Discover New Music and Identify Tunes Anywhere with These 5 Tools

12 OCTOBER 2023 By: Saba Hassan

When you're out and about, whether at cafes, malls, markets, or anywhere else, and you come across a random song that you like but unfortunately don't know the details, here are some tools that can help you by providing the song's information.

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Shazam App 1. Open the Shazam app. 2. Tap the Shazam button when the music is playing. 3. If you're using Shazam for the first time, make sure to follow any onscreen instructions regarding microphone and location access. 4. Additionally, you can touch and hold the Shazam app icon and then tap 'Shazam Now' to start identifying the song.

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SoundHound Instantly identify the music around you. Open the app, tap the orange button, and your phone listens to tell you the song.

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Google Sound Search 1. In the Google search bar, tap the microphone icon 2. Ask, "What's this song?" or tap "Search a song." 3. Play a song, or hum, whistle, or sing its melody 4. Google will identify the song for you.

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Snapchat 1. Open Snapchat 2. Tap and hold anywhere on the screen 3. choose Discover a song

Musixmatch Under the "Identify" tab, this feature works like Shazam and SoundHound. Use "History" for past songs or "Search" to find without tagging. Tagged songs play with the option for translated lyrics, making it a handy language learning tool.

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