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Topic: Mnenomics (memory aids) for music. |
Bryan Bradfield
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 3 May 2006 5:00 pm |
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Fifty years ago, for standard music notation, I was taught to use "Every Good Boy Does Fine" to remember the treble clef lines (E G B D F). For the bass clef it was "Good Boys Do Fine Always" (G B D F A).
Now I'm teaching my grandaughter to play guitar, and I want to give her an aid to help her remember guitar string notes (E A D G B E). I could make one up, but I wonder if there is a standard mnenomic in use? |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 May 2006 5:14 pm
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| Every Adult Daughter Goes Bad Eventually. |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 3 May 2006 5:49 pm
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| Go on! Did you just make that up Jim? |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 May 2006 6:15 pm
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Sure, but it's memorable, ain't it?  |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 3 May 2006 6:22 pm
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I admit, it is memorable. But remember, this is for my GRANDDAUGHTER Jim.
Actually, it is starting to make me chuckle now that I'm getting used to it. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 May 2006 7:14 pm
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Okay, okay. Let's look at it from the other side then:
Even Bryan's Granddaughter Doesn't Act Erratically.
Any better? |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 3 May 2006 7:56 pm
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Jim, Jim, Jim - I thought you had The Da Vinci Code going in your last response. Something just seemed a bit strange. Then I saw it. My original query listed strings from 6 through 1 (low to high). Then I realized that your last mnenomic listed strings 1 through 6 (high to low). (Ah - that's what you meant by looking at it from the other side.)
This last one is good enough that I may have to reverse the way I list the strings. I have to get some sleep. Goodnight Jim. |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 3 May 2006 7:59 pm
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I've heard this one before:
Every Acid Druggie Gets Busted Eventually
And I didn't make that one up. |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 3 May 2006 8:08 pm
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| Ben - do you think that one came into use in the '60's? I was there, but I can't remember. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 3 May 2006 8:12 pm
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Jimbeaux ROTFLOL
That will rile some tail feathers for sure.. LOL
Each Additional Day Goes By Eventually[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 03 May 2006 at 09:13 PM.] |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 3 May 2006 11:42 pm
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Another take on Cohen's reply. How about Every ADOLESCENT daughter goes bad eventually.  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 4 May 2006 3:45 am
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| Yeah, Jim-Bob, you're right. That is an improvement. Wish I'd thought of that. |
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Bryan Knox
From:
Gardendale, Alabama...Ya'll come
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Posted 4 May 2006 4:39 am
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I never thought this subject would come up, but years ago a guy that helped me get started on 6 string used...
Every Bad Girl Drinks Alcohol Everyday
It's stuck to me like glue for about 10 years now!
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Prevent Juvenile delinquecy...teach children to STEEL
Mr. DJ, can you please play a real country song? - Dale Watson
[This message was edited by Bryan Knox on 04 May 2006 at 05:40 AM.] |
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Tony Harris
From:
England
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Posted 4 May 2006 4:52 am
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Here's a couple my schoolmates and I used all those years ago -
Every Animal Deserves Great Big Eggs
Eat A Dog Grilled Before Easter
Every Afternoon Daddy Goes By 'Elicopter!
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Michael Garnett
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 4 May 2006 5:29 am
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What about the order of flats?
Before Eating Absolutely Don't Get Crummy Food |
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John McGann
From:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 4 May 2006 7:57 am
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| Further scientific evidence that Jim Cohen Rules!!!! |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 4 May 2006 8:56 am
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| For the order of sharps, I was taught Fighting Cats, Growling Dogs, Angry Elephants Bite - of course this was designed for general audiences by nice old Mrs. Lee, my grade school music teacher. I'll bet Jim can come up with a much better one..... |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 4 May 2006 9:17 am
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Even A Dumb Guitarist Bloviates Effectively....
Even A Doddering Grandpa Boogies Everyday! |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 4 May 2006 10:31 am
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B. B. Roy G. Biv
Oops, wrong field, that's the color spectrum...[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 04 May 2006 at 11:32 AM.] |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 May 2006 10:46 am
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I think you'd be doing her a better service if you explained it in musical terms, instead of route memorization. It's not that hard.
Here's the speech:
- The lowest string is an E, you have to remember that.
- The highest string is also an E.
- All other strings with one exception are musical fourths.
- You can figure them out by counting on your four fingers. Example: The lowest string is E, Hold up your index finger, next finger is F, next G, and then the FOURTH is A.
Thus the next string is an A note.
(did I mention that the musical alphabet is only A thru G, then repeats, easy huh?)
- Repeat this count of four to find the next string is a D note.
- Repeat this count of four to find the next string is a G note.
- Repeat this count of four to determine the name of the 2nd string, but here's the EXCEPTION, it's not C, it's the one before, it's B.
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 5 May 2006 3:12 am
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DANG! Joey Youze serioos!!
Bloviates....
Blather by any other name
would discommode unfailingly.
Every Adolecent Daughter Goes Bad Eventually.
Quite memorable.
[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 06 May 2006 at 02:42 AM.] |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 May 2006 9:50 am
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I wonder why my daughter ran away from home...
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 May 2006 9:47 pm
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I'm all in favor of mnemonics, but I can never remember how to spell it. I always get it cornfused with knee levers and harmonicas.
Or as Jesse Jackson once said, "We need ebonics mnemonics."
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"Drinking up the future, and living down the past"--unknown singer in Phoenix
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 11 May 2006 10:14 am
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This doesn't pertain to remembering scale notes or tunings, but it is an interesting case of mnenomics: In high school (a long, long, LONG time ago) I had an instructor in an electronics class that had a clever saying for remembering the color code for resistor values; The colors in sequence are black, brown red orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray and white. The mnenomic: "Bad boys rape our young girls, but violet gives willingly".... 
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 11 May 2006 1:46 pm
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Glenn -
I remember that from college electronics in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1967. |
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