Collective Nouns

for music-related things

Updated March 15, 2003.

Those made up by other people:

A bewilderment of oboes (invented by a CBC Radio show host)

A preponderance of basset horns (invented by another CBC host)

A plethora, exaltation, or powder keg of pianists (invented by the members of Piano Six)

An orgy of harpsichords/harpsichordists (origin=?)

A haggis of bagpipers (donated by a visitor to my previous site)

A mob of conductors (from a music joke site)

Those made up by members of TheSession:

A barrage of didgeridoos

A jangle of banjos

A thicket of bodhran players

A Flourish of flute players

A Violation of fiddle players

A Cacophony of Saxophonists

A Pound of Pennywhistlers

Those made up by me:

A string of guitars

A screech of piccolos

A crash of drummers

An ecstasy of harps

An arrogance of music critics

An excitement of fiddlers

A transcendence of accordions

A flight of ballet dancers

A swarm of hornists

An alley of rappers

A scream of singers

An insanity of high school band musicians

A chiff of whistlers