I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allure!
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I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allure!
I work at a public library that, a few years ago, gave away thousands of junky little toys whistles as reading incentives (photo below).
I was cleaning out a closet yesterday at work when I found a box with a few dozen leftover ones. I started trying them out, one by one, and all were, indeed, junk except for one, which rings pure and true on my electronic tuner, playing the very non-western scale of Bb, C, Eb, F, F#, Ab, using the fingering below, lowest to highest:
x x x x x h
x x x x o o
x x x o o o
x x o o o o
x x o o o o
x o o o o o
Those of you with pianos or chromatic instruments, play those notes. I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allure!
I was cleaning out a closet yesterday at work when I found a box with a few dozen leftover ones. I started trying them out, one by one, and all were, indeed, junk except for one, which rings pure and true on my electronic tuner, playing the very non-western scale of Bb, C, Eb, F, F#, Ab, using the fingering below, lowest to highest:
x x x x x h
x x x x o o
x x x o o o
x x o o o o
x x o o o o
x o o o o o
Those of you with pianos or chromatic instruments, play those notes. I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allure!
Jack Feeney
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Re: I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allur
So the idea was to get them interested in reading by turning them off music for the rest of their lives?JackFeeney wrote:I work at a public library that, a few years ago, gave away thousands of junky little toys whistles as reading incentives (photo below).
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Re: I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allur
Is the "h" a half-hole? Why do the 4th and 5th notes have the same fingering? What note comes out with all fingers off?JackFeeney wrote:using the fingering below, lowest to highest:
x x x x x h
x x x x o o
x x x o o o
x x o o o o
x x o o o o
x o o o o o
Isn't that just A# minor with a missing 3rd?JackFeeney wrote:playing the very non-western scale of Bb, C, Eb, F, F#, Ab
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Bb C Eb F F# Ab
x x x x x h
x x x x o o
x x x o o o
x x o o o o
x x o o o o
x o o o o o
Yes, the "h" is a half-hole; and the fingerings are as shown above. The F and F# (4th and 5th) are fingered differently.
Only the fingerings shown above play sweet, pure, spot-on perfect notes and/or sound good together.
I've been playing this thing around my library and the staff is amazed...given the less-than-musical reputation of these toys.
x x x x x h
x x x x o o
x x x o o o
x x o o o o
x x o o o o
x o o o o o
Yes, the "h" is a half-hole; and the fingerings are as shown above. The F and F# (4th and 5th) are fingered differently.
Only the fingerings shown above play sweet, pure, spot-on perfect notes and/or sound good together.
I've been playing this thing around my library and the staff is amazed...given the less-than-musical reputation of these toys.
Jack Feeney
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Here you go, something especially composed for that particular set of notes! (Written at pitch, not trying to fit to the fingering of those thingies.)
And also transposed for easy playing on a standard D instrument if anyone can be bothered!
Suitably horrible?
And also transposed for easy playing on a standard D instrument if anyone can be bothered!
Suitably horrible?
I respect people's privilege to hold their beliefs, whatever those may be (within reason), but respect the beliefs themselves? You gotta be kidding!
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Thanks Boyd! A bit of fun, at any rate. I don't think I'll be learning it to trot out at my local sesh!
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Here you go, Bregwas, FWIW!
T:Portentous and Alluring
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Jem Hammond 21:10:2007
R:Jig
Z:Jem Hammond 22:10:2007
K:Bbmin
Bce fgf | ecB cec | Bce fga | gfe f2 g/2f/2 | agf agf | eBc cec | Bce faf | gfe c3 :|]
|: ece faf | ~e3 ece | ece agf | eBc fgf | ece faf | eBc ecB | Bce fgf | agf e3 :|]
T:Portentous and Alluring (transposed)
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Jem Hammond 21:10:2007
R:Jig
Z:Jem Hammond 22:10:2007
K:Emin
EFA BdB | AFE FAF | EFA Bcd | cBA B2 c/B/ | dcB dcB | AEF FAF | EFA BdB | cBA F3 :|]
|: AFA BdB | ~A3 AFA | AFA dcB | AEF BcB | AFA BdB | AEF AFE | EFA BcB | dcB A3 :|]
T:Portentous and Alluring
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Jem Hammond 21:10:2007
R:Jig
Z:Jem Hammond 22:10:2007
K:Bbmin
Bce fgf | ecB cec | Bce fga | gfe f2 g/2f/2 | agf agf | eBc cec | Bce faf | gfe c3 :|]
|: ece faf | ~e3 ece | ece agf | eBc fgf | ece faf | eBc ecB | Bce fgf | agf e3 :|]
T:Portentous and Alluring (transposed)
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Jem Hammond 21:10:2007
R:Jig
Z:Jem Hammond 22:10:2007
K:Emin
EFA BdB | AFE FAF | EFA Bcd | cBA B2 c/B/ | dcB dcB | AEF FAF | EFA BdB | cBA F3 :|]
|: AFA BdB | ~A3 AFA | AFA dcB | AEF BcB | AFA BdB | AEF AFE | EFA BcB | dcB A3 :|]
I respect people's privilege to hold their beliefs, whatever those may be (within reason), but respect the beliefs themselves? You gotta be kidding!
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Re: I challenge you not to succumb to their portentous allur
Traumatize the poor kids for reading...Or their parents, at any rate "No, Billy, you can't read! We don't want one of those things ending up in this house!"JackFeeney wrote:I work at a public library that, a few years ago, gave away thousands of junky little toys whistles as reading incentives