Possibly the most amazing discovery I ever made on the web – Musipedia. I needed to find the name of a folk song that I know by ear, but couldn’t remember the title of for a copyright clearance form. Not thinking for a moment that I’d be able to sort this out, I tried the Musipedia site, putting in the basic melodic contour using D for Down, U for Up and R for repeat, and hey presto, the first tune that it found was exactly what I was looking for – Mason’s Apron. Amazingly, you can also whistle or sing the tune to the computer rather than using Parson’s Code.
I tried three other tunes, all with equally accurate results. I can see this becoming something of an obsession…
