# What is this tune? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 21, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564 "2024-09-21T18:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/1 "2024-09-21T18:40:31Z")
This was played by the Late Show Band at their first break on the Thursday show. So as they cut to commercial I only heard a few seconds of it. I think it’s a jazz cross-over like Grazing in the Grass, something from the 60’s or 70’s I’ve tried to notate it in the attached PDF. Keep in mind only the rhythm is correct. The notes and chords are not quite right. Any ideas? [Untitled score.pdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/uo42aUEO27h0iz78PU4vJKIKAhE.pdf) (27.3 KB) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/2 "2024-09-21T19:19:58Z")
[Here](https://onlinesequencer.net/4201076) is (i think !) what’s in that pdf played by onlinesequencer… is that what it sounded like ? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/3 "2024-09-21T19:38:00Z")
Thanks @pjd - yeah I’m not really close with the notes and chords. It needs to be slowed down quite a bit - it is in a slow cut time (2 to the bar) ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/4 "2024-09-21T19:50:00Z")
If the eighth notes could be swung, it brings to mind Fugue For Tinhorns from Guys and Dolls. > **[Fugue for Tinhorns](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_for_Tinhorns)** > > "Fugue for Tinhorns" is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser and first performed by Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, and Douglas Deane in 1950. The song was featured in the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls. > Twelve years before writing "Fugue for Tinhorns," Loesser was taken to a racetrack by Jule Styne, who said Loesser "was crazy about the racing form and the phrase 'can do' after a horse's name", which Styne said was Loesser's inspiration for the song. > Loesser originally called the song "Th... Sorry, I’m on my phone, but there are plenty of versions on YouTube to check out. It’s a long shot, but you never know! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/5 "2024-09-21T19:55:49Z")
It has similarities with Tico Tico No Fuba ! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wj7e_tzRYgk/maxresdefault.jpg "Tico-Tico no Fubá (Brazilian Music) (Piano)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj7e_tzRYgk) But i guess that’s much too fast. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/6 "2024-09-21T20:08:56Z")
Ok, here’s a slightly better version. The first phrase with the chromatic sequence is essentially correct. [Untitled score2.pdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/nUI7qGCtFFAzFyQS8kwU0kqEfaM.pdf) (35.2 KB) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/7 "2024-09-22T10:58:34Z")
Like [this](https://onlinesequencer.net/4201076) ? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/8 "2024-09-22T17:16:07Z")
Nice to know the name of that tune after all these years! Whoever’s hands those are, they sure can tickle the ivories! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/9 "2024-09-22T17:19:42Z")
I only found out the name from this guy’s videos :- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PCx8Xcm9l7U/maxresdefault.jpg "100 Songs You´ve Heard And Don´t Know The Name") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCx8Xcm9l7U&t=57) Here he is playing the whole thing ! - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yMMycSccobc/maxresdefault.jpg "Brazilian Music - Tico Tico no fuba on piano") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMycSccobc) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/10 "2024-09-22T17:36:57Z")
I recognize a lot of those tunes from Bugs Bunny cartoons! > [https://youtu.be/hZdZq97AdUE](https://youtu.be/hZdZq97AdUE) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/11 "2024-09-22T18:13:44Z")
Aside: Bugs Bunny and other cartoons is where a lot of us kids in the 50s got exposed to classical music. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/12 "2024-10-20T01:33:21Z")
Ok, they played it again and this time I have a clip. What is this thing? [https://youtu.be/MNV498SCouA?si=\_-iXw\_xxCTCC6RJR&t=627](https://youtu.be/MNV498SCouA?si=_-iXw_xxCTCC6RJR&t=627) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/13 "2024-10-20T01:37:25Z")
What, [this?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuifcwDqIo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/14 "2024-10-20T02:05:15Z")
“The Soulful Strut.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/15 "2024-10-20T02:09:10Z")
terentii got it… > **[Soulful Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygv4RMGwqMs%2F)** > > Soulful Strut · The Young-Holt UnlimitedThe Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited℗ 2005 Brunswick Record Corp.Released on: 2010-12-06Auto-generated by YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/16 "2024-10-20T02:14:28Z")
I remember dancing to Tico-Tico no Fuba 50 years ago when I did Tuesday night open folk dancing at the University of Minnesota, but I’ll be damned if I can remember the name of the dance. Does anyone here? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/17 "2024-10-20T02:17:47Z")
Of course. I mean, really, what else are you gonna call it? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune/1007564/18 "2024-10-20T02:54:07Z")
Thanks @terentii