Tunes by up and down

Subject: Tunes by up and down
From: nancyjo
Date: 26 Aug 03 - 10:19 AM

In the past couple of days I came across a link for a site that helped one identify tunes by the "up, down, same" method. I thought I found it from starting out at mudcat, now I can't find it. Does anyone know of such a site? Thanks in advance.

nancyjo

Subject: RE: Tunes by up and down
From: nancyjo
Date: 26 Aug 03 - 10:43 AM

I found several. Once I knew that the "up, down, repeat" method was called Parsons Code, it was easy to google to several sites. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.

nj

Subject: RE: Tunes by up and down
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 26 Aug 03 - 12:54 PM

Melodyhound lets you look for tunes using the Parsons Code. I tested it using well known tunes and it seemed to work but it couldn't find a more obscure tune that I was looking for.


Doug C

Subject: RE: Tunes by up and down
From: Mark Clark
Date: 26 Aug 03 - 01:40 PM

JC's ABC Tune Finder calls this search technique Matching by Contour and explains the technique.

      - Mark