Thursday, March 24, 2011

Music Major Quotes Winter 2011

These are the music major quotes for this semester! I figured I could put them both on Facebook and on Blogger. They're great either way! Good luck with understanding them!

"A tonal is much more . . ." -Bro. Kerr
"Communist."-AJ

"We learn from our peers, but be careful of that one!" -Bro. Kerr [referring to Tyler Carlisle]

[About the Hymn Festival conflicting with Opera Scenes practice] "That is why they cancelled Op. Shop." -Tyler Carlisle
"We don't believe you."-Bro. Kerr

"Are you allowed to repeat notes?"-Student asking about part of the test
"Yes . . . but don't be weird." -Bro. Kerr

"Brother Kerr, come ride the elevator!"-Tyler Carlisle
[Side note: he did!]

"How do you gain and obtain knowledge?"-Tyler
"You ask!"-Christina

[Asking about extending our time on our test from an hour to an hour and a half]
"I would be happy to give you an hour and a half.'-Bro. Kerr
[LOUD gasp]-Cassandra

"Whatever comes out of Tyler's mouth is probably the opposite of truth."-Bro. Kerr
"Did he say that?"-Tyler
"Yes."-Christina
"Ruuude!"-Tyler

"Negative Batman!"-Tyler [to Bro. Kerr about being a BM or  BMA major]
"You need to be educated Robin."-Bro. Kerr
"We're a team!"-Tyler

"Tyler, where did you learn to count?"-Bro. Kerr
"Kindergarten! I went to Big Apple Elementary!"-Tyler
[a little later, Bro. Kerr asks if anyone has a calculator and Tyler pulls his graphing calculator out.]
"Tyler can count because he has his BIG calculator."-Bro. Kerr
[We look for the golden mean by using a calculator and Tyler gets 26.574]
"Would you like me to graph that?"-Tyler

"You're such a good role model."-Tyler
"Thank you."-Bro. Kerr

"F, as in the grade you don't want."-Bro. Kerr
"I thought you were going to say the grade you deserve."-Robert

"You're assessing me; and I passed."-Tyler

[Bro. Kerr used a marker on the board to show a conducting pattern] "The candy cane of death, it's all black."-?

"Tyler, we're done!"-Bro. Kerr

"Pass the golden butter."-Kameron

"Be ye not deceived."-Bro. Kerr

[Talking about +6 chords] "If we add a 4th note, we change nationalities."-Bro. Kerr

"Don't flirt with flatness."-Bro. Kerr

"Modus Novas in the spirit of contention."-Cassandra

[Bro. Kerr had us listen to a Modus Novas and correct what was wrong with it as he played]
"Since you corrected it, can y ou sing it?"-Bro. Kerr
"You're the one that needs practice!"-Tyler

"Don't listen to Tyler . . . ever!"-Bro. Kerr

"Great things come from a rocky beginning."-Bro. Kerr
"Like a boxing match!"-Cami

"We won't be using this textbook that often."-Bro. Kerr
"YES!!!"-Tyler

"I don't deal with end of semester test days."-Bro. Kerr
"So, we get those days off?"-Tyler
"Don't put words in my mouth."-Bro. Kerr

"College administration math; also called fuzzy math."-Bro. Kerr
"Do they pray about it?"-Tyler
"Don't tempt me."-Bro. Kerr

"How do you write that?"-Alan
"In words."-Bo. Kerr

"There's probably a Facebook like group called 'Shubert is cool!'."-Bro. Kerr

"I am a phrygian oomphaba!"-Greg

"What if I'm thinking 'Holy crap this better not be on the test.'?"-Tyler
"You're not thinking that, right?"-Bro. Kerr
"Pfft, no!"-Tyler

"Many are called, but few are chosen. Those that are chosen get excited about music."-Bro. Kerr

"Thus begins the downfall of tonality!"-Kameron

"You agilated phrygian oomphaba!"-Greg/Cameo

[Conversation Bro. Tueller had with himself in Music Lit.]
"Why study music history?", "Because it's fun?", "No it's not."-Bro. Tueller

"I want a hurdy gurdy."-Cassandra

"Nice leading tones."-Bro. Tueller

[Talking about Italian Trecento diction]
"If you look carefully you can see dots in the notation."-Bro. Tueller
"If you look carefully you can SEE a NOTATION."-Alex W.
"Oh, it isn't THAT bad."-Bro. Tueller

[After we tried sight singing a piece]
"Let's hear somebodey professional do it."-Bro. Tueller

"In other words they just broke up, I know it!"-Bro. Tueller [about "Dueil Angorsseus']

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or maybe weakens you so the next thing kills you."-Bro. Tueller

[Talking about tuning]
"This happened with the Fall of Adam."-Bro. Tueller

[Talking about Krummhorns]
"You know there's a name for people who still play that instrument. They're called nerds!"-Bro. Tueller

"Tangeantize to the Dolorian mode."-Kameron

"There's something about 'VVVVVV' that's so, yeah."-?

"Elephant major."-Spencer

[Talking about people being tardy/absent]
"Absences you excommunicate you."-Bro. Kerr

"Can you do that again?"-Isaac
"Honestly, I'm not even sure what I did."-Sarah

"Modjus Grovas."-Alan

"That's . . . weird."-Spencer

"I have a great husband!"-Cambria
"So does my wife."-A random gentleman that walked by

[Tyler was walking down the hallway and saw Bro. Kerr. When Tyler was right by the door, he said this]
"Last one in owes the other a smootie!"-Tyler

"Instead of going on the date and thinking 'I kind of want to kiss him.' Think 'I REALLY want to kiss him!'."-Bro. Brower

"We will ban the word 'um' in this course!"-Bro. Brower

"Raise your ribs off your lunch."-Bro. Brower

[Gesturing to his arms]
"By the way, these things are attached."-Bro. Brower

"Gril does 'pity me', boy turns off. Girl does 'ah', boy turns on!"-Bro. Brower

"Did I say we were putting htis on a shelf?"-Bro. Brower [about Amber's earrings]

"Let's all have a sympathetic cough."-Bro. Brower

"Some of you, your lips are challenged. That's bad on Valentine's Day!"-Sis. Ashby

"Chuck Norris wears Bro. Kerr pajamas."-Kameron/Nykele

"Can you do that round house kick in solfedge?"-Alan

"Holy Modus Novas Batman!"-Kameron

[Talking about Tye Dye shirts]
"This shirt looks like the music we play!"-Kameron

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