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Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by JxLS-cpgbe0 »

smusamashah wrote: post #17

Only works for English songs. I searched for a Pakistani song as famous as national anthem ("dil dil Pakistan"). It couldn't find it. I was thinking it learns the tune of song and matches with that so language should not matter. It worked for "Desert Rose" though. Edit: Also worked for an Indian song. Also worked for few other recent famous Pakistani songs. I guess the first song that I searched is probably not liste…

> This feature is currently available in English on iOS, and in more than 20 languages on Android

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by askvictor »

btbuildem wrote: post #75
Uhhrrr wrote: post #7

I just tried this with a melody I've had stuck in my head for days - no results. Then I tried "Happy Birthday" and got three results: "Las Mananitas" by Canticos "Iyi Ki Dogdun Melissa", by Eser Ulun "Iyi Ki Dogdun Zarife", by Eser Ulun I'm no Pavarotti, but I can sing on pitch and have played the violin for 40 years. EDIT: Heh, "Iyi Ki Dogdun" is Turkish for Happy Birthday, and the links would have taken me to YouTu…

There was some nonsense about "Happy Birthday" being copyrighted.. maybe it's a holdover from that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You#Copyrigh...

I would have thought this system would work _mainly_ with copyrighted songs.

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by tyre »

partingshots wrote: post #6

Just tried it out on my throwaway Android. Wow, this actually works really well! As I write this from my iPhone, this might singlehandedly be the reason why I switch to a Pixel instead of another iPhone this fall. I was always disappointed that even after acquiring Shazam, Siri could never seem to correctly guess what song was playing unless I had a perfect recording. Anytime I go to a live concert venue, or even a c…

Siri does this too, at least on my HomePod.

It's almost spookily accurate

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by jimhi »

tpmx wrote: post #78
jeff_redradish wrote: post #62

As a child I remember hearing a beautiful song, sung in Japanese (so not searchable by anglo me), and today I finally found it [1]. Thanks Google! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTsG9jrJsU

Pretty fascinating story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song)

Incredible

'The song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki". In Japan it refers to a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef, the word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them'

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by jackbravo »

jeff_redradish wrote: post #62

As a child I remember hearing a beautiful song, sung in Japanese (so not searchable by anglo me), and today I finally found it [1]. Thanks Google! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTsG9jrJsU

Ha! From the get go I remembered I heard this song in a Studio Ghibli movie, then a google search quickly told that it was on From Up On Puppy Hill :-p. I love the Internet.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sukiyaki+studio+ghibli&t=brave&ia=...

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by agf »

unityByFreedom wrote: post #56

Two things I wish this had, 1) A "I'm finished humming" button 2) A way to tell Google what song I just hummed when it guessed wrong It failed for me on "Sofia" and "Peter and the Wolf" -- maybe this only works for recently popular songs?

I also had no luck with a number of classical pieces that are commonly recognizable. I had about 50% luck with random pop songs.

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by tpmx »

jimhi wrote: post #84
tpmx wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty fascinating story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_(song)

Incredible 'The song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki". In Japan it refers to a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef, the word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them'

"Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from a Japanese student demonstration protesting against a continued US military presence in the country, expressing his frustration at the failed efforts."

"An instrumental version of the song was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space."

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by quickthrower2 »

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #71
justiceforsaas wrote: post #68

Wondering why they've launched this as part of their Search App (and not as a stand-alone app). Maybe they're afraid of (yet another) anti-trust lawsuit?

If they had launched an app, we would have people here complaining about how no one wants to install an app for a tiny functionality, and then when Google would have inevitably canceled the app in a few years because of lack of installs, we'd have posts complaining about how Google pulls the rug from under its apps. As for those interested in trying it out, the feature is part of Google Assistant.

Or even better, stick it up at google.com, zero install, zero update, zero app etc.

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by jimhi »

tpmx wrote: post #87
jimhi wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incredible 'The song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki". In Japan it refers to a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef, the word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them'

"Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from a Japanese student demonstration protesting against a continued US military presence in the country, expressing his frustration at the failed efforts." "An instrumental version of the song was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space."

Interesting all around but I found the beef part hilarious
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