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My dog has fleas.
I know H is German for B, but what's M?
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Faldage, you're kidding us, right?
My dog has fleas are just intervals you use for tuning the ukelele, but they don't have any relation to the letter names. In other words, they're intervals, not specific notes. You just memorize the tune and then tune up your ukelele.
But I know you're kidding us, unless there is a pitch out there called "m" that I don't know about.
Why do the Germans have that 'b' = 'h' by the way? I never heard the reasoning behind it. Our glockenspiels here at school have removable bars, and the ones with 'b' also show 'h'.
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Reminds me of the resistor color code mnemonic
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Grey White
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
That's for the first 3 bands.
I use BaRGeS for the fourth band
Brown Red Gold Silver
1% 2% 5% 10%
The first two bands are actual numbers. The third is the number of zeros. So red red orange gold would be 22 KOhms within 5%. If there's no fourth band, then the tolerance is + or - 20%. (Surprised I remember this. I've only ever used it once on the job.)
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German B is our Bb. "My dog has fleas" is the lyric to the so-called tune that you get when your uke is properly tuned and could in no way be considered a mnemonic. Now "Go Count Each Asterisk" would be a mnemonic for tuning the uke (or "Don't Get Boiled Eggs" for the baritone uke).
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This sort of violent imagery will not be accepted. The proper mnemonic for resistor color codes is Black Beans Really Open Your Guts But Violeta Governs Wisely.
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Black Beans ... I never heard of that one. Can't say that I like the other mnemonic, but I must say that it's one of those things one never forgets - like "A beautiful, naked, blonde jumps up and down." After decades, I still can't get it out of my head.
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German B is our Bb
Which is why Bach, that ol' scamp, was able to write variations on his own name.
(is this thread getting perilously long, not to mention wide, or is it me?)
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I knew it wasn't a pneumonic...but is there a term for a phrase that triggers memory without acronymic lettering then? And here's an interesting word tidbit on the ukelele: http://www.gryphonstrings.com/armstrong/doguke.html
>The uke has always had a flea thing. Let's start with the name - uku meaning 'flea' and lele 'to dance.' And of course, everyone knows the one line hit song "My Dog Has Fleas." It is as catchy for its lyrics as it is useful for remembering how to tune your uke.< And click the above link to see a picture of a Poochalele! 
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Faldage, did you read what I wrote? I wrote that the intervalic relationship is how you tune the ukelele. And it is a mnemonic device if you remember pitches. You wrote "My dog has fleas"--and I instantly knew the melody to which you were referring, and I've got a handy ukelele here that I just tuned up using the mnemonic.
Now if that ain't a mnemonic, then how in Sam's Hill did I tune up my uke?
Also, I still don't understand why the Germans need an H for B instead of B. It's extremely illogical if you think about it:
CDflatDEflatEFGflatGAflatABflatHC
Just plain strange to see that "h" in between B and C--like some new, weirdly evolved violation of the alphabet.
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Wordwind asked:
So, what is the Olympus mnemonic and what are the nerves?
This was given in an earlier post in the thread, so I’m not being clever here, but:
The cranial nerves, in the proper order for nerves 1-12:
On Old Olympus's Towering Top
A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops.
ocularmotor; optic; olfactory; trigeminal; trochlear;
abducens; facial; acoustic; glossopharyngeal; vagus; spinal accessory; hypoglossal
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