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I feel ya
3 hour rehearsals with no breaks

It's a long 3 hrs

Most of it was Shostakovich and Strauss

Ooh yes Shostakovich

Good stuff

Screw the 5th of Shostakovich on the timpani

I wanted the bass drum ._.

Oof
I love me some Timapni even though my ears can't tune for crap

Did you ever get to hit a gong?

Many times

A gong, so many times, it never gets old

Sounds like fun

Never ever haha

Worst is when you have pp on a gong note

And then you accidentally hit a mp

You just feel like picking up the marimba sticks for people to hear the pp

It must take a lot of restraint.

Xylos take some restraint

I'll take your word for it.

Many things in percussion do
Especially with the intense pressure of always being on beat

Especially if it's modern compositions

tomorrow i graduate from school

Holsinger I'm looking at you friend haha

Yay!!

I graduate Sunday

Awesome

Look up "Divertimento"of Oliver Waespi @GoldenDrummer730#4323 , it has 4 movements, listen to the xylo solo on the 4th movement

Ooh okay!!

That solo is haaaard

Good mallets players I know just loop 4 notes in crescendo and diminuendo midway through the solo

LOL

Fantastic