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Star Bangled Banner - in the original minor key. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Friday OP
Sounds like the Salt Sprinkled Banana. Permanut Friday #1
It seems hauntingly appropriate right now. Maru Kitteh Friday #2
No. This is not right BlueSpot Friday #3
I read it on the internets, so I am probably wrong. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #5
Nope! Endlessmike56 Yesterday #4
No. The original and the source music were in a major key. MineralMan 15 hrs ago #6

Maru Kitteh

(32,128 posts)
2. It seems hauntingly appropriate right now.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:32 PM
Friday

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:10 AM - Edit history (1)

Thanks. It’s very interesting, much more complex.

BlueSpot

(1,360 posts)
3. No. This is not right
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:55 PM
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The tune of the National Anthem is based on an old English drinking song "Anacreon in Heaven". It is not in minor key. I offer this:


MineralMan

(152,114 posts)
6. No. The original and the source music were in a major key.
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:49 AM
15 hrs ago

Someone has apparently redone it in a minor key. That is not a form it has ever been in, though..

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