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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2551106" data-attributes="member: 1656">While on my way to get something for lunch, I walked past a store playing a piece of music.I recognised it; I knew it was from a movie soundtrack; I could almost bring images from the film to mind, but not quite.It drove me nuts for a couple of hours trying to place it.Does anyone know if there are any Melodic Pitch Contours databases online anywhere?&nbsp; The theory is that a song is represented by a sequence of characters, based on the notes from the main melody.&nbsp; If a note is of higher pitch than the preceding note, it's a U (for 'up'); if lower, a D (for 'down'); if the same, an R (for 'repeat').As an example, 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' might be:*DDUURRDRRUURDDDUURRRDRUDD* Ma-D -ryD hadU aU lit-R -tleR lamb,D lit-R -tleR lamb,U lit-U -tleR lamb;D Ma-D -ryD hadU aU lit-R -tleR lamb,R itsD fleeceR wasU whiteD asD snow.I remember reading that something like twelve or fifteen characters (exact figure, I can't remember) is usually enough to identify - or at least narrow down the options incredibly - a song.My mystery piece, I could represent as:*UUUDUDDDRUDRUUUDUDDDUDUUDDDUUDDDD...... but without a database, that was of little help.I eventually identified it as being from the Braveheart soundtrack, but I would have preferred some help!(I know there are cellphone-based services now where a song is identified from an audio sample, but that's not what I'm looking for.)Anyone aware of anything like this out there?-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 2551106, member: 1656"] While on my way to get something for lunch, I walked past a store playing a piece of music. I recognised it; I knew it was from a movie soundtrack; I could [i]almost[/i] bring images from the film to mind, but not quite. It drove me nuts for a couple of hours trying to place it. Does anyone know if there are any Melodic Pitch Contours databases online anywhere? The theory is that a song is represented by a sequence of characters, based on the notes from the main melody. If a note is of higher pitch than the preceding note, it's a U (for 'up'); if lower, a D (for 'down'); if the same, an R (for 'repeat'). As an example, 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' might be: *DDUURRDRRUURDDDUURRRDRUDD * Ma- D -ry D had U a U lit- R -tle R lamb, D lit- R -tle R lamb, U lit- U -tle R lamb; D Ma- D -ry D had U a U lit- R -tle R lamb, R its D fleece R was U white D as D snow. I remember reading that something like twelve or fifteen characters (exact figure, I can't remember) is usually enough to identify - or at least narrow down the options incredibly - a song. My mystery piece, I could represent as: *UUUDUDDDRUDRUUUDUDDDUDUUDDDUUDDDD... ... but without a database, that was of little help. I eventually identified it as being from the Braveheart soundtrack, but I would have preferred some help! (I know there are cellphone-based services now where a song is identified from an audio sample, but that's not what I'm looking for.) Anyone aware of anything like this out there? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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