The Ten Most Annoying Musicians Habits
By ClassicFM Musicians, musos, music geeks, nerds and aficionados… you've got a lot to answer for. Here's a compendium of the most annoying habits in the classical music world. 1. Constantly saying singers on TV are flat "Ooh, somebody put the crystal champagne flutes away, quick! My delicate musical ears can't handle it!" (via Arcadey.net ) 2. Air-conducting at concerts The orchestra. They can't see you. Stop it. (via Law Street ) 3. Reading along with the score at concerts What are you going to do if the tuba makes a mistake or the triangle misses an entry? Get them to do it again? Would you take your annotated copy of Othello along to The Globe?! Stop this madness now! 4. Harmonising at random You know when you just can't resist going a third above the melody and seeing how it sounds? It's annoying. It may as well sound like this: 5. Tapping This is a percussionist speci...