Jon Johanning wrote:

>Timothy Noah, who writes the "Chatterbox" column in the on-line magazine
>Slate, reports seeing some clever banners on the streets of Los Angeles
>advertising the LA Philharmonic.  Each one "spells" out a famous classical
>theme.  Let's see how many the list members can guess.  (No fair Slate
>readers or LA residents spilling the beans!)

Hey, I'm an Angeleno who can't read.  Can I still play?

>This is a very easy one to warm up on:
>
>1)
>
>Da
>Da
>Da
>Dah

The Police - "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"

>The others are a bit harder.

I hope so!

>2)
>
>Tuddle
>Tum
>Tuddle
>Tum
>Tuddle
>Tum, tum, tum

Mozart - Symphony #40 in G Minor (last "tum" is a rest and is not voiced)

>3)
>
>Bum,
>Ba bum,
>Ba
>Bum, bum
>Bum, bum bum

Beethoven - "Fur Elise" [re-orchestrated for tuba by Mahler]

>4)
>
>Da
>Da, da, da,
>Dum,
>Da dum
>Da dum

Bach - Air [on the G string]

Steve Trelease, "Ta Da" [it's been a long, hard L.A. winter...]