#sackbutt

[davidcartoon]

Hobbit with a sackbutt.

[tofuthebold]

BOGO, cait sith and vincent with 200% more renaissance flavor

[segahaze]

My friend and I are doing a research project on Medieval music, and there's an instrument called a sackbutt. We decided to do a skit. I'm Oud, and she's piffero.

Oud: What do you call a noodle that breaks into your house?

Piffero: What?

Oud: An impasta!

Piffero: That was a terrible joke.

Oud: What do you call Santa when he turns into a werewolf? Santa claw--

Piffero: NO MORE! I have to practice playing my instrument.

Oud: Is it a sackbutt?

Piffero: Will you please shut up with the jokes? I’m trying to play my adufe.

Oud: I’m not kidding. You know about adufes, you should know that a Sackbutt is also a medieval instrument

Piffero: Well duhhhhhh everyone knows that.

Oud: *deathstare*

Piffero: Okay okay, I don’t know. What is a sackbutt?

Oud: It is like a trumpet. But it has a slider, like a trombone.

Piffero: That’s ridiculous. Why would it be named something like THAT?

Oud: Well, the word is derived from middle-French roots. Saquer, meaning “to pull” and bouter, meaning “to push”. Kind of contradictory, but as long as it slides.

Piffero: Okay, well, I’ll give you that. How does it even work?

Oud: Like the trombone, you slide the slide which changes the pitch when you blow into it.

Piffero: Ooh! Now I want to play with a sackbutt! How exactly WOULD you play it?

Oud: Be careful, it’s a delicate thing. It was carefully crafted for a more flexible sound.

Piffero: That sounds really boring.

Oud: I use my hair to express myself!

Piffero: I’m not kidding. All it does is toot toot toot.

Oud: That’s NOT it! There are 3 types of sackbutts!

Piffero: Oh yeah. We have a lot of sackbutts. Tell me then, what are they?

Oud: Tenor, alto, and bass!

Piffero: Wow. I don’t know about you, (audience) but I learned a lot about sackbutts today.

Oud: I’m sure you did. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to play a sackbutt.

Piffero: Not so fast! I can play the sackbutt better than you can!

Oud: Fish please, I have the biggest, bestest, sackbutt in town.

Piffero: No you don’t. I’ll have you know my family holds a collection of medieval instruments and I’m sure my mom’s sackbutt could CRUSH yours.

Oud: I hardly think so! I went to the national sackbutt convention and I’ve blown into the biggest sackbutt there is.

Piffero: Oh yea? What was it like?

Oud: IT WAS AMAZING!!!

Oud: WHAT DID THE BARTENDER SAY WHEN THE GUY CAME INTO THE BAR WITH A PAIR OF JUMPER CABLES?

Piffero: *kneeling* PLEASE, NO MORE PUNS!

***THE END***

[comicbookpauper]

If you're ever having a bad day, just remember that in Medieval Renaissance times, there was an instrument called the sackbutt. 

If you're ever having a REALLY bad day, just think of the possible conversation. 

"Do you play an instrument?"

"Why, yes, I play the sackbutt!"

[colemcbuttons]

I'm with my boyfriend at the Renaissance Fair for his birthday. This just happened.

Trevor: *to court musician carrying a sackbut, the precursor to the modern saxophone* I like your sackbut!

Musician: *stares blankly*

Trevor: That was in reference to your instrument...dumbass!

Me: *face palm*

[endearinglyromanticfailures-blog]

Reason 59

The sackbutt is my most favorite of all musical Medieval instruments.