Name That Tune

This essay is about a suggested student project in Java programming. This essay gives a rough overview of how it might work. It does not describe an actual complete program. I have no source, object, specifications, file layouts or anything else useful to implementing this project. Everything I have to say to help you with this project is written below. I am not prepared to help you implement it; I have too many other projects of my own.

I do contract work for a living, which could include writing a program such as this. However, I don’t do people’s homework for them. That just robs them of an education.

You have my full permission to implement this project any way you please.

This program has several functions:

For use in record stores. You can request music you want by playing the theme you want by ear on a keyboard.
To identify a piece of music, hum a few bars.
To find arrangements of your favourite tunes on the web, no matter what the webmaster called the file.
To use in detecting copyright violations on the web, to detect if people are copying or modifying your arrangements without permission.

The basic version of the program takes a piece of MIDI music and simplifies it, attempting to pick out the melodic and accompanying themes. It removes any bending or slight shortening or lengthening of the notes, attempting to get at the primitive themes behind the piece.

It then breaks this up into phrases and looks those phases up its library of known music, looking for matches, or approximate matches.

The fancy version of the song can take a wav file, perhaps a person singing or a transcription of on old vinyl recording etc. It attempts to similarly pick out the theme for matching. It would be an automated HumLine hosted by Shelagh Rogers and Danny Marks on the late lamented CBC Basic Black program.

To make it easier on yourself, look for a specific recording. Then it is in the same key, same speed, same overtones.

Rhythm Tutor Student Project

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