As the Winter white noise fades, the peepers emerge from their silent hibernation to once again sing the sexy song of Spring. Choruses of these pinkletinks take the stage of wetland
venues all along the Eastern seaboard to jam on a single note; a slightly rising G tone. This is the highest G found on a piano. If you ever find yourself singing songs around the campfire without a tuning fork, use the peepers’ G to tune your singalongs. The peepers’ song was probably the inspiration for Morse Code, also a high G. (Watch yo volumes! Frogs are forte!)
Here’s their monotonal and staccato song. Click the score below to rev up an entire chorus of peepers.
The sine-like timbre and hi-pitch of their choruses make them sound a lot like an insect jam. The males are the only ones who peep, making them yet another species that display musical dimorphism.
Peepers also sing a trill like song when another male gets too close. It lands on the same G note as above. This is their aggressive territorial song. The subtleties of batrachian genre might fall on deaf human ears, but the trill song below is clearly more rocking than the mellow mating ballad above.
Biomusic! Biomusic! Biomusic!
Please be kind to your froggy friends!
