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Wanderer Island
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Wanderer Island Chords and Melody

Wanderer Island
Wanderer Island – Intro
Wanderer Island – Verse
Wanderer Island – Bridge
Wanderer Island – Pre-Outro

Related Music Concepts

Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Song Stats Intro
Key D Minor
Tempo 85 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Video Game
Mood Tense, Classic, Moody
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 29
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity 78
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension 63
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 19
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats Verse
Key D Minor
Tempo 85 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Video Game
Mood Moody
Most Used Chord VI
Chord Complexity 52
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity 38
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension 28
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 49
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats Bridge
Key D Minor
Tempo 85 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Video Game
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord III
Chord Complexity 80
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity 69
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension 34
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 74
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats Pre-Outro
Key D Minor
Tempo 85 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Video Game
Mood Tense, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 63
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity 75
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension 64
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 65
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats All Sections
Key D Minor
Tempo 85 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Video Game
Mood Moody
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 58
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity 69
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension 46
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 52
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.

About Wanderer Island

About the Key

About the Chord Progressions

Section Progression Songs with this progression
Intro
i III iv VII
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Rain by MIKA
Nice to Meet Ya by Meghan Trainor
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Seventeen by Marina and the Diamonds
Jinzou Enemy by Jin
Gyakko (Backlight) by Ado
82 songs →
Verse
VI i VI I(maj)
Dialog Box by David Byrne
Haunted Castle by Sega
2 songs →
Bridge
IV64sus4(mix) III v ii(maj) III VII vi7(maj)
No other theorytabs with this progression
Pre-Outro
i VII isus4 V(maj)
Schrodinger's Bakeneko by ZUN
An Ending by Toby Fox
Private Eye by Alkaline Trio
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5705 by City Boy
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22 songs →

About the Metrics

Chord Complexity
Chord Complexity tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
Melodic Complexity reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
Chord-Melody Tension quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Progression Novelty
Chord Progression Novelty measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Chord-Bass Melody
Chord–Bass Melody evaluates how smoothly the bass moves between chords, scoring higher when it travels step-wise, ascending or descending, instead of jumping directly between root position chords.

Hooktheory's metrics are calculated against the entire database of analyzed songs, where 50 is the "average song." Learn more about each of these metrics here.

Chord Complexity
58
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 58/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
69
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 69/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
46
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 46/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
52
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 52/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
31
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 31/100 — below average

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Melody Distribution

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