Re: [Harp-L] Finding the right key, in a noisy club

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hope so that would be " Key "

Mike Wilbur


> On May 13, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Robert Laughlin <harmonicaman1968@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I remember, years ago, when I first thought,,"Why isn't there an app for the computer, like "google", that can find the name of a recording or even a live performance while in progress. Then someone invented it. Shazam.
> 
> Amazing stuff, this pattern recognition software.
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> Which brings up another question:
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> Just thought I'd run this by the "l", in the name of streamlining the process of jumping in (by invitation, of course), with a live band.
> 
> You know that moment, onstage, when you're not quite sure yet what key the band is playing in, or switching to, and there's just too much sound swamping your eardrums to easily, quickly grab the harp that fits. Even if someone shouts out the key to you, he may or may not have given you "the harp key", or perhaps just the actual key the band is playing in on that song, depending on whether he intended to do the interpolation for you, or just hand you the key sig they're actually playing in.
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> It's at that moment that I often think,,there ought to be an "app" for this. I mean, there's already an app for your celphone that can pick out the name of the song, if it's melody is distinctive enough I would guess. I wonder if there's an app or a device that can "hear" the key being played, so as to avoid having to ask or fiddle with your harps while cupping your ear to hear it over the din.
> 
> Eh?
> 
> Robert the Inquisitive
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