(September 30, 2015 at 9:57 pm)Jenny A Wrote:That's one of the awesome things about music people: they almost always know the jokes for their instrument and a room full of them is a big joke book.(September 30, 2015 at 9:47 pm)Exian Wrote: I went to a Scottish Highland Games competition to root for my buddy who was competing (Just realized this sounds like a joke set-up. Haha It's not- just a related story). I'm not kidding, every 75-100 feet, at the corner of every tent and building, there was a person in a kilt playing the bagpipes. You couldn't get away from them. And no two people were playing the same song. You could hear 5 bagpipes at once playing different things, and the funny thing is- it didn't matter. It's probably the only instrument in the world where playing a completely different song than the next guy doesn't make it sound any worse. Honestly, from watching them struggle and reset constantly, I thought they were all practicing.
Anyhow, I sort of ended up appreciating the haunting sound of the bagpipes. Sort of.
I actually like bagpipes, but only outdoors and at a distance. They do stir the blood. It's no wonder it was a military instrument.
The jokes came from a high school boyfriend who played them.
Q. How do you know there's a soprano at your door? A. She can't find her key and doesn't know when to come in...