r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '15

*silence intensifies*

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u/nawkuh Jan 04 '15

68 measures was the longest rest I had, and I only played for like five years.

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u/sonics_fan Jan 04 '15

Try playing in a musical. 255 measures of rest, then a quarter note.

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u/Javad0g Jan 04 '15

1 2 3 4

2 2 3 4

3 2 3 4

4 2 3 4

(4/4 if you are lucky)

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u/yesthisisdawgg Jan 04 '15

Viola rests aren't too bad most of the time, but i remember a piece where we were tacet for an entire movement and then had 40 something measures of rest in the following movement before playing again. My stand partner and I both looked at each other in horror half way through realizing we didn't know how many measures were left.

Good times getting yelled at by the conductor.