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OAITW r.2.0

(33,017 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:21 PM 13 hrs ago

Star Bangled Banner - in the original minor key.

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Sounds like a funeral.....

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Star Bangled Banner - in the original minor key. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 13 hrs ago OP

Sounds like the Salt Sprinkled Banana. Permanut 13 hrs ago #1

It seems hauntingly appropriate right now. Maru Kitteh 13 hrs ago #2

No. This is not right BlueSpot 13 hrs ago #3

I read it on the internets, so I am probably wrong. OAITW r.2.0 11 hrs ago #5

Nope! Endlessmike56 12 hrs ago #4

No. The original and the source music were in a major key. MineralMan 3 hrs ago #6

Permanut

(8,747 posts)

1. Sounds like the Salt Sprinkled Banana.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:27 PM

13 hrs ago

Maru Kitteh

(32,128 posts)

2. It seems hauntingly appropriate right now.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:32 PM

13 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:10 AM - Edit history (1)

Thanks. It’s very interesting, much more complex.

BlueSpot

(1,353 posts)

3. No. This is not right

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:55 PM

13 hrs ago

The tune of the National Anthem is based on an old English drinking song "Anacreon in Heaven". It is not in minor key. I offer this:

OAITW r.2.0

(33,017 posts)

5. I read it on the internets, so I am probably wrong.

Reply to BlueSpot (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:59 AM

11 hrs ago

Endlessmike56

(257 posts)

4. Nope!

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:17 AM

12 hrs ago

MineralMan

(152,113 posts)

6. No. The original and the source music were in a major key.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:49 AM

3 hrs ago

Someone has apparently redone it in a minor key. That is not a form it has ever been in, though..

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