Definitions
folder- used to keep a band member's music together so that all of it
can be lost at the same time, as in "I can't find my folder."
Also used as a method of advertising for companies the director sucks
up to.
scales- a series of notes that is a pain in the @ss to memorize.
tuning- a good way to waste 5 minutes before a concert
freshman - people who don't know what they're doing, yet makes up most of the band.
section leader - a good person to blame when the section screws up.
staff - band graduates don't graduate, they come back as staff.
tempo - what a drum major thinks is the correct beat
cadence- Percussion song that freshmen can't seem to get enough of.
Reasons to hate band:
It would be nice to actually have a social life.
Some people would like to be able to walk when they're old.
Backwards diagonal passthroughs with the Trombone section.
Cranky section leaders/staff/band directors.
180 beats a minute double time in 100 degree heat.
Humming corny band songs all day.
Are you a Band Geek?
When you've had a "trombone-ectomy"
When everyone wants to kill the other football team...and you want to kill the other band
You have a neck strap/harness tan line.
A big list of instrument jokes:
http://www.mit.edu/people/jcb/jokes/
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