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Morse Code and Music
The theme tune to the TV programme Inspector Morse spells out the word 'Morse' in Morse Code. Does anyone know of other tunes with hidden codes?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.During the Second World War the BBC news was preceded with the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth played on a kettle drum - because the beats are the same at the Morse Code for 'V', and so the broadcasts were seen to be sending out the message 'V for Victory'.
And composer Ronnie Hazlehurst, who wrote loads of TV theme tunes, spelled out the words Some Mot(h)ers Do Have 'Em (the 'h' is missing) in the theme tune of Michael Crawford programme.
There must be more - and I be fascinated to hear about them.
The pattern of mores in the beginning of the song "Mars, Bringer of War" from Holst's Planets suite goes as follows.
taptaptaptap, tap, tap-tap-tap....
Timing suggests .... . ---, (HEO)
But the staccato beat could make them all dit rather than dah, so then it would be: .... . ... (HES)
Either way, not sure what it would mean, but this pattern repeats in the background of the piece.
"dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit.... dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit..."
taptaptaptap, tap, tap-tap-tap....
Timing suggests .... . ---, (HEO)
But the staccato beat could make them all dit rather than dah, so then it would be: .... . ... (HES)
Either way, not sure what it would mean, but this pattern repeats in the background of the piece.
"dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit.... dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit..."