A useful reference: song lyrics and melodies

[Robert_Moriyama]

Musipedia; The Open Music Encyclopedia

Have you ever waked up in the middle of the night with a song running through your mind and, 'lo and behold, you can't remember the lyrics? Musipedia will help you sleep again by giving you access to the published lyrics as well as the melodies of just about every song ever written. There is searchable database that allows you to access to the lyrics not only by category but also by melody, even if you know just a few notes of the piece. If your music is not housed on Musipedia, a web search is available giving you an even broader access than Musipedia provides. There's also a virtual keyboard for entering notes and, best of all, if you have the proper software, you can even search by actually humming the melody. You songbirds should be thrilled with this feature - don't fret, you're in the privacy of your home and instructions are available; unfortunately, voice lessons are not!

http://www.musipedia.org/

[Robert_Moriyama]

Hrmph.

If it can't pick up the theme from the old show Spartacus that was on Nickelodeon 18 years ago, what use is it? (Unless it's Operator Error... )

I see more value in this to bring out names of pieces you never knew existed, which can then be studied.

From what I can tell, the various indexes and the linked content are composed of material contributed by individuals. Hence if nobody was interested in a particular piece, it probably won't be in there. Also, some copyrighted material may have minimal content online ... On the plus side, if you can pick out part of the melody on the 'piano keyboard' or place the notes on a staff, you may be able to find things based on just a few notes. (It can name that tune in ... 6 notes, Billy-Bob.)

Robert M.