# Help me identify this piece of music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/171430>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/171430 "2003-04-27T02:03:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/171430/1 "2003-04-27T02:03:13Z")

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You can listen to the first dozen guitar notes [HERE](http://usuarios.lycos.es/gozu/hpbimg/boum.wav)

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**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/171430/2 "2003-04-27T02:59:35Z")

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Sorry, dude, but I don’t think that counts as music.

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**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/171430/3 "2003-04-28T06:46:05Z")

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That “sample” is taken from the anime Excel Saga when one of the characters is learning to play the guitar. I recognized the few notes he “played” as a melody I have heard before. Hopefully, someone else will recognize it.