(I will add this theme to the files)
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Special forum features: inserting music notation, posting audio recordings.
Often in old films, this short fragment or one like it is used for an "oriental" flavor. Where did it come from? Or is the motif so ubiquitous that its source is obscure?
Here is a graphics file of the example in traditional notation and harmony: http://doorbell.net/junk/musica.gif
Add a bit of sheet music, along with a MIDI file, simply by entering note names in Lilypond syntax between the [L] and [/L] tags.
For example, you can try what happens if you enter: [l]g'4 g'4 d''4 d''4 e''4 e''4 d''2[/l] (use the Preview function if you don't actually want to post this).
You can create these lists of note names by clicking on piano keys here.
If you just want to sing, whistle, or play a melody so that other forum visitors can hear it, follow these steps:
If the original question in a thread is solved, please mark it as solved using the "solved" icon (or by just typing [solved] into your post). This makes life easier for people who are willing to identify melodies, since unsolved problems are easier to spot that way. If a problem turns out to not be solved after all, just write [/solved] in a new post, and the thread will be labeled accordingly.