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We all know this don’t we?

It’s a sweet melody for a ringtone having been around for about 10 years, but where did it come from?

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) the spanish born classical guitarist, said to be one of the most influential guitarist of all time, considered by many to be the father of the modern classical guitar, wrote a piece for classical guitar called “Gran Vals“.

The notation of the melody has a section in there which looks like so:

And there we have the secret Nokia melody of the most famous ringtone in the world!

Michael J. Lahaie is our resident Canadian Beaver expert, stemming from ValCaron, Ontario Canada, Mike is an expert in all things Beaver related.

Truth is we named the 2003 Cohort of City & Guild Sound Engineering Part 3 Course the “Beaver Cohort“, all thanks to Mike’s wonderful beaver insights.

Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents, relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.

Today, you can see the Canadian beaver on the back of the Canadian 5 cent coin, and on coats of arms representing a few of Canada’s provinces. On provincial coats of arms, the beaver generally represents Canada, or national unity.

A small, tasty, sugar-coated pastry is called a Beaver Tail (sometimes spelled Beavertail, in one word). It can be found mostly in the Ottawa area.

More Beaver Facts

Spot The Difference

A Canadian Beaver Hard At Work

Mike The Beaver

Thoughts on R&B Assignment

Mike O’Hara student on the Production Mixing & Mastering course gives the word and advice here for any aspiring students.

Mike recently wrapped up his second assignment which was an R&B project which you can hear right here:

Take It Away

and a good job he did too!