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[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So in G major, you'd get two letters matched (D and E) instead of just one.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

The alphabet, as explained by music theory.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've watched enough YouTube to know I really want to hear the alphabet in G major now...

And yep, it exists and I'm not disappointed!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

And that's why I love it! "__ in G major" was a pretty common thing back in the day on YouTube. They all sound like this. Everything from mainstream music to Hotel Mario fell victim to G major.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

If sleeping the wrong way for 12 hours was sound.^

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Coincidentally the 7th note of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is also 7 semitones from the root.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which is also a G (when played in key of C). In fact, it’s the same G note as the letter G in the alphabet song, since it’s the same song and G is the 7th letter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

99% of you are taking this is fact even though he could have made up that word and you fucking know it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't be silly. I know exactly what "also" means.

Now what does "letter" mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

99% of voters can't figure this out. Can you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I used "also" because it's describing the same note.

The two songs have the same melody.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Same for Baa Baa Black Sheep ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. There are a few minor details in the melody, but considering the harmony and rhythmic structure, it's really not coincidental why that note is there.

In order to follow common practice theory and with that limited rhythm, there are very few ways in which that note would be any different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, Bah Bah Black Sheep is sung to the tune of the Imperial March from Star Wars.

https://youtube.com/shorts/-a0WHEMZd3c?feature=shared

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, but what about "Elemenopee"???

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't they change the song? They removed that letter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I elemenopeeiked it better before they changed it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In the Jackson 5's song ABC they actually sing sol la do instead of do re mi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What does that mean. Never did choir

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For vocalists in Western music traditions, the steps of a major scale (doesn't matter the key) go by the names Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do instead of just 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the way most other musicians refer to them.

They are saying that in the song ABC by the Jackson Five, the notes they sing in that relative key when they say "Do Re Mi" are actually "So La Do"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The "do re mi" system is called solfege, and there are actually two versions on it. In one, "do" is always C and in the other, "do" is the root note of the scale being used.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

So does that mean the note for Q is a Q?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

is there a note of Q

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Extrapolated from the relevant information in the post (a single data point), that is a solid hypothesis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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