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The sound of Pi

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Or as they say, the most impressive way to not get laid.

Happy Pi day!
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Hah, I did something similar a few years ago for one of my AS Level compositions. Except mine was for solo piano, I used C Minor as the key (possibly my favourite key), and went to 52 decimal places. I turned the numbers into the melody, used 0 as a rest, and I used whatever chords and duration I thought fitted.

Believe it or not, I didn't even know it was Pi day! How remiss of me...
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Excellent
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needs a bangin' donk on it
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Griff wrote:
needs a bangin' donk on it
says in a posh voice...........Nothing like a bit of culture what!
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Griff wrote:
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You don't need a gun, when you've got a Donk.....
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In french, we have a famous poem to memorize the 120 something decimals of pi. After checking wikipedia, I found the complete version, I only know the part in italique which makes already 49 decimals (you have to count each letter of the words, que:3, j':1, aime:4, a:1, faire:5, apprendre:9 = 3.14159):
Que j'aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages !
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Neat!

But what about the zeros?

EDIT: I should have counted letters before I wrote. :oops: 'mystérieux' has ten letters.
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Makandal wrote:
In french, we have a famous poem to memorize the 120 something decimals of pi.
the number of decimal places is infinite.
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Re: The sound of Pi

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TGHC wrote:
Makandal wrote:
In french, we have a famous poem to memorize the 120 something decimals of pi.
the number of decimal places is infinite.
Probably... :wink:
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Re: The sound of Pi

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DaddyHoggy wrote:
TGHC wrote:
Makandal wrote:
In french, we have a famous poem to memorize the 120 something decimals of pi.
the number of decimal places is infinite.
Probably... :wink:
No probably about it! It was proved 250 years ago that pi is irrational.
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Mauiby de Fug wrote:
No probably about it! It was proved 250 years ago that pi is irrational.
What's this... there is no pi?
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Mauiby de Fug wrote:
No probably about it! It was proved 250 years ago that pi is irrational.
It's not irrational, it's just misunderstood and a bit grumpy at times... :wink:
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
It's not irrational, it's just misunderstood and a bit grumpy at times...
I resemble that remark.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
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