Are you a musician in need to take a break from practice? Or a music teacher looking for some music jokes to bring your class or lesson to life? Music jokes are fun ways to break the ice and inject some fun into the world of music.
There are so many different types of musical instruments in the world. These range from strings like violins to violas (the butt of too many jokes) and drums and percussion. This variety lends itself to music jokes. You can get an entire symphony of laughter with funny music jokes.
Here are some of the best music jokes around to give you an added beat for the day and a melody to lift your spirits!
Best Music Jokes for a Symphony of Laughter
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1. Why did the pianist keep banging his head against the keys?
Because he was playing by ear.
2. Why is a piano so hard to open?
Because the keys are on the inside.
3. What is the most musical part of a turkey?
The drumsticks.
4. What is the difference between a fish and a piano?
You can’t tuna fish.
5. What has forty feet and sings?
A school choir.
6. Why was the snake good at playing music?
Because it knew its scales.
7. What is a planet’s favorite type of music?
Nep-tunes.
8. Did you hear about the robbers who robbed the music store?
They got away with the lute.
9. How do you make a bandstand?
By taking away their chairs.
10. Why did Mozart get rid of his chickens?
Because they kept saying, “Bach, Bach, Bach!”
11. Did you hear about the athlete that stopped listening to music?
She broke the record.
12. What makes music on your head?
A headband.
13. Why are pirates such good singers?
Because they can hit the high Cs.
14. What’s green and sings?
Elvis Parsley.
15. Why do fluorescent lights hum?
Because they forgot the words.
16. What is the most musical bone in the body?
The trombone.
17. What is a cat’s favorite song?
“Three Blind Mice.”
18. What is tornados favorite song?
“The Twist.”
19. What do you get when you cross a sweet potato and a jazz musician?
A yam session.
20. Why couldn’t the string quartet find the music’s composer?
Because he was Haydn.
21. What is Beethoven’s favorite fruit?
Ba-na-na-naaaaa.
22. Have you heard the joke about a staccato?
Never mind — it’s too short.
23. Did you hear the one about fermata?
Never mind – it’s too long.
24. Why was there music coming from the printer?
The paper was jamming.
25. What is Santa’s elves’ favorite type of music?
Wrap.
It is a good thing that musicians have such a great sense of humor. After all, it is a chance for them to share a laugh with each other over funny music jokes. Many of these jokes poke fun at the different instruments that they play or at funny situations in a band or an orchestra.
26. What’s the difference between a conductor and God?
God doesn’t think he’s a conductor.
27. What is the most musical brand of computer?
A dell.
28. Why didn’t Handel go shopping?
Because he was Baroque.
29. How can you tell if a rock singer’s at your door?
Because they can’t find the key and don’t know when to come in.
30. Middle C, E flat, and G walk into a bar.
“Sorry,” the bartender says. “We don’t serve minors.”
31. What’s a cat’s favorite subject in school?
Mew-sic.
32. What musical key does a cows sing in?
Beef flat.
33. Did you hear that the music teacher got into a car accident?
Fortunately, the damage seems to B minor.
34. What do you call clean music?
A soap opera!
35. Who is a grain harvester’s favorite musical artist?
Hall ‘n Oates.
36. Did you hear about the dude who spends 75 percent of his time playing football and the other 25 percent playing Baroque music?
He is a quarterback.
37. What do you call a cow that can play a musical instrument?
A moo-sician.
38. How do you fix a broken tuba?
With a tuba glue.
39. What rock group has four guys that don’t sing?
Mount Rushmore.
40. Did you hear about the violin player who was arrested?
He got in treble.
41. How many concertmasters does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one, but it takes four movements.
42. What is the best way to organize classical music jokes?
Make a Liszt.
43. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Little old lady.
Little old lady who?
Wow, I didn’t know you could yodel!
44. What type of music are balloons afraid of?
Pop music.
45. What is a mummy’s favorite kind of music?
Rap.
46. Why did the music teacher take a ladder to music class?
To reach the high notes.
47. What is a tortilla chip’s favorite types of music?
Salsa.
48. What kind of musical instrument do rats play?
Mouse organs.
49. What do you call an insect that forgot the lyrics to the song?
A humbug.
50. What did the drummer name his twin daughters?
Anna One, Anna Two.
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51. What do you say to the musician playing the triangle in the orchestra?
Thank you for every ting.
52. Why are violinists always disorganized?
Because they just fiddle around.
53. What happened when the orchestra was hit by lightning?
They were safe. Only the conductor died.
54. Why did bartender refuse to serve the quavers at the bar?
Because they were slurring.
55. Why didn’t Handel go shopping?
Because he was Baroque.
56. How do you get a musician off your doorstep?
Pay them for the pizza.
57. Why was the violinist recruited into the medieval army?
Because he was good with the bow.
58. How do you make two violists play in unison?
Ask one to leave.
59. What’s the best part of a trumpet?
The mute.
60. What do you get when you squish an army officer?
A flat major.
61. What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A flat minor.
62. How can you tell if a violin is out of tune?
The bow is moving.
63. What is the definition of a semitone?
Two beginner violinists playing in unison.
64. What do a cellist’s fingers and lightning have in common?
They both never hit the same spot twice.
65. What do you call a drummer who shows up on time for rehearsal?
Unusual.
66. What do you say when a kazoo player sneezes?
Kazoontite.
67. What do you call a set of musical dentures?
Falsetto teeth
68. How can you tell if a soprano is at your front door?
He can’t find the key, and doesn’t know when to come in.
69. What do you get if Bach falls off his horse but has the courage to get back on and keep riding?
Bach in the saddle!
70. What’s a golfer’s favorite genre of music?
Swing!
71. What is the most musical part of your body?
Your nose because you can blow and pick it.
72. Why is it easy to play the double bass?
Because it is fretless.
73. Why did the man sit in the rocking chair with his skates on?
Because he wanted to rock and roll.
74. What’s big and grey with horns?
An elephant marching band.
75. Who is the best singer amongst Santa’s helpers?
ELFis Presley.
76. What is bunnies favorite type of music?
Hip Hop.
77. What instrument did the skeleton play in the band?
The trombone.
78. What is it not a good idea to take children to see the orchestra play?
Because of all the violins.
79. What is a pirate’s favorite instrument?
A guit-arrr!
80. What has a lot of keys but can’t open the door?
A piano.
81. What genre of music is national anthems?
Country music.
82. What is a mountain’s favorite type of music?
Rock.
We hope that you’ve enjoyed these funny music jokes and had a good laugh. We think that you will also enjoy these funny violin jokes and these hilarious viola jokes.
