Music Jokes
While an orchestra was playing Tschaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet overture, an elderly man in the audience wept and wept.Hillbilly Guide to Musical Terms
"You must be an incurable romantic", said the woman seated next to him.
"No", he said, "I'm a musician".
12 Tone Scale | ![]() |
State Police weigh your tractor trailor truck with it. |
A 440 | A highway that runs around Nashville. | |
Altlegro | Leg fertilizer. | |
Altos | Not to be confused with "Tom's toes," "Bubba's toes" or "Dori-toes." | |
Arpeggio | "Ain't he that storybook kid with the big nose that grows?" | |
Bach Chorale | The place behind the barn where you keep the horses. | |
Bass | The things you run around in Softball. | |
Beat | When musical students use instruments on each other's heads. | |
Big Band | When the bar pays enough to bring two banjo players. | |
Bossa Nova | Car your foreman drives. | |
Cadenza | Ugly thing your wife always vacuums dog hair off when company comes. | |
Cello | Proper way to answer the phone. | |
Clarinet | Name for your second daughter if you've already used Betty Jo. | |
Clef | What you try to never fall off of | |
Conductor | The Man on the Train that punches your ticket. | |
Cut Time | Parole. | |
Cymbal | On deer-crossing signs so you know what to sight-in with your pistol. | |
Diminished 5th | An empty bottle of Jack Daniels. | |
First Inversion | Grandpa's battle group at Normandy. | |
Major Scale | A really big mountain to climb! | |
Minor 3rd | Your approximate age & grade at the completion of formal schooling. | |
Passing Tone | Frequently heard near the baked beans at family barbecues. | |
Perfect 5th | A full bottle of Jack Daniels. | |
Perfect Pitch | The smooth coating on a freshly paved road. | |
Pianissimo | "Refill this beer bottle." | |
1/4 Tone | What most standard pickups can haul. | |
Relative Major | An uncle in the Marine Corps. | |
Relative Minor | A girlfriend. | |
Repeat | Staying in the same grade until they just expel you. | |
Ritard | There's one in every family. | |
Sonata | What you get from a bad cold or hay fever. | |
Staccato | How you did all your ceilings in your mobile home. | |
String Quartet | Four violin players complaining about composers. | |
Tempo | Good choice for a used car. | |
Tenor | Two hours before a nooner. | |
Time Signature | What you need from your boss if your forget to clock in. | |
Transpositions | Men who wear dresses. | |
Treble | Women ain't nothin' but..... | |
Whole Note | What's due after failing to pay the mortgage for a year. |
How many altos does it take to change a lightbulb?
One to climb the ladder and the rest to complain about how high it is.
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