The world’s biggest cuckoo clock in Triberg is close-by in B major. Cuckoo clocks are commonly set in C major. The bong of the bell lands on the beat, preferably at 60 beats per minute in 4/4 time. On the clock, the cuckoo’s call is set to the off-beat. He spread his cuckolding ways around the world as a migrant and a vagrant, from Peru to the Bronx. But the cuckoo’s C major call is the ultimate inspiration for the Quarters, the door bell, convenience store ding, and of course, the cuckoo clock. Much ado has been made on this blog about the natural evolution of the major third interval in our industrial soundscape, from the influence of the Harmonic series to Big Ben’s Westminster Quarters. In June, the cuckoo actually forgets how to sing.
The cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval of a minor third, the bird then proceeds to a major third, next to a fourth, then a fifth, after which his voice breaks without attaining a minor sixth. “Go-koo,” he calls, and the girl-bird returns a bubbly answer.Īctually, the cuckoo changes his interval throughout the season.
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