# Please help me identify this piece of music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/205641 "2003-10-05T02:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikola\_Tesla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f08c70/32.png) [@Nikola\_Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikola_Tesla)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/205641/1 "2003-10-05T02:14:15Z")

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[https://theprofessional.net/unknown.mp3](https://theprofessional.net/unknown.mp3)

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**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/205641/2 "2003-10-05T03:55:52Z")

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In the sticky thread in GQ that lists reference sites, somebody linked to the [Melody Hound](http://name-this-tune.com/index.php?id=9). I’ve never used it, but maybe you can try it and tell us how well it works for your tune.

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**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-music/205641/3 "2003-10-06T05:55:49Z")

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It sounds to me like a study for Classical guitar. These were fairly simple pieces, designed to improve students technique but often quite good as music in for their own sake. Fernando Sor wrote a number of them as did many other composers for classical guitar.

The first chord sounds like D minor to me, if that helps you any.