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> Anybody Know The Point Of These Two Sayings?
Yabba
post Nov 20 2005, 12:50 PM
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Got given two sayings today off a non-musical person who got them from musical people.

Apparently, 'Go Down And Enter By Force Charlie' is meant to be all the sharps, and 'Far Better Eating And Drinking Gas Cooker' is meant to be all the flats? How can this be? Every note has a sharp and a flat to it... what is this to do with? The way of writing key sigs? Scales? :huh: I've no idea... any ideas/ anyone who knows what they're on about would be helpful please! :D
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Nocturne
post Nov 20 2005, 12:57 PM
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I think you have to count the words. For example

'Go Down And Enter By Force Charlie'
means

key of G = 1 sharp
Key of D = 2 sharps
Key of A = 3 sharps

etc.
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saxlover
post Nov 20 2005, 01:12 PM
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yes, the first letter of each words indicate the key. and the number of sharps/flats increase as you go along
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Hulk
post Nov 20 2005, 01:37 PM
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I learnt it by "Father Charles goes down and ends battle" and "Battle ends and down goes Charles' Father"
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saxlover
post Nov 20 2005, 02:37 PM
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QUOTE(Hulk @ Nov 20 2005, 01:37 PM)
I learnt it by "Father Charles goes down and ends battle" and "Battle ends and down goes Charles' Father"
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I did too. :)
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sbhoa
post Nov 20 2005, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE(saxlover @ Nov 20 2005, 02:37 PM)
QUOTE(Hulk @ Nov 20 2005, 01:37 PM)
I learnt it by "Father Charles goes down and ends battle" and "Battle ends and down goes Charles' Father"
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I did too. :)
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That way is to help remember the order in which sharps and flats appear, while the previous was the order of keys.
These things make sense AFTER you learn the thing you are trying to remember.
If you learn them one at a time then it's ok...if you really have to learn them all at once for some reason then this can help.
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saxlover
post Nov 20 2005, 02:54 PM
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Oh yes, so it was. Oops *feels stupid*
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harryjamespotter
post Nov 21 2005, 10:23 AM
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QUOTE(saxlover @ Nov 20 2005, 03:37 PM)
QUOTE(Hulk @ Nov 20 2005, 01:37 PM)
I learnt it by "Father Charles goes down and ends battle" and "Battle ends and down goes Charles' Father"
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I did too. :)
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me too!!

I was so surprised when I found out there was a real man called Father Charles who lived on our road!
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StuMac
post Nov 21 2005, 10:58 AM
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Fish Can Go Down And Eat Bait

-seemed appropriate for a fisherman!

British European Airways Do Good Cheap Flights

Not so good now there'r no airline called BEA!!
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diapason
post Nov 23 2005, 09:17 AM
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QUOTE(StuMac @ Nov 21 2005, 10:58 AM) *

Fish Can Go Down And Eat Bait

-seemed appropriate for a fisherman!

British European Airways Do Good Cheap Flights

Not so good now there'r no airline called BEA!!


I could never forget that from being a child _ I lived on the perimeter of (then) London Airport, and I got reminded every 10 mins as a BEA flight went in to land.

Needless to say - it stuck with me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Helen
post Nov 24 2005, 08:25 AM
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QUOTE(StuMac @ Nov 21 2005, 10:58 AM) *


British European Airways Do Good Cheap Flights

Not so good now there'r no airline called BEA!!

I got told that one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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*Beth*
post Nov 24 2005, 05:41 PM
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I learnt it by "Father Christmas gave dad an electric blanket" and then "blanket electric an dad gave Christmas Father"
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Cyrilla
post Nov 24 2005, 05:54 PM
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????? 'Blanket Explodes And Dad Gets Cold Feet', surely?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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noodle
post Nov 24 2005, 07:57 PM
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Father Christmas Gave David An Empty Box (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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