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Les Paul's 96th Birthday

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I'm loving how Google is celebrating the occasion - go on - go have a strum...

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switch it to keyboard mode and you can play the 'eastenders' theme tune :D
(drums intro)
Q W E R T - Y - R - - R E W Q Q - - Q E R T Q W - -
Q W E R T - Y - R - - R E W Q Q - - Q E R T E - W - Q - -
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Dammit! Now I know what the notes are, I'm going to be stuck for ages trying to find songs I know that fit in with the key and the range!
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qqwqre
qqwqtr
qqiyrew
iiutyt

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Griff wrote:
switch it to keyboard mode and you can play the 'eastenders' theme tune :D
(drums intro)
Q W E R T - Y - R - - R E W Q Q - - Q E R T Q W - -
Q W E R T - Y - R - - R E W Q Q - - Q E R T E - W - Q - -
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Anybody going to do the Blue Danube? (is it even possible?)
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Not yet, but how 'bout that:
reeee--weeee--ee-r-e-t-e-r-e-w-e-reeee--weeee--ee-r-e-t-e-r-e-w-e etc.
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Polyphonic version, played with two hands. Notes appearing one under the other are played simultaneously.

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iuuuu--yuuuu---yuu-u-i-u-o-u-iuuuu--yuuuu---yuu-u-i-u-o-u
e      e      e              e      e      e
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another_commander wrote:
Not yet, but how 'bout that:
reeee--weeee--ee-r-e-t-e-r-e-w-e-reeee--weeee--ee-r-e-t-e-r-e-w-e etc.
8)
I can't get it - I play the notes but don't hear the tune! :(
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Try the other one, it's closer to the real thing.
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I worked out Star Wars....

qqq q t rew i t rew i t rerw

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And Blue Danube is...

qqett ppii

which is as far as you can get without sharps or flats. :roll:

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And communication from alien invaders is:

opi qt :lol:

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There's only so much you can do with 10 notes and no sharps/flats, alas... And if I transpose things into C, I run out of notes...

Still for Firefly fans out there, here we go:

t eewqt etttttyeewe qtttttyeewe wqqwq qwwqw qttyewq qttyi
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Re: Les Paul's 96th Birthday

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drew wrote:
And communication from alien invaders is:

opi qt :lol:

Cheers,

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Fab - I was just working that one out myself!
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