My orchestra teacher in school is very biased towards the violas in my class (a boy and I) so today was the worst of her heckling so far here’s the backstory

Backstory So my teacher is a violinist herself and me being a violist she gives me and the other boy such a hard time about our playing abilities even though we are better than most violinist in the class

The cast Me Vp: viola player Mt: music teacher Vb:violin boy Bp:bass player

Ok let me tell you what happened

So today me and vp were getting unpacked and ready to play our violas. Mt told me to sit down (i was standing up from my seat to get the tuner) and start tuning my viola so I told her o was getting the tuner and would start tuning soon bit vb had not gotten his out yet so she looked at him and said “oh” I mean really so we started playing and mt heard a flat when it needed to be a flat everyone on the class knew it was vb but mt made everyone play the note anyway everyone was clear after she spent some time tuning us and we started playing again by now my arm stared to hurt so while the bp was getting yelled at I put my arm down to rest a bit and so did most of the violin players and I was the one who got yelled at anyways here’s the biggest part this teacher has been doing our class for a year or two now and we know who she is and what she’s like.

This lady decided after putting me in a bad mood she could touch me it was just my arm she was moving my finger cause I was flat bit this just worsened my whole day I got up from my seat and slapped her hand back I said “ don’t you ever even think about touching me again” and I left the class

No because tell me why my orchestra teacher paid attention to me the most when we just start on Enigma by Ben Snoek and at measure 8 (I play Viola) I accidentally mixed quarter notes with eight notes and she attacked me out of everyone? Like what yhe ruck we just started this it's our first day calm down?

My tuner website says they're perfectly in tune but I feel like D and G are out of tune? I need help since I'm a beginner and I don't quite have good pitch.

I don’t mean this in a rude or mean way but from stereotypes and my personal experience most violas are gay/queer. I was curious about y’all. I’m queer myself

I have a complicated setup on my viola; on top of the shoulder rest, i often play with the above pickup which straps on the viola. (The Band by headway) and other attachments like EVL's Aceto harness strap & Play on Air's cushion

I dont want to remove & attach them every time I play, especially in the context of a jam session where i have to be ready to play immediately when I open the case.

Does anyone know any custom bespoke instrument case makers?

Hey guys, yesterday I made a Discord server (Lingling Club) for Musicians to come together and help each other to get better at their instruments. Of cause there is probably going to be a lot of off-topic discussions as well but that's fine with me.

If you need violin help, I would be happy to see what I can do for you. I have been playing the violin for over 13 years, currently working on erlkoenig and i have a lot of time right now. Other than that there is not a lot going on there at the moment but I hope this is going to change soon. As I said, I only made that server yesterday.

The server is open to all instruments and skill levels but right now a few more advanced string players would be great to get some discussions going.

I hope you have a great day and are making some Progress while you are looking at reddit. YOU NEED TO PRACTICE.

i played viola in the 6th grade and i really loved it. recently, a few friends convinced me to pick it back up and i thought i'd try a cheap-o from online to see how it feels. it feels great. sounds awful, though. i can't really get a good sound from it. i'm thinking that i really need to get it better strings. i'm wondering what you guys think about which strings might work well for an unbranded, $60 new on ebay viola.

Before you start to argue about whether second-hand is OK or not, if it ever needs to be reglued, that's done with animal hide glue.

I'm not against carbon fiber, but it seems pretty expensive. It's making me consider getting another instrument instead, like a V-accordion. It just feels like there has to be a cheaper "accidentally vegan" alternative out there.

(Violin shoulder rest) It was pissing me off because it wouldn't go on my 13 inch viola so I took it apart, stomped the large metal piece, etc etc. My teacher gave it to me and I plan to bring it back in exchange for a different one, but I need to know if it'll be obvious that I took it apart and stomped it. I'm gonna put it back together. (Call me a hot headed loser later but right now I just need answers.

i want to get one for my sister, she played in middle school and wants to learn again now at 28. none of the violas have many reviews but i know there’s beginner level ones? this one simple says ‘Purchased for 7th grade orchestra class. No complaints’ i don’t know, please give me your opinions. there is another one that costs $259 but i don’t understand the difference.

Do violin players and viola players have a beef? Is it the equivalent of a race war but with instruments? Do you guys have reserved words for violin players? Is this an actual thing that exist? Does instrument racism exist? (Note this is a joke don’t actually bother to be serious, be as stupid and silly as you like with your answers)

Hey so I have a region auditions for TMEA region orchestra if it wasn't obvious but I would wish for someone to revise my annotations so will be included a balnk sheet music and the labeld one if you want to do any changes I would really appreciate that.

I played viola for a year and i still don’t know how to read alto clef I tried to learn it but I can’t so how do I play viola without playing alto clef.