http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note#Note_frequency_.28hertz.29 It got a bit involved, but it is all there! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 4:46 AM Subject: Re: Can I make grub beep? This is a bit off-topic, but how can one calculate the frequencies that correspond to various musical notes. I would like to set my grub to play the first few bars of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Thanks, John On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 01:05:56AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > John G. Heim, le Sun 03 Mar 2013 12:31:29 -0600, a écrit : > > You can also make it play a tune. I've included an example line that > > plays a few notes of "On Wisconsin" This is not entirely trivial in that > > it makes it very clear when to interrupt the boot process in order to > > select an operating systems. I always tell my end users to press the > > down arrow once when they hear "On Wisconsin". > > I've never thought it could be so useful to be able to play a full song, > interesting :) > > Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list