab it by its weist and dance around the house with it while singing. 
Submitted & created by fallsweethome 

(x) 

Tagged • cello • classical music • music • confessions
I think that Scarpia&#8217;s Te Deum from Tosca is one of the scariest pieces of music ever written.Submitted by Naomi (via email) (x) 

I think that Scarpia’s Te Deum from Tosca is one of the scariest pieces of music ever written.
Submitted by Naomi (via email)

(x) 

Tagged • Tosca • puccini • opera • Scarpia • baritone • aria • classical music • music • confessions
The fact that Wagner never finished his Faust just kills me.Submitted by Tiiau (via email) (x) 

The fact that Wagner never finished his Faust just kills me.
Submitted by Tiiau (via email)

(x) 

Tagged • Wagner • overture • symphony • opera • classical music • music • confessions
When I’m frustrated with my practicing and ready to give up, I pour my energy into playing major scales one by one: each ascending (C, C♯, D, D♯, …) and then each descending (B, B♭, A, A♭, …) until I feel confident enough to tackle practicing again. However, if I’m still particularly moody, I’ll make my way through the minor scales. (x)

When I’m frustrated with my practicing and ready to give up, I pour my energy into playing major scales one by one: each ascending (C, C♯, D, D♯, …) and then each descending (B, B♭, A, A♭, …) until I feel confident enough to tackle practicing again. However, if I’m still particularly moody, I’ll make my way through the minor scales.

(x)

Tagged • practice • scales • major • minor • classical music • music • confessions
Sometimes, I wonder if I would have been a better musician if I were a violinist instead of a cellist. Especially after watching them play their fifty measures of 16th-note runs while I play quarter-notes every beat.Submitted by mariothecellist  (x) 

Sometimes, I wonder if I would have been a better musician if I were a violinist instead of a cellist. Especially after watching them play their fifty measures of 16th-note runs while I play quarter-notes every beat.
Submitted by mariothecellist 

(x) 

Tagged • violin • violinist • cello • cellist • musicians • music notation • sheet music • classical music • music • confessions
I had to turn off my &#8220;Piano Classics&#8221; CD half-way through a song by Bach.Submitted by happyplantnerd  (x)  

I had to turn off my “Piano Classics” CD half-way through a song by Bach.
Submitted by happyplantnerd 

(x)  

Tagged • Bach • cd • piano • classical music • music • confessions
I had about $4 left on a gift card. I decided to spend it on a classical guitar compilation CD. Best present I&#8217;ve bought for myself recently!  (x) 

I had about $4 left on a gift card. I decided to spend it on a classical guitar compilation CD. Best present I’ve bought for myself recently! 

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Tagged • classical guitar • cd • gifts • classical music • music • confessions
I have a singing degree. I sing in choir. I still get told how to sing. Submitted by ramerrez (x)  

I have a singing degree. I sing in choir. I still get told how to sing. 
Submitted by ramerrez

(x)  

Tagged • choir • music school • classical music • music • confessions
I intensely dislike flute players who fake-flute during performances. I mean, what’s the point? Submitted by hakitteh (x) 

I intensely dislike flute players who fake-flute during performances. I mean, what’s the point? 
Submitted by hakitteh

(x) 

Tagged • flute • flautist • flutist • concert • classical music • music • confessions
I think that Vltava by Bedrich Smetana is one of the best pieces ever written. You can just see the music flowing.Submitted by freedomnotincluded  (x) 

I think that Vltava by Bedrich Smetana is one of the best pieces ever written. You can just see the music flowing.
Submitted by freedomnotincluded 

(x) 

Tagged • Bedřich Smetana • Bedrich Smetana • symphonic poem • orchestra • symphony • classical music • music • confessions
The first time I heard &#8220;In Trutina&#8221; (from Carmina Burana), I listened to a classical crossover artist sing it. Even though crossover artists aren&#8217;t always strictly classical musicians, I don&#8217;t mind the crossover genre because it motivates me to listen to the original operatic/orchestral version.  (x)

The first time I heard “In Trutina” (from Carmina Burana), I listened to a classical crossover artist sing it. Even though crossover artists aren’t always strictly classical musicians, I don’t mind the crossover genre because it motivates me to listen to the original operatic/orchestral version. 

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Tagged • Orff • opera • classical crossover • musicians • genre • classical music • music • confessions • hayley westenra
Katherine Jenkins, Sarah Brightman, Jackie Evancho, and Andrea Bocelli are not opera singers. I hate it when people compared them to true musical artists like Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Cecilia Bartoli, Sumi Jo, and Renee Fleming.Submitted by anonymous (x: pictures from respective Last.fm artist pages) 

Katherine Jenkins, Sarah Brightman, Jackie Evancho, and Andrea Bocelli are not opera singers. I hate it when people compared them to true musical artists like Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Cecilia Bartoli, Sumi Jo, and Renee Fleming.
Submitted by anonymous

(x: pictures from respective Last.fm artist pages) 

Tagged • Katherine Jenkins • Sarah Brightman • Jackie Evancho • Andrea Bocelli • Kiri Te Kanawa • Lucia Popp • Cecilia Bartoli • Sumi Jo • Renee Fleming • Renée Fleming • opera • vocalist • vocal • classical music • music • classical crossover • confessions
In Gounod’s Faust, I always feel so bad for Méphistophélès at the end of &#8220;Allons, Amis.&#8221; Submitted by tiiau (x) 

In Gounod’s Faust, I always feel so bad for Méphistophélès at the end of “Allons, Amis.” 
Submitted by tiiau

(x) 

Tagged • Gounod • opera • classical music • music • confessions
I sometimes get too preoccupied with listening to music and playing music that my music theory homework ends up getting done at midnight.Submitted by eamus  (x)  

I sometimes get too preoccupied with listening to music and playing music that my music theory homework ends up getting done at midnight.
Submitted by eamus 

(x)  

Tagged • music theory • listen • classical music • music • confessions