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    melodies using only half-steps

    My battery-operated metronome, as well as ticking even quarter notes, can sound pitches to tune to.
    To play a pitch a semitone lower, turn counterclockwise.
    To play a pitch a semitone higher, turn clockwise.

    That means that the metronome is a musical instrument capable of playing any melody which consists of only semitones.
    You can play the first four measures of "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin.
    You can also play the first two measures of "Entry of the Gladiators" by Julius Fucik.
    Is there anything else which can be added to the repertoire?

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    The couple of bars of Fur Elise you mentioned in the sneaky restatements thread? And the first five notes.
    The beginning of the opening voice line in Bizet`s Carmen - Habanera
    Rimsky-Korsakov`s Flight of the Bumblebee - five first notes
    Last edited by rojo; Jun-29-2007 at 18:32.
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    Just realized; you probably can`t do repeated notes. So much for the Habanera...
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