Notes game

[Pat S.]

I did not know Bluesette, but I should of, and now I do. Great tune, thanks.
I'm enjoying following this thread. Just having a hard time finding much to contribute.

Come on Geoff, something in your latest challenge is teasing me. Sounds model. More notes please.

 

[Matt Butcher]

Yes, Geoff, the "Teenager In Love" I know is the 1964 Wailers version. They did some fabulous cover versions. But that wasn't one of them.

I didn't know Bluesette either, although I think Chuck Berry mentions it in the lyrics of "Rock and Roll Music". But I don't get out much.

A few bluesy things have come to mind for this one, but they're all one note out so far.

 

[geoff45789]

Just looked up the official version and I've given this in the wrong key
Here it is again in the correct key Emajor with some more notes

EEEEBDE (sorry about the first note - by memory I had it wrong)
BBEEEEBD

Bluesy is not far off, Matt

 

[debra]

Just looked up the official version and Ive given this in the wrong key
Here it is again in the correct key Emajor with some more notes

EEEEBDE (sorry about the first note - by memory I had it wrong)
BBEEEEBD

Bluesy is not far off, Matt

E major suggests the D should be Dis (D#). Which is it? (Not sure it will help me to know this though...)

 

[geoff45789]

I can confirm that the D is natural - there is an accidental mark to it's left (I'm still getting to grips with musical notation)
It's interesting that Matt mentioned Chuck Berry's 'Rock and Roll Music' as this is definitely in that category and was recorded a year before the Chuck Berry song

 

[Pat S.]

Heartbreak Hotel?

 

[geoff45789]

That's it. Well done, Pat :tup:
Your turn

 

[Pat S.]

These things are as obvious after you get them as they were elusive before.
Here's something completely different:

cAAA#GAfcc

 

[debra]

These things are as obvious after you get them as they were elusive before.
Heres something completely different:

cAAA#GAfcc

Liberty Bell march (by J.P. Sousa) which is also the Monty Python tune.
(Im assuming the # goes with the G, not the A.)

 

[Pat S.]

Liberty Bell march (by J.P. Sousa) which is also the Monty Python tune.
(Im assuming the # goes with the G, not the A.)

Way to go Paul. Back to you.

 

[debra]

Here a really easy one. But it won't show up as search result number one on musipedia like the previous one.
I'm pretty sure *everyone* should know this: EEDCBABDE...(there are no sharps or flats, but not all notes will be in the same octave)

 

[debra]

More hints?
Not only does everyone know this but almost everyone who plays the accordion will also play this.
It is instrumental but much later it was also converted into a "strange" song...

 

[debra]

Either everyone is tired from Carnival / Mardi Gras... or on a ski vacation...
I am very sure that almost everyone has seen this song before!

 

[debra]

Let me give it almost away by using lowercase for the upper octave and uppercase for the lower octave...
eEdcBABdE...
Now it is staring you in the face.
(It also helps to look at the words already used in the hints.)

 

[JeffJetton]

This is a very instructive thread.

For example, I'm learning that I am terrible at this game.

 

[debra]

I cannot believe how difficult this game is... actually I can because I am seeing it happen.
Here it is again with a few more notes. Now everyone should get it and find it so strange that you didn't see it before. It is staring you in the face all the time (not just with notes but also with hints!).
eEdcBABdEcBAGis... (Gis =G#)
Come on guys!

 

[Corsaire]

This is a very instructive thread.
For example, Im learning that I am terrible at this game.

Me too I have even written the notes on a free software I have on my laptop, played them back and still cant make any sense of it ... in spite of the hints - holiday, carnival, strange.

 

[debra]

This is a very instructive thread.
For example, Im learning that I am terrible at this game.

Me too I have even written the notes on a free software I have on my laptop, played them back and still cant make any sense of it ... in spite of the hints - holiday, carnival, strange.[/quote]
Sorry, holiday and carnival (mardi gras) were not intended as hints. I was just wondering where everyone was. (but strange was a hint)
When you play the notes even without any rhythm to it you should recognize it.
You do get that we use an octave from C to B and then the higher octave is again c to b, right?
Im giving one more note, then everyone really should get it.
eEdcBABdEcBAGisA
I cannot believe that many of us have never played this. It is on the repertoire of almost every accordion player, and it was long before a black singer turned it into a strange song.
Maybe it helps if I leave out two smaller notes: then it becomes edcBABdcBAGisA. Not the way anyone plays it but maybe easier to recognize.

 

[Matt Butcher]

When you say we've all played it, is that another clue (like the name of the song is "Air Button" or something), or do you literally mean we've all played it?

Strange Fruit, no; Little Miss Strange, no...

 

[debra]

When you say weve all played it, is that another clue (like the name of the song is Air Button or something), or do you literally mean weve all played it?

Strange Fruit, no; Little Miss Strange, no...

I literally mean that weve all played it. But maybe not all of us? Everyone I know has played it. It isnt a 100% real accordion piece but very close.
This instrumental piece has later been turned into a song. The black singer starts singing with Strange. Come on... what more can I say...

The title of this song has about 761.000 hits on YouTube. I would call that pretty popular. Add to that the keyword accordion and we still have 94.500 hits. Isnt that close enough to saying we all played it?