RE: Happy new year (2014)
January 2, 2014 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2014 at 4:00 pm by Kayenneh.)
(January 2, 2014 at 3:27 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Are you German? German notation has H instead of B and B-flat is labeled as B. Hence why Bach was able to use his name as a theme in many of his pieces (B-A-C-H).
Finnish. We also use H for B and B for Bb.
EDIT: Makes me think of a joke we used to make in my Music Theory class. It's a Swedish pun, I'll try to translate to the best of my ability.
Pianisten till den andra:
"Skall vi ta H#?"
"Vi får väl C."
H# is pronounced 'hiss', which means 'elevator/lift' and C is pronounced 'se [long e, pronounced like the e's in 'elevator']. So the conversation goes:
The pianist to the other:
"Shall we take the elevator."
"We shall see."
The pun being that on the piano keys, H# and C are the same key.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
