Conference thebay::joyoflex

  >     p.s. And, for the joyoflexers.... What word contains the letters
  >          'fgh' in that order ?

  Foghorn.  And many others.

  While joyoflex regulars will probably accuse me of nitpicking, in fact 
  I just wanted to answer one of these before the rules change and the
  problem gets too hard for the likes of me...

  JP

 
      re -1.

      Close but no cigar. 'fgh' in that order.
      Not f.g.h. ( where '.' is one or more characters.)  
      jc      

    What about Afghan?  Pretty obvious, if proper names are allowed.
    
    Jeff.

          
          Re -1.
          The cigar is yours. ( And, proper names are not necessary.)
          jc

    I think it was Max Reger (or perhaps some other Bachophile) who
    wrote a theme based on three notes, B, A, and C#, the sharp sign forming
    the H.
    

    Too late!  I stopped smoking 3 weeks ago.
    
    Jeff.
    
    PS: Wouldn't Afghan be classified as a "proper name"?

    Bach himself wrote music based on the "four notes" of his
    name. The H stands for a separate note in German - can anyone remember
    which one? (I have temporary aphasia this morning.) 

    As I recall, the scale used for inventions on BACH's name was modulo:
    that is, A-G was used, and then it started over.  Therefore, "H"
    would be "A" one octave higher.
    
    Brahms and Mendohlssohn (sp?) also wrote compositions on Bach's
    name.
    
    In the Middle Ages, modes were used instead of scales.  Modes are
    similar to scales in that people recognized that certain sequences
    of notes seemed to go together and give certain "feelings" to the
    music--for example, major and minor keys.  In the best tradition
    of Medieval thought, modes were given all sorts of attributes (anger,
    calm, blessedness, joy, etc.).  Many compositions were written based
    on tying modes and notes together in mystical sequences; certain
    compositions were supposed to be direct "translations" of sacred
    text (not necessarily Biblical) into musical form.  Music was
    considered to rule the universe, the "harmony of the spheres" was
    taken literally, since it could be mathematically shown that the
    musical scale corresponded directly to the calculation of planetary
    orbits.  Certain forms were forbidden as being evil, such as the
    "devil's interval" (parallel fourths, in modern notation).  Palestrina,
    Machaut, and Gabrielli, among others, all wrote music employing
    these mystical forms and associations.

    
>    PS: Wouldn't Afghan be classified as a "proper name"?

Not here in the US.  If you made the "A" lower-case, you would be 
talking about a knitted blanket.
					>>>==>PStJTT

    I think the German note H is actually  B-flat.  I know this doesn't
    make sense, but since when do things need always to make sense?

    Yes, H is B-flat. 
    
    Bach's BACH fugue (in the Art of Fugue) is unfinished <insert Twilight
    Zone music here>.
    
    Maybe Eric Osman can give us a list of all the words in his dictionary
    that have only letters A-G and another list with H thrown in. 
    
    	Jon 

    I think I was wrong about the sharp sign, then, if H is B-flat.
    I should Bach my statements up.
    

    Actually, my memory is that H is a B *natural* and B is a B-flat
    in German.  I believe that the spoken notes of the scale (I don't
    think they refer to n-flat or q-sharp, i.e. there is not a
    modify-this-note-in-one-direction-or-the-other suffix) are
    
    	C Cis D Dis E F Fis G Gis A B H
    
    This would make sense, since then one doesn't form vowel-is constructions
    (F = Eis, B = Ais).
    
    Richard

    ...what happend to all the Haydn-seekers?

    It seems to me that I heard, many years ago, that the german
    musical alphabet was based on A thru G for the natural notes
    and then continuing with H thru K to pick up the accidentals
    starting at A-sharp, or B-flat as it is more commonly referred
    to.
    
    The words created from the scale of A thru G are limited to
    only two vowels which could make the list a short one.  If
    the above supposed german musical alphabet is used then there
    is an additional vowel (I).  By using that alphabet logical 
    words could then be turned into musical phrases using a chromatic 
    scale rather than being restricted to the diatonic scale.
    
    =ken

Re .14  Haydn-seekers would have replied by now but their keyboards are
        Baroquen.

    Re .16  Handel's come off, huh?

    re .16
    
    Relax.  Drink some hot Rococo.  And go out and get yourself a
    four-season terminal, one that comes Vivaldi bells and whistles.
    
    

    When my keyboard broke, I Borodin other one.......
     

    Re above:
    
    "Drinking in" all this Bartok, Ives gotta say, "Gersh, win or lose,
    if in this rare Gliere you cant Cope, land; get on Debussey -- and
    Tallis no more."
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    

    I hope that new keyboard had a Dvorak arrangement!

    Here are all the words that can be made with a through g, plus some
    	non-words too.  /Eric
    
    a,aa,abaca,aba,baa,baba,cabbaged,cabbage,bacca,baccae,baggage,acad,facade
dada,adage,gaga,ab,ba,babe,bac,cab,abd,bad,dab,abed,bade,bead,badge,bag,gab
ac,ca,acc,acceded,accede,ceca,cad,decade,cade,dace,deface,effaced,cadge,ace
efface,cafe,face,cage,geac,fac,ad,da,add,dad,gadded,dead,faded,deaf,fade,aged
egad,fad,daff,dag,gad,ae,ea,gaffe,age,gage,af,fa,aff,gaff,fag,ga,gag,b,ebb
beebee,cb,bd,db,bedded,bed,deb,be,bee,beef,bef,beg,bf,bg,c,cc,cd,decd,ceded
dec,cede,ce,cee,fec,cf,cg,d,dd,dded,ded,deed,edged,dged,de,ed,dee,feed,edge,def
fed,deg,ged,dg,gd,e,ee,fee,gee,ef,fe,eff,ffe,ge,egg,f,ff,g,gg
    

    Re: .21  (Dvorak keyboard).  I don't think the Mr. Dvorak who invented
    that keyboard is the same Mr. Dvorak who wrote the New World Symphony.
    
    (There were two?)
    
    Jeff.

    Re .22
    
    Hey, that was a good Chopin Liszt!
    

    Re: .22

    You included _some_ past-tense-type words, but here are some more:

    aced,added,bagged,beaded,beefed,begged,cadged,caged,dabbed,deeded,defaced,
    ebbed,egged,faced,fagged,gabbed,gagged

    This, of course, brings up the question - what is the longest?  It seems
    your "cabbaged" (a rather robust dictionary yours) is, so far, unless
    someone can add a few more pre- and/or suf-fixes somewhere.

    

Eric, 

  I thank you, my son thanks you and probably his music teacher will want
  to thank you.... ( and I must say, considering how attractive she is, I
  would certainly be the first to offer to 'stand-in' for you to receive
  those thanks! :-))

  Upon consideration of the various replies, I have considered renaming 
  the note title to puntatonic scales...... and further am reminded that
  when you note, you always take the risk of a certain amount of Debussey. :-)
  Thanks again!
jc
 p.s. Yes, some of the words could be s-t-r-e-t-c-h-ed with the suffixing
      of 'ed'. My favorite however is to add a palindromic de|ed to badge
      for debadged...( as in when you leave Digital and you must surrender
      your badge.) (( That opens up 'debagged' - the exact interpretation
      is left to the reader. However, I'm thinking about taking the
      chicken out of the clear wrapper that it is wrapped in in the
      suppermarket. ))
      How about hyphenated words? Would cabbage-bed be acceptable? Or,
      face-bedded ? [a masonry term] ...   
    
    
    
    

    "Hey, man, what's on the radio?  Is rock on?"
    
    "Rachmaninoff."
    

    Re .25:
    
    How about "decabbaged" as an entry?  If someone cabbaged me, I'd
    want to know what to do about it. ;-)
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    

    If someone cabbaged me I'd slawter him.

That's a pretty cole attitude

    ... Looks like he's enjoying one of his salad days....
    jc

    This discussion ought to be tossed.  It's beginning to smell like a
    skunk (cabbage).

         And I raccoon you're right.
         jc

    Why can't you punsters just lettuce alone?

    When I see replies like yours, I just possum by!
    

    Somebody tell me what a fishskin word is?

    Every Good Boy Does Fish.
    

    Ah! When I learnt piano it was "Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit",
    though I guess that's a bit ambiguous these days.  FACE was easier.

    RE: .38 
    
    I learned it as "Every Good Boy Does Find."  I always used to wonder
    what it was they found.
    
    
    John M.

    No, John, you misheard :-) it is every good boy does fine.
                                                         ^^^^
    Then all you have to ask is what is that that he does...
    
    Bonnie

    Re .39:
    
    Maybe is _is_ "find" after all.  Only good judges do fine.
    
    If it's "find," then maybe there's a silent "himself." :-)
    
    Don't ask "where?" ;-)
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    I thought it was "Oh, be a nice girl, kiss me." (since changed to "gal"
    or "guy").  Or maybe it was "Kings play chess on fine-grained sand.". 
    
    
    				-- edp

Sorry to be contrary, but it's:





		Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge


Honest.


/Eric

    	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour...
    

    EDP, it's "Oh be a *fine* girl/guy, kiss me now, sweetheart," but
    hardly anyone cares about N and S stars these days.
    
    	Jon 

Re: .45

...and isn't it "right now, sweetheart?"  No one cares about R stars either...

JP

    Gee, I don't know. I learned it like in .45.
    
    	Jon

    A great mnemonic, but I've forgotten what it's supposed to remind
    me of ...  Anyone give me a clue?

  Stellar spectral types.  "O"s are blue, hot, and short-lived.  "M"s are
  red and cool.  I think that O through M are on the "main sequence" of
  spectral types while R, N, and S stars are not.

  JP

    Astronomy was my hobby-before-last.  Now I remember!

    And oh, yes...  What about SHARKskin words?  I suppose you all are
    avoiding THAT subject (as well you should).