The Things They Say! Options

[Czerny]

Ok, 'fess up - how many of these are made up and didn't actually happen? I reckon at least two... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) You know who you are!

[Babybird2]

Imagine if a bean bag really was filled with baked beans (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif)

[Fran*Piano]

Today during music class, we were discussing orchestras (we should have been practicing...naughty naughty!) when my best friend pipes up with "Hey, wouldn't it be so cool if there was an orchestra for voices?!" without missing a beat (pun intended) my equally best friend dived in with "Yes dear, it's called a choir." The music teacher nearly fainted when she heard about it! Hilarious! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[sbhoa]

Had a young student of mine trying to sort out a deal.
He thought that it would be good if I took free haircuts instead of his grandma having to pay for his lessons.
His mum owns the salon I use.

[Crotchetymum]

Had a young student of mine trying to sort out a deal.
He thought that it would be good if I took free haircuts instead of his grandma having to pay for his lessons.
His mum owns the salon I use.

Sounds like a lad who'll go far (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[missypiano]

Had a young student of mine trying to sort out a deal.
He thought that it would be good if I took free haircuts instead of his grandma having to pay for his lessons.
His mum owns the salon I use.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) One haircut every week??!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) That's a lot of hair removed and not much left on one's head!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[lorraineliyanage]

Answer: Nothingato (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hilarious!!

Me: er, sorry, but I don't tune pianos, try the shop in town.
Mother: well, I know it's a bit specialised but I assumed that you could obviously tune a piano.
Me: Sorry madam, you assumed wrong !.

I often get emails asking if I have any pianos for sale, but no-one has asked me to tune their piano yet!

[Sunrise]

Many years ago (aged 8) I got taken out of lessons, with 2 of my friends for aural tests. At the end, we got asked if we would like to learn the violin...

Imagine me telling my mum...
Mum: So what did you say?
Me: Well X said yes, and Y said yes..
Mum: and what did DAWN say?
Me: I told them my MUM would MURDER me!!!

She had never liked hearing people in the early stages of violin learning, and had commented (in good heart) to me months before. Not suprisingly, I got marched to see the headmistress first thing the next day, with her apologising and very red faced, and luckily got the last violin!!!

[wendywoo]

Not musical, but Christmassy.
At my friend's son's nativity play, he was one of the kings.
Unfortunately his phrasing wasn't quite right for his first line: "We've come to see the baby, Jesus it's a long way" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Louise H]

Not musical, but Christmassy.
At my friend's son's nativity play, he was one of the kings.
Unfortunately his phrasing wasn't quite right for his first line: "We've come to see the baby, Jesus it's a long way" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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[Misterioso]

Not musical, but Christmassy.
At my friend's son's nativity play, he was one of the kings.
Unfortunately his phrasing wasn't quite right for his first line: "We've come to see the baby, Jesus it's a long way" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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[anniehop]

Not musical, but Christmassy.
At my friend's son's nativity play, he was one of the kings.
Unfortunately his phrasing wasn't quite right for his first line: "We've come to see the baby, Jesus it's a long way" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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Another Christmassy one. I saw a friend this evening who works in a special school. Many of their kids have tourettes. The shepherds turn up at the manger and mary says "I don't know why you've come there's no ****ing baby here".....someone had forgotten to put the baby in the crib!

I noticed one here about playing the wrong piece at a wedding....kind of related....many years ago with the church folk group I was playing at 2 weddings in one day. Our pianist was highly competent and rarely actually followed the music in front of her. At the first wedding we came to playing "Make me a Channel..." and she looked at the wrong version. She counted us in for the intro, all started playing and it sounded awful. She was playing the tune we play but in the wrong key.....it was a fourth higher than it should have been. The singers weren't too impressed when they got to the high notes! We had to play it again at the second wedding........

[icklechick]

My youngest pupil came yesterday - she's just turned 6 and has been learning piano for about 10 months. She's quiet, and not very forthcoming sometimes

Yesterday we were trying to play "Silent Night" quietly (her default is mf all the time) As she tried to play it as quietly as possible she was sometimes not quite getting the notes to sound, and then piped up in a rare moment of vocalism "When I'm playing in a concert in front of lots of people, what happens if I can't get the notes to sound?"

Glad to see she's so ambitious (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I just said that when she did that, we would make sure she had a run through beforehand to get used to the piano

[KrisE]

Chritmassy rather than musical, but gave me a giggle: -

Talking to my toddler in the car I said 'Later on we can go and see Father Christmas at the Christmas parade. There might even be some Reindeer'

Reply: ' Oh, we better bring our Umbrellas then dear!'

[Tom Piano]

Not musical, but Christmassy.
At my friend's son's nativity play, he was one of the kings.
Unfortunately his phrasing wasn't quite right for his first line: "We've come to see the baby, Jesus it's a long way" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

It's taken me a few minutes to stop laughing at that!! Went to my older son's nativity a few weeks back, where the following gems came up:

- The carol of "While Shepherds Watched" was started by a little boy singing solo. But he sang it as "Wild Shepherds"
- The narrator kept referring to the Virgin Mary as the Urgent Mary.

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