| 12 Tone Scale |
The thing the Police weigh the percussionist's truck with |
| A 440 |
The highway that runs around Nashville |
| Aeolian Mode |
How you like Mama's cherry pie |
| Altos |
Not to be confused with "Tom's toes," "Bubba's
toes" or "Dori-toes" |
| Arpeggio |
"Ain't he that storybook kid with the big nose that grows?"
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| Bach Chorale |
The place behind the barn where you keep the horses |
| Bass |
The things you run around in softball |
| Bassoon |
Typical response when asked what you hope to catch, and when |
| Big Band |
When the bar pays enough to bring two banjo players |
| Bossa Nova |
The car your supervisor drives |
| Cadenza |
That ugly thing your wife always vacuums dog hair off of when company comes |
| Cello |
The proper way to answer the phone |
| Clarinet |
Name for your second daughter if you've already used Betty Jo |
| Clef |
What you try never to fall off of |
| Bass Clef |
Where you wind up if you do fall off |
| Conductor |
The man who punches your ticket to Birmingham |
| Cut Time |
Parole |
| Cymbal |
What they use on deer-crossing signs so you know what to aim at
with your rifle |
| Diminished Fifth |
An empty bottle of Jack Daniels |
| First Inversion |
Grandpa's battle group at Normandy |
| French Horn |
Your wife says you smell like a cheap one when you come in at 4a.m. |
| Major Scale |
What you say after chasing wild game up a mountain: "Damn!
That was a major scale!" |
| Melodic Minor |
Loretta Lynn's singing dad |
| Minor Third |
Your approximate age and grade at the completion of formal schooling |
| Order of Sharps |
What a wimp gets at the bar |
| Passing Tone |
Frequently heard near the baked beans at family barbecues |
| Perfect Fifth |
A full bottle of Jack Daniels |
| Perfect Pitch |
The smooth coating on a freshly paved road |
| Pianissimo |
"Refill this beer bottle" |
| Portamento |
A foreign country you've always wanted to see |
| Quarter Tone |
What most standard pickup trucks can tow |
| Relative Major |
An uncle in the Marine Corps |
| Relative Minor |
A girlfriend |
| Repeat |
What you do until they just expel you |
| Ritard |
There's one in every family |
| Sonata |
What you get from a bad cold or hay fever |
| Staccato |
How you did all the ceilings in your mobile home |
| Tempo |
Good choice for a second hand car |
| Time Signature |
What you need from your boss if you forget to clock in |
| Transpositions |
Men who wear dresses |
| Treble |
Women ain't nothin' but |
| Tuba |
A compound word: "Hey, woman!
Fetch me another tuba Bryll Cream!" |
| Whole Note |
What's due after failing to pay the mortgage for a year |
