Classical Music/To ID a tune

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Expert: Pat G - 12/26/2010


Question

Notes
Hi Pat -
Here  is attached

I rewrote my letter and for a better understanding  I put in the chords. It's in a jpg format.
Thanks if you have any ideas,

Jeff Delray Beach, FL

Answer
Hello, Jeff,

I'm afraid that isn't helpful to me. I read music. In order to make sense of the musical line you have given me, I need to see it in musical notation on music paper. I tried singing it, and I simply didn't get anywhere. It didn't sound like something I'm familiar with. I realize a lot of people who aren't classically trained think in terms of chords, but it's the melody I need to "hear" in my head, and right now, I'm not getting a "picture" of it in my ear. I will try to write it down on some music paper (it would help if I had some readily available, which I don't happen to), and then I can sing or play it, and that may help. If you are able to write it on music paper and make a .jpg, that would be helpful.

Other than that, you may have better luck asking someone else.

Pat G

Expertise

I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

Education/Credentials
I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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