How to Play "Ode to Joy" using your Cell Phone Keypads

Impress friends or family by playing "Ode to Joy" using your cell phone's keypads. Much more impressive then "Happy Birthday" or "Mary Had a Little Lamb." But just as easy!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cell Phone

1. Go to your cell phone menu and select settings.

2. From settings, select sound settings.

3. Next select keypad tone. Turn on keypad tone.

4. Make sure your cell phone volume is on.

5. Here are the keys: 336996321123322, 336996321123211.

6. Enjoy! Go to Youtube and look up "Ode to Joy" to hear the familiar tune if you are unable to match the keys to the rhythm. There are even examples of Youtubers playing this song on their cell phones! But, of course yours will sound much better :)!

7. Ode to Joy is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Ludwig van Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed this song! It is based on part of a poem by Friedrich Schiller. To learn more about Beethoven, Ode to Joy, and to read the lyrics to this song, go to Wikipedia.com.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure your cell phone volume is on!

[Surfthetide]

on 6/18/2009 This is one of my favorite e-hows. I love it and I did it and everybody in line around me was smiling for the next 2 minutes.