Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Musical Instruments

* Since the black keys on a piano are the hardest to learn if you painted them white would it be easier to learn how to play the piano?

* How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

* Was the piano invented just so the musician would have a place to put his/her beer?

* Is it true that the reason bagpipe players walk while they play is that they are trying to get away from the noise?

* Do you get A flat minor if you drop a piano down a mineshaft?

* What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

* Are some instruments in a drum-and-bugle corps purely cymbolic?

* Do people who play the washboard think of it as playing an acoustic washing machine?

* Why is a mute called a mute when you can still hear the music?

* Did you know that the piano we play today was first called the 'pianoforte'? And that this actually means quietloud? Doesn't this mean that a small one should be called a piano while a large one should be called a forte?

* If you buy a set of drums, will there be repercussions?

* Why is Chopsticks one of the easiest songs to play on the piano, but the hardest thing to eat with?

* How come you always hear about organ donors but there's never a mention of piano donors?

* What did bagpipers play before that guy wrote "Amazing Grace"?

* Can you fiddle with a violin?

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