Music has become the basic thing in our lives. It seems that listening to songs is something that we do more and more frequently and more frequently since the facilities we have to access this type of content are increasingly wide. Millions of singers around the world release different songs every day so that the public, that is, we can listen to them and decide if we like them or not. In addition, the inclusion of music for example on Instagram has been a success, as millions of users like their publications to have music.
The songs are part of our day to day since through the radio and applications such as YouTube or Spotify, the ease of access to all of them is growing. The problem is when we listen to a song but we don't remember what its title is or we don't know it yet but we would like to know. There are so many songs that are released daily, that it is possible that although we want to remember their title or keep the lyrics, we find it very difficult to do so.
In these cases, what comes to mind is to identify the song in order to know its title and thus have access to it. Luckily, we currently have a number of online tools, desktop applications and mobile phone apps which allow us to make these identifications.
In the case that we are on the computer or have a smartphone and a song begins to play, or a chorus or rhythm comes to mind, we can use some of the free services that we offer below to identify it. Next we will show a list with the best methods that we can use to recognize an online song. In this way you will be able to keep the title or singer in your mind or phone, to be able to listen to this song whenever you feel like it.
Ok Google or Siri using Shazam without installing it
Yes, as you hear it, it is now possible to use your own mobile, tablet or device that uses Ok Google or Siri in case of Apple devices.
All this is thanks to one of the options we have to identify the songs, use Siri voice assistants for Mac or iPhone (which Shazam uses without having to install it) or the “Ok Google” utility for Android, so We will not need to install any external program. For this, it is enough that we access the assistant and ask a question of the style:
What is this song?
In this way the assistant will activate our microphone to be able to listen to the song that is being played on the iPhone, Android, PC or Mac to try to identify the title of that song that is playing. We leave an example of how it is used on iPhone or Android.
Here you can see how to use Shazam without having to install it on iPhone, in this example we use an iPhone X, we open Siri, we ask what is this song? and automatically starts listening to it as you see in the following image.
Now, once detected as you see you will see both the photo, as the name of the song and artist who sings it, simply, quickly and without installing apps (or shazam because it is integrated into Apple system).
Here you can see Ok Google in action from an example Samsung Galaxy device:
Recognize song from Identify Songs Online website
Another option we have is to access a website that allows us to recognize a song that is playing at some point from the computer or phone, so that it can be recognized immediately, without having to install anything. When we access this website, we will see that a button appears that says "record now".
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Once we press on this button, we will see that a new screen appears on which we will see a microphone. We have to press this microphone to be able to recognize the song that is playing. We also have the possibility to download the extension for Chrome and that added in our browser. You have the possibility to recognize 10 songs a day for free, which is probably enough on most occasions.
If you want to try this website, then you have the link.
Identify Songs Online
Shazam
No doubt if there is an application that has become popular to identify music especially from the mobile phone is Shazam. Over time this app has been increasing features and users, thus becoming the queen of this sector.
Among its best features we can find the possibility of activating background listening to continually identify music, movies and television programs without having to open the application. It offers different options and quite good results so if you do not have it yet it is interesting that you try it.
We saw in the previous point, that it is already possible to have Shazam integrated in the iPhone system, but here you have the way to download the app for both Android and iPhone.
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ShoundHound
It is an application which will allow us to identify a song through the chorus or humming. This means that it is not necessary that the song is playing at the same time, but it is enough that we remember its melody to be able to hum it within the app and the application itself will present a list with the possible results.
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Midomi
With this service we will be able to recognize the songs that we have in our mind as in the previous case, but this time from the computer. Midomi allows us to sing or hum a song to identify it. In this way we can test our singing skills and if we see that it does not work, we can move on to the second option such as humming.
It is a community of music lovers that has user contributions for different languages, genres, lyrics etc.
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NameMyTune
It is a fairly simple site to use which offers only two options: record the song ourselves or listen to other people's recordings to help them identify their melody.
We have to allow access to the microphone and start recording when we are ready to sing or put on the recording. You must choose gender and more or less seniority.
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musiXmatch
One of the services we can find on the web to recognize music online for free is the musiXmatch application. Powered by Microsoft, it has the largest music and video metadata base so recognizing a song with this App is quite simple.
The desktop version is quite similar to that of Shazam and the main objective is to search and combine lyrics of songs found. To identify the songs it is enough that the song you want to detect is playing once it is open. Once the song has been identified, we will see how its title appears on the screen.
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In this way we will be able to recognize the songs that we are listening to or that come to mind but we will not be able to remember their title in different ways depending on our preferences. We are no longer going to have to be thinking for hours about what that song is or stay with the desire to know what its artist is. It is a quick and simple way to create a list of all those songs that we have been enjoying.
$config[ads_text5] not foundIn the event that you know some other form or program that you think may be interesting, do not hesitate to leave it in a comment!
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