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Misc | Music Definitions | Musical Terms | Trumpet | Drums | Viola/Violin | Bag Pipes
These are fines for illegal trumpet actions imposed by the International Trumpet Guild:
Musical Offenses
| Obnoxious show-offy warm-up | $25 |
| Vibrato on unison passage | $50 |
| Failure to swing | $1,000 |
| Sound checking section lick obnoxious jazz lick | $15 |
| Playing highest not possible during warm-up | $10 |
| Raising hand after making a mistake | $15 |
| Practicing multiple tonguing not called for on gig | $15 |
| Failure to use 3rd valve slide | $50 |
| Being told by conductor to play louder | $400 |
| Taking tuning note up octave | $25 |
| Taking tuning note up 2 octaves | $2,500 |
| Playing a Bb when band tunes on A | $75 |
| Blacking out after high note | $20 |
Lead Players
| Changing mouthpiece mid-song | $15 |
| Missing high lick, then mentioning previous gig that day | $25 |
| Faking section into early entrance | $10 |
| Faking self into early entrance | $20 |
| Asking leader if it's ok to take lick up | $25 |
| Asking leader if it's ok to take lick down | $400 |
| Taking lick down on gig that you took up on rehearsal | $100 |
| Missing last note of "In The Mood" | $200 |
Non-Lead Players
| Missing entrance when lead player drops out on unison | $15 |
| Hanging over past lead player on last chord | $100 |
| Attempting unassigned high lick lead player biffs | $50 |
| Asking lead player what mouthpiece he uses | $75 |
| Pointing out to lead player that guy on record took last passage up | $20 |
| Attempting to out-screech lead player on last chord | $100 |
| Attempting to out-screach lead player at any time | $500 |
Equipment Violations
| Dropping mute | $10 |
| Dropping horn | $20 + repairs |
| Dropping dead | WARNING |
| Forgetting pencil | $20 |
| Forgetting mutes | $50 |
| Forgetting bowtie or socks | $30 |
| Forgetting mouthpiece | $30 |
| Playing with screw-on rim | $10 |
| Blaming mistake on sticky valve | $25 |
| Looking into bell after a mistake | $100 |
| Getting marble or similar object stuck down bell | $75 |
| Polishing horn on stage | $15 |
Criminal Bad Taste
| Quoting Herb Albert or Chuck Mangione song | $25 |
| Casually mentioning to director of cheap theatre that you also play keyboards | $100 |
| Discussing how plentiful gigs were in the old days | $50 |
| Farting on the bandstand | $25 |
| Taking a dump on the bandstand | $75 |
| Talking about great deal on your new horn | $10 |
| Hawking your old horn on the bandstand | $15 |
| Having a nicer gig bag then the rest of the section | $10 |
| Practicing legit style on commercial gigs | $35 |
| Beginning sentance with "When I played with Stan Kenton..." | $50 |
Basic Stupidity
| Continually asking, "Where are we?" | $25 |
| Drunkeness on gig | $25 |
| Stonedness on gig | $25 |
| Sobriety on gig | $75 |
| Sitting next to leader at pre/post gig meals | $100 |
| Pretending to be friends with bone players | $10 |
| Actually being friends with bone players | $20 |
| Dating a bone player | $75 |
| Loaning money to a bone player | AMOUNT LOANED |
| Wearing old MF tour shirt | $15 |
| Wearing new MF tour shirt | $25 |