# Yet another "Name That Tune" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 22, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222 "2022-04-22T05:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/1 "2022-04-22T05:26:33Z")
This one’s going to be a challenge. In the 1990s (I can’t recall hearing it more recently), there was a piano solo, mostly played during public service announcements but I also heard it on PBS nature shows a couple times. It is NOT “Trois Gymnopedies”, “Sirius”, or any other title that’s been suggested. It starts with several notes played in the treble/right hand range, and then the left hand joins in after a few seconds. It was one of those tunes that probably wasn’t all that hard to play, but somewhat more challenging to play correctly. Sorry, I can’t post an audio link, and you wouldn’t want to hear me try to sing or hum it anyway. Even Lord Vinheteiro hasn’t played it, to my knowledge. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/2 "2022-04-22T07:55:04Z")
It would help if you could give us the notes (just pick them out on a keyboard) and an idea of the time signature and tempo. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/3 "2022-04-22T22:48:48Z")
The beginning sounds like the 4-note “riff” of “Andante Adagio” but in a slightly different key and rhythm. Thing is, I know the title, but not the composer, and this phrase is proving to be one of those Cruelty to Google Users things. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/4 "2022-04-22T22:56:00Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Andante Adagio Bachs? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h3-rNMhIyuQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3-rNMhIyuQ) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/5 "2022-04-27T19:20:35Z")
Found the tune with the “4 note riff”; in this recording, it’s at (among other places) 1:08, but in the solo piano piece, those four notes are single, and more syncopated. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A2t2rPiIiKQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Handel: Concerto in B flat: I. Allegro moderato · TSO Principal Harp Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2t2rPiIiKQ) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222/6 "2022-04-27T21:28:00Z")
Ahhh, Haendel. 🤗