17 reaction gifs for everyday musician situations

15 July 2016, 11:52 | Updated: 11 January 2017, 14:26

Late for rehearsal? Negotiating a tricky key signature? Forgotten your instrument? We’ve got the correct reaction for you.

I’m late for rehearsal and must attempt to enter without being detected

Haven’t practised, lesson imminent

That organ voluntary was really, really something

Someone played a wrong note, and it was me

Your desk partner has just spent the last minute miming the fingering from your solo as you played it

Milking your walk-on when you’re concertmaster

‘We’re pleased to announce that the backstage bar is now open.’

When you just don’t understand why everyone likes Nimrod so much

This key signature is unexpectedly complex and I’m having a hard time dealing with it

‘After this piece, we’ll break for tea.’

When your teacher just makes a funny face when you’ve finished playing something

‘Good news, your comp seats are next to the classical music critics!’

The complete works of Richard Wagner

When you’ve been given an incredibly important solo and you’re trying to conceal your sense of justice

Well, I can play violin, so viola is probably really easy. Let me have a go.

The horn entry in Beethoven’s Eroica, first movement

When someone asks you what your actual job is, apart from being a musician

What do I do for a living? I’m a musician.