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13 GIFs Every Music Major Will Relate To

The struggle bus is real.

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Being a music major is not all kicks and giggles. In fact, there are days when I question my sanity and doubt myself as a musician. I know I am not the only one going through the struggle, and so here are 13 GIFs that I know my fellow music majors can relate to...

1. Child prodigies:

No 9-year-old should be that talented.

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

The worst is when you're assigned the same piece. Like why.

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

"It gets easier to perform the more you do it." LIES.

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

Chances are, those classes require the most practice/rehearsal/homework. And you don't even get credit for all of your hard work.

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

It's much harder to appreciate Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor when all you can think of is all the homework sitting on your desk at home and the inevitable all-nighter in your near future.

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

"I may have rocked that melisma on the second page, but the Eb in the third bar was really flat."

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

Imagine America's Got Talent every semester...for a grade...yeah, Simon Cowell's nothing compared to juries.

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

I thought we were supposed to look nice?

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

Is it too hard to ask for some peace and quiet around here?!

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

'Popera' is not opera. Educate yourself, hon.

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

Actually, it's more like finals month. And not only do we have exams, but we also have countless performances to prepare for. And juries. And essays.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

I haven't slept in 6 days, my recital is next week, and I haven't even started researching for the essay on Stravinsky that's due in 2 weeks, but I'm fine.

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

You're a musician for life. So go out there and kick booty.

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