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[cassandra]

[Seej]

As far as the waveform in the background goes, I'd say it's unlikely to be something as simple as a single drum kick. If you look closely, those 3 large spikes are equally spaced, implying that they're part of a rhythm. Difficult to tell without a timebase, but given their size I'd guess they're probably a big bass drumline. There appears to be a secondary beat a little later, so it's probably not a breakbeat track. The parts between the large beats don't repeat, so my suspicion is that this is around 5 seconds of some song or other piece of music, with a timebase (based on the separation of the smaller peaks) of about 2 seconds between the large peaks, though my timing guesses may well be a bit on the large side. With the waveform at this sort of resolution it's not possible to accurately speculate what sort of music it might be or if there's any singing on there, but if I was put on the spot I'd take a guess at pop/rock music. All I can say for sure though is that it's definitely not a Vanessa Mae solo, a fat lady singing, or freeform jazz.

Dear Lord, I've spent waaaaaay too much time staring at audio waveforms, haven't I?

[appleTRON]

[drizjr]

Over in this thread Mosestrotsky wrote....

[FreeMorpheme]

Taps?

[JamesDart]

Taps is a song played at U.S. Military funurals. And no, all the card solutions won't be U.S. related. In fact, this game has already proven to be more interesting if you live in London.

[quizzle]

Taps isn't just important in the US - although it is most commonly used there - it was played at my mother's funeral - and she was a Welsh woman who never joined the military - but she was a Guider (Girl Scout leader for intrests sake), and at the end of meetings Girl Guides sing Taps... I don't know about other countires, but that is the case in the UK

I'd agree that the background wave form is an impulse - which would make sense for Taps - originally it was played just on a drum, as a rhythm, the tune was added later.

FYI - here's how I know it, the key is G, the octave above the octave starting at middle C is indicated by the ', together with the words for the first verse of evening Taps (there are other verses, and other versions) - I can't think of the tune without them anymore...

Day is Done, Gone the Sun, From the Sea, From the Hills, From the Sky,
D D G D G B D G B D G B D G B
All is Well, Safely Rest, God is Nigh
G B D' B G D D D G

Usually played on a bugle these days.

[monkeytroll]

Hey, why no spoiler tags?

[Bluzu]

http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/July4/TAPS.wav

For those who want to hear it

[Magma]

I haven't got this card yet so I can't check to see if there are any corrections for it. Also bear in mind I am not musically inclined. If you find any ignorance or misinterpretation on my part please feel free to poke a whole bunch of holes in it.

I'm determined to solve these cards myself rather than just fill in the answer and marvel in my uncanny ability to read letters from one webpage and type them in on another. If that fails, I at least would like to know *why* the answer was right

The card shows the following waves (reading in the same direction that the first line goes, as mentioned in an earlier post)

445456 456456 456566 54445

I have 2 problems with this that nobody has mentioned here. Could anyone with musical talent who is familiar with this card, the solution, and music in general, confirm that they have the same problem, or tell me where I have gone wrong?

[Lilian]

Is'nt it also known as the last post

[Romany]

Naming the song

[Fuseunderground]

Re: Naming the song

[RoyalRumble]

If I might add. I live in The Netherlands and every year at the 4th of may we remember the casualties of WW2. At eight o'clock we are all silent for two minutes. Just before taps is played on a trumpet.

So it's not just a US thing.