# Guitar players: name that tune. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986 "2004-02-19T07:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/1 "2004-02-19T07:56:38Z")
There’s this (as far as I can tell) pretty famous piece of (classical?) guitar music which, over here in Belgium, was used in a radio commercial recently. I figured out how to play it (yay!), but I have no clue what the name of the piece is, or who wrote it. So I’ll be needing your help. 🙂 It’s played on the three high strings (at least the way I play it): the G and B strings are open. The tab for the high E, which should be enough to recognize the song, in the first part is: 7-7-7-7-5-3-3-2-0-0-2-7-12-12-12-12-10-8-8-7-5-5 All notes are the same length. So who can help me? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/2 "2004-02-19T13:32:46Z")
Absolutely no clue - sorry. Try searching for that number sequence in Google - maybe you’ll locate the tab? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/3 "2004-02-19T13:41:43Z")
I recognise it from your TAB (I can play it too) but I cannot for the life of me remember what it’s called. IIRC, it was on an album by John Williams (the guitarist not the composer). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/4 "2004-02-19T13:45:49Z")
OK, hook up your speakers and tell me if I’ve interpreted the notes right: Click on ‘Romance’ on [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004T0P4/qid=1077198035//ref=pd_ka_2/102-2271468-0896927?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846) album. ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/5 "2004-02-19T13:47:36Z")
[Romanza](http://www.all-good-tabs.com/guitar-tabs-bands-misc_traditional-romanza-13882.html) 10 characters ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/6 "2004-02-19T13:48:02Z")
I hear **aspects** , only aspects, of **Ode to Joy**. It could be a variation on the melody but… Anyway, tell us what the commercial is for; there are entire websites dedicated to answering “What’s the song from that commercial?” ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/7 "2004-02-19T14:29:08Z")
Should have previewed all those interim posts. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/8 "2004-02-19T14:30:44Z")
I just want to say that I’ll answer this question–after I really wake up. Who can quote chapter and verse at 7 AM? I’ve been playing this puppy so long that I can’t remember, right now, the author and title. Someone else will post before then with the proper information, but remember: I answered first! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/9 "2004-02-19T14:36:12Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > I just want to say that I’ll answer this question–after I really wake up. Who can quote chapter and verse at 7 AM? I’ve been playing this puppy so long that I can’t remember, right now, the author and title. Someone else will post before then with the proper information, but remember: I answered first! No you didn’t! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/10 "2004-02-19T15:14:12Z")
Thanks guys! It was indeed “Romanza”/“Romance”, and I knew the John Williams version. Now I can go label my tabs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/11 "2004-02-19T15:25:53Z")
Here we go, [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004U0ZV/qid=1077203980/sr=1-40/ref=sr_1_40/104-3846367-0499917?v=glance&s=classical) has a short snippet–click on the “Spanish Romance-Anonymous” link. I was thinking it was a Sor piece and that slowed me down. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/12 "2004-02-19T15:31:24Z")
And [here](http://www.mxtabs.net/tabs.php?path=Guitar,m,811,Misc,Intermediate+-+Spanish+Romance,80970&PHPSESSID=50e785d7c58182f3900ef8538e9c015d) is the first section in TAB. (But I don’t know how accurate it is.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-name-that-tune/229986/13 "2004-02-19T16:10:44Z")
**NoCoolUserName** , are you bothering to read _anyone_ else’s posts in this thread?