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For an orchestra musician, it's a life of few full rests
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | December 5, 2004 | Michael Adams

Posted on 12/05/2004 5:46:36 AM PST by rhema

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To: the invisib1e hand
what do you think of a cello

Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to the cello?

A: It saves time.

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Q: How can you tell when a cellist is playing out of tune?

A: The bow is moving.

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Q: Why is playing the cello like peeing in your pants?

A: They both give you a nice warm feeling without making any sound.

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Q: A conductor and a cellist are standing in the middle of the road. Which one do you run over first, and why?

A: The conductor. Business before pleasure.

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Q: What do a cello and a lawsuit have in common?

A: Everyone is happy when the case is closed.

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Q: Why shouldn't you drive off a cliff in a minivan with three cellos in it?

A: You could fit in at least one more.

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How's that?

;-)

41 posted on 12/05/2004 9:00:01 PM PST by beyond the sea (I know beyond a doubt ...... my heart will lead me there)
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To: billorites

You can tune the violin.

Not me! Solid oak ear.


42 posted on 12/05/2004 9:16:58 PM PST by Valin (Out Of My Mind; Back In Five Minutes)
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To: MikeD

Well, there's the orchestra and then there's teaching and helping out at various churches on Sunday morning. And outreach programs. All the instrumentalists in the orchestra here do it. Considering the late nights they put in when the chorus is singing, I would never consider them slacking - those are three-hour rehearsals after 3-4 hours in the afternoon.

I know organists who work at at least two synagogues and two churches every weekend. I'd never consider that they don't put in enough woring hours.

And yes, we singers work a 40-60 week on top of knowing and learning our music. At that level, it's not quite rocket science, but there is a lot of accumulated knowledge that goes into making music.


43 posted on 12/06/2004 5:13:04 AM PST by Desdemona
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To: beyond the sea
[g]

I was chuckling about that onion joke way after turned the computer off.

surely no one would pick on the classical guitar!?

44 posted on 12/06/2004 5:37:01 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
surely no one would pick on the classical guitar!?

Well......

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A young, single woman is feeling very ill and has an extensive series of tests done by her doctor. After weeks of tests and more tests, the doctor calls her in. He tells her, I have to be frank with you the test results are not good. You have an incurable disease, and it is terminal. I would think you have no more than six months to live.

Devastated, she sobbingly asks the doctor, is there anything I can do?

The doctor says, well, if I were you I would run out and marry a Classical Guitarist ASAP.

She asks, How will that help my illness?

The doctor says, "Oh it won't help your illness; but it will make that six months seem like an eternity!"

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not fair ..........

;-)

45 posted on 12/06/2004 5:58:51 AM PST by beyond the sea (I know beyond a doubt ...... my heart will lead me there)
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To: beyond the sea

lol. not far from the truth, either.


46 posted on 12/06/2004 6:02:54 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: rhema

Have you ever seen Transiberian Orchestra? I've become a groupie, I fully admit.


47 posted on 12/12/2004 9:10:10 PM PST by RepubMommy
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To: SandyInSeattle
Goodness, I didn't know there were so many viola jokes.

Viola jokes are interchangeable with trombone jokes.

48 posted on 12/12/2004 9:23:09 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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