Saturday, March 8, 2008

Have You Heard About B Flat?

B flat is a lovely note, but it's not one you'd pay more attention to than, say, F sharp. That is another lovely note. Even middle C has its own kind of charm: solid and guileless, like a midwestern farm wife.

But there's something about B flat. It makes alligators crazy, and, astronomers say, it emanates from a black hole in outer space.

Here's the catch: Nothing escapes a black hole. Not sound, not even light. Hence the name.

What is it about B flat? No one knows.

Read about it here.

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