The principal violist comes forward for a concerto. After a long and exhausting performance, she notices that her violin-playing colleagues seem totally unimpressed. At intermission, she approached one of the violinists: 'I practiced for months. I played it totally from memory. I gave it my all. What do I have to do to impress you people?' The violinist replied, 'Play it on one string.'
Why are viola jokes so short? So violinists can understand them.
Why was the viola invented? To have a place to put people who couldn't make it as violinists.
What did the violist say to the violin section? 'I used to be one of you until I took an arrow to the career.'
