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To: Corin Stormhands; RMDupree; ecurbh; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; Ramius; All
Music humor - kind of a weird list, but some of 'em are pretty funny...

Obbligato - being forced to practice
Con Moto - yeah baby, I have a car
Allegro - a little car
Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic
Lento - the days leading up to Easto
Largo - beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys
Piu Animato - clean out the cat's litter box
Con Spirito - drunk again
Colla Voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing
Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff
Flats - English apartments
Chords - things organists play with one finger
Discords - thing that organists play with two fingers
Suspended Chords - useful for lynching the vocalist
Time Signatures - things for drummers to ignore
Melody - an ancient, now almost extinct art in songwriting
Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to
get a piano through a narrow doorway.
Music Stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two
sizes- too high or too low - always broken.
Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a
performance, and in greater quantity afterward.
Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
Concert Hall - A place where large audiences gather, for the sole purpose
of removing paper wrappings from candy and gum.
Soto Voce - singing while drunk
Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.
Cadenza - slapping noise on office furniture
Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan
Prima Volta - jump start with a battery
Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes
Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow

That last one's for you, Ruthy. ;-)

2,980 posted on 01/31/2006 6:12:35 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

The girls and I have gone through 2 bags of large marshmellows, a box and a half of graham crackers and 10 bars of Hersheys since Christmas.



My poor tummy!


2,982 posted on 01/31/2006 6:15:34 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton

Heh, those are great! I'll have to copy those and send them to our organist and choir director.


3,019 posted on 01/31/2006 7:41:29 PM PST by SuziQ
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