[GreenKeys] Musical Teletype
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Mon Aug 20 21:26:48 EDT 2018
On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Bruce Gentry wrote:
> In the Air Force in southeast Asia, teletype maint. people would exchange
> song lyrics� and a form of sheet music.� The melody line notes would be
> named with a number to indicate the octave and an"H" after the note to
> indicate it was a sharp.� Crude, but good enough to pick out a tune on the
> piano, or transcribe to a music note book.
So I guess a "flat" was indicated by its equivalent sharp? Eg. "Bb" is
the same as "A#", but any muso will scream at you...
-- Dave VK2KFU
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