» Cryptograms http://www.losdoggies.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:13:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Musical cryptograms http://www.losdoggies.com/archives/96 http://www.losdoggies.com/archives/96#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:22:12 +0000 Los Doggies http://losdoggies.com/?p=96 Musical cryptograms are words spelled using the 7 note names: A-B-C-D-E-F-G. For instance, you can spell the word “FACADE”, meaning the front of a building.

Another longer example is “BAGGAGE”, meaning a number of bags.



Baroque composer J.S. Bach, often spelled his name out in a musical motif. (In German notation, B is denoted by an “H”.)



A very popular cryptogram for teaching notation, is the “FACE” chord.




A Face Chord is known as an F Major 7th. Major Sevenths are the chord of love. Below, is a little song that uses “FACE”, and even explains itself to the listener, making it a fine example of a Meta-song.



Finally, you can play a “DEAD” melody.

“DEAD” is an incomplete D 9th chord. Below, is a “DEAD” song. The notes of the bass spell “DEAD”.



The upcoming Los Doggies album uses a plethora of cryptograms.

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