Name this old tune!

[Floogeldy]

You're going to have to be a musician to do it!!

B B A G F# G A B G

E F# G C B C

A F# G A D C D

C B C C B A G E A

B-)

[imenja]

1. it's on the tip of my tounge

Unfortunately my brain isn't listening.

[Seabiscuit]

2. Just played it on the piano but

it doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard.

Tried several variations using a C both below and above the original B, for instance. Still "doesn't strike a chord".

Perhaps the problem is not knowing how long to hold one note relative to another.

[Robeson]

3. Sorry, just tried to play it on my guitar, and still don't get it....

...can you give us a hint?

[Seabiscuit]

18. Is it true that people with Japanese Maples tend to be musicians? :)

[MsConduct]

4. Whine, that's not fair, I'm no musician and want to play! LOL n/t

[Swamp Rat]

5. I need a meter/rhythm

From what I see, it could be anything from AC/DC to the Who... thgen again

[Floogeldy]

6. Okay, I edited the post and took out some repeat notes

Somebody is going to nail this!

[Floogeldy]

7. kick

This is easy!

[aePrime]

8. Fine

I'll call it Frank.

[Floogeldy]

9. Somebody can do this

:)

[Floogeldy]

10. I'm serious

B-)

[peekaloo]

11. Would you try humming it please?

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[nytemare]

12. I need a clarinet!

dammit.

[Floogeldy]

13. And I wish you had one

:cry:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. meter? rhythm?

[Floogeldy]

15. I really don't think that is necessary

Just play it. Speed it up. Or slow it down.

If nobody can get this, I'll be shocked.

[Seabiscuit]

19. Sorry, Floogeldy - I've tried your revised version fast and slow

and it still sounds like nothing I've ever heard.

No more clues?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. I've sight-sung through it with straight quarter notes...

It means nothing to me without note values at the very least. I could probably figure out the time signature from there, but music is so much more than a series of pitches...

[Seabiscuit]

25. I think that's the biggest problem I'm having too.

[Az]

16. Played it through a couple of times... don't get it maybe

Yankee Doodle or something? Glory GLory? I dunno.

[Floogeldy]

17. Write out the notes to Yankee Doodle and Glory Glory

And see how far off you are.

[Floogeldy]

21. Hint: The song came out in 1967

B-)

[Az]

22. Assuming its a beatles song

But even with that clue drawing a blank. I even brought my musicologist GF in on it and she gave it a blank stare. Sorry.

[Floogeldy]

23. Hint #2:

The notes are not a vocal melody. It is a musical riff played in the song, on an organ.

B-)

[Seabiscuit]

24. Well, your first post invited us to "name this old tune". A "tune" is

usually thought of as the vocal melody. Organ riffs in the background, or even during interludes, aren't usually that memorable. Notable exceptions: "My Little Runaway" and "Whiter Shade of Pale".

So it's really not that easy to decipher.

[Floogeldy]

26. Uh . . .

. . . Seabiscuit? Hello? Anybody home?

:)

[Seabiscuit]

28. I'm here. Tryin' to tell me sumthin'? Huh? Huh?

:evilgrin:

(see below)

[Floogeldy]

30. We must have been posting at the same moment.

B-)

[Seabiscuit]

32. Yup.

[Seabiscuit]

27. Speaking of "Whiter Shade of Pale": THAT'S MY ANSWER!

Procol Harem.

[Floogeldy]

29. DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I knew somebody would get it!

WELL DONE SEABISCUIT!!!!

:toast: :thumbsup: :woohoo:

[Seabiscuit]

31. Thanks. I really needed clue #2. Then I just stumbled onto it without

realizing it until I read my post and started hearing the organ riff from "Whiter Shade of Pale" in my head while reading the notes again.

Actually, the first B note is simply held down on the organ for a while before the other notes begin. I think that threw me off when I played it on the piano.

[Floogeldy]

33. You're right

I added extra Bs to try to simulate note length. I probably shouldn't have done that.

Again, very well done, Seabiscuit. I'll make the next one easier. Or do you want to do the next one? Has to be a well known song.

B-)

[Az]

34. Arrrrgggg!!!!

Extra Bs to simulate longer notes?!?!?! Arrrrrrrrggggggg :banghead:

[Floogeldy]

36. Sorry!

Next time I also state whether it is a vocal melody.

B-)

[Seabiscuit]

35. Just don't make it a Beatles song. Others should have a chance to win.

I have every Beatles song ever written lodged permanently in my cranium.

[Seabiscuit]

39. Oops. I missed the sentence: "Or do you want to do the next one?"

Are you "passing the baton"?

I have one in mind (which should be easier - for one thing, it's a vocal melody, and I won't extend notes by repeating them), if that's OK, but I'll wait to hear from you first.

[Floogeldy]

40. I just did #3, and I hereby pass the baton to you after that one.

B-)

[Seabiscuit]

41. OK. You just did #3? What's that one? What should I wait for?

Oh. I see the thread. Never mind.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Name this tune...

:evilgrin:

[Floogeldy]

38. Ha ha ha!

B-)