' Similar to implied release of copyrighted
' material in a creative commons
' manner on USENET, I hereby release
' http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Sound/Kompleet_Ingglish_Alfabet.mp3
' for intact distribution. I further permit
' imitations of it to be made in the creative
' commons manner, but the commerciality of
' such recordings must be limited. You hav
' no right to make a recording of this song
' and be paid royalties for it without my
' permission, but I encourage you to perform
' it publicly, going so far as to supply
' QuickBasic karaoke in this message, which
' you may render by copying and pasting this
' into a notepad file, saving it as "alfabet.bas",
' double clicking on it, and if that doesn't make
' Windows find a suitable program to open it,
' then reading about and installing QuickBasic.
100
' Note, length, syllable...
' Trivia: Done in fifteen notes per octave.
DATA 15,12,"Ah ",30,12,"Bay ",27,6,"Chaw "
DATA 30,6,"Dee ",22,12,"Eh ",0,3,"\"
DATA 22,12,"Fuh ",23,12,"Guu ",22,6,"Hai "
DATA 20,6,"Ih ",18,12,"Joh ",0,3,"\"
DATA 20,12,"Kuh ",22,12,"Lay ",20,6,"Am "
DATA 18,6,"In ",16,12,"Aw ",0,3,"\"
DATA 30,15,"Pah ",15,15,"Qay ",13,12,"Ruu "
DATA 0,3,"\",24,12,"Sih ",22,6,"Teh ",20,6
DATA "Uh ",18,12,"Vuu ",27,18,"Waw ",20,12
DATA "Khah ",0,3,"\",16,12,"Yeh ",20,12,"Zai "
DATA 27,6,"Ay ",22,6,"Ee ",20,9,"aI ",30,18
DATA "Oh ",22,15,"Uu ",0,3,"\",30,12,"Oo "
DATA 18,12,"Dhoh ",27,6,"Thaw ",30,6,"Zhee "
DATA 13.5,12,"Sheh ",15,12,"ung",0,12,"\"
DIM k, basis, length AS INTEGER
DIM note AS SINGLE
DIM karaoke AS STRING
PRINT
' Basis frequency designed for two
' channels a harmonic third apart. Someone
' with a higher voice might use "9 to 12"
' for the same ratio.
FOR basis = 6 TO 8 STEP 2
FOR k = 1 TO 44
READ note, length, karaoke
IF karaoke <> "\" THEN
PRINT karaoke;
ELSE
PRINT
END IF
SOUND note * basis, length
NEXT k
RESTORE 100
NEXT basis
' My names for the letters attach different
' vowels to the most similar consonants so
' that they will carry over noise, that being
' similar to the "phonetic alphabet" that police
' use, but one syllable.
' _______
' <a href="http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/">BrewJay's
Babble Bin</a>
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