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[GamezRule]

I got it. I thought the "seventh minor" thing was clever.

 

[Hygro]

I liked a lot of it. I thought D saying "I'll just be a second" was not as funny as the other lines, but pretty clever.

 

[mayor]

got most of it.
I think I liked the first line the most. Got an instant smile on my face and set the mood for the rest

 

[Optical]

That's brilliant. I have to say I liked the 'major development' line a lot.

 

[Angst]

I thought this would be noteworthy for this thread.

C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished, and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom, saying, "Excuse me; I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight." E-flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "You're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural. Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility


To make it a question, does everyone here understand this? What's your favorite line?

The first line. No, the line before that. Noteworthy. Hah hah hah. Punz.

More seriously, and to answer you, I actually recognize all of the terms, but as its in English, I don't think I'd be good at explaining them, nor recognize everything as the correct thing. I'm happy to say I know all the terms in Danish though...

... And seriously, musical translation is an issue at times, down to the most basic level: We don't use B in Denmark. We use H. B is what you call Bb.

 

[Hygro]

The first line. No, the line before that. Noteworthy. Hah hah hah. Punz.

More seriously, and to answer you, I actually recognize all of the terms, but as its in English, I don't think I'd be good at explaining them, nor recognize everything as the correct thing. I'm happy to say I know all the terms in Danish though...

... And seriously, musical translation is an issue at times, down to the most basic level: We don't use B in Denmark. We use H. B is what you call Bb.

Huh? So you go from G to A to B to H to C?

 

[Angst]

In halftones, g g# a b h c.

 

[Optical]

You wouldn't happen to know why that is? I'd love to know how that happened.

 

[Angst]

You wouldn't happen to know why that is? I'd love to know how that happened.

No idea, but here's a list of the musical names in different areas (Scroll a little down):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note

I was a little off though, naming Gis as G#, but it's technically correct: When written, we write G#, when pronounced, we say Gis. It's shorter too!

While the English music notes seem to be the standard today, I think the do re mi system was most probably the first. Someone here should know this though.