Miscellaneous: Today, I was at a band practice. The band was talking to each...

By Fredgruff - 09/01/2010 13:48 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at a band practice. The band was talking to each other with language like "cadence", "resolution" and "consecutive fifths". When they spoke to me, they used terms like "tick", "bong", "ticky bong"; and "bongy tick". Musically, I feel like a baboon. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2010 22:29 - Canada

Today, I attended a musical. A new song was played, and I thought I'd heard it before because it sounded strangely familiar. I sang along quietly as the song progressed, positive I knew it. Anticipating the next chorus, I belted out the lyrics with all my heart. It was instrumental. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/11/2010 22:07 - Israel

Today, I was told by my neighbors that my guitar playing sounded a dying cat. FML

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By justgivemethed - 25/04/2013 07:55 - United States - Westminster

Today, I was tutoring a band member. Whenever I ask him to play a D or any D scale, he stops just to snicker and say, "Ha ha. D." He still sucks. I hate his guts. FML

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By some band player - 10/03/2014 02:09 - United States - Highland Park

Today, I had a music duet in front of a crowd and 3 judges. I play tuba and my partner plays the saxophone. He burst out laughing in the middle of it because one note that I played sounded like a fart. FML

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By shit Music - 30/06/2016 07:32 - Slovenia - Ljubljana

Today, I forgot my headphones at home. When I got to work I found out that today was also the day the band next door had decided to practice their only song for 8 hours. FML

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By DIY560 - 24/02/2014 03:59 - United States - Ambler

Today, I was trying to study for a test when my brother and his friends decided to play the chant game, meaning one person yells something weird and everyone else has to say it back without laughing. All I heard for about two hours was them yelling things like, "DICK NIPPLES." FML

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By cazzb - 16/09/2014 04:17 - United States - Woodbridge

Today, while waiting for my violin student to unpack his violin, he farted loudly and rhythmically on the sofa, and then went on about how it sounded like the "Shave and a Haircut" rhythm. FML

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By malos - 12/08/2010 06:53 - United States

Today, my band got booed off stage. FML

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By bieberyoulittleSHIT - 31/08/2012 19:20 - United Kingdom - Goole

Today, I was playing some CoD online, when I realised I'd started humming an annoyingly catchy Bieber tune. Before I could come to my senses and pull out my mic, a bunch of my teammates started sarcastically singing along. FML

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By WTF? - 20/04/2012 00:12 - United States

Today, I found myself humming a Skrillex ditty all day. I'm beginning to wonder if I've had some sort of stroke. FML

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Besitzen 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:30

Sounds like you're a drummer. To be honest, it's probably because your bandmates don't know percussive technical terms. And even if they did, onomatopoeia is still the best way to describe what you mean when it comes to drums. FYL if you're not a drummer.

SHAAAAAARK 1

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:27

when i read this i thought it said sticky dongs.

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ensemble_coeur 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:33

what happened to my other comment? I can't see it anymore!

020266t 5

Thursday 2 December 2010 12:44

*Coughs* Comment Moderated *Coughs again"

Tankgirl14 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:36

You're the drummer aren't you?

PATastrophy102 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:38

Are you a drummer? Cause if you are it's fine, the drummer in my band can't even read music lol

MF12 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:38

he probably means concert band not like a band with a bass electric guitar singer drums whatever

Airch 9

Saturday 9 January 2010 21:57

definately means concert band if theyre talking in cadences and consecutive fifths :P meh, you must've done something to warrant them using terminology like that with you. YDI, but it still sucks.

ginger467 2

Thursday 17 May 2012 16:32

It could be concert band, but in my band we have all taken music theory classes together. So we tend to communicate using those kind of terms.

teacher411 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:45

huh?

Dyz 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:45

Don't feel bad man. They're probably just teasing. I'm the pit section leader in my band and have to teach like 5 kids how to play xylophone and bells and whatnot. I can't even read music or play those instruments, so they pretty much teach me.

buddymask1 0

Saturday 21 August 2010 19:53

how are you a section leader of an instrument you can't play or read music for?

46plus0 0

Saturday 9 January 2010 20:57

It happens, if you're good at what you do, don't let that little detail bother you. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.

Chunchunchun 3

Saturday 9 January 2010 21:20

I'm a drummer, I don't play any other instrument properly but I understand all those terms, for those bashing drummers :) And I'm one of the better sheet music readers as well. Drummers aren't idiots at music!