# Star Wars Cantina theme played with a pencil **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647 "2021-01-16T01:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/1 "2021-01-16T01:51:34Z")
[Because why not?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcghl0lbDSk) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/2 "2021-01-16T02:10:01Z")
At first blush I thought maybe it would become a sound wave formula or something. I had to turn the volume up a bit more before I figured it out. There’s a thing in biomusicology called entrainment, it’s the unconscious synchronization to an external rhythm. So if you’re listening to music your [breaths might unconsciously synch to the beat](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16199412). Or you might write in synch with the melody. Of course you can do so consciously, too. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/3 "2021-01-16T16:00:38Z")
[Imperial March played on plastic coffee stirrer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATGbHjUKnqM&ab_channel=CoasterNation) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/4 "2021-01-16T17:41:16Z")
[Chewbacca soda can](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhYNsRXYgs) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/5 "2021-01-16T22:15:33Z")
^ Supoib! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/6 "2021-01-18T16:28:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Chewbacca soda can Oh, come on. That’s bloody genius! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/7 "2021-01-18T17:13:11Z")
I had to listen to it about a dozen times before I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/8 "2021-01-18T17:27:55Z")
I can’t pick up the Cantina Band at all, but the next video after that, the Imperial March, sounds just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/9 "2021-01-19T01:15:34Z")
Thanks to everybody who posted links. They were all fun. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/10 "2021-01-21T04:31:26Z")
Be sure to have your sound turned up pretty high. Don’t worry, it won’t blast you. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-cantina-theme-played-with-a-pencil/930647/11 "2021-01-21T16:03:37Z")
There’s a whole slew of music played on floppy disk drives on YouTube. [Hey, here comes one, now!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdgzsF_O7oI&ab_channel=Dslak)