Thursday, July 07, 2011

Musical Mnemonics

I have a bunch of musical mnemonics I picked up from Mom, who I think got them in elementary school. Do other people know them, or know similar things? Where did you pick them up?

E.g.

Have you heard, of Beethoven's Third?

Morning is dawning and Peer Gynt is yawning da dee da da dee da de dah
and: In the hall of the mountain king, the mountain king, the mountain king. In the hall of the mountain king: the Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg

This is, the symphony, that Schubert wrote and never...

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So, I don't have to be profound all the time.