Notes game

[debra]

More hints, then:

• I chose this one specifically because the interval between the first two notes is very unusual (I figured itd be a dead giveaway)
• ...especially unusual for a melody thats sung
• One video of a non-accordion version of this song has over 350 million views on YouTube
• The next three notes are: A E F#

I think you mean Take On Me by A-ha.

 

[JeffJetton]

I think you mean Take On Me by A-ha.

Indeed I do!

All yours, Paul...

 

[debra]

Going back to what is very popular on accordion, here is something everything accordion player plays:
D C A F# (no promises about which note is in which octave).

 

[debra]

Going back to what is very popular on accordion, here is something everything accordion player plays:
D C A F# (no promises about which note is in which octave).

Too difficult?
Let me use lower case for higher octave then: D c A F#. Now it should be clear that you already played this... (I cannot imagine anyone didnt.)

 

[Corsaire]

Aha - they're the first 4 notes of a Tango - La Cumparsita ? One of my all-time favourites since hearing it on "Some Like it Hot" !

 

[debra]

Aha - theyre the first 4 notes of a Tango - La Cumparsita ? One of my all-time favourites since hearing it on Some Like it Hot !

You got it! So it looks like the octave really helps in recognizing tunes?

Your turn.

 

[Corsaire]

Okay, here's one, and a little clue for starters : It's French !
ACEAC

 

[debra]

Okay, heres one, and a little clue for starters : Its French !
ACEAC

I guess Mozarts Violin concerto nr 5, K219 is out then. It is ACEAC but not French...

 

[Corsaire]

No ! Try this (lower case = higher octave) :
ACEac

 

[Corsaire]

No takers ? Here are a few more notes ... and it's in 3/4 time :

A C E a c B A E C

I'm sure Maugein96 knows it !

 

[JeffJetton]

Le Bal de la Marine?

 

[Glenn]

I love that song. Coincidence as I started practicing it last night.


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[Corsaire]

Yes - Le Bal de la Marine.
I loved it as soon as I heard it - one of the first musette waltzes I learnt when we moved to France. I haven't played it for years but picked up the music the other day to see if I could still play it ...... needs some practice !

Over to you, Jeff ...

 

[debra]

Yes - Le Bal de la Marine.
I loved it as soon as I heard it - one of the first musette waltzes I learnt when we moved to France. I havent played it for years but picked up the music the other day to see if I could still play it ...... needs some practice !

Over to you, Jeff ...

I did not know this song, but I also interpreted the octaves wrong. For me the octaves start at C, so I interpreted the first A to be higher than the C and the jump to the high a was very strange to me because I was thinking of that much higher. The jump from E to the high a was a very large jump I would not expect in a song. We should agree on how we denote octaves when we do (as a hint, not initially).
So maybe, if octaves are indicated, please indicate whether you let an octave start at A or at C... Thanks. (It wouldnt have mattered for Le Bal de la Marine as I never heard that song.)

 

[Corsaire]

I think I understand - so in fact in my tune, it would have been better if I had put that the octave starts in A (the song starts off in A minor) ?

 

[debra]

I think I understand - so in fact in my tune, it would have been better if I had put that the octave starts in A (the song starts off in A minor) ?

Yes because otherwise people get confused. In standard music notation and in any music notation software I know every octave starts with C. It goes against the alphabet but it is what we now have come to expect. CDEFGAB is one octave, and cdefgab is the next higher octave. This is independent of the key in which the music is composed.

 

[Corsaire]

Thanks, Paul ! It's a very long time since I took theory exams ....
I'm always glad of the little indentation on the middle C bass button

 

[JeffJetton]

FWIW, I wasnt thinking octaves start on A like the alphabet. Rather, I considered that in the same octave could be interpreted as the same octave of the key, when I tried out the notes. For example, in the key of, say, G major, the notes G B d e are really all in one octave, key wise, even though theyre in two octaves from a C-based perspective. Corsaires notes smacked of A minor!

Anyway, onward...

Well this one could be easy or hard. Well see.

To avoid confusion, Ill go with the ABC notation standards, which is similar to the way Pauls been doing it so far. (Although Im obviously only giving pitches and not the rhythmic values that ABC would normally include...)

<CODE>

K:D

D E F E D E F F E D

</CODE>

Hints if you need em:

• That K means were in the key of D major, so lets sharp those Fs folks!
• This is not the melody of the song but rather the main instrumental riff. Its not really played exactly the same every time by every instrument--above is a good average.
• An accordion is probably the most prominent instrument in the riff in the original recording and in a popular cover version. (Some might not call it an accordion though.)
• I happened to see the accordionist who played this (on both versions) perform live last night, which inspired my choosing this. This song was played, of course. Apparently it is the most frequently-requested.

 

[Glenn]

Looks like we are developing a sort of TAB notation here [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]


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[debra]

...This is not the melody of the song but rather the main instrumental riff. Its not really played exactly the same every time by every instrument--above is a good average.

It may be another song I dont know (there are many more songs I dont know) but recognizing a song based on the instrumental riff instead of the melody... it proves to be a challenge. I can play the riff in my head easily but I cannot imagine the melody to go with it. Sorry.
(There is a similar riff but it is in minor, and thats for Music by John Miles, but for the riff in major I think I have to pass this time.)