Are you an optimist, a pessimist or a realist?
Are you an optimist, a pessimist or a realist?
Smiling Bach, frowning Bach or straight-faced Bach?
Smiling Bach, frowning Bach or straight-faced Bach?

Here are the first 20 bars of your orchestral score. What do you see?
You have two minutes left of rehearsal, and your conductor starts a new piece. Thoughts?
Your GF spontaneously goes to watch some live Grieg sonatas with her new friend from band. Thoughts?
You see these demi-semi quavers coming up in your sheet music. Your reaction:
Your reed breaks just before Rhapsody in Blue. Reaction?
You get to the sight-reading section in your music exam, and see a C flat major key signature. Your reaction:
Your friend asks you to play cello at her wedding – for free. What do you tell her?
You tell your accompanist to play at 60bpm, but they go double time in the performance.
Optimist
Optimist
You’re an optimist! You always look on the bright side, even if that means smiling through an E-string pinging into your chin mid-concerto.
Pessimist
Pessimist
You’re a pessimist. Everything is doom and gloom for you – especially hemidemisemiquavers. Ditto parallel fifths. Ditto anyone who likes hemidemisemiquavers or parallel fifths.
Realist
Realist
You’re a realist. You see obscene numbers of flats and 36 bar-long rests for what they are: necessary hurdles in your path to musical greatness.