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QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Whisky Posted Jun 27, 2013
I'm thinking he needed to break some glass somewhere...
The mozart aria in question contains one of the highest notes written for human voice, and he wants the soprano to sing it down the phone to try and break a glass (fire alarm?) somewhere else.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
You should have heeded Shagbark's caution.
"Use sound to break glass" -5
//The mozart aria in question contains one of the highest notes written for human voice,//
Quite right - now what might that be useful for, and it's not shattering glass!
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Geggs Posted Jun 27, 2013
If he was planning to relay the high note via the telephone, I'm not sure it would work. Because you're not actually listening to someone's voice on a telephone, are you? You're listening to a reproduction of a transmission of an encoding of someone's voice, and many things could affect the quality of what someone hears at the other end.
Geggs
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Whisky Posted Jun 27, 2013
Ok, I'll go for a few more klaxons...
Either he had some kind of tonal device that you normally play down a telephone line to activate a remote answering machine and listen to his messages, (that'll probably get me one klaxon)...
... or, he'd lost his police dog. (second klaxon)...
I'm waiting
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
//Either he had some kind of tonal device that you normally play down a telephone line//
No, but he is carrying antother device which he will use with the telephone so have a DGI +1.
//get messages//
Amazingly, I didn't think to klaxon that!
//... or, he's lost his police dog. //
ah good idea, but wrong, I'm afraid. I don't even think his division uses dogs to carry out their primary role.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
By the way, do you know what note it is?
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
shagbark Posted Jun 27, 2013
it has the printed score in the link from post 20
I wonder is the piano the only instrument in the orchestra that can accurately reproduce that note?
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
shagbark Posted Jun 27, 2013
here's a guess- he was calling the phone company to unstick a mechanical relay keeping somebody from getting their calls.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
//here's a guess- he was calling the phone company to unstick a mechanical relay keeping somebody from getting their calls.//
Nope. - Not really Quite Interesting, is it?
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
//it has the printed score in the link from post 20//
You were paying attention!
//I think the note is G//
You are correct +3
G3, to be precise.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
Nope.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
No.
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Geggs Posted Jun 27, 2013
Oh well. I was just starting to ruminate on the subject of pink noise, but if there's no whistle that's not likely.
Geggs
QI - Whistle for a Soprano
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 27, 2013
I have been out all evening and I'm now heading straight to bed. kinda surprised no one has made more penetrating questions on the subject of the telephone call....
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