Repeat: what you do until they just expel you.īass: the things you run around in softball. Relative major: an uncle in the Marine Corps.īig band: when the bar pays enough to bring two banjo players.
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Perfect fifth: a full bottle of Jack Daniels. Oboe: an ill wind that nobody blows good.ĭiminished fifth: an empty bottle of Jack Daniels. Music: a complex organizations of sounds that is set down by the composer, incorrectly interpreted by the conductor, who is ignored by the musicians, the result of which is ignored by the audience. Virtuoso: a musician with very high morals. The down beat is performed on top of the head, while the up beat is struck under the chin.Ĭadence: when everybody hopes you're going to stop, but you don't. Half step: the pace used by a cellist when carrying hi instrument.Ĭoloratura soprano: a singer who has great trouble finding the proper note, but who has a wild time hunting for it.Ĭhromatic scale: an instrument for weighing that indicates half-pounds.īar line: a gathering of people, usually among which may be found a musician or two.īeat: what music students do to each other with their instruments. Vibrato: used by singers to hide the fact that they are on the wrong pitch. Transposition: the act of moving the relative pitch of a piece of music that is too low for the basses to a point where it is too high for the sopranos. Preparatory beat: a threat made to singers, i.e., sing, or else.Ĭrescendo: a reminder to the performer that he has been playing too loudly.Ĭonductor: a musician who is adept at following many people at the same time.Ĭlef: something to jump from before the viola solo. Senza sordino: a term used to remind the player that he forgot to put his mute on a few measures back. Risoluto: indicates to orchestras that they are to stubbornly maintain the correct tempo no matter what the conductor tries to do. Subito piano: indicates an opportunity for some obscure orchestra player to become a soloist. Glissando: a technique adopted by string players for difficult runs. String quartet: a good violinist, a bad violinist, an ex-violinist, and someone who hates violinists, all getting together to complain about composers.ĭetaché: an indication that the trombones are to play with their slides removed. The piano player hasn't figured out what it's all about. There's no such thing as a virtuoso violist. No first violinist is going anywhere for only 100 dollars. At the signal, someone drops a 100 dollar bill in the middle of the field and they run to grab it. Here are a few good ones to start your day with a nice smile!Ī first violinist, a second violinist, a virtuoso violist, and a piano player are at the four corners of a football field.
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