I play the oboe and some people have mistaken it as a trombone? or the more common mistake is the clarinet.

Some people don't always know what an oboe is so I just normally have to say it looks a bit a like a clarinet slightly thinner body a different reed.

my cello has always been mistaken as a guitar....so now the cello has been named "the giant version of guitar"...

Hmm my double E flat tuba has been mistaken for a trumpet! I understand My cornet being mistaken for one but a tuba?!!

[QUOTE]my cello has always been mistaken as a guitar....so now the cello has been named "the giant version of guitar"...

yes, ive had that as well...although i have confused a few people by saying i play the "bass viol de gamba"

My mum came out with a cracker the other day...
She said to me, "Jess you play a woodwind instrument don't you?"
Well I thought violin was bad but woodwind??? In her defence she said that my viola was made of wood, but that didn't explain why it has strings on it...
I thought that was quite funny!

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My mum came out with a cracker the other day... She said to me, "Jess you play a woodwind instrument don't you?" Well I thought violin was bad but woodwind??? In her defence she said that my viola was made of wood, but that didn't explain why it has strings on it... I thought that was quite funny!

Lol, Jess
I haven't seen you posting for ages, how are you? Have you tried playing anything good recently? (I'm always looking for ideas)

Hiya I'm fine thanx you? Haven't actually been playing a lot recently just grade 6 pieces and quartet/orchestra. What about you?
jess

when i take my harp around, everyone thinks it's a dead body....

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Hiya I'm fine thanx you? Haven't actually been playing a lot recently just grade 6 pieces and quartet/orchestra. What about you? jess

I've been playing loads of grade 5ish pieces and I played in a 3day orchestra course in the holiday. I really wish that they'd put the PM feature back!!!
Emma

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luckily i don't get much confusion with my piano and saxophone but once someone said to me so do u play the flute when i was holding my clarinet in it's case. I was also having a test at school and we had to listen to a piece of music by a saxophonist and the question was "was this played by an alto sax or a baritone sax" and some people in my class were like "there's only one kind of saxophoe though isn't there?!?!" and i was just thinking "uhhh there's about 7 types!" lol!

QUOTE (harpsichord @ Sep 15 2004, 08:54 AM)

Well whenever I tell someone I learn the harpsichord. They reply, 'Oh the harp...yes I love the harp.' I'm then forced to explain what a harpsichord is and seeing that they are beyond help I usually say , 'it's sort of like a piano' and the conversation finishes there.

I want a harpsichord so badly...

I haven't had much bad experiences with the misunderstanding or dumbfoundedness of people when I talk about instruments to them...

well, my cello-in-a-cello-case has been mistaken for a guitar, and thats about it...

QUOTE (musicalmillie @ Sep 15 2004, 08:55 PM)

I'm not the only one who's had their flute mistaken for a recorder then.

lol, well i was practising nd someone asked me where i got a recorder that big from from nd i play the clarinet!!!
ppl these days.......eh Berry!!!

i had this once wen i told someone i played viola

"is it like a saxophone?"

and also

"thats the same as a cello isnt it?"

well if it was the same as a cello wouldnt it be called a cello?!

some people are soooooooo thick its unbelievable!!

When carrying my trombone around (gigue bag or hard case) I'm often asked if I'm carrying a bazuka................................................mmmm.

I've never seen any English Horn.But maybe I have seen it or just I don't know what is the face of the Horn looks like.

My flute has been mistaken for a recorder

No worries! My violins been mistaken for a dying mouse& my cello for a hyper cow!
Never mind- some people just don't appreciate the good things in life!!!

You also get the usual generic instruments associated with every instrumental family:

eg, people only know one instrument from the family, therefore they think everything else is either a miniature or enlarged version of that instrument! My poor clarinet is often mistaken for "is that, like, just a big flute then?" "Erm, no, retard!"

Wind - it's bound to be a flute!
String - "What's a cello?", "Oh god, it's a big violin."
Brass - Trumpets win hands down!

a friend had her violin mistaken for a trombone, by a musician...

someone once said to me you sound good when you play your pipe when it was my flute.

I was practising my recorder for my first year end of yea recital at uni, and one of my flat mates came and knocked on my door and asked me to stop practising my sax....... I think he had a hangover!

QUOTE (chopet @ May 5 2005, 03:18 PM)

a friend had her violin mistaken for a trombone, by a musician...

Whilst it was in its case, I hope!

I used to play the flugelhorn and when people asked me what i played i used to say flugel and they used to look at me as if i had 2 heads or something. I then had to go on and explain that its similar to a trumpet and then they would start to understand.

My bass recorder regularly gets called "drain pipe"!!

Hey jess,
You think people mistaking your viola for a violin is bad? Wait till you hear this one! My daughter's classmate who PLAYS the violin mistaken a VIOLA for a VIOLIN!!!!!!!!!!!

great....when i tell people and friends in hong kong that i can play the organ...they haven't got the slightest clue about it and regard it as an electronic piano....or something along those lines.....the worst is...they thought organ is "the vital organs in the body"....

QUOTE (Bb Clarinet @ May 5 2005, 08:36 AM)

String - "What's a cello?", "Oh god, it's a big violin."

I've had , 'so why do you play 2 types of cello then?'
when i do a school concert and play vio and cello!

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You think people mistaking your viola for a violin is bad? Wait till you hear this one! My daughter's classmate who PLAYS the violin mistaken a VIOLA for a VIOLIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...what can I say to that??? Lol!

People always think my double bass is a 'cello

My flute has been mistaken for a clarinet in and out of the case, as well as an oboe.
My friends clarinet has been mistaken for a flute, oboe and saxophone.
My cello has been mistaken for a giant guitar, violin, viola, mini double bass and a harp. Plus my non musical friends have asked why I don’t go to brass band practices with the cello at lunch time, it takes ages to explain to them why not.

Some people are just clueless.