After toying around with the Doodle for a while, Chris figured out which keys corresponded to which notes. The Doodle works on all four rows of the keyboard starting at 1, Q, A, and Z. On the A row through the semicolon, you can play an octave plus two notes. With that knowledge, Chris set out to play something memorable. A Beatles song was a logical choice.
Starting on the A-row, the left plays fifths on A and G. The right hand comes in with ; K L ; K ; L K H ; L K J. For a moving bass line during the melody, the left hand plays F A F A G S G S. The right hand then plays H J K L ; K L ; K ; K L ; K L ; K L ; K ; L ; L K. Then there's a switch to G H K L G K L G K L G K L G K L J A J. A chord comes in with A D K ; and then the left hand bass is A G (x4) F A (x3) S H (x2) A G (x2) F D S A G. A D K ; is the final chord. Here Comes The Sun from this article
Poor thing can't hear for beans...allergies. He just appreciates me letting him sleep on my feet....while I strummed away lol.
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JPB
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Thu 9 Jun, 2011 07:23 pm
@chai2,
Heh, yeah. I kept going and didn't notice that it had stopped recording. I think it's like the hook in the old vaudeville shows. You're done!
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JPB
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Thu 9 Jun, 2011 07:23 pm
@panzade,
uh.... Yeah! Yes, it is!!!
er.... no
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Fri 10 Jun, 2011 05:27 am
@chai2,
Yes, Its a tribute to Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor.
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JPB
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Fri 10 Jun, 2011 12:30 pm
Just in case anyone wants to blow another day's productivity...
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With the launch yesterday of its doodle honoring musician and electric-guitar innovator Les Paul, Google created the world's largest jam session by giving everyone on the Web a playable and recordable guitar. And by the looks of things, everyone was getting their Jimmy Page on.
As of this writing, Web guitarists have posted nearly 4,000 recordings of their musical efforts to YouTube. That apparently struck a chord with Google, which announced this evening that due to popular demand, it is leaving the doodle up on its main page through Friday as an encore.