Meantone comma pump examples

This is a list of pieces that feature conspicuous meantone comma pumps.

For other comma pumps in "non-xenharmonic" music, see 12edo comma pump examples.

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• I Got Rhythm, George Gershwin, 1930. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpNepgmCQA
• Heart and Soul, Hoagy Carmichael, 1938. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0
• You're Going To Lose That Girl, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96dyCQo-lI You're Gonna Lose That Girl in 31et
• Mah Ná Mah Ná, Piero Umiliani, 1968. As made famous by The Muppets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ
• Piano concerto in E- flat major, KV 449, third movement, W. A. Mozart. [1][/li][/ul]

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  • Warning Sign, Coldplay, 2002. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2PxjcBl1ZI

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  • I Believe in a Thing Called Love, The Darkness, 2003. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU (the chorus)

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  • Just Like Heaven, The Cure, 1987 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I
  • Closing Time, Semisonic, 1998. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFV5DZTgqKw
  • Amsterdam, Coldplay, 2002. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vblNj75hUpM

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  • Pretend We're Dead, L7, 1992. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFY9DDoRFfM

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  • Song For a Future Generation, The B-52's, 1983. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDh3NegeNvQ
  • Signal in the Sky, The Apples In Stereo, 2000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zzMkUePow
  • Is It True, Nicoleta Dara. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHAt82UvJ8E

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  • Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk, 1977. (A rather clear-cut example - it ascends by successive 4/3s, hitting 6/5 and 8/5 in the process.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBGNlTPgQII

  1/1 - 6/5 - 9/5~16/9 - 4/3

  • Pictures of Matchstick Men, Status Quo, 1968. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4YYI8G5EM
  • Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles, 1969. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk

  Other

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  • Hey Joe, performed by Jimi Hendrix (among others), 1966. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_n_P40sEaM

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