June 21st, 2007

Number 5, Name That Tune

» Posted in Digital Music, Tech at 11:28 pm

Number 5, from the 80’s movie Short Circuit.

Musipedia - as in a Wikipedia for music - has got a new music search program that looks for music by melody rather than text. The site has a keyboard (above) that you search with by clicking the melody. It also has a function where you can whistle the tune. It then searches for the melody in a Wiki database filled with melodies submitted by the public. Great idea, too bad I wasn’t actually able to use it! Maybe it’ll be more useful to someone who can play the piano.

It seems like most of the music technology institutions are after similar technology. I guess it’s the next "killer app" for the music world.

The Musipedia site also has some great links to comparable services.

<Via MusTech>

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