# Doper music sleuths - help ID'ing a musical snippet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699 "2005-07-09T02:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/1 "2005-07-09T02:23:35Z")
So I was sitting around noodling on my guitar, and suddenly stumbled across a very familiar riff…but damned if I can place it. So I figured I’d record a little piece of it and see if any kind Dopers could help me out. [Here it is.](http://www.potliquor.net/tom/mysteryriff.mp3) Pardon the poor recording. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/2 "2005-07-09T02:27:26Z")
Could it be “Rio”? Sorry, couldn’t resist ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/3 "2005-07-09T02:29:40Z")
Damn you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/4 "2005-07-09T02:35:30Z")
The forst part (first 6 or seven notes) sounds very familiar, but not so much the rest of it. Damned if I can think of it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/5 "2005-07-09T02:39:19Z")
It almost sounds like “Bolero.” Other than that, I’m stumped. Good luck ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/6 "2005-07-09T03:14:48Z")
Some similarities to the melody line and rhythm of _Norwegian Wood_, although not an exact concurrence. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/7 "2005-07-09T03:21:24Z")
Who wants to bu-uy-uy this diamond ri-i-i-ing. She took it off her finger now, it doesn’t mean a thi-i-i-ing. –Gary Lewis and the Playboys. ? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/8 "2005-07-10T07:21:29Z")
Yeah, I don’t know either. Thanks for trying, though! ---
**Author:** ![Devushka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Devushka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devushka)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-music-sleuths-help-iding-a-musical-snippet/311699/9 "2005-07-10T08:05:43Z")
Sounds like part of Bolero. Have you been to this website? [www.musipedia.org](http://www.musipedia.org) I’m not sure how useful it will be, but it’s interesting that they are attempting to do this.