Handel's doorbell

[Jeffrey Miller/Burden of Proof Research <jefmil...>]

>It is also said 
>that the tune is based on the fifth bar of the opening of Handel's Aria ``I 
>know that my Redeemer liveth''. 
Josh, in case you don't have ready access to The Messiah score, I checked my
Novello version against what Helen found.  If I have the right bar, it at
least suggests the pattern, but only just.  What you're looking for seems to
go 3 2 1 5  5 2 3 1 (the 5ths being descending).  What I get from the "aria"
(air) is 3 2 1 5  3 2 1 1, but the 3 and 2 in the second part are an octave
lower than in the first and the last tonic note is played an octave *up*:
G#F#EG#  G#(octave down)F#(octave down)E E (octave up).

Cheers,

J

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