Interval Jokes

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    interval: how long it takes to find the right note. There are three kinds:
    1. Major interval: a long time.
    2. Minor interval: a few bars.
    3. Inverted interval: when you have to go back a bar and try again.
    intonation: singing through one's nose. Considered highly desirable in the Middle Ages.
    isorhythmic motet: when half of the ensemble got a different edition from the other half.
    minnesinger: a boy soprano.
    musica ficta: when you lose your place and have to bluff until you find it again.
    trotto: an early Italian form of Montezuma's Revenge.
    di lasso: popular with Italian cowboys.
    supertonic: Schweppes.
    metronome: a city-dwelling dwarf.
    allegro: leg fertilizer.
    transsectional: an alto who moves to the soprano section.

    ACCIDENTALS: Wrong notes (played on purpose...?).
    AUGMENTED FIFTH: A 36-ounce bottle
    BROKEN CONSORT: When somebody in the ensemble has to leave and go to the restroom.
    CADENCE: When everybody hopes you're going to stop - but you don't
    CADENZA: The heroine in Monteverdi's opera "Frottola"
    CANTUS FIRMUS: The part you get when you can only play four notes
    CHANSONS DE GESTE: Dirty songs
    CLAUSULA: Mrs. Santa
    CROTCHET: A tritone with a bent prong or...
    CROTCHET: It's like knitting but it's faster
    CUT TIME: When you're going twice as fast as everybody else in the ensemble.
    DUCTIA: A lot of mallards
    EMBOUCHRE: The way you look when you've been playing the Krummhorn
    ESTAMPIE: What they put on letters in Quebec
    GARGLEFINKLEIN: A tiny recorder played by neums
    HOCKET: The thing that fits into a crochet to produce a rackett
    INTERVAL: How long it takes you to find the right note. There are three kinds:
    Major Interval: A more...

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