The bullfrog is so named for his bullish mating call, the “jug-o-rum.” Here’s how the bullfrog got his name: Long ago, some dandy fop was cycling his velocipede around a Northern pond, lost in transcendentalist musings, when he heard what sounded like a bull bellowing from the shallow end. The dandy fop shined his lantern […]
Archive of posts tagged Frogs
Green Frog Gunk
The green frog sounds like he’s mocking you. He calls out “GUNK! Gunk! Gunk!,” which is oft compared to a banjo twang, but he may as well be saying “Uh doy!” This should really be notated in bass clef but I don’t want to confuse anyone anymore than usual. And I certainly don’t want any […]
The Eyes Have It
It’s spring time again, so that means G tones are peeping out of the water bodies. That’s just the crickety call of the local frogs. Drag on the noteheads below to hear the high G of the spring peepers. Speaking of G’s, Los Doggies has a tradition of beginning albums in G, as if the […]
Distress Signal Melody
When you hear a high G, does it Stress Out your Shit? The international distress signal melody is a monotonal song in 7/8 time, written in the key of Morse Code, consisting of three quavers, followed by three crotchets, and another three quavers. Normally, the telegrapher is supposed to rest the equivalent note duration in […]
Spring Has Sung
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 […]
