It's a lovely piece. Very soothing and comforting.

It is interesting that they would hide or display musical notes in this way. It might also be related to the ethnicity of the craftsman as a signature. Stories of encrypted messages hidden in different ways has been suggested throughout history. My other thought is the possible relationship to binary codes.

I'm curious as to how these encrypted messages could also relate to time travelers etc. If only we knew for sure.

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Given the location of the carving, it's likely that the score was originally not meant to be particularly "Secret".

It may very well have been that the music was composed for whomever commissioned the carving, a personalized score to denote that particular king or queen, like an insignia or signet, but in musical form.

In the intervening 500 years since the nobles death, the significance of the markings were entirely forgotten, resulting in the "mystery" of the "Secret" musical score.

Aye, quite a beautiful piece! And the electricity untamed commercial was funny, too.

Why was it there? Anyone's guess. There could have been a hugely elaborate story behind it that is totally lost to history. It might have been the key to understanding the behavior of people in the 1500s.

Or it could have been a dare.

Very soothing piece. On another note, was in written on 1s and 0s?

The similar theme they're apparently referring to already mentioned was in Roswell chapel. I'm curious as to how these encrypted messages could also relate to time travelers etc. If only we knew for sure.

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where is ROSWELL chapel? do aliens go there?

jk. I know you meant Rosslyn

Originally posted by D.E.M.
Given the location of the carving, it's likely that the score was originally not meant to be particularly "Secret".

It may very well have been that the music was composed for whomever commissioned the carving, a personalized score to denote that particular king or queen, like an insignia or signet, but in musical form.

In the intervening 500 years since the nobles death, the significance of the markings were entirely forgotten, resulting in the "mystery" of the "Secret" musical score.

This makes sense, but of course the media has to play it up by making into a "secret uncovered" a la Dan Brown to give it a little more hype and mystery.

It is a nice little piece of music, and I'm glad they figured it out so we can listen to it all these years later.

wow interesting! I wonder why the song was central enough to the chapel to encode it into the structure? Why this music? I wonder what song this is?


great post

oh and I'm so on board with all who are miffed about the Da Vinci code references!!!! I'm so sick and tired of every cryptic artifact from the past being 'The DaVinci code I could barf