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31 Oct 08 - 03:45 PM (#2481085) Subject: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: clueless don There is a song tune that I have been wondering about for a long time. As I recall it, it goes something like this: X: 1 T: unknown song melody M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:190 K:C |G4|G4|(G4|G2) BA| G4|G4|(G4|G2) cA| G4|A4|(B4|B2) ed| (A4|A2) ed|c2 BA|B2 A^G| |G4|G4|(G4|G2) BA| G4|G4|(G4|G2) cA| G4|_B4|(A4|A2) ed| cG3|dG3|(c4|c)| If you copy and paste this abc code (starting with the "X:1" line) into the window at concertina.net, and click the "submit" button, you can get the dots and listen to a midi version. I'm pretty sure that when I heard it originally, it was a song with words. But I cannot remember any of the words. It might be a show tune. More recently I was visiting Glen Echo Park in Maryland, and the park's Dentzel Carousel played this tune, but in 3/4 time. But the version above (in 4/4) is how I remember first hearing it. Anybody know it? Don |
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31 Oct 08 - 05:19 PM (#2481155) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Joe Offer Gee, it does sound familiar, but I can't place it. I wish there were a program that could identify "earworm" tunes like that. It's going to stick in my mind all week. If there were words to tie to the tune, it would come easier, but I think this is a theme from a symphonic piece - I'm guessing a piano concerto. Anybody??? -Joe- |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:47 PM (#2481261) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Joe Offer Please!!!!Somebody put us out of our misery and identify this tune!!!! |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:58 PM (#2481266) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Melissa I tried..no luck. It sounded like background music to a suspenseful scene in a movie to me--not even vaguely familiar. |
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31 Oct 08 - 08:48 PM (#2481295) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Jack Campin It's not in Barlow and Morgenstern's Dictionary of Musical Themes. Sounds to me like the intro to a Viennese waltz. |
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01 Nov 08 - 04:56 PM (#2481855) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Sorcha And I don't have sound so I can't help at all. |
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01 Nov 08 - 10:33 PM (#2482117) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Barbara jnot familiar to my ear, either, sorry. Blessings, Barbara |
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01 Nov 08 - 11:17 PM (#2482137) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Joe Offer I feel like Elmer Fudd - this is weally fwustwating... This tune is vewy, vewy familiar to me, and I can't place it. I played the MIDI for my favowite wiolin teacher and for a Julliard-twained pianist, and no cigar. Oh, I'm sooooo fwustwated. Grrrr. -Joe- |
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01 Nov 08 - 11:33 PM (#2482143) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: katlaughing I'll play it for my composer brother and see if he knows, tomorrow. He's got an encyclopaedic memory; if he's heard he will know. |
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03 Nov 08 - 02:07 PM (#2483497) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: clueless don I should mention that I notated it in the key of C quite arbitrarily. I have no idea what the original key was. Don |
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03 Nov 08 - 02:11 PM (#2483503) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Big Mick Does have a familiar ring...... I think.....***chuckle***, I will be laying awake tonight trying to figure out if I have heard it before or if I am subconsciously going along with the crowd. Damn you, sir, for this earworm you have infected me with....LOL. Mick |
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03 Nov 08 - 02:39 PM (#2483533) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Alan Day It sounds a bit like "As long as he needs me " from Oliver Al |
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04 Nov 08 - 09:28 AM (#2484382) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: clueless don I listened to "As long as he needs me". That's not it, but I certainly hear the similarities. Thanks for the suggestion , Al! Indeed, thank you to everyone who gave a listen. It seems that I have once again stumped the Mudcat, as I did in this case. But I'm not trying to stump the Mudcat! I'm trying to find the answers! Don |
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04 Nov 08 - 12:48 PM (#2484626) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: open mike Yes, the MIDI version is approved by the International Elevator Music Society (this from the Concertina site) |
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20 Mar 10 - 10:42 AM (#2868112) Subject: Git Along Little Doggies From: GUEST,Glenda As I was a-walking one morning for pleasure, I spied a cowpuncher a-ridin' along. His hat was thrown back and his spurs were a jingling, and as he approached he was singing this song: whoopy aye yi o git along little doggies, it's your misfortune and none of my own. Whoopy ti-yi o git along little doggies, you know that Wyoming will be your new home. |
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20 Mar 10 - 02:40 PM (#2868201) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Stringsinger It sounds like a theme from an Italian opera. I think it is in 3/4 time. It also might be a Siggy Romberg waltz from an Operetta. The chords sound like: C | Co7 | G7 | G7 | G7 | G7+ | C | C | C | D7 | G | G | A7 | A7| D7 | D7 | C | Co7 | G7 | G7 | G7 | G7+ | C | C | C | Gm6 | A7 | Cm |C | G7 | C | C || |
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20 Mar 10 - 02:41 PM (#2868203) Subject: RE: PROBABLY NOT FOLK: song tune ID From: Stringsinger The Cm should have been an Fm. Sorry. |