BS: What key does your car horn honk in?

Subject: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: SharonA
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 08:50 AM

Here's a bit of meaningless fluff to clutter up your brain for the weekend:

I read a snippet of trivia this morning that says, "Most American car horns honk in the key of F." Is it true? What about yours?

I'm not sure about mine. Unfortunately, I don't have perfect pitch and, since it's raining here this morning, I didn't take my guitar out to my car to compare notes (so to speak). I do know that my car horn has two tones, and that they're either a 3rd and a 5th of a major chord, or a 1st and a 3rd of a minor chord. I'll post the actual key(s) when I've had a chance to check.

Eagerly awaiting your replies! ;^)

Sharon

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: bob schwarer
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 09:12 AM

Is there a key of obnoxious? Sounds like someone skritching chalk on a blackboard. At least I can hear this one. Last one couldn't be heard with the engine running.

Bob S.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Snuffy
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 09:34 AM

Isn't it in the key of

OI!?

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Devilmaster
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:29 AM

More useless triv.....

The sounds of casinos are in the key of C.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:34 AM

Interesting question. When my car comes home at noon, I'll go find out.........could be a thesis topic, here, LOL.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Devilmaster
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:42 AM

Its just one more way the powers control you!
Fight back! Fight back! Fight The Man!

sorry, going to go take my drugs now.

Steve :)

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:44 AM

A study said Most American car horns honk in the key of F???

Are you sure it didn't say "Most Americans honk their F-in' car horns...;-)"

(Ducking and running)

My mate Mike used to tune his guitar to the pitch his window vibrated at when a large vehicle went by. Didn't take him too long as he lived on a main road but he was a bugger to play along with - we never did find the key!

Cheers

Dave the Gnome

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:09 AM

I've seen TV advertisements that used different car horns to play a tune.

Imagine the parking lot (or car park) melodeon. We'd need to know what notes our horns played, and park them in appropriate sections. We'd need a conductor.

I'd suggest we run right out and discover what notes our car horns play, come back and post the notes. Someone could find a tune that could be adapted to those notes. The next big event, we could all play a tune. Gives new meaning to the term "parking lot jam."

Maybe we could work up "Taps" for Naemanson's wedding?

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:11 AM

Or "Here Comes the Bride," for that matter. We'd probably need a bike horn or two for the high notes...

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Aidan Crossey
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:13 AM

Begging your pardon for lowering the tone of this erudite conversation ...

The other night I broke wind. Not something I am given to do in the manner of a slob ... it was one that "leaked out" when I wasn't expecting. Honest!

"Top A!" said my missus who has perfect pitch, and strapped on her accordion and played said note to prove her point!

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Devilmaster
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:13 AM

Wondering out loud....

What is the going fine for noise pollution?

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 07:38 PM

Don't know, but it's really wussy! We have a big car (estate) and you'd think it would have a meaty horn, but no. Like an angels' fart is this horn. I make more noise yelling out the window! My car was a Lada Estate and honked in Eb. I think Fords are F, Nissan are G or G#.

As far as I can tell, I've never farted in A.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 07:45 PM

Then there was the gentleman who made his living as a street entertainer by farting car makes for folks. One day he was asked to do a Japanese make, but it wouldn't work. He tried and tried but just couldn't get the right make. Eventually he gave up and went to see his doctor, who just happened to be Japanese. He explained his predicament.

'Ah, honorable gentleman to be drinking this foreign French drink, one in morning, one in evening, problem will go away, $75 please'.

The street entertainer went away, got a bottle of the strange drink and started to drink, one slug in the morning, one slug in the evening. A week later, he tried to fart the Japanese car, and success! Perfect!!! He was so excited that he went straight round to his doctor.

'Doctor, doctor, that was a fantastic cure, it worked miracles, what was it??'

'Ah,' said the doctor, 'strange foreign drink called absinthe, and absinthe make the fart go Honda!'

LTS

(I'll get me coat then shall I?)

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: kendall
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 07:47 PM

Mine is in the key of "R", minor, flat, diminished.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 08:30 PM

Well, I took the tuner out and honked the horn. Unfortunately, I am going to have to hold the horn down for a bit to get a reading and Mr. is asleep. It's also dark outside so I don't want to annoy the neighbors. Dark also makes it difficult to read the tuner. I'll try to remember tomorrow in daylight..........what a weird thing to be obsessing about. I need a life.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 08:35 PM

Mine's broken, so keep yer eyes open in case of FINGER!

LOL!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Gary T
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:25 PM

Many (maybe most or possibly all) car horns as rated as specific notes, though I don't know how accurate they are. Two-horn cars have a high horn and a low one. It seems to me that some of them use harmonious notes and some use dissonant notes, but I wouln't swear to it as I never made a point of studying that.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 10:30 PM

The ignition key.... Well, I drive a '63 Volkswagen and the horn was long ago wired thru a fuse circuit that isn't activated until the car is running.... Hey, didn't have to say.... Nevermind... F, very flat, at best...

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:18 PM

At the moment my car doesn't honk in any key! The key in question was left at the bank, the bank closed before I realized said key was missing ... and on it goes ... my life!

LL (singing in the key of "F" ... for forgetful!)

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: 53
Date: 11 Jan 02 - 11:55 PM

no key my horn doesn't work. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: GUEST,Ciano
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 01:01 AM

Does "Strangled Chicken" count as a key?... no how about Cat caught under a rocking chair...

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Mr Red
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:19 AM

F is it? and does if it is tooted thrice does that spell out F off, F off, F off?
Mine? in the key of H. The wheels are A flat, the door lock is stuck so its a broken key, but me I sing in C major mostly, though down the Great North Road it is the key of A1, and when I turn left at Milton Keynes it becomes B minor. The hitch hiker is an augmented 7th.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Mr Red
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:20 AM

I navigate by grace notes.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Tweed
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:29 AM

The neighbor's horn plays "La Cucaracha" over and over again on Saturday nights.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:44 AM

LTS!!...for shame! (lordy, I wish I'd gotten there first!..*big grin*)

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 11:34 AM

Just as I thought -

Hurry the "F" up you Ahole!!!

Damned dunderhead anyway - it's the long skinny pedal and you push DOWN!!!

Yup - it's F

And my farts are in the key of three - O M G (or so says the Mrs.

ROTFLMAO Steve

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Melani
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:50 PM

My new car has an automatic locking-unlocking remote control device that honks whenever you press it, or whenever the thing gets stuck in your pocket. I'm not sure what key it is, but chanteyranger has just favored me with opinion that it was a chihuahua in a previous life.

On another note (tee hee), singer-songwriter Michael Smith used to tune his guitar to the Miami telephone dial tone, which he said was D.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Sorcha
Date: 12 Jan 02 - 10:55 PM

I remembered!! My Toyota is G##, almost an A but not quite.

Subject: RE: BS: What key does your car horn honk in?
From: Auxiris
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 04:35 AM

Dunno about the car, but the church bells are C, G and A flat. By the by, telephone dialtone here is France is A; very handy for tuning instruments.

cheers,

Aux