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The most common melody in the world

submitted by arvana

1 decade 6 years 1 week ago

Nokia took their ring tone from a musical phrase in Francisco Tárrega's "Gran Vals." You'll hear it 15 seconds into this clip, and again at 2:56. It is heard on 800,000 phones around the world.

16 Comments

best one i heard for a while, was a really drunk guy on some police tv show, and while the cops were talking to him his phone went off. He had "what shall we do with the drunken sailor" for his ring tone. :-) class.

Gran Vals ringtone makes calvados angry.

Sorry Nokia tune, you got replaced by Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up.
Only downside is I don't want to answer because I want to hear the whole song.

I thought Shave and a Haircut was more common. It's older than Gran Vals, too, by three years. Hell, people even knock on doors to the cadence of Shave and a Haircut.

Shave and a haircut, two bits!

Dignant_Pink says...

HELLO?? NO I CANT TALK NOW, IM AT THE LIBRARY!...THE LIBRARY!!!

Brilliant. I don't think I'd heard the whole song before. And that guy can actually play.

The most common melody in the WORLD? Really? Still, beautiful song.

Really makes me wish Nokia hadn't ruined it...

MarineGunrock

Yeah, that is indeed a beautiful song. Damn corporations.

>> ^nazdorovia:
Really makes me wish Nokia hadn't ruined it...

I don't see how Nokia ruined it? If anything we should thank them for introducing a huge audience to a brilliant song.

Beautiful, just beautiful.
And wonderful to see it being played so well on the guitar.
*quality

ashes2flames says...

>> ^Dignant_Pink:
HELLO?? NO I CANT TALK NOW, IM AT THE LIBRARY!...THE LIBRARY!!!

That was such a great show!

3 words: Inferior to Dokken.

>> ^Dignant_Pink:
HELLO?? NO I CANT TALK NOW, IM AT THE LIBRARY!...THE LIBRARY!!!

NAH, IT'S RUBBISH!

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