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#1 2008-03-13 18:37:26
- John E. Franklin
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Write songs with Chemicals
I have named all the
88 keys of the piano
with chemical elements
starting in the middle
of the piano with
Hydrogen or "H" on key
number 44 from the left.
I go right and left
moving gradually away
from the middle of the
keyboard with the first
88 chemical elements.
See picture.
(Click picture bigger)
Anyone care to share
part of song using
these abbreviations?
igloo myrtilles fourmis
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#2 2008-03-14 07:01:26
- JaneFairfax
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Re: Write songs with Chemicals
Didnt Tom Lehrer once write a song about the chemical elements (to the tune of I am the very model of a modern major-general from Gilbert & Sullivans The Pirates of Penzance)?
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#3 2008-03-14 07:58:09
- mathsyperson
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Re: Write songs with Chemicals
I like how you stated that fact as a question.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#4 2008-03-14 09:09:10
- JaneFairfax
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Re: Write songs with Chemicals
I also know the fact that that particular patter song comes from The Pirates of Penzance. 
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#5 2008-03-14 09:11:14
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Write songs with Chemicals
Awesome musical video!! It's a delight to see
the yellow squares pop up and hear the name in
a song since I've studied the chart for so long.
The 71 + 32 or 103 last actinide wasn't discovered
yet in that song. Wow!
igloo myrtilles fourmis
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#6 2008-08-01 07:54:12
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Write songs with Chemicals
Ever tinker on a piano, and
get a little confused because
there are two white keys
beside one another, but you
can't figure out if it is the b/c
or the e/f pair of white keys?
It happens to me, so here is
a silly fix for that. Enjoy.
By johnericfranklin at 2008-08-01
Now there are still 7 white notes in an octave, and still 5 black keys,
except some of the white notes will be accidentals (sharp or flats) and
some of the black notes will be naturals (a,b,c,d,e,f,g).
I know it's silly, but I'm a silly guy!!
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