Yo, listen to this gorilla’s territorial jam on the youtube below. First, the gorilla warms up with a series of ascending hoots like an owl, like a walking bass line, before pummeling out a thunderous drum fill on the membranophone of his own body, where every pec is a tom tom. This 4/4 chest beat […]
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Musicquito
This mosquito’s got the high E. She plays it on her wings like all the other insects. Roll over the notehead below. Should you hear this Blood Tone, you’d do well to make haste. Mosquitoes kill more people than any other animal. Or, if you practice ahimsa, maybe you can vamp on the mosquito’s drone. […]
Fly Sharp
The house fly drones in F Sharp (F#). She’s a little sharper than that, but with the doppler shift constantly bending her drone as she flies away, the F# is probably around where she lands. Roll over the notehead below. F Sharp is an obscure tone. In Meantone Tuning, the common European tuning from 1500 […]
Mellifluous Melodies
The honey bee drones in C (C♮). Roll over the notehead below. Sometimes, in honor of his namesake, he’ll drone down to a B (B♮). Ya know, like “B/Bee/Be natural”? Does anyone take reality seriously when this kind of thing exists? Mnemonic Device: Sharp Bees Buzz a B Sharp! The tone C might just be […]
Who is a little teapot?
Hey Kids! It’s the Teapot Song. Who is a little Teapot? I’m a little Teapot. For some reason, this song has been in Los Doggies’ head for the past few days. Couldn’t remember some of the lyrics though. Turns out, there’s a lost second verse. Second verse: I’m a very special teapot, Yes, it’s true, […]
The 4/4 Life
The Clock Song plays everywhere all the time. It is the most popular rhythm in the world. Each tick and tock is a quarter beat, or crochet, worth a second. The human heart also beats at around 60 beats/per/minute, just like clockwork. Moderate Rock Tempo of 120 bpm (the oft-used tempo in Pop Music) is […]
Tonally Matrimony
People actually get married to this chord. At least in the Anglosphere they do. It’s from Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March.” After a monotonal ceremony of gifts, vows, and proclamation, this dissonant chord kicks in on pipe organ. It’s an A minor 6th, which has the satanic interval between the F# and C known as a tritone. […]
