- As fit as a fiddle
- Blow your own trumpet
- Boogie-woogie
- Drummed out of the army
- Elvis has left the building
- Excuse me while I kiss this guy
- Face the music
- Fiddling while Rome burns
- God rest ye merry, gentlemen
- Got my mojo working
- Harp on
- Heard it through the grapevine
- Heavy metal
- If music be the food of love, play on
- It ain't over till the fat lady sings
- Middle of the road
- Music has charms to soothe the savage breast
- Nul points
- Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen
- One-hit wonder
- Play by ear
- Play second fiddle
- Play it again Sam
- Preaching to the choir
- Pull out all the stops
- Rock and roll
- 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy
- Swan song
- That's all she wrote
- The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind
- Tickle the ivories
- Whistle down the wind