# what's this musical piece called Part 2

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 12, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339 "2012-01-12T21:40:36Z")
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### Author: ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339/1 "2012-01-12T21:40:36Z")

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it’s the few notes (first 10 seconds of youtube link) in the beginning of Method Man’s Tical.

I don’t think it’s a theme song for an old martial arts movie. I’ve heard it played by orchestras before.

linked, NSFW with language, Wu-tang rapper.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rKmxqd4ky-o/hqdefault.jpg "Method Man - tical") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKmxqd4ky-o)

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339/2 "2012-01-12T21:44:18Z")

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It’s “The Great Gate of Kiev,” from \*Pictures at an Exhibition, \*by Mussorgsky.

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### Author: ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339/3 "2012-01-12T22:51:03Z")

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sorry but i dont think that’s correct, doesn’t sound like the first couple of notes.

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339/4 "2012-01-12T23:16:41Z")

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Sorry . . . it’s not the “Great Gate,” but the [“Promenade”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r8sa863Ts), from the same piece.

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### Author: ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-musical-piece-called-part-2/609339/5 "2012-01-12T23:22:09Z")

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now that’s what it is, thx