What's the fastest and cheapest way to create a midi recording of a 1 or 2 page written melody? [more inside]
posted by storybored on Oct 29, 2009 - 10 answers

Can anyone identify one of these songs I have stuck in my head? (Links below) - Please help! [more inside]
posted by cdenman on Oct 27, 2009 - 6 answers

What is the term for an introduction to a song that is completely different in melody than then the rest of the song itself? [more inside]
posted by goalyeehah on Sep 22, 2009 - 14 answers

Help me find music that makes me feel small and insignificant. [more inside]
posted by Christ, what an asshole on Aug 17, 2009 - 53 answers

Examples/terminology for media so compelling it drives you insane. [more inside]
posted by allen.spaulding on May 13, 2009 - 36 answers

Looking for specific songs that have a very particular, idiosyncratic quality to them... [more inside]
posted by Christ, what an asshole on Sep 23, 2008 - 19 answers

There is something very familiar in the intro vocal melody of this song: Marble House by The Knife. What song is this melody referencing? [more inside]
posted by Drama Penguin on Jul 4, 2008 - 11 answers

Can I learn to create melodies? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Jun 15, 2008 - 37 answers

In many places throughout the country, you often hear a eight-note melody played prior to church bells tolling the hour. Can you help me identify it? [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Mar 5, 2008 - 18 answers

Where can I learn about music history and music theory for free? [more inside]
posted by Chris4d on Jan 16, 2008 - 25 answers

I'm looking for songs that have melodies that use the same note many, many times in a row, like Ca Plane Pour Moi. I'm not looking for songs featuring people who speak-sing, or rap or scream. I'm not looking for songs that have melodies with only 3 or 2 different notes in them. It has to be a song with a melody where one note gets repeated alot (more than say, Jingle Bells). Do you know any?
posted by 23skidoo on Aug 3, 2007 - 49 answers

What melody is being referenced at 2:38 into Sufjan Stevens' song "Come on! Feel the Illinoise!"? [more inside]
posted by k7lim on Jan 31, 2007 - 10 answers

Can anyone identify this melody? (350 kB .WAV, whistled here) [more inside]
posted by ZenMasterThis on Dec 19, 2005 - 18 answers

MusicianFilter: Why do I favour some names of notes in the chromatic scale over their other names? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul 1, 2005 - 15 answers

Following up this question, I want to expand my music collection beyond classical & jazz. I don't know much about music from the 1950s to the present, but I know what I like. Melody is really importand to me. I prefer happy, sad and thoughtful to angry (I don't like "screaming" rock at all). I don't like drum-beat heavy dance music. I prefer the 60's/70's sound (or stuff influenced by it) to really contemporary stuff. Here are some examples of what I like: most Beatles, Simon and Garfunkle, ELO's "Mister Blue Sky", a lot of They Might Be Giants, some Billy Joel ("Piano Man", "Moving Out", "Uptown Girl"), some of The Mommas and the Pappa's, some Aimee Mann, some Carol King, The Beach Boys, and The Roches.

What else would I like?
posted by grumblebee on Aug 17, 2004 - 48 answers

Does anyone know the origins of the little melody used in movies, cartoons and old time radio to indicate all things oriental? (i.e. the beginning of "Turning Japanese")
posted by milovoo on Feb 3, 2004 - 7 answers