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Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by Uhhrrr »

kbenson wrote: post #131
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…

I'm not sure how you were doing it, but when I think of "hum", I think of making a noise with my mouth closed. I found opening my mouth and making a tone worked much better. I'm not sure how many people think of hum the same way. I've noticed lately some words being used slightly differently than I am used to (the one coming to mind right now is "giggle" in a story that in context I would interpret as meaning "chuckl…

Your interpretations of "hum", and "giggle" being different from "chuckle" (tee-hee vs heh heh), are the same as mine.

I tried using my mouth open and didn't get significantly different results, though.

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by Uhhrrr »

anjc wrote: post #202
Uhhrrr wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://voca.ro/7Cx7OD3Vqc2 I'm pretty sure it's an instrument line, not vocal.

Twin Peaks theme? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrjMaVoTy0

I love that theme and it matches notes 2-4, but nope. I'm fairly sure it's an intro/outro/solo melody over a rock song.

Re: Hum to Search Song

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WoodenChair wrote: post #218
jodrellblank wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and th…

> Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and…

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Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by sangnoir »

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

Mary J. Blige's "Everything"[1] has a pretty similar chord progression - I don't recall ever hearing that song, but it immediately felt familia

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZueSZRJrA

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by spopejoy »

NobodyNada wrote: post #123
yingw787 wrote: post #10

I'm reminded of the CollegeHumor "If Google was a Guy skit": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxqca4RQd_M "song that goes meow meow meow meow meow meow", can't find it at the moment for a timestamp. Wonder how many real queries of that actually happen.

Well, there was this (now-deleted) song-identification-request posted on Stack Exchange a few months ago: https://i.stack.imgur.com/31A2G.png > I have the tune in my head of a metal song. but I can't figure out. It's goes like on guitar ha ha ha. ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Smoke on the Water, obviously

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by jodrellblank »

WoodenChair wrote: post #218
jodrellblank wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and th…

> Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and…

Who is “heaping praise on google” here?

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by kaz626 »

daviddaviddavid wrote: post #107

I recently had an epic earworm that involved lots of old school manual searching, which I'm kind of proud of. For about two weeks I had this beautiful haunting melody stuck in my head. It would just turn on at certain times in the day and I'd find myself humming it. I have around 3500 CDs, mostly jazz but boatloads of classical stuff too. For days I rifled through bins of CDs (which is something I love doing) looking…

Thank you for the link, I hadn't listened this in a long time

Re: Hum to Search Song

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Post by surround »

Townley wrote: post #145
surround wrote: post #26

I dowloaded the Google app, said “what’s this song,” and it just searched Google for the words “what’s this song” instead of listening for humming. Am I doing something wrong? Edit: After tapping the microphone icon, I have to tap the “search a song” button instead of saying “what’s this song”

What version do you have installed? The latest version for me is 129.0 which came out 4 days ago, and I don’t see a button after tapping the mic

I had 129.0 as well.
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