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Wow, this is genius. I just searched the intro riff of Smoke on The Water and was impressed and surprised to see so many other bands that have the same riff in

Wow, this is genius. I just searched the intro riff of Smoke on The Water and was impressed and surprised to see so many other bands that have the same riff in many different ways. Would love to know how this works below the service. What is built on? Are you using any API's for this? Would love more details or even open source it.

anthonyb 13y ago
It didn't find Stairway though, unless I'm remembering the intro wrong: 5--5--7--7-- -5-----5---- --5-----5--- 7-----6----- ------------ ------------
- tlb 13y ago
  It's properly: ---5-7--7- --5---5--- -5-----5-- 7----6---- ---------- ---------- although anyone would recognize your version.
  - anthonyb 13y ago
    Probably true, but if you want to get "technical", Jimmy Page never played anything the same way twice :) Even your version doesn't turn up anything though - just 7 5 5 5 gives a whole bunch of Jon Bon Jovi and Scorpions knockoffs.
- ryrobes 13y ago
  Yeah, guilty. The tab I have of Stairway in the DB is a bit different. http://riffbank.com/?q=5--5--7--7--%0D%0A-5-----5----%0D%0A--5-----5---%0D%0A------------%0D%0A------------%0D%0A------------&slop=6 http://riffbank.com/?q=5--5--7--7--%0D%0A-5-----5----%0D%0A-... I'm actually surprised that I haven't scraped 124 different versions of it by now. Hopefully with lots of transcriptions things will show up to more diverse 'fingerings' (you know, the "right way" plus all the "other ways")...
  - anthonyb 13y ago
    Interesting - if I click through to the tab found via your link (http://www.guitaretab.com/l/ledzeppelin/30410.html?no_takeover http://www.guitaretab.com/l/ledzeppelin/30410.html?no_takeov...), the first bars look to me like they should match my original search: 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-5-----5-7-----7-|-8-----8\-2-----2-| |---5-------5-----|---5--------3-----| |-----5-------5---|-----5--------2---| |-7-------6-------|-5--------4-------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| H H H H Not sure what's going on there - but clicking on the 'raw text' button shows me pretty much the same as I've posted above, so I assume that it's been mis-transcribed somehow? It looks like the 7+5, 7+6, 8+5 and 2+4 columns aren't being included.
    - ryrobes 13y ago
      Hmm, looks like you are correct. Thanks, I never noticed that actually. Going to fix the offending "encoder" scripts (or whatever you want to call them) and re-index everything over the weekend.

anthonyb 13y ago

It didn't find Stairway though, unless I'm remembering the intro wrong: 5--5--7--7-- -5-----5---- --5-----5--- 7-----6----- ------------ ------------

tlb 13y ago
It's properly: ---5-7--7- --5---5--- -5-----5-- 7----6---- ---------- ---------- although anyone would recognize your version.
- anthonyb 13y ago
  Probably true, but if you want to get "technical", Jimmy Page never played anything the same way twice :) Even your version doesn't turn up anything though - just 7 5 5 5 gives a whole bunch of Jon Bon Jovi and Scorpions knockoffs.
ryrobes 13y ago
Yeah, guilty. The tab I have of Stairway in the DB is a bit different. http://riffbank.com/?q=5--5--7--7--%0D%0A-5-----5----%0D%0A--5-----5---%0D%0A------------%0D%0A------------%0D%0A------------&slop=6 http://riffbank.com/?q=5--5--7--7--%0D%0A-5-----5----%0D%0A-... I'm actually surprised that I haven't scraped 124 different versions of it by now. Hopefully with lots of transcriptions things will show up to more diverse 'fingerings' (you know, the "right way" plus all the "other ways")...
- anthonyb 13y ago
  Interesting - if I click through to the tab found via your link (http://www.guitaretab.com/l/ledzeppelin/30410.html?no_takeover http://www.guitaretab.com/l/ledzeppelin/30410.html?no_takeov...), the first bars look to me like they should match my original search: 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-5-----5-7-----7-|-8-----8\-2-----2-| |---5-------5-----|---5--------3-----| |-----5-------5---|-----5--------2---| |-7-------6-------|-5--------4-------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| H H H H Not sure what's going on there - but clicking on the 'raw text' button shows me pretty much the same as I've posted above, so I assume that it's been mis-transcribed somehow? It looks like the 7+5, 7+6, 8+5 and 2+4 columns aren't being included.
  - ryrobes 13y ago
    Hmm, looks like you are correct. Thanks, I never noticed that actually. Going to fix the offending "encoder" scripts (or whatever you want to call them) and re-index everything over the weekend.