Funny Music Jokes - Melodious Mirth?

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Q: What's the most common two word phrase used used when a professional guitarist shows up at someone's front door?
A: Pizza's here!


Q: Why are conductors' hearts in such high demand for transplant purposes?
A: Because they've never been used!

Music can make us smile, and sometimes music can make us cry. Music jokes can do that too! But sometimes music jokes just make us groan!

A Steinway and a Mineshaft?

A Minor B Flat

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Laugh to the Music!!!

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Bagpipes

Bagpipes

Q: Why do bagpipers walk when they play?
A: They're trying to get away from the noise.

Q. How can you tell a bagpiper with perfect pitch?
A. He can throw a set of pipes into the middle of a pond and not hit any of the ducks.

Q. Why do bagpipers always walk when they play?
A. Moving targets are harder to hit.

I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made object never equalled the purity of sound achieved by the pig.
-Alfred Hitchcock

Banjo

Heck, Everyone Picks Something, They Just Choose a Banjo!

Banjo

I tried learning to play banjo by ear. It didn't sound any better than when I used my fingers.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and an anchor?
A: You tie a rope to an anchor before you throw it overboard.

Q: What is the difference between a banjo and a South American Macaw?
A: One is loud, obnoxious and noisy; the other is a bird.

Q: How can you tell the difference between all the banjo songs?
A: By their names.

Q: What did the banjo say to the banjo player?
A: Pick on someone your own size!

A group of terrorists had been trying to get the government to comply with their demands. Having no success, they found and kidnapped a busload of banjo players. Most of the world just snickered, until the terrorists set out their ultimatum:
Do What We Ask, Or We'll Release One Banjo Player Per Hour Until You Meet Our Demands.

Two banjo players were out hunting, and started walking along a set of tracks that they found.
"Are those bear tracks Jed?"
"Nope, I don't think so."
They walked a little further.
"Are those deer tracks Jed?"
"Nah, they ain't the right size."
The two banjo players kept walking.
"Buffalo tracks! They must be buffalo tracks, Jed!"
"Don't think so, Luke."
The two stopped, put down their banjos, got down on their hands and knees, and bent low to look really closely at the tracks.
That's when the train ran them over.

Banjos are frequently associated with Bluegrass Music. One definition of Bluegrass is "Music From the Heart Sung Through The Nose."

Drums

Drums

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.

Q: What is the difference between a guitarist and a Savings Bond?
A: Eventually a Savings Bond will mature and earn money!

Q: How do you know it's a drummer at the door?
A: He doesn't know when to come in.

Q: How is a drum solo like a sneeze?
A: You can tell it's coming, but there's nothing you can do about it.

Q: What's the difference between a high school drumline and six pairs of sneakers in the dryer?
A: Nobody else knows either.

Tuba

Tuba

Q: What's a tuba for?
A: 1 1/2 X 3 1/2.

Tuba Player: Did you hear my last recital?
Friend: I hope so

Q: How do you fix a broken tuba?
A: With a "tuba glue."

Q: How many tuba players does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Five. One to change the bulb, and four to complain that it's too high.

Q: Why don't you find tubas in Bluegrass bands?
A: Because tubas are Heavy Metal!

Q: What's the difference between the Tuba and a Chainsaw?
A: The Exhaust

Singers

Singer

Q: What is the difference between a Wagnerian soprano and an All-Pro offensive lineman?
A: Stage makeup.

Q: What is the missing link between the tenor and the ape?
A: The bass

The young tenor was puzzled because his mother always stood at the window when he practiced. One day he asked her why she did this.
"Son," she replied, "I don't want the neighbors to think I'm spanking you."

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

Q: What is the difference between the men's final at Wimbledon and a high school choral performance?
A: The tennis final has more men.

Conductors

A musician calls the orchestra office, asks for the conductor, and is told that he is dead.
The musician calls back 25 times more and gets the same message from receptionist.
She asks why he keeps calling. He replies, "I just like to hear you say it."

What's the difference between God and a conductor?
God knows He's not a conductor.

What do you do with a horn player that can't play?
Give him two sticks, put him in the back, and call him a percussionist.
What do you do if he can't do that?
Take away one of the sticks, put him up front, and call him a conductor.

A blind rabbit and a blind snake bumped into each other in the forest. The rabbit said, "Watch where you are going. Can't you see that I am blind?" The snake replied. "No. I can't see that you are blind because I am blind myself." Then the rabbit got a brilliant idea. "Why don't we feel each other and guess what the other is?" The snake accepted this proposal and went first. The snake said, "Let's see -- your furry with long ears and a cotton tail -- you must be a rabbit."
"Very good," said the rabbit. "Now it's my turn. You are cold, slimy, spineless, and have no ears. You must be a conductor"

The Conductor of a major symphony orchestra pulled aside the Concertmaster immediately after the the annual Christmas party.
"I notice that the orchestra didn't get me a Christmas gift this year, " said the Conductor.
"Well, maestro, we noticed that you never used the gift we gave you last year."
"I forget," said the Conductor. "What was last year's gift?"
"Maestro, it was a Cemetery Plot."

There were two people walking down the street. One was a musician. The other didn't have any money either.

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Why do we all pick on violists? Are they talented musicians who just picked an unfortunate instrument? Are they musical hacks who have never mastered a wonderful instrument? Or are violists the result of a "perfect storm" combining the worst of instruments with the tone deaf?

Too Much Material to Print ALL of the Viola Jokes Here

But You'll Get an Idea of The Number of Viola Jokes on This Lens!

Violists Have Broad Shoulders and Usually Great Senses of Humor.

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I Don't Mean to Pick on Violas

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Another use for the Viola!


I'll bet you didn't know that the viola was so vital in the life of the Vikings!

Violin

Dog Scratching

What's the Difference Between a Violinist and a Dog?
A Dog Knows When to Stop Scratching!

What do a Violin and a Lawsuit Have in Common?
Everyone is Happy When the Case is Closed!

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And Gut Strings are Actually Made of...

Sheep Intestines!

PDQ Bach -- "History's" First Musical Funny Man

P.D.Q. Bach was the "discovery" of "Professor" Peter Schickele. Although many music scholars assert that P.D.Q. Bach exists only in the mind of Schickele, the vast catalog of music which can be attributed to Bach can only be proof that he not only existed, but was a major player on the music scene around the end of the Eighteenth Century.
P.D.Q. Bach was born in Leipzig on April 1, 1742, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach. Bach's parents did not bother to give their youngest son a real name, and settled on "P.D.Q." instead. The only earthly possession Johann Sebastian Bach willed to his son was a kazoo.
In 1755, P.D.Q. Bach was an apprentice of the inventor of the musical saw, Ludwig Zahnstocher (German for "toothpick"). In 1756, P.D.Q. Bach met Leopold Mozart and advised him to teach his son Wolfgang Amadeus how to play billiards. It is said that P.D.Q. Bach had substantial influence on music history due to his contribution to Ludwig van Beethoven's deafness. It seems that Beethoven developed a habit of stuffing coffee grounds into his ears whenever he saw P.D.Q. Bach coming.
Among many other works, Bach's creations included:
Oedipus Tex
Fanfare for the Common Cold
The Seasonings
and
Chorale Prelude On An American Hymn For The Last Sunday Before The Fourth Day Of The Seventh Month After New Year's Eve

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A Singer is Not Really a Musician

Proof from Igudesman and Joo

"Similar to the dolphin, who is not a part of the family of fish, a singer is not part of the family of musicians."

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Gilles Apap plays the Cadenza in Mozart Concerto No. 3

Actual Performance...Not Quite What the Orchestra Expected

Apap seems to go somewhat astray 30 seconds in and loses the track completely at 40 seconds. By 1:40 he doesn't even seem to remember what genre of music he's playing. At 3:30 the orchestra is finally getting into things, except for the guy at 4:22, and by 4:31 a good time seems to be had by all. But no matter how hard they try, some folks just aren't comfortable "playing" with music. Watch the sigh of relief at 7:04 as Mozart seems to be re-emerging. And after a brief fling with Mendelssohn, classical "sanity" returns at 7:33!

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Sometimes Music Seems to Spur on Agruments

Do You Side With Sid or Nanette?

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I Sometimes Wish I Could Do This!

We All Have our Shortcomings

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I Remember Lessons Like This...

Or So It Seemed at the Time.

I never really enjoyed my violin lessons at the time, but it really wasn't my teacher's fault. It seemed that I could never quite get things the way Mrs. Buxton wanted them, but it was almost always due to lack of attention or effort on my part. But the poor student in this video...well I just don't know what to say.

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A True Master of His Instrument

Willie Hall is Amazing!

By the way, I challenge you to stand the way he does while playing "Silent Night" at about th 45 second mark!

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Arthur Haule was raised on Long Island, learning to play the violin in school. He formed a string quartet in college and played first violin. Having l... more »

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