“Taking notes” usually means “making notes,” not “taking” or “stealing” them. Several jokes involve music school and music “notes.”
     
“I once got kicked out of Music School for stealing.  In my defense I was just taking notes” was posted on Twitter by Donnie Peeler ↙️ on May 6, 2011. “I was ejected from music school for plagiarism. I was simply taking notes” was posted on Twitter by Michael Wayne Wilson on December 10, 2013. “I was thrown out of music school for plagiarism. They thought I was stealing songs, but I was just taking notes” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on February 4, 2020. “I got expelled from music school for theft, but all I was doing was taking notes” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on March 2, 2023.
 
         
Twitter
Donnie Peeler ↙️
@donniepeeler
I once got kicked out of Music School for stealing.  In my defense I was just taking notes.
2:37 PM · May 6, 2011
   
Twitter
Michael Wayne Wilson
@mwilson169
I was ejected from music school for plagiarism. I was simply taking notes.
12:34 AM · Dec 10, 2013 from Pueblo West, CO
   
Twitter
Adam Connelly
@AdamKConnelly
@reblev I nearly got kicked out of music school. They discovered I was taking notes 😊
2:06 AM · Jun 18, 2015
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/ukelele_pancakes February 4, 2020
I was thrown out of music school for plagiarism.
They thought I was stealing songs, but I was just taking notes.
   
Twitter
Antique Pine Imports
@antiquepineimp
Replying to @ChesterBeerWine
I was thrown out of music school for plagiarism.
They thought I was stealing songs, but I was just taking notes.
5:27 PM · May 22, 2020
   
Twitter
Lowell Benjamin
@LowellCBenjamin
I got kicked out of music school for taking notes.
12:29 PM · Dec 1, 2020
   
Twitter
Custom papers
@SharontheWrite2
Replying to @swagadaxter
I was thrown out of music school for plagiarism.They thought I was stealing songs, but I was just taking notes.
8:43 PM · Mar 6, 2021
   
Twitter
Michael Bethke @Bethkem@mstdn.ca
@Bethkem
Replying to @Rob16921
I was thrown out of music school for plagiarism.
They thought I was stealing songs, but I was just taking notes.
9:32 AM · Oct 9, 2021
   
Twitter
FRO VO
@fro_vo
just got kicked out of music school for taking notes
2:04 PM · Aug 2, 2022
   
Twitter
Alison Nicolson-Rae
@Nicolsonraea
I was kicked out of music school after being accused of plagiarism.
I don’t get it. I was only taking notes!
5:13 AM · Aug 3, 2022
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ahydra447 November 9, 2022
A thief was expelled from music school.
It was a bit unfair, all he was doing was taking notes.
 
Twitter
TollyTB💙🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇮🇪
@TollytB
Breaking:
Recovering kleptomaniac expelled from music school for taking notes in class.
🐢💨
3:39 AM · Nov 9, 2022
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/Sirdroftardis8 March 2, 2023
I got expelled from music school for theft, but all I was doing was taking notes