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: Hallo an alle Musikliebhaber unter den Dunnetties, sicherlich viele!!! : Folgender Artikel war heute in unserer Tageszeitung (The West Australian – Wednesday 2.5.07). Ich dachte es wuerde euch vielleicht interessieren. : : A Scottish church featured in the book The Da Vinci Code is embroiled in a fresh mystery of secret codes and heretical knowledge- but this one could be more than mere fiction. : A former Royal Air Force codebreaker and his composer son say they have deciphered a musical score hidden for nearly 600 years in the elaborate carvings on the walls of Rosslyn Chapel, in Roslin, near the city of Edinburgh. : The pair believe the tune was encrypted because knowledge of music could have been considered heretical. : Thomas Mitchell, 75, a music teacher, and his son Stuart, 41, a pianist and composer, say they became intrigued by the markings on the chapel’s arches more than 20 years ago. : Thomas was particularly struck by the 213 carved cubes in the Lady Chapel. : “I was obsessed by these symbols,” he said. “I was convinced they meant something.” : Using codebreaking skills learnt during the Korean War and his knowledge of classical music, Thomas finally realised that the patterns on the cubes seemed to match a phenomenon called cymatics or Chladni patterns. : These form when a note is used to vibrate a sheet of metal or glass covered in powder. : Different frequencies produce different patterns such as flowers, diamonds and hexagons- shapes all present on the cubes. : The two men have brought the music back to life using instruments from the Middle Ages, adding words from contemporary hymn to finish the piece, called The Rosslyn Motet. : Vergessen wir mal ganz schnell den Da Vici Code, trotzdem hat vielleicht Whistle Willy seine Haende da im Spiel ;-)))) Der wurde leider nicht erwaehnt. : Viele Gruesse an alle und speziell an die Disordely Travellers : Claude

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