A music theory geek totally tore apart this Happy Birthday cake

22 March 2016, 15:44

happy birthday music theory cake

A keen music theory fan on Tumblr has brutally examined the accuracy of a cake with ‘Happy Birthday’ sheet music on it. Because why not.

As you can see, it’s not an entirely successful reproduction of the classic tune:

http://musictheoryaugmented.tumblr.com/post/137474658194/happy-third-birthday-music-theory-augmented

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