Singing for your ice cream
There is a lady who walks around the office humming all the time. She has a very pleasant voice, a nice timbre to it. If I had to guess, I would say she is a contralto, mezzo-soprano maybe. Not classically trained, of course, or she wouldn't be walking around our office, but she can carry a tune without a bucket.
If I'm in an area with her and she's humming, I often ask her what it is.
And she'll say, "oh, that's Brahm's Ein deutsches Requiem" or "a little piano sonata no. 5000 by Loodvig" or "the leitmotif for Senta in Der fliegende Hollander". Ha ha. Not really, but she will identify it rather clearly, and I nod and smile.
Today I was leaning against a wall, getting ready to go in to a meeting that was pretty important, and she stopped next to me.
She said, "what's that you're humming?", obviously returning the favor.
I had to think for a moment, and then I answered her.
"The tune from the Mr. Happy ice cream truck."
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Oh Maureen! I LOVE this post. Brilliant.
...piano sonata # 5000 by Looodvig... :::copious amounts of laughing:::
You're great, Maureen!
(and I was totally thinking that Cheryl would love this post. Sure enough.) :)
You have no shame! :-D
(My voice instructor, a former opera singer, said I'm a "dramatic soprano", though I prefer to sing 2nd soprano or alto 'cause harmony is SO much more interesting and challenging than the melody). Just a little useless trivia for ya' ;-)
I envy those that can carry a tune, whether it be humming or whistling.
Actually, that doesn't sound so strange, now that I think about it. I bet a lot of people do it for that very reason, but don't know it. I like it when it resonates in my chest too. That sounds funny!