Sunday, June 1, 2008
Olly Olly Oxen Free!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This melody from Hide 'n' Go Seek is a Minor Third interval. There are three musical steps between the notes C (Olly Olly Ox) and the A (-en Free). It is the third smallest interval, behind the semitone and the wholetone.
Nobody knows what the phrase originates from, but the melody is typical of playground melodies. For instance, Nana Poo Poo is also a Minor Third.
Olly Olly belongs to the C Major Pentatonic scale and jumps from the Root (C) to the Minor Six (A). You can play it below by hitting the last two notes backwards.
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5 comments:
ahoy hoy...that's when you say hello. i'm really digging all the schoolyard tunes these days. kriss krossing it up to another bad creation - these guys were the greatest! keep em coming...what about some jump rope double dutch playgirls' songs?
-anna banana
I hear that more like the 5th and major 3rd of an F.
Yes anonymous, you're right! I hoird it too! But I'm far too lazy to make an f-ing F scale!
Hey guys, thought you might get a kick out of Diana Deutsch's work. Check out these two links:
http://philomel.com/musical_illusions/
http://philomel.com/phantom_words/
If only I knew you and had access to your widget year ago when I was beating my head against a wall to learn all of this stuff!
But at least I have it now that i'm trying to relearn it.
You should do an infomercial on utube for los bloggies, you and jesse with jesse's camera
much love manda
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