"Shave and Cut Hair" and related responses "two bits" are music tones and 7-notes call responses, popular riffs or ranties used at the end of a performance musical, usually for comic effects. It is used both melodic and rhythmic, for example as a door knock.
"Two bits" is archaism in the United States for 25 cents; quarter. "Six bits" is sometimes used. The last words may also be "lost", "drop dead" (in Australia), or some other witty expressions. In the UK, it is often said to be "five bobs" (slang for five shillings), though words are now rarely used to accompany rhythm or rhythm.
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The earliest incident of the song came from the 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk". Other songs from the same period also use the song. The same note forms a bridge in the "Hot Scotch Rag", written by H. A. Fischler in 1911.
The earliest recordings used a 7-tone note at the beginning and end of a funny 1915 song, by Billy Murray and the American Quartet, called "On the 5:15".
In his 1933 novel, Mayor Hizzoner Joel Sayre writes about ships "sounding an official Malta welcome blast with a shaving-and-cut-hair-two-bit tempo , shaved-and-a-two-bit-shaven-a-two-bit, shaved-and-cut-hairs, 'which were immediately picked up by each craft in a port that has a boiler, "indicating that the song was already associated with the lyrics at the time.
In 1939, Dan Shapiro, Lestor Lee and Milton Berle released "Shave and a Haircut - Shampoo," which uses a tone in the cover bar and has been regarded as the origin of the lyrics.
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Popularity
Tones can be heard on customized car horns, while rhythm can be tapped as door knock or as Morse code "dah-di-dah-di, dit-dit" ( -Ã, Â · Ã, Â · - Ã , Â · Ã, Â · ) at the end of the amateur radio contact.
Former prisoners of war and US Naval Squad Doug Hegdahl reported other American captives in the Vietnam war will authenticate the identity of new American prisoners by tapping the first five notes of "Shave and a Haircut" against the cell wall and awaiting an appropriate response. POW Americans can then communicate securely with each other via a quadratic alphabetical code.
This song has been used many times as a coda or ending with a piece of music. This is strongly associated with bluegrass music instruments, especially 5-stringed banjar. Earl Scruggs often ends a song with this phrase or its variations. On the Beverly Hillbillies television show, a musical cue that marks the coming of a commercial break (cue with bluegrass style) often ends with "Shave and a Haircut". This is the most popular bluegrass run, after G run.
"Shave and a Haircut" is used in many of the early cartoons, especially the Looney Tunes cartoon, played on everything from car horns to windblown shutters. It was also used as a cover for many cartoon shows, right after the credit. Decades later, the couplet became a plot tool used by the antagonistic leader Judge Doom in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the idea that Toons could not withstand finishing with "two bits" when they heard the rhythm opening.
This phrase has been incorporated into countless recording and performances. Important examples include:
- 'That's Lot of Bunk', a new 1920s song by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, known as "The Happiness Boys," using a riff at the end of the song.
- Singer and bander R & amp; B, Dave Bartholomew uses the phrase in his two recordings: "Country Boy" (1950) at the very end, and the original version of "My Ding-A-Ling" (1952) as the figure introducing each verse.
- The Paul Paul and Mary Paul tapes of "Magic Melody" end with a phrase minus the last two notes ("two bits"). Responding to complaints from the disc jockey, Capitol in 1955 released "Magic Melody Part 2" - which consisted only of missing records - at 45, said to be the shortest recorded tone.
- P. DQ Bach terminates "Blaues Gras" ("bluegrass") aria with "Shave and a Haircut", sung in Denglisch (German and English chaotic): "Rasieren und Haarschneiden, zwei bitte" (" cut hair, two please ", ungrammatical in one of the languages). "Zwei bitte" is Denglisch's words, sounds like "two bits" for speakers of both languages. This melody is also used in The Short-Tempered Clavier .
- The song "Wah, Officer Krupke" from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story music ends with rhythm.
- The opening theme for the TV series The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson ends with a rhythm.
- The original version of "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra (recorded for Capitol Records in 1955) ends with rhythm.
Usage in other countries
In Mexico, the melody is very offensive, as it is commonly used to defend a rhythmically similar vulgar phrase "chinga tu madre, cabrÃÆ'³n" ( English : "Fuck with your mother, asshole!").
The Italian version is Ammazza la vecchia... col Flit! ( English : "Kill the old lady... with Flit!") - Throw into old DDT insecticide. This is a funny popular version of post-WWII ad Ammazza la mosca... col Flit ( English : "Kill flies with Flit!"). This version was never considered offensive, but just as a joke.
In the province of Quebec, Canada, this song is often used among children to create silence. The lyrics are "Chip chocolat gomme, Peanut!" ( English : "Chocolate Chocolate Sugar, Beans!").
The song is used in Catalan with different lyrics: "Nas de barraca, Sant Boi" ( English : "Shack nose, Sant Boi"). It was also tapped, as a knock on the door. The Catalan lyrics may come from Blanes, where it is sung twice with Nas de barraca. Sant Boi. Cinc de carmelos pel noi ( English : Shack nose, Sant Boi, five candies for the boy).
In Spain, it's sung with lyrics, Una copita... de OjÃÆ' Â © n ( English : "A shot of schnapps").
In Sweden it is used in ads for Bronzol candy brands with the slogan HÃÆ'¤lsan fÃÆ'¶r halsen - Bronzol ( English : Health for your throat - Bronzol).
In the Netherlands, this phrase is used when one goes away with the intention of not returning. Die zien we nooit meer, te-rug ( English : We will never see them, profit). This is used as a way to make fun of someone/something, if it suddenly disappears from the scene.
In Argentina, Carlos Bala, a former host of children's TV programs, typically inserts a bit in his routine where he will hum the "shave and cut hair" section of the song, encouraging the children in the audience to answer "Ba-" lÃÆ'¡ "with the rhythm of two final notes.
See also
- Banjo scrolls
- Oriental Riff
- Bo Diddley beat
References
External links
- Description
- Dutch-language articles on "Shave and a haircut"
- Music sheet for "At A Darktown Cakewalk" from IN Harmony system at Indiana University
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