I rarely play a bum note....

[onosson]

... but when I do, it's the last note of the song. And I'm late.

 

[rdwil191]

I turn red when I do it in church . . . It's particularly frustrating when rehearsal is perfect and then.

Did that this morn...squinted at the music like I needed new bifocals.

 

[Unemploid]

but when I do I call it jazz.

i wanna like this twice

 

[Daniel Piper]

I never set my blame shifter flat like that.

Small bump in innocence, to say 1 o'clock really helps me cut through the bands HUH!? moment.

Despite being a guitar-centric effect, it doesn't lose low end, and helps put the keyboardist in their place.

I still haven't made the most of its opportunities for stereo blame tho.

 

[LUCE]

but when I do I call it jazz.

Our band's rule: once is a mistake, twice is jazz.

 

[Bass'd on a true story]

But when I do I shout, "Avaanntt Gaaarrrrde," at the top of my lungs.

 

[MaccaMan1964]

But that's because I never make just one mistake! They seem to come in clusters...

 

[bassrich]

But when I do, it is the wrong song

 

[Mike Sorr]

But when I do I grit my teeth and angrily mouth the "F" word. Did I mention that I only play at church.

 

[Altitude]

You're never more than a half step away from a note that works...

 

[Fxpmusic]

Blame it on my lack of frets... Even though I was playing a fretted bass.

 

[noeinstein]

Funny story - I am very easily startled - like I literally fly out of my seat when somebody walks into my office - generally it gives them a heart attack too. That is the background to this...

I hit a bad note pretty hard a few weeks ago - confident I was on the correct fret and all. I nearly jumped out of my skin on stage when I heard what came out of the amp.

PTSD?

 

[Carl Hillman]

but when I do it is always 1/2 tone during a ballad or a quiet passage.

GO

Loud and proud, brother. That's the only way to go.

I remember laying on a fortissimo whole note a half step away from where it should be in a show overture because I couldn't see the penciled in accidental. It was in an old theater with no pit, so the orchestra was fully visible by the whole crowd. ...a true "want to get away?" moment.

 

[noeinstein]

but when i do it reminds me that my guitarist played 336 bum notes during the gig but focused on my one miss all night

Oh man, there it is!

 

[BigNotes]

Slide! It's a grace note!

Think I heard Bill Wyman do this on some live tracks...

 

[BigNotes]

What, me play bum notes?

 

[hsech]

I call it improvisation. When that doesn't work, I look around at my band mates like the guy who cuts a silent one in a crowded elevator.

 

[R&B]

...but when I do, it's called "my arrangement."

 

[radioface]

But, when I do, it's not just one clam, it's clam chowder!

 

[Frenchy-Lefty]

But when I do I keep going chromatic until I catch up