Endangered Instruments!
Who else plays an Endangered Instrument?
Can be defined as -
Oboe,
Bassoon,
Trombone,
Tuba,
Viola,
Double Bass
Do you like playing an endangered instrument and how may others be encouraged to play one?
I play viola and love playing it, being a clarinettist it is very nice to actually be in demand and the myth about string instruments being very hard to learn is not necessarily true! As for getting more people to play endangered I think there should be more specialists in school (esp. Primary) to at least advise on instrumental lessons, even though a lot of these instruments are too big to be took up at a very young age it will create an awareness.
Can be defined as -
Oboe,
Bassoon,
Trombone,
Tuba,
Viola,
Double Bass
Do you like playing an endangered instrument and how may others be encouraged to play one?
I play viola and love playing it, being a clarinettist it is very nice to actually be in demand and the myth about string instruments being very hard to learn is not necessarily true! As for getting more people to play endangered I think there should be more specialists in school (esp. Primary) to at least advise on instrumental lessons, even though a lot of these instruments are too big to be took up at a very young age it will create an awareness.
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I also play the viola 
It's great getting asked to play in various different things without audition just because they are short on violas.
It does feel like it's becoming more popular especially near me.
This year I've been teaching 4 beginners and there used to be 10 violas in my school orchestra and I know quite a lot of violinists that have started the viola. Maybe we're not such a dying breed
It's great getting asked to play in various different things without audition just because they are short on violas.
It does feel like it's becoming more popular especially near me.
This year I've been teaching 4 beginners and there used to be 10 violas in my school orchestra and I know quite a lot of violinists that have started the viola. Maybe we're not such a dying breed
Is the Tuba really endangered? 
Anyway, at my old school, the music teacher switched people over to another instrument if they need one/had too much of another.
Anyway, at my old school, the music teacher switched people over to another instrument if they need one/had too much of another.
King4eva
the violin is kind of endangered too isnt it...i used to play the violin but stopped i am going to start playing again during summer.
Um... nope!
It's one of the most common instruments!I've often fancied learning viola or harp but can't deal with the alto clef and don't have the money for a harp
Hello fellow violist 
Beth - yep tuba is on the endangered instruments list!
I thought I'd find Alto clef really hard but got on with it really well We are doing Entry of the Masters at orchestra and the viola part is treble clef, which because I am used to alto for viola now I find it really hard to play viola in treble clef!!
Beth - yep tuba is on the endangered instruments list!I thought I'd find Alto clef really hard but got on with it really well
We are doing Entry of the Masters at orchestra and the viola part is treble clef, which because I am used to alto for viola now I find it really hard to play viola in treble clef!!French horrrrrn!
I only know one person who plays the French horn ...
And what about the English horn in any case!
I only know one person who plays the French horn ...
And what about the English horn in any case!
I'll cry if a double bass goes down the pan - I'll miss the walking basslines!
I'm a violist
When I was in Berkshire, BYO was very very good. Sort of a "pass your grade 8, and then wait a year, and then audition and we might let you in the back of the 2nds".
I was working towards my g8 but had no hope of reaching the required standard by the start of year 13. My violin teacher kept badgering me to try the viola because apparently it would sort out my technique (actually, it did largely cure chronic back pain). I played for a month before the BYO conductor asked if I fancied giving it a go because they were short of violas
Bring on Oxford where I played in the uni Phil, a musical, three garden shows, a couple of quartets and about a dozen college orchestras (fairly low standard... lots of Schubert Unfinished...). LOVE being in demand! But I still can't actually read alto clef
When I was in Berkshire, BYO was very very good. Sort of a "pass your grade 8, and then wait a year, and then audition and we might let you in the back of the 2nds".
I was working towards my g8 but had no hope of reaching the required standard by the start of year 13. My violin teacher kept badgering me to try the viola because apparently it would sort out my technique (actually, it did largely cure chronic back pain). I played for a month before the BYO conductor asked if I fancied giving it a go because they were short of violas
Bring on Oxford where I played in the uni Phil, a musical, three garden shows, a couple of quartets and about a dozen college orchestras (fairly low standard... lots of Schubert Unfinished...). LOVE being in demand! But I still can't actually read alto clef
Bekaboo
I'm a violist
When I was in Berkshire, BYO was very very good. Sort of a "pass your grade 8, and then wait a year, and then audition and we might let you in the back of the 2nds".
I was working towards my g8 but had no hope of reaching the required standard by the start of year 13. My violin teacher kept badgering me to try the viola because apparently it would sort out my technique (actually, it did largely cure chronic back pain). I played for a month before the BYO conductor asked if I fancied giving it a go because they were short of violas
Bring on Oxford where I played in the uni Phil, a musical, three garden shows, a couple of quartets and about a dozen college orchestras (fairly low standard... lots of Schubert Unfinished...). LOVE being in demand! But I still can't actually read alto clef
When I was in Berkshire, BYO was very very good. Sort of a "pass your grade 8, and then wait a year, and then audition and we might let you in the back of the 2nds".
I was working towards my g8 but had no hope of reaching the required standard by the start of year 13. My violin teacher kept badgering me to try the viola because apparently it would sort out my technique (actually, it did largely cure chronic back pain). I played for a month before the BYO conductor asked if I fancied giving it a go because they were short of violas
Bring on Oxford where I played in the uni Phil, a musical, three garden shows, a couple of quartets and about a dozen college orchestras (fairly low standard... lots of Schubert Unfinished...). LOVE being in demand! But I still can't actually read alto clef
ive totally forgotten to read alto clef...always found it tough, but i did do theory YONKS ago
as a cellist i'd say the cello, we were always in short supply at orchestra...piano is too popular
Planto
Why would any of those instruments be considered "endangered"?
less people learning them, actively playing professionally and not written into many modern music
I used to play the recorder which is pretty endangered.....then again it was never the instrument of the masses.
I think a lot of people learn the violin, clarinet etc first and then switch to other instruments in the same family later because things like the double bass and bassoon are a) too big for children to learn and b) too expensive.
I quite fancied the idea of learning the cello but it was a bit big for an 8 year old to lug around and neither my parents or my primary school knew anything about it
I quite fancied the idea of learning the cello but it was a bit big for an 8 year old to lug around and neither my parents or my primary school knew anything about it
I'm a Violist. Yes.
Who needs the violin?
Edit: To edit my three year old post (lol, who revived this?) when I played with the London Youth Orchestra I was one of two viola, compared with 19 violinists.. no balance whatsoever (I just checked the old LYO site, it closed in 2008, so I'm still listen in the members page haha).
Who needs the violin?
Edit: To edit my three year old post (lol, who revived this?) when I played with the London Youth Orchestra I was one of two viola, compared with 19 violinists.. no balance whatsoever (I just checked the old LYO site, it closed in 2008, so I'm still listen in the members page haha).
(edited 12 years ago)
I'd agree. 
Does anyone here play the classical guitar???
Endangered - lol. Try the harpsichord
Endangered - lol. Try the harpsichord
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