Collective nouns for folk music

Subject: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 08:08 AM

It strikes that although most things have a collective noun (a pride of lions, a pod of whales,etc) this seems to be lacking in the folk world. Any suggestions? To get you started, here's a few I feel are appropriate!

A jingle of morrismen

An earbleed of bagpipes

A noodle of guitars

A bellow of shanty singers

A fart of bombardes



I thank you

Chris

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 09:07 AM

A pose of singer/sonwriters

An embarrassment of bodhrans

An annoyance of fiddlers

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Genie
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 09:20 AM

LOVE these:

A bellow of shanty singers
An embarrassment of bodhrans   LOL!


How about these:

A lark of madrigal singers

A twang of banjo pickers

A chutzpah of klezmer musicians

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 09:27 AM

How about

A plunk of mandolins

A wheeze of melodeons

A wibble of theremins

"A chutzpah of klezmer musicians" made me laugh quite a lot!

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: DMcG
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 09:28 AM

A variation of singers.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Amos
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 10:38 AM

A squawk of fiddlers?

A gallop of banjos?

A sproing of guitar strings? (Any number mnore than two, which is an embrace of guitar strings).

A scatter of fingerpicks?

A rattle of Dylan tunes?

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: GUEST,banjoman
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 10:43 AM

A Canteen of spoon players

A misery of melodeons

an hunch of harmony singers

A redoubt of recorder players

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:01 AM

A stampede of step dancers

A cacophony of jazz bands

A quack of oboes (sorry moonunit!)

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Leadfingers
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:02 AM

An Earful of Trad Singers ??

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:47 AM

A plink of mandolinists
A splutter of Jug players
A buzz of jew's harpists
A superfluosity of tiple players
An ossiary of bone players.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Amos
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:04 PM

These are hilarious!! We obviously have a sidesplit of comedians here!!

A

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:11 PM

Not forgetting a niggle of critics!

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM

A feedback of sound men or maybe that should be, a regeneration of sound men. Some events I've been to, a lack of..., or , a deafness of ..., would be nearer.

An irrelevance of piano accordionists

A retune of guitar players.

A handrub of MCs.

An incompitance of festival organisers.

A sewerage of foxhunt supporters.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Kenny B (inactive)
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:40 PM

A Box of Accordianists
A Garden of Bodhranicals
A Capella of Unaccompanied Singers

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:42 PM

A bizmal of banjos?

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 01:46 PM

A rabble of folkies...

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Kenny B (inactive)
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 03:58 PM

Maybe also
A Scrabble of literate Folkies? Spelling optional :<}>

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 04:10 PM

A suck of harmonica players
A martello of hammered dulcimer players
An Acropolis of bazouki players
A monotony of phonofiddle players
A clash of tambourine players
A Dead Horse of triangle players
A shankar of sitar players.

Giok

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 04:13 PM

Rick Spencer's "Hexagon Zombie" mentions a din of concertinas.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Amos
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 04:13 PM

And a hum of Kazooers.


A

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 04:26 PM

An erection of horn players

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Mudlark
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 05:07 PM

A drone of dulcimers...

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 05:38 PM

A puff of pipers

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc
From: Chris Green
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 06:42 PM

surely a puff of glam rock bands!

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 07:09 PM

A calabash of koras.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Nerd
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:41 PM

a tinkle of harpers
an oompah of brass
a shreik of tinwhistles
a flurry of flutes

a house of horas
a minyan of Klezmorim (okay, that may be too Jewish for many)

a diddly of jigs
a roll of reels
a peck of (pickled) polkas

a party of Cajuns...

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:47 PM

A Bellows of Accordionists

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Hrothgar
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 06:47 AM

From Joy Duncan: a mellifluity of dulcimers.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Snuffy
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 07:10 AM

A refrain (please) of folk singers

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: JennyO
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 09:32 AM

There are some musical references on this thread about collective nouns.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 09:44 AM

Ah Snuffy, that reminds me of the Old Soldier's Song that goes

Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!

(Refrain!)***

Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!

(Refrain!)***

Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!

(Refrain!)***


*** This is where they empty their tankards...

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 12:36 PM

A gumbo of zydeco players.
A a waxy finger tipped disciple of Ewan McColl.
A bedenimed disciple of Dylan, and Donovan.
A thimblefull of washboard players.

Giok

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Blowzabella
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 01:35 PM

A dirge of ballad singers...

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: John Hardly
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 02:50 PM

You mean there's a plural of any of these musicians?

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: pdq
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 07:36 PM

A fipple of flautists

A plethora of pipers

An overabundance of political folkies

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Naemanson
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 07:42 PM

A palmed ear of unaccompanied singers?

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 10:46 PM

"You mean there's a plural of any of these musicians?"

Terrifying, isn't it?

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,Mingulay
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 10:34 AM

A cacophony of cornettists.

A trump of trombonists.

An ogre of organists.

A clump of Coppers singers.

A scourge of skifflers.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: pdq
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 11:44 AM

A swindle of promoters

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: vectis
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM

A Bodhron squadron

A mandolin menage

A bore of balladeers

A skipful of melodeons

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 28 Sep 04 - 10:06 AM

A dustbin of washboards
OR
A Washeteria of rubboards

RtScourge
(a-hummin' & a-thimblin')

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Chris Green
Date: 28 Sep 04 - 11:51 AM

A nippletrap of accordions.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,Frug
Date: 28 Sep 04 - 12:17 PM

A scraping of psalteries
A beard of folkies
A frailing of banjoists
A pluck of harpists
A basement (abasement) of bass players

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Mo Bradshaw
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 03:30 AM

A flutulence, perhaps!

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Gurney
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 04:19 AM

A whinge of blues singers.
A grief of balladeers.

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 10:07 PM

An astoundment of singer-songwriters...sorry, massaging my ego there *rub rub*

A brilliance of guitarists... and again *rub rub*

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 11:26 PM

A gargle of festival throats
A rosin of Bows
A picket of plectrums

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 04:33 AM

a bonfire of banjos ( just wishful thinking on my part)

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: Chris Green
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 09:07 AM

In which case, surely the collective noun for singer-songwriters' albums must be "the Bonfire of the Vanity Projects"! :-)

Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
From: GUEST,Fr
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 10:17 AM