Melody of the Violin

"When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate. When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, being played backwards." He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth..." Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Beethoven decomposing."

In honor of my (albeit a little overdue) graduation ceremony, here’s a throwback to junior year of high school. Shortly after making these, I stumbled upon my dream school’s website and discovered that scientific illustration IS A THING. A little over five years later, I begin classes on August 3rd!

Wow this is amazing

@nicoleyoleoleo lol

lol

I love how every musician knows exactly what this is and what it means

I hate this

I haven’t properly played my flute in two years and I still understand this

I love how this is still circulating, and that it’s not just musicians that reblog this. 90% of children had to endure this torture

I just sung it in my head and now I’m consumed with rage