Why are violas unpopular

Without them, something from the ensemble would seem missing. While those who go to listen to an orchestra perform will probably notice the melody being played from the violins first, violas contribute in much subtler but equally important ways to the overall sound being produced by the group.

In any orchestra ensemble, balance is extremely important, and violas provide crucial melodic stability between the violins and the cellos. Violas are imperative in order to have all the right pieces fit together. So while the merits of the viola may not immediately stand out to non-musicians, they certainly deserve their due respect at the end of the day.

After all, even Bach loved the viola! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Search for:. Don't worry about unlearning everything you've learned about reading treble clef, they said.

So what you do, right, is just play the same notes for 15 minutes and suppress the urge to set the Ravel museum on fire. Like this wacky guy. Practise this sentence over and over again. It will answer all the questions anyone will ever ask you about your instrument.

It's a lonely old life being a violist. In a gang fight between violins and violas, even if the violas were extremely well organised, there are just too many violins to deal with. Not that we're encouraging inter-section brawling or anything. Unlike the violins, cellos and basses on either side, the violas bear the brunt of most of the brass section.

I kid I kid. Here's a violin one to balance it out. You know why viola jokes are usually so short? It's so the violinists can understand them. Hi, I think everyone of us who plays classical music will get laugh at at one point of our life Many say classical musicians are fifi especially directed at boys in classical music.

Not that long ago in history, it was the contrary: musician girls were laugh at because music was considered a "virile" activity. Also many say classical musicians are no life nerds etc. Well here I'm in stereotypes but stereotypes leads to jokes. One must learn to make his own thing without beeing hurt by such jokes! Whatever you will do, there will always be people laughing at you sometimes innocently, sometimes with the intention to hurt you.

Pls don't let them hurt you! As others have pointed out, violists know more viola jokes than the rest of the orchestra put together. Enjoy them. Just remember what separates the violas from the apes- the second violins! People love the viola. That's why the jokes. There were lots of jokes about Ronald Reagan, too.

And the Pope. And Reagan and the Pope. Lisa, I don't know cello jokes but I know a so funny joke told by Rostropovich one of the greatest cellists ever. He said, quite dissapointed, to his mom " mom, why did you give me that face!!!! Shar Music. Yamaha Silent Violin. Pirastro Strings. Corilon Violins. Los Angeles Philharmonic. Laurie's Books Discover the best of Violinist. Welcome, Guest! Printer-friendly version.