# Internet music identifier

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991 "2008-02-02T16:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991/1 "2008-02-02T16:37:26Z")

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Yesterday I was trying to remember the name of a piece of classical music. (Beethoven’s _Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92-2, Allegretto_, if you want to know.) I wondered if there was an ‘Internet music identifier’ site where you could enter notes and pauses, play them back to see if you have the tune right, and then have it search a database to see what matches.

Does anything like that exist?

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991/2 "2008-02-02T16:40:49Z")

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I don’t know how well it works for classical music but there is:

[http://www.songtapper.com/](http://www.songtapper.com/)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991/3 "2008-02-02T16:47:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Shagnasty]  
I don’t know how well it works for classical music but there is:

> **[songtapper.com](http://www.songtapper.com/)**

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It didn’t find it the first time I tapped it (I used more ‘notes’ than just the basic melody), so I tried the 5th Symphony. It found it, so I tried the 7th again. It found that one too.

It would be nice if one could actually enter the notes though.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991/4 "2008-02-02T17:27:54Z")

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> **[Musipedia: Musipedia Melody Search Engine](https://www.musipedia.org/index.php?id=1&L=0)**
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> A search engine for tunes and musical themes and a collaborative music encyclopedia. Only the melody needs to be known to search Musipedia or the Web. The melody can be played on a keyboard or whistled or sung to the computer. The Musipedia...

You’ll love this site – it has exactly what your looking for, and more. Keyboard to enter notes, contour search, etc. And a vast database of music (both pop and classical).

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-music-identifier/435991/5 "2008-02-02T17:37:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl]  
You’ll love this site – it has exactly what your looking for, and more.  
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Good site! (Didn’t find the _7th_ though.)