Hi, Steve,
The best known reference book for this work is Barlow and Morgenstern's
Dictionary of Musical Themes. I'm sure there are a lot of inexpensive
copies on the market. Classical themes are indexed by note. You look them
up by first transposing your tune to C.
Easier yet, are search engines for what I think is called the Parsons
system or contour. There you notate your tune with repeat, up, or down
(Beethoven's 5th being, RRDURRDURR...) Try it out at musipedia.com. It's
remarkable how well it works.
Sam
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, John,
>
> I have a big score collection. The problem with these tapes is that I
> have no clue other than aural as to what is on them.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Identifying classcial music by desktop
>
> Hi, Steve,
>
> Many editions of collected sheet music, like Schirmer editions of say, the
> Beethoven Sonatas or Chopin Etudes, have a page in the front with the
> opening lines of music printed. So you can look at that and quickly
> identify a piece. But that presupposes that you have a collection of such
> sheet music, which is hard to come by these days.
>
> Sometimes it helps if you will have a keyboard handy and can identify what
> key a piece is in, which usually isn't hard. It might sound like a Chopin
> Nocturne, for instance, and if you know the key signature, then you have
> vastly narrowed the possibilities. Same for a Vivaldi concerto. I have
> even listened to the bits available on Amazon (a few seconds of each
> track) to identify a particular piece, although they seem to be posting
> less of those these days.
>
> It sounds like a tough job, but somebody has to do it, right?
>
> Best,
> John Haley
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Frank Strauss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve-In theory Soundhound can recognize humming or singing, so it
> > should be able to recognize piano. I have used it for several years,
> > but have not had 100% success with it. It does a fair job of
> > recognizing commercial recordings, sometimes giving two different
> > performances when tried two different times. Almost always gets the
> > composer and song/work right. It has gotten much better over the
> > years. I have it on my iPhone-it's free, I think. If you use your cell
> > phone, figure out where the mike is, and turn that end toward the sound
> source.
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 11:37 AM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Identifying classcial music by desktop
> > > >
> > > > I have hundreds of tape reels with classical live concerts and no
> > > > announcements This includes solo recitals, baroque music by
> > > > composers whose names probably end in "I" and the like.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If I can identify the sequence of works, I can often tie them to
> > printed
> > > > programs from which the boxes becam separated and by using other
> > > resources.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Not being a pianist, I don't know the entire Chopin ouvre, Vivaldi
> > > > from
> > > end
> > > > to end and lots more.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there a web site I can play my speakers into via a mike and
> > converter
> > > to
> > > > identify lots of classical music?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Steve Smolian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Frank B Strauss, DMD
> >
>
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