MNEMONICS

1. Countries of Central America from North to South:

 

    Big Gorillas Eat Hotdogs, Not Cold Pizza.

    Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

 

2. Great Lakes (traditional -random order)

     HOMES

     Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior 

    

    From Largest to smallest:

    Super Heroes Must Eat Oats. 

    Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario 

 

3. Colors of the light spectrum:

    ROY G BIV

    Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo,Violet 

4. Seven coordinating conjunctions:

    FANBOYS

    For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

5. Order of operations in mathematics:

    PEMDAS

    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

    Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract

 

7. Nine planets of the solar system in order from the sun out:

    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pancakes

   Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

   Adjusted for eight planets after Pluto got demoted (Plutoed):

   My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles

                                                                            Nachos

MUSICAL MNEMONICS

Can you name the traditional mnemonic expressions used to help memorize the lines and spaces for the notes on the musical staffs (for piano music)?

TREBLE CLEF:
LINES (from bottom to top):  E, G, B, D, F
SPACES                               :  F, A, C, E

BASS CLEF:
LINES (from bottom to top): G, B, D, F, A
SPACES                               : A, C, E, G

Answers:

TREBLE CLEF: 
LINES: Every Good Boy Does Fine
SPACES: FACE 

BASS CLEF: 
LINES: Good Boys Do Fine Always
SPACES: All Cows Eat Grass