Making Music With SQL Server – 36 Chambers – The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max!

This is an old post, but I’m turning Thomas Rushton’s idea into a lightning talk for the .NET User Group. Basically, the idea is that you can call Console.Beep with different pitches and for different lengths of time, with the end result being music.

I’m also going to demo the Super Mario Brothers theme. Here’s a C# version. The quick translation to Powershell is:

[console]::beep(659, 125);
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 375;
[console]::beep(392, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 375;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(392, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(330, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(494, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(466, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(392, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(880, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
[console]::beep(784, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(587, 125);
[console]::beep(494, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(392, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(330, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(494, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(466, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(392, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(880, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
[console]::beep(784, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(587, 125);
[console]::beep(494, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 375;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(415, 125);
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 625;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(415, 125);
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 1125;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(415, 125);
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(698, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 625;
[console]::beep(784, 125);
[console]::beep(740, 125);
[console]::beep(698, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 42;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(659, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 167;
[console]::beep(415, 125);
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 125;
[console]::beep(440, 125);
[console]::beep(523, 125);
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(622, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(587, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 250;
[console]::beep(523, 125);
Start-Sleep -m 625;

And let’s not stop there: play the Imperial March if you wish.

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One thought on “Making Music With SQL Server”

thomasrushton says:

November 28, 2015 at 9:14 am

I hope it goes well!

Unfortunately, I can’t do this sort of thing at my current job – everything’s been virtualised.

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