• @lunarul
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    362 months ago

    I think non-musicians can tell a cello from a violin and a tuba from a trumpet.

    • pocopene
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      82 months ago

      Exactly. This is not a musician vs a non musician, but a musician vs a 5 years old.

      • @GlendatheGayWitch
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        22 months ago

        I wish it was that way. I’ve seen a 20 year old get brass instruments mixed up. Many reference squidward when talking about clarinet, oboe, English horn, and bass clarinet. Unfortunately it isn’t just musician vs a 5 year old.

    • @PsyKiere
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      42 months ago

      I’ve had multiple people call my baritone saxophone a trumpet… It’s funny and sad everytime

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        The amount of times people have called my trumpet a saxophone, or my trombone a saxophone, or my clarinet a saxophone, or my melodica a saxophone, or my saxophone a saxophone apauls me.

        Never call someone a saxophone; not only is it rude, it’s a slur and against the law.

    • @candybrie
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      12 months ago

      Soundwise or visually? I can see the difference (big vs little) but I don’t think I could reliably pick out the sound between the two.

      • @lunarul
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        12 months ago

        I was thinking visually. But even sound-wise I don’t think most people would hear a cello and think that’s a violin (even if they don’t know it’s a cello). But I’ve listened to a lot of Apocalyptica and 2Cellos, and I also grew up on cartoons that feature tubas frequently for comedic effect, so maybe I’m just biased.

        • @candybrie
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          12 months ago

          I found this video and I really wouldn’t be able to tell if it was just sound. I think I have like 2 categories I can reliably do for strings: bow or not.