MP3s Without Melody
(May 10, 2023) I recently opened a 3rd very large hard disk from my passed friend Dick. I could not believe how many files there were. There were a whole lot of midi files. Not all the MIDI are playable on the Tyros, but I can repair those over time. What I also discovered were many mp3 files without a melody. All of these were named with a number and an Excel sheet with the names of the files. These files were from the music school and were meant to help students to learn playing with music.
In my past working life, I was an IT Manager in a company with 4,500 people. About 4,000 of which had one or more handicaps (like being deaf or blind, could not walk, was missing a hand and so on). In my office, I had a room with 12 computer workstations where we tried to teach some people how to work with a computer. There were two ladies who were blind but with speech recognition software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking, they could learn to type in, for example, Microsoft WORD. I also had 12 ladies with one or more handicaps and they did our telephone in and out calls. So, my experiences with handicapped people is very great and that is also the reason why I now give music lessons to people with a handicap.
At this moment, I am providing keyboard lessons to two blind ladies (Yamaha PSR-E237 and PSR-E373). After 2 years, they play very well and want more music. However, playing with a midi file is not possible because their keyboard does not play midi files. So, I put some MP3 files on the mobile phone and then used an audio cable to connect the phone to the AUDIO IN port in the PSR-E237. This works perfectly and the ladies are very happy. The mobile is speaking the title from the music so that is also not a problem.
In the questions I receive, there are many people who can't handle midi files and ask me how to do that. In some cases, I can help but by far not all questions because they don’t understand how to do many things. I think that for these people, an MP3 file can be helpful because the MP3s are ready to play and you can play them from a laptop, phone or tablet and then use a cable to connect to your keyboard. I think everyone understands how to use a cable. Also, for people with one hand, playing an MP3 is useful
The files I am talking about here were all made in the Spooky studio and are mp3 files with NO MELODY. So, they are from me, Dick and Hans. We worked together or alone in the studio to record a lot of music. I still work with Hans to perform songs for artists on demand and the music school. Hans plays mostly the guitar or if needed the saxophone. I play accordion or keyboard. The artists work mostly on street performance and play our music and sing with the MP3 file. The music school is, unfortunately, no longer operating.
I make also, on my own, a lot of mp3 files for background playing and they are mostly without melody. These are also very useful for people with handicaps because the can play the file on a lot of devices. Now here are two ladies playing these files and they are very happy.
If you don’t like the KEY, for example D#, you can transpose your Keyboard. If you want to change the key from the mp3, you can use the free program AUDACITY. This program allows you to change the key and also the tempo from the mp3.
The 27 files in the Dutch table below are all MP3 files without a melody. Try some out. Click on any song to download it. Click on Dutch.zip to download all of them.
Jan Smit - Je Naam In De Sterren Vandaag laat ik me gaan-Lucas & Gea |
All For Me Grog (1) All Of Me (1) Amazing Grace (1) Bachelor Boy (1) |
(1) added on 4 January 2024.
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These 21 MP3s added on 20 February 2024. You can download them all in one file: Netherlands.zip.
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Blue Suede Shoes (1) Blueberry Hill (1) Brazil (1) Bye Bye Love (1) Caribian Marina (1) |
Danny Boy (1) Donna (1) |
(1) added on 20 February 2024.
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(9/29/23) - The blues sessie songs played last saturday on a blues session that I recorded on that evening. There were about 500 people. Very nice. I played the Tyros and anyone who wanted to try and play was welcome. Here are five mp3 files no melody for you to check out.
Special
These mp3s are recordings from the Spooky house band made several years ago in Geesbruk. I played the Tyros or, before that, the Roland G70. My musical friends played flute, saxophone, guitar, etc. Dick recorded these on the computer in several tracks, most 8 tracks.
I found these files on the hard disk. All tracks were there, so it was very easy to delete the melody track. Included here is the original recording and the new recording without melody.
Spooky1.zip includes the original recording and a recording without melody for three songs: Abracadabra, Apache, and Pretty Woman.
With and Without Melody
(1/23/24) Here are 5 songs (A Walk in the Park, Hello Mary Lou, I Can't Stop Loving You, It's Now or Never, Pretty Woman) in both MP3 and MIDI format in two versions: one includes the melody and one does not. Get it all in this one compressed file: With and without melody 1.zip.
With and Without Melody MP3s
(3/27/24) In the past week, i played on request from four letters a couple of mp3 files. These are used by players who can not play a midi file. Two of the requesters have only 1 hand to play and they enjoy these files. First, I play the song without the melody. It often takes me a few times to do it right Then, I add the melody to the song so it sounds equal. They are all played on my TYROS 5. The two zipped files below each include 4 songs (MP3s), one with and one without the melody.
- special melody to learn 4.zip (Bad Moon Rising, Massachusetts, Movie Star, That'll Be The Day).
- special melody to learn 5.zip (California Dreaming, Moonlight Shadow, One Way Wind, San Francisco).
(4/1/24) Here is another set of four MP3s with and without a melody:
- special melody to learn 6.zip (Country Roads, Fall to Pieces, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Needles and Pins.)