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How to Play Songs on a Phone Keypad

If you're looking for something to do to amuse yourself, try making phone keypad music. You can do this with a standard push-button phone or a cell phone. You can even play some simple songs by following a few tips. Best of all, in a growing market of cell phone applications that cost money, playing music on a cell phone keypad doesn't cost you anything.

Things You'll Need

  • Phone (standard or cell)
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Instructions

  1. Standard Phone

    • 1

      Press the number 1. This is your "do" note, or the root of your scale.

    • 2

      Press the number 2. This is your "re" note, or the second notes of your scale.

    • 3

      Press the number 3. This is your "mi" note, or the third note of your scale.

    • 4

      Press 4,5,6, as well as 7,8, and 9. They all play a "do-re-mi" progression, and the notes are only semi-tones different from the original 1,2,3 combination.

    • 5

      Try simple songs such as Mary Had a Little Lamb:
      3,2,1,2,3,3,3
      2,2,2
      3,3,3
      3,2,1,2,3,3,3,3,
      2,2,3,2,1

    Cell Phones

    • 6

      Press the "menu" button, followed by "settings."

    • 7

      Press the button for "keypad." Select the option for "xylophone."

    • 8

      Press the 1 button. This is the C note.

    • 9

      Press all of the numbers 1-9 in succession, plus the *, 0 and #. What you will hear is a progression up the C scale: C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G

    • 10

      Try some simple songs.
      Ode to Joy:
      7,7,8,9,9,8,7,6,5,5,6,7,7,6,6
      7,7,8,9,9,8,7,6,5,5,6,7,6,5,5

      Jingle Bells:
      3,3,3, 3,3,3, 3,5,1,2,3
      4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,3,2,5
      3,3,3 3,3,3 3,5,1,2,3
      4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,5,5,3,2,1

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