> I don't know if the > Mahler 1 contingent was joking, but I guessed "Mary Had a Little Lamb". > Maybe I'm just not as sophisticated as you guys. :-)
Is this a joke? Hard to tell on the internet :) It was the Frère Jacque (yes in minor) melody from the slow movement of Mahler 1. The contour and rhythm give it away but listening more closely one can discern the actual pitches. Here's some more audio to see what you can or cannot perceive (older members have your children listen to this). Here is a famous melody in 3 different octaves, with one wrong note. 1) What is the melody? Major or minor? 2) Which note is the wrong note? Listen to each file and answer the questions before moving on to the lower octave. http://gelfo.net/highfreq/1_melody10k.wav http://gelfo.net/highfreq/2_melody5k.wav http://gelfo.net/highfreq/3_melody2k.wav I've done it all in sine waves, and honestly we aren't too great at extracting information from pure sine waves in any octave. It would be a much more interesting experiment to listen to complex waveforms, but there are all kinds of issues with that that I don't want to get into. Interesting thread... Cheers, Marc _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
