Conniption Fit tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1408231 2010-03-08T23:50:04-05:00 All those things that give us fits. TypePad Sense of Scale tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eec2dfd883401310f7ecc11970c 2010-03-08T23:50:04-05:00 2010-03-08T23:50:04-05:00 The Bohlen-Pierce musical scale uses 13-tone intervals in contrast to the 12-tone octaves commonly used in western music. In this scale, the frequency of the high note is triple—not double—the frequency of the low note. Just listening to the scale... Conniption Fit

Courtesy of Now I'm Always SmilingThe Bohlen-Pierce musical scale uses 13-tone intervals in contrast to the 12-tone octaves commonly used in western music. In this scale, the frequency of the high note is triple—not double—the frequency of the low note. Just listening to the scale on a specially-made clarinet is bewildering and fascinating.

The Boston Globe provides an overview of the scale and its history, along with a helpful video and mp3 of a musical composition using this scale. Prepare to be challenged...

 A Capella Earworm tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eec2dfd883401310f7596a3970c 2010-03-07T10:47:51-05:00 2010-03-07T10:47:51-05:00 Perhaps the most pleasant of all earworms is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Here's a clever rendition by Indiana's Straight No Chaser, with some self-conscious humor, obligatory hakuna matata references, and a baffling but satisfying Van Morrison interlude. You'll be humming... Conniption Fit

Perhaps the most pleasant of all earworms is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Here's a clever rendition by Indiana's Straight No Chaser, with some self-conscious humor, obligatory hakuna matata references, and a baffling but satisfying Van Morrison interlude. You'll be humming wimoweh all day.