Tunepal is an app
with the trad player in mind. Using a unique
query-by-playing interface, Tunepal helps musicians identify the names of traditional
Irish, Scots, Welsh and Breton tunes.
All you do is hold your iPhone, iPad or Android up to a
melody-instrument such as tin-whistle, flute, concertina, accordion, fiddle or banjo,
tap to record and Tunepal searches its database of thousands of tunes to find
the closest matches. Titles of matching
tunes are shown and you can view the
notation on your device or play it back as a midi file.
We tested Tunepal the other night at our trad session on an
unknown jig. Our banjo and flute maestros played the
mystery melody together while Tunepal listened.
Within seconds Tunepal delivered its response: “Paddy O’Rafferty with 89% certainty”. Pretty cool.
Tunes can also be retrieved by typing in a title.
At a cost under $5, Tunepal is a handy reference app for musicians.
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