Musical Terms Commonly Misunderstood
by Country-Western Musicians, With Their Translated "Country" Definition

  • Diminished Fifth - An empty bottle of Jack Daniels
  • Perfect Fifth - A full bottle of Jack Daniels
  • Ritard - There's one in every family
  • Relative Major - An uncle in the Marine Corps
  • Relative Minor - A girlfriend
  • Big Band - When the bar pays enough to bring two banjo players
  • Pianissimo - "Refill this beer bottle"
  • Repeat - What you do until they just expel you
  • Treble -Women ain't nothin' but
  • Bass - The things you run around in softball
  • Portamento - A foreign country you've always wanted to see
  • Conductor - The man who punches your ticket to Birmingham
  • Arpeggio - "Ain't he that storybook kid with the big nose that grows?"
  • Tempo - Good choice for a used car
  • A 440 - The highway that runs around Nashville
  • Transpositions - Men who wear dresses
  • Cut Time -Parole
  • Order of Sharps - What a wimp gets at the bar
  • Passing Tone - Frequently heard near the baked beans at family barbecues
  • Middle C - The only fruit drink you can afford when food stamps are low
  • Perfect Pitch - The smooth coating on a freshly paved road
  • Tuba - A compound word: "Hey, woman! Fetch me another tuba Bryll Cream!"
  • Cadenza - That ugly thing your wife always vacuums dog hair off of when company comes

  • Whole Note - What's due after failing to pay the mortgage for a year
  • Clef - What you try never to fall off of
  • Bass Clef - Where you wind up if you do fall off
  • Altos - Not to be confused with "Tom's toes," "Bubba's toes" or "Dori-toes"
  • Minor Third - Your approximate age and grade at the completion of formal schooling
  • Melodic Minor - Loretta Lynn's singing dad
  • 12-Tone Scale - The thing the State Police weigh your tractor trailer truck with
  • Quarter Tone - What most standard pickups can haul
  • Sonata - What you get from a bad cold or hay fever
  • Clarinet - Name used on your second daughter if you've already used Betty Jo
  • Cello - The proper way to answer the phone
  • Bassoon - Typical response when asked what you hope to catch, and when
  • French Horn - Your wife says you smell like a cheap one when you come in at 4 a.m.
  • Cymbal - What they use on deer-crossing signs so you know what to sight-in your pistol with
  • Bossa Nova - The car your foreman drives
  • Time Signature - What you need from your boss if you forget to clock in
  • First Inversion - Grandpa's battle group at Normandy
  • Staccato - How you did all the ceilings in your mobile home
  • Major Scale - What you say after chasing wild game up a mountain: "Damn! That was a major scale!"
  • Aeolian Mode - How you like Mama's cherry pie
  • Bach Chorale - The place behind the barn where you keep the horses.

25 Best Country Songs Titles Of All Time

These are all genuine songs, mainly released in the United States (how surprising).

  1. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye!
  2. I Don't Know whether To Kill Myself or Go Bowling
  3. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life,Then Number Two On You
  4. I Sold A Car To A Guy Who Stole My Girl, But It Don't Run - So we're even
  5. Mamma Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
  6. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me
  7. She's Actin' Single and I'm Drinkin' Doubles
  8. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
  9. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
  10. I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well
  11. I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Getting' Better
  12. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight,Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win
  13. I'll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let's Honeymoon Tonight
  14. I'm So Miserable Without You; It's like Having You Here
  15. I've Got Tears In My Ears From Lyin'On My Back And Cryin' Over You
  16. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now
  17. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love You
  18. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
  19. Please Bypass This Heart
  20. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger
  21. You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat
  22. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
  23. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
  24. She's Lookin' Better After Every Beer
  25. I Haven't Gone To Bed With Ugly Women, But I've Sure Woke Up With a Few

 

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