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Ancient Greek mathematician and physicist Archimedes famously said: “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” While this is technically true, it is virtually impossible (probably for the best – let the world stay where it is). There is one thing though that can literally move the world, at least your personal one. And that thing is music. Have you ever noticed how the worst of days can suddenly become so much better once you listen to a good song? Music has a very specific power to make everything right, and we really should use that power more.

Having worked with musicians quite a bit, I can assure you that they do like a good music joke. And not only general band kid humor. Most bands have insider band jokes about that time they played that gig or that time they had to improvise because the guitar got unplugged in the middle of the performance.

You don’t have to be a professional musician to understand jokes about music, and that’s probably the best part. My favorite type of music jokes are song puns, where you can add a letter to the song’s name and turn it into something completely different and hilarious. You should definitely try it. Make a list of all your favorite songs and see how you can change them with one letter to make them sound funny.

What other types of music puns have you heard? Have you ever told a musician jokes about their profession? Or maybe you are a musician yourself? Enjoy this collection of music jokes, and tell me about your favorite one in the comments.

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#1

Steal a man's wallet and he'll be poor for a day.

But teach him to play an instrument and he'll be poor for the rest of his life.

12points

CookieCrump 2 years ago

Ouch!

1point

#2

How do you make Lady Gaga mad?

Poker face.

11points

#3

Kids shouldn’t watch the orchestra.

Too much sax and violins.

10points

Aud (she/they) 2 months ago

Okay but I actually kinda like this one

0points

#4

Why do bagpipe players walk when they play?

To get away from the noise.

10points

#5

What song do vampires hate?

'You Are My Sunshine'.

10points

#6

How do you tell the difference between a violinist and a dog?

The dog knows when to stop scratching.

10points

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#7

Why is a piano so hard to open?

Because the keys are on the inside.

9points

#8

What do you call clean music?

A soap opera!

9points

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#9

A while ago, my friend told me not to listen to loud music.

I haven’t heard from that guy since.

9points

#10

My girlfriend broke up with me because I quote too many Linkin Park songs.

But "in the end, it doesn't even matter".

9points

Luisa 2 months ago

You don't tried hard enough.

0points

#11

How do you make a bandstand?

Take away their chairs.

8points

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#12

What kind of music do bunnies like?

Hip Hop.

8points

#13

What types of songs do planets sing?

Nep-tunes.

8points

#14

What’s green and sings?

Elvis Parsley.

8points

#15

What do you call an elf that sings?

A wrapper.

8points

#16

What’s the difference between a conductor and God?

God doesn’t think he’s a conductor.

8points

#17

I knew Ice Cube when he was called Water.

8points

Luisa 2 months ago

🤣🤣🤣

0points

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#18

A sign at a music shop: “Gone Chopin. Bach in a minuet.”

8points

#19

What genre of music is the national anthem?

Country music.

8points

#20

I heard you lost your classical music CD. But don't worry, I've got your Bach.

8points

#21

Does music make you wonder?

It certainly made Stevie Wonder.

8points

#22

What’s a cars favorite kind of music?

A traffic jam.

8points

#23

Did you hear about the new music group Cellophane?

They mostly wrap.

8points

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#24

Where do music loving cats go to for vacation?

Sing-a-purr.

8points

#25

What type of music are balloons afraid of?

Pop music.

7points

#26

What’s a cat’s favorite subject in school?

MEWsic.

7points

#27

Want to hear the joke about a staccato?

Never mind — it’s too short.

7points

#28

How do you make a million dollars singing jazz?

Start with two million.

7points

#29

How many concertmasters does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one, but it takes four movements.

6points

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#30

What is the difference between a fish and a piano?

You can’t tuna fish.

6points

#31

What’s the most musical bone?

The trombone.

6points

Luisa 2 months ago

I heard this one before as a dad joke. Very funny

0points

#32

What is Beethoven’s favorite fruit?

Ba-na-na-naaaaa.

6points

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

Fun factoid. Beethoven's fifth (or V in roman numerals) starts out with the same pattern as V in Morse code. This was completely unintentional.

0points

#33

Why didn’t Handel go shopping?

Because he was Baroque.

6points

#34

As a musician, I’ve learned the best way to win a Grammy is to not release your music in the same year as Adele.

6points

#35

Someone keyed the music teacher’s car.

Fortunately, the damage seems to B minor.

6points

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#36

There are so many jokes about a certain composer…

I could make you a Liszt.

6points

#37

What do you say to the musician playing the triangle in the orchestra?

Thank you for every ting.

6points

#38

An orchestra was hit by lightning.

Only the conductor died.

6points

#39

What do you call a set of musical dentures?

Falsetto teeth.

6points

#40

What do you get when you play country music backward?

You get your wife back, your dog back, and your job back.

6points

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#41

My neighbors are listening to great music.

Whether they like it or not!

6points

#42

What's the best Christmas present in the world?

A broken drum, you just can't beat it!

6points

#43

What’s the difference between an oboe and an onion?

No one cries when you chop up an oboe.

6points

#44

Me and my friends are in a band called “Duvet”. We’re a cover band.

6points

#45

What’s an avocado’s favorite music genre?

Guac ‘n’ roll.

6points

#46

What do clarinetists use for birth control?

Their personalities.

6points

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#47

What's the difference between a folk guitar player and a large pizza?

A large pizza can feed a family of four.

6points

#48

What do a sword and a piano have in common?

They can both B sharp.

6points

#49

What concert costs 45 cents?

50 Cent featuring Nickelback.

6points

#50

Musicians? Oh yeah, we think outside the Bach’s.

6points

#51

I found a Justin Bieber concert ticket nailed to a tree, so I took it!

You never know when you might need a nail.

6points

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#52

I had gotten a coupon for 50% off an Arizona Ice Tea yesterday.

After I bought the can and opened it, I suddenly heard a bunch of beats and rap music coming out of the can. I was really confused at first, but then I realized why. I had gotten 50 cent Ice T.

6points

#53

I was listening to music, and it suddenly stopped.

Spotty-Fi.

6points

#54

How does the sun listen to music?

On its ray-dio.

6points

#55

Which music bands do bees love best?

The Bee-tles and the Bee Gees.

6points

Jason Marin 2 years ago

I was told their favorite musician was Sting.

2points

#56

Why did the tortilla chip start dancing?

Because they put on the salsa.

5points

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#57

What kind of musical instrument do rats play?

Mouse organs.

5points

#58

Why did the grandma sit in the rocking chair with her rollerblades on?

Because she wanted to rock and roll.

5points

#59

Why did the chicken join the band?

Because he had the drumsticks.

5points

#60

Which elf was the best singer?

ELFis Presley.

5points

#61

Why couldn’t the athlete listen to her music?

She broke the record.

5points

#62

What makes music on your head?

A headband.

5points

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#63

What part of the turkey is musical?

The drumstick.

5points

#64

What is the musical part of a snake?

Its scales.

5points

#65

Where did the music teacher leave his keys?

In the piano.

5points

#66

What do you call a cow that can play a musical instrument?

A moo-sician.

5points

#67

Why couldn’t the string quartet find their composer?

He was Haydn.

5points

#68

How do you fix a broken brass instrument?

With a tuba glue.

5points

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#69

Middle C, E flat, and G walk into a bar.

“Sorry,” the bartender says. “We don’t serve minors.”

5points

#70

What musical keys do cows sing in?

Beef flat.

5points

#71

Want to hear the one about fermata?

Wait, it’s too long.

5points

#72

Why was music coming from the printer?

The paper was jamming.

5points

#73

A musician told me he was going to hit me with the neck of his guitar.

I replied, “Is that a fret?”

5points

#74

Accordion to one study, people don’t notice when you replace any given word with the name of a musical instrument, but I don’t believe that tuba true.

5points

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#75

Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
A little old lady.
A little old lady who?
I didn’t know you could yodel.

5points

#76

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.

5points

#77

What did Jay-Z call his wife before they were married?

Feyoncé.

5points

#78

What is Beethoven doing now?

De-composing.

5points

#79

What did they say about the tone-deaf boy?

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

5points

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#80

I wrote a song about a tortilla chip.

Actually, it's more like a wrap.

5points

#81

What does a harmonica and a lawsuit have in common?

Everyone is relieved when the case is closed.

5points

#82

What’s the definition of an optimist?

A harp player taking out a mortgage.

5points

#83

What kind of band doesn’t play music?

A rubber band.

5points

#84

I’m so sick of people thinking they can just waltz into my room when I’m listening to music in 4/4.

5points

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#85

What’s the difference between a piano and a tuna?

You can tuna piano, but you can’t piano tuna.

5points

#86

What's the difference between terrorists and accordion players?

Terrorists have sympathizers.

5points

#87

Which one of Santa's helpers was the best singer?

Elf-is Presley.

5points

#88

What sort of music does a mountain like?

Rock.

5points

#89

The pop music industry is very eco-friendly,.

They keep recycling the same four chords.

5points

#90

Marine biologists have discovered a group of killer whales that keep on meeting up and playing music together.

They called it an orca-stra.

5points

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#91

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Benjamin.
Benjamin who?
I've Benjamin to the music!

5points

#92

Did you hear about that music composer who committed suicide?

He didn’t even leave a note.

5points

#93

What do you call a pianist who throws trash everywhere?

Litterachi.

5points

#94

A drum rolled down a hill.

Ba-dum tsssh!

5points

#95

A musician should never B flat, sometimes B sharp, and always B natural.

5points

#96

What do you call a germ that composes music?

Bach-teria.

5points

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#97

What do you get if you cross country music with rap?

Crap.

5points

#98

The guy at my local music shop asked me why I'm always coming in to buy new harmonicas.

I told him "I blow right through them".

5points

#99

What type of soap did the composer use?

Anti-BACH-terial.

5points

#100

What do you get when you put a radio in a fridge?

Cool music.

5points

#101

What’s a pizza maker’s favorite song?

Slice, Slice Baby!

5points

#102

Why did the pianist keep banging his head against the keys?

He was playing by ear.

4points

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#103

What is a mummy’s favorite kind of music?

Rap.

4points

#104

Why did the fish make such a good musician?

He knew his scales.

4points

#105

What is the most musical part of your body?

Your nose because you can blow and pick it.

4points

#106

What makes songs, but never sings?

Notes.

4points

#107

What’s big and grey with horns?

An elephant marching band.

4points

#108

What is a skeleton’s favorite instrument?

The trombone.

4points

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#109

Why did Mozart get rid of his chickens?

They kept saying, “Bach, Bach, Bach!”

4points

#110

What has forty feet and sings?

The school choir.

4points

#111

Why was the musician arrested?

She got in treble.

4points

#112

What makes pirates such good singers?

They can hit the high Cs.

4points

#113

What song do tornados like?

“The Twist.”

4points

#114

What has a neck, but no head?

A bass.

4points

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#115

How can you tell if a singer’s at your door?

They can’t find the key and don’t know when to come in.

4points

#116

Who is a grain harvester’s favorite musical artist?

Hall ‘n Oates.

4points

#117

Do you like live music?

Of course, I like live music. Dead music has body, but it doesn’t have soul.

4points

#118

What’s the slang term for a harpsichord?

A Baroque man’s piano.

4points

#119

Arnold Schoenberg walks into a bar…

“I’ll have a gin please, but no tonic.”

4points

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#120

What’s a golfer’s favorite type of music?

Swing!

4points

#121

Why did JS Bach have so many children?

Because he didn’t have any organ stops.

4points

#122

How do you get a trombonist off your doorstep?

Pay them for the pizza.

4points

#123

What do you get when you squish an army?

A flat major.

4points

#124

What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?

A flat minor.

4points

#125

What is a cucumber's favorite instrument?

A pickle-o.

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#126

Which composer likes tea the most?

Chai-kovsky.

4points

#127

What's the similarity between a drummer and a philosopher?

They both perceive time as an abstract concept.

4points

#128

Why are violist's fingers like lightning?

They rarely strike the same spot twice.

4points

#129

What's a pirate's favourite instrument?

The guit-arrr.

4points

#130

Why does Jay-Z love Christmas so much?

Because of all the wrapping.

4points

#131

I don't think wind turbines like classical music. They're big metal fans, though.

4points

Aunt Riarch 2 years ago

Dad?

0points

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#132

Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a movie about classical music composers.

He'll be Bach.

4points

#133

Who is a grain harvester’s favorite musical artist?

Hall ‘n Oates.

4points

#134

A music critic told me I wouldn’t know music if it hit me in the face.

I knew a friend that had that experience. He’s in the hospital, because he was listening to hard rock.

4points

#135

How do Halloween characters listen to their music?

ScarePods

4points

#136

What is an AI's favourite music?

Algorhythms.

4points

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#137

What does music do when it goes for a walk?

DubSteps.

4points

#138

Why did the music teacher go up the ladder during music class?

To reach the high notes.

3points

#139

What do you call a musical insect?

A humbug.

3points

#140

What rock band has four guys that don’t sing?

Mount Rushmore.

3points

#141

What did the robbers take from the music store?

The lute.

3points

#142

Why do fluorescent lights hum?

Because they forgot the words.

3points

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#143

What is a cat’s favorite song?

“Three Blind Mice.”

3points

#144

What do you get if you cross a sweet potato and a jazz musician?

A yam session.

3points

#145

Why was the former conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic always first off the plane?

He only had Karajan luggage.

3points

#146

Which computer brand will win the Grammys?

A dell.

3points

#147

The biggest difference between the Super Bowl and the Grammys.

The Eagles have won a Grammy.

3points

#148

My dad always told me I should sing tenor twelve miles away.

3points

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#149

My friend spends 75 percent of his time playing football and the other 25 percent playing Baroque music.

He’s a quarterback.

3points

#150

Some might say the violinists in an orchestra don’t do much.

They just fiddle around.

3points

#151

What do you say when a kazoo player sneezes?

Kazoontite.

3points

#152

What’s Giuseppe Verdi’s favorite way to get around the airport?

La Travelator.

3points

#153

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!

3points

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#154

What kind of music did the pilgrims listen to?

Plymouth Rock!

3points

#155

What do you call a beautiful woman on a trombonist's arm?

A tattoo.

3points

Aunt Riarch 2 years ago

Ouch

0points

#156

What's the difference between a jet airplane and a trumpet?

About three decibels.

3points

#157

Why can't you improve the efficiency of wind farms by playing country music around them?

Because they're really just big heavy metal fans.

3points

#158

My friend writes music about sewing machines.

He's a singer songwriter, or sew it seams.

3points

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#159

What genre of music do Czech bands play?

Prague Rock.

3points

#160

Why shouldn't you trust string instruments?

They can be lyres.

3points

Viltė Domkutė

Viltė is a SEO List curator here at Bored Panda. She graduated in Applied Photography, so is no stranger to visual and artistic content. Despite her professional path, she also loves watching TV series, even could binge watch them all day long. Viltė also owns a pet crab at home, named Pūkis - Fluffy (spoiler alert: he's not fluffy at all).

Viltė is a SEO List curator here at Bored Panda. She graduated in Applied Photography, so is no stranger to visual and artistic content. Despite her professional path, she also loves watching TV series, even could binge watch them all day long. Viltė also owns a pet crab at home, named Pūkis - Fluffy (spoiler alert: he's not fluffy at all).

Marisha Kazaryan

I knew I wanted to be a storyteller ever since I learned to read and write. Fulfilled this dream when I became a content creator and a filmmaker. Also got a degree in English language and literature because grammar is important! Good coffee and good music make everything better. When I’m not telling stories, you’ll find me studying foreign languages (currently, Korean), fangirling over my guinea pig Pepperboy, watching TV shows, and learning to play the drums.

I knew I wanted to be a storyteller ever since I learned to read and write. Fulfilled this dream when I became a content creator and a filmmaker. Also got a degree in English language and literature because grammar is important! Good coffee and good music make everything better. When I’m not telling stories, you’ll find me studying foreign languages (currently, Korean), fangirling over my guinea pig Pepperboy, watching TV shows, and learning to play the drums.

What do you think ?

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I went to a party once. They played The Twist so I was twisting. They played Jump Around so I started jumping around. Then they played Come On Eileen and the next thing I know I'm being thrown out.

2points

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I was at a karaoke bar once. Someone asked me if I would sing Wonderwall. I said maaaayyybeee...

0points

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I went to a party once. They played The Twist so I was twisting. They played Jump Around so I started jumping around. Then they played Come On Eileen and the next thing I know I'm being thrown out.

2points

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I was at a karaoke bar once. Someone asked me if I would sing Wonderwall. I said maaaayyybeee...

0points

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