# What is this note? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829 "2011-08-23T23:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/1 "2011-08-23T23:23:59Z")
From the Bee Gees song “You Should Be Dancing” – what note is hit at 3:12-3:14? ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/2 "2011-08-24T00:20:46Z")
From [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yAkkpbm_8E) video, it’s not really clear what you mean. Which note are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/3 "2011-08-24T01:15:04Z")
In the linked version, I’m guessing it’s the note sung at ~2:56. FWIW, [Wikipedia leads me to believe it’s Barry singing it.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Should_Be_Dancing) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/4 "2011-08-24T01:30:08Z")
I finally found an online keyboard I could use while listening to the video. To my very tin ear, it sounds like a G. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/5 "2011-08-24T02:03:07Z")
Do you have access to a piano? I’ve tried to figure out notes or chords by playing a couple of seconds of a song over and over. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/6 "2011-08-24T02:40:12Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > In the linked version, I’m guessing it’s the note sung at ~2:56. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I finally found an online keyboard I could use while listening to the video. To my very tin ear, it sounds like a G. G it is. Compare the first note of this Bach fugue in G minor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHMJFhJNycM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHMJFhJNycM) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/7 "2011-08-24T03:04:50Z")
Music questions tend to get more (and better) answers in the Cafe Society forum, so I’ve moved this thread there. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/8 "2011-08-24T13:28:31Z")
I can’t believe I forgot the link. Sorry! Here it is : https://www.youtube.com/embed/CaXdTe2TYhs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLFC31B17FA0CE7C19 The note at 3:12-3:14. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/9 "2011-08-24T16:00:39Z")
Yeah, that’s a G. G5, to be exact. Pretty high for a man, but that’s what makes the Bee Gees so awesome. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/10 "2011-08-24T16:50:16Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Yeah, that’s a G. G5, to be exact. Pretty high for a man, but that’s what makes the Bee Gees so awesome. Okay, thanks very much. I thought it might be even higher than G5. I have always been intrigued by falsetto voices. Barry Gibb may have hit higher notes than this. I need to go through some more songs and find out. He had an awesome range! (And I do realize that a lot of people found his high falsetto extremely annoying…) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-note/593829/11 "2011-08-24T17:04:36Z")
I am bronzing this thread. :o