16 Types of Musicians Before a Concert 

Another version: bored sopranos (who got the melody again) singing the alto parts in between soprano parts

Yes tho

And “trying to play your friend’s instrument”

abby vv lol this is me

Facts

Crap that's me

HAHAHAH That's me

That's me lol

What about the one with all the lotion

That is me :3

Ling Ling

18. Ling Ling- making a violin

So true lol

Mozart/Paganini 😂😂

Making up rearrangements for the solo...

That's me.if I don't know anyone (that I usually don't)I just stand there until the performance starts.

I feel targeted

Yo that's me -^-

You mean you

Yeah that last one it's me I don't know anyone too and I just sit in a corner or next to the teacher

DUDE I AM LITERALLY THE SCREECHING SOPRANO KID THE E6 THAT I HAVE TO REACH OVERWHELMS ME TOO MUCH

*panicked mezzo bellowing*

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Me before a concert: Hits an E6 Me performing: Oh shit in two measures I have to hit a B5

Cellist have to prepare mentally before playing canon in D

Yoo i do that too with my beginner's flute book from 6 years ago

Literally me

Haha yeah that is so true but it’s before every lesson and every single piece from each grade I’ve done

*memories of pretending my fingers are broken*

jamie p

Bananas have potassium, which is good for tendons, and chocolate has calming effects

We need the backstory

It's definitely a thing because I eat both before every performance I have. I didn't know it was a thing either! 😅😅😅

Not really. Most musicians have been told at some point in their life about the banana and chocolate pre-performance diet.

Both have a lot of sugar

Then you have to sight read

You realize you forgot the sheet music at home: *P A N I K*

You realize that you forgot to bring violin : *P A N I K*

You are a pianist: PANIC

im probably mostly just more amd more chocolates

Brother and sisters! :D

I will try. For me work with popcorn so ....

LMAO

I would eat bananas because usually that makes me less nervous

Never related to something more in my LIFE

Same right

ME

@@armykookie2760 armyyy

connie wang ARMYYYYYY I found another one 💜 I purple you

if we eat literally ANY food in mouth goes 🆙🆙🆙

*laughs in clarinet*

*laughs in wind instruments*

laughs in piano

*laughs in saxophone*

Nooooo i feel bad for u

This... This is relatable... Only difference, that in middle school, (because I played flute in middle school) there were something like... 6 flutes in total, or more, I don't remember, so our flute teacher just said "eat at home"... Now... How am I supposed to not to crave for that mf CAKE that you put on the table IN FRONT OF ME 5 minutes before the concert.

You can smoke weed tho

excuse the ignorance, would you explain to me why? I'm new around here ehehe

@@si4801 flute players can’t eat before playing because they need clean mouths to keep instrument clean and air clean

I'd put that under 9. Backstage selfie diva, 1:38

Got to get the wig right.

x_GalaxyGamer_x this is actually me

Antonio Vivaldi 😄

Another kind souls know the piece at number 2?

This was kinda of copied but alright m8

The tenors and basses-I 😂😂

As an ex choir captain, I can confirm this is true

Hello, a screeching soprano here....MY.. LIFE... EXACTLY. Lol 😂 ❤️😜

as an alto i don't relate to it in the choir i sing the sopranos are the ones who never know their part bc the conductor sings w them, they get spoiled and never memorize it We altos are grown girls who always know it♡

I'm a saxophonist and my section doesn't do that lol we actually get annoyed when people ask us to play Careless Whisper

I HATE THAT SO MUCH!!!

THERE ARE TWO SAXAPHONES IN MY BAND THAT BLAST IT NON STOP. ÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

There this kid in my school that obnoxiously uses the room with the good piano to play carless whisper in the ukulele (not using the piano, just sitting in the stool when he could use a practice room that has just chairs and different kinds of guitars and a few other string insturments) for people on strings)and gets food all over the piano. I litterally clean school piano before I use it, and it's a race for me and my friends to get there before him. It's really annoying. Like, Du du du du Slightly down pitch* Du du du du And you immediately scream internally. I swear its all he can play

And then that irritating clarinet that learned it to play with their saxophone bestie…

You forgot hyperventilating somewhere in there. Lol

​@@n2toyz4u92phase 3

Encrypted we practice too much for this “socializing” that you speak of

I literally just socialise before concerts.

I feel called out and honestly, that’s fair

This comment is underrated lmaoooo

I'm a non musician but for some reason this is still true

I felt that too

He was in jeans. Those things are hard to bend in.

Same

Haha thought his jeans would rip I was so shook haha

@@horatio1316 I'm still flexible in Jean's :")..

Leo Stals yah cuz wind instruments dont allow that 😭

Here we are, winds, brass and singers :(

i have a friend who's a singer, and i remember telling her "what? why not?? you're doing a concert, not a victoria's secret runway show"

@@maryshane5012 tho you need to eat a certain hour before a concert in order to not hinder space for your lungs and diaphragm

Leo Stals Right here *points to self and starts crying*

Agreed. My mom is a yoga teacher...

Stretching/doing yoga

Stretches

0:53 if he was doing yoga like that, a person that goes in the room will see his butt right in front of their face

me: eats something sugary or dairy my instrument and windpipe: *crying in pain*

Real😅

Yesh

I tried once, it wasn't pretty

Very true

Sana Savannah good luck

@@HelloHello-vk5ob Thanks, it had gone surprisingly well! People actually enjoyed my singing...! I was surprised, to say the least. 😅

We know which type you are! 😆😆

PrAcTiCe

@@rosaline7335 ling ling is that you?

YES

Agreed

Yea

Gotta be like the only thing good about string😂

EEEEEWWWWW

OHHH, that's what it means

Aziraphale

Me too 😂 Taco Bell to be precise

p 3vedi YESSS HAHAHHA

Franz Ritter von Liszt the last thing u want in your Burger King burger is somebody’s foot lettuce

me too

It's the worst.

@@meregaming1770 Especially when you can't ask somebody for help or use an electric tuner (it was during a competition ... I lost my nerves and any chance of getting a good place).

Gotta defeat all those pigs from angry birds.

Sorry a bit late but gotta defeat the ender dragon

Gotta get that Victory Royale

Saaaame

They also forgot the one who gets everyone hyped.

@@amara_the_god2145 That's me. I allways end my hype, one minute before the concert starts (I play pop and jazz guitar), with the words "And stay frosty"

Фу таким быть

LMAO ME TOO

Neha K. Hahahahahahaha didn’t even realize that

Back when he had dreams of being a popular soloist

@Theresa Woods Back when Eddy had fake glasses

shoot that's totally me 😅

I feel attacked-

falls under nervous wreck

this is me only bc they always make these concerts so goddamn early

I've had nightmares like that 😱

When you realize the piano isn't there five minutes before the performance... And then you wake up

@@shostakovichcat1144 oof that sucks... how did your actual performance go though?

I was performing in this dinner with my sister and she brought her case but the violin wasnt in the case so i had to improv a solo... 🙃🙃🙃

entering number 6

Yep, I feel you. Today I had an exam and I learned my entire piece, 30 minutes before the exam, by listening to one of the singers sing the song and harmonizing it in my head. I got a B somehow

Hermione Granger so much for wearing a dark attire. Now it's fucking white.

Oh, you're also one of those people who rosin their bows once in two months? Welcome to the club

This is meee !! 😂😂😂

I rosin my bow so furiously, it cakes on the strings. During my lesson my violin sounded really muffled so my teacher looked at it...THERE WAS A LAYER OF ROSIN OVER THE STRINGS. My bow was no longer touching strings, but a powdery mess we had to scrape off....

Levio S A

or any wind instrument insert " *laughs in x instrument* " meme here

If I eat anything before playing my trombone the spit valve will start crying

My flute would die

XD. As a violinist and former clarinet player, I have to agree. Though, some of us don't eat before concerts because it causes other problems. We did get lucky though, being able to eat.

As a choir kid i can approve

Haha yeah!!

Wouldn't that fall under the type 6 : Nervous wreck ?

1:06

Viola jokes

"I want a violin" Mum: we have a violin at home Violin at home:

Viola: hey, you could learn how to play Me! Am I a joke to you?

Yep

Same. My director told me he was disappointed in me bc he expected me to take more solos and i was just like *laughs in anxiety*

That's totally me

same, and as pianist i cant even practice in last minute so.. wait in anxiety...

I once messed up on my solo and after that I would always be scared to perform solos ;_;

that’s not junk food lol

what an underrated comment

pretty sure onigiri isn't junk food but it's a pretty odd combo & dinner choice

i hope you are doing well

I’m 2 years late to this I guess

Is there anything related to the mouth that have advatages?

Rhenlan I assume that you risk spitting food into the instrument

Your instrument will be filled with the food you ate :D

Ugh that’s the worst I play clarinet and I did it once it was terrible.

Yes! Our band is wind players and percussion. And I see them eat like 5 to 10 minutes before a concert. And I'm just sitting there panicking because of them like, "Dude, what are you doing?!"

JayeM I literally got nervous watching this.

THATS EXACTLY WHAT I DO but somewhere in-between that cycle ill pick up my flute and just play chromatic scales and long tones over and over

Alright, where do you find 8 bannas before a concert

It's ya girl Marissa With Ling Ling powers

She brought them at home before the concert begins and ate it.

Mey No.

So she 8 bananas to not go bananas?

Why this is so relatable

I play both, so when I have performance that I have to play one, of course I practice the other right before LOL

Haha yes

Dark chocolate helps you to focus and prevents memory loss (very good before a performance, especially if you're tired). Banana helps you to relax and gives you a sense of well-being (great for the nervous ones). Coffee just excites you, but doesn't really help. All of this was scientifically proved. However, English isn't my first language, therefore it would be too complicated for me to fully explain how it works. You can look it up on the Internet though, if you want. 😊

Miss Coussin Rouge good idea unless you play a wind instrument like me ;(

@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia that's cool. I need a chocolate-banana IV then

Which video is that? I must've missed that one. Link?

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Kai Staunton here let’s replace it with.. “Brushing teeth nonstop”

just wash your teeth and your good

singers too though, chocolate and especially bananas make our throats slimy😅 we rather blow air down a glass of water through a thicc straw👌🏻

Yeah

Sameee but it doesn't work at all

isn't it nervous type?

Same

You can like just like talk and talk or just think about food to keep ur mind of the performance for a while so you dont like pee urself when u go on stage or smth 😂

Omg that's what I was thinking! *Best portrayal of me I've ever seen as well.*

LOL, I thought the same only at "sleeping". I'll be the one that passes out into sweet oblivion, head on whatever table is backstage. And that's after I had my coffee (and tried giving some to the banana & chocolate person) 😹

Bananas and chocolate, but for mid-concert with Eddy, and that involved two bananas.

Me number 7

Me number 1

DEsCH amirite

Me too. This also wrecks me from the inside since I can't control the nerves and I destroy my performance piece. It makes me want to give up.

Number 6 is also me. Backstage jitters are real.

In our school orchestra there are only 13 people. (I'm not in the school orchestra because I play an alto recorder and just about a year, but I really would like to join...)

Shit I completely forgot about this comment.

Thank goodness you don't have a cat!

Same :')

This is so true

I'm a nervous wreck thinking about playing for my dog...

I'm a nervous wreck when I think

Outch bro

This comment is underrated XD

Eating ice cream

Ouch 🤕 I’m a soprano but I don’t do that.

I'm a Soprano who has existential crisis as I... Often end up doing the alto's part /sweats

ling ling mother tell me he is already making competitions

Eating before playing any instrument with a reed, the reed gets bad

@@noodley6941 it's not limited to clarinet.

Your comment fits your profile pic really well 😂

@@fildzah2602 haha yeah

DatBoi 27、you are dat boi

yeah that's a whole mood lmao

Me too!

Same here

I should try saying that to my gf

5 minute team can't relate

@@supernoodles908 title of your sex tape

@Suomi mainittu Torilla tavataan! Ooooooof

@Suomi mainittu Torilla tavataan! OHHHHHHHHH

@Suomi mainittu Torilla tavataan! booooooom!!!

it's equal to doing home or office work

(S)He doesnt practice 40 hours a day?! How could (s)he

Do you know the name of the piece? I would die to know😅

Lilo Ruf second movement of Shostakovich's eighth string quartet. You should have a listen; it's wonderful!

@@marks9618 thank you so much!

Lilo Ruf np

I'm also the very nervous type. I JO before almost every one of my concerts. It's the only way I can get less nervous, I'm not kidding.

Yeah same

That'd be great advice if I didn't have zero social skills

Same, for some reason whenever im really nervous i talk a lot, but it helps for some reason.

You do realize that you distract other people and not helping them right?

@@sartr593 : Well of they're practicing it makes sense to leave them alone. If we're all just hanging around then there's no harm in it. Where's the fun in sitting in the corner and being a anxiety ridden downer?

@@cheyenne352 you speak to get rid of anxiety, if you just stand there and listen to endless blabbering there is no fun as well. think about it.

I feel so bad for you. I'm always so nervous and then I feel really sick which makes it so bad. I was the leader/first person you see in the orchestra so that means everyone can see me at all times and it was horrible I hate anxiety and also I'm not really friends with anyone in my orchestra so I just have to rely on myself to do it.

awakE.passEngEr omg i feel you. last year i was such a nervous wreck that i dropped my music in the middle of the first piece. this year i was the second principal and my friend bought me food before the concert and i was like “jay if you don’t eat this you’re going to pass out on stage, i don’t care about your anxiety” so i forced myself to eat 😅😅

Let’s hope your cello doesn’t smash on the floor when you trip one day..

I feel you there. I have to wear a dress that's down to my ankles. So, I'm stuck with the fact that I won't be able to carry my cello up the stairs without the neck breaking into a million pieces.

I laughed. Sorry...😂

Fairoz Abdul Lol it’s fine😂

Oh no.... lol my director wouldnt care. So wouldnt anyone cuz the instrument costs more than the person in possession of it 😂.

I don't know what about the mid-concert claps triggers me so much but I always feel like I'm ready to kill someone half the concert because people keep feeling the need to clap. It's gotten really hard to just sit there and enjoy the music.

@@Salted_Fysh I know I should stay still but everyone just clapping randomly and I can't hold back 😂

Good luck!

Hope you do well, good luck!

You got this dud

You’ll do well!

Good luck!!! 🤗❤

Asian type of ice breakers

1:59 timestamp and 159 likes

I was thinking that. I didn't eat anything before band concerts

@@racheldobbs2028 I once made the mistake of eating several burritos from Taco Bell for Dinner while waiting for everyone to come back to the school to get ready for the concert. Also made this mistake before a swim meet which was much worse

@@jacobmast6217 yikes. I know it happens

@@jacobmast6217 tbh I dont know what's worse eating before swim meats or eating before concerts...

Band kids salute

Really? Most performances I did I just couldn't eat. Even if it was in the evening😂😅

Cxlxnx oof

that one guy that sucks

Same

I'm type 18, does no one else go for a last minute smoke or is it just me?

Pen Pink lololololololololololololololol

You can't do that in a classical concert

@@thomassiegler9898 Bet

And it's always the percussionists lol

@@thomassiegler9898 Laughs in youth orchestra...

@@anonymousperson2948 Okay, percussionists can do that (cries in Cello gang)

That's illegal

That one killed me! We really do 😂

@@blueieie ay, what do u play?

Damn dude. Just damn!

Lol yes. As a tuba player, can confirm. Eating a whole pickle relaxes lip muscles

That’s actually a great idea! Working out also reduces stress, improves mood (and mood regulation), and calms the mind. I’m gonna keep that one in the back of my mind. Plus there’s nothing like a nice shower after that Sometimes after I work out tho my muscles are all fatigued and I can’t move with the same speed and fine motor control, so maybe keeping it a little on the light side or focusing more on cardio would be good

Luke Faulkner, this is the second time I bump into you in the comments lol. Seems we have similar tastes :D

I should be sleeping but I'm watching this video

Is that a mixture between could and should??

@@beenisweenisiii3825 Haha, I didn't notice.

Gregory Shuteev lololololololololololololololol

@@beenisweenisiii3825 I invented a new word!

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I'm always the one sleeping

oof i’m the one who always is practicing solos

I do this sometimes mostly cuz I start panicking, and them I play the violin as if I were on stage in order to be less stressed at the real concert lol

Lackwood Works no

When I was in grade 4, I left my flute on the floor and...

That is why you take the head joint off

That happened to me and I thought it was fine... Until I was on stage with my flute class and realised I couldn't play above the 1st octave 😳

Never leave your instrument on your chair, your instrument is your responsibility, no matter if its your own or the schools.. cost money to repair that shit.

@@alstroemeria5211 Mega oof 😓

Oh no. I'd like this comment but it's too terrible to actually like. 😩

Johanna H 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍

Don’t some concert bands have string basses or bass guitar?

Sacrilege

... I'm one of those people😂😭😅