Hidden Place – Intro
Hidden Place – Pre-Chorus
Hidden Place – Chorus
Related Music Concepts
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Song Stats
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Key
E Phrygian
Tempo
153 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
A3 – F4
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
isus4(add9)
Chord Complexity
91
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
20
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
0
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
47
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
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Key
A Minor
Tempo
150 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
B4 – F5
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
iv(add6)
Chord Complexity
67
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
11
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
78
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
91
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
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Key
A Minor
Tempo
150 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
A4 – A5
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
iv(add6)
Chord Complexity
46
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
57
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
86
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
82
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
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Keys
E Phrygian, A Minor
Tempo
153 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
A3 – A5
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
iv(add6)
Chord Complexity
75
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
24
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
53
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
78
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 Hidden Place
About the Key
E Phrygian
It is the most popular key among Phrygian keys and the 46th most popular among all keys. The E Phrygian scale is similar to the E Minor scale except that its 2nd note (F) is a half step lower.
i II vii
Most Important Chords
Chord progressions in Phrygian often rely on the major chord built off of this 2nd scale degree (F major) which gives the key its distinctive sound.
E Phrygian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Chorus |
ivadd6
VIadd9
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| Chorus |
ivadd6
i
III
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About the Melody
Melody data is compiled from all analyzed melody sections, so depending on how a user analyzed a song, "melody" might include instrumental notes.
A3 – A5
Melody range across 24 semitones
1.42 beats/note
Across 112.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
100%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
51%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Mixed
Consonance
How smoothly the melody blends with the harmony (0 = dissonant, 1 = consonant).
Loose
Syncopation
How often the melody emphasizes off-beats. Higher = more syncopated.
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
75
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 75/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
24
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 24/100 — below average
Chord-Melody Tension
53
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 53/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
78
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 78/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
13
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 13/100 — below average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
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BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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Melodic Intervals
Distribution of note-to-note jumps in semitones (negative = downward, positive = upward)
Note Durations
How long each note is held (in beats)
Syncopation
How many notes fall on each level of metric strength (0 = on-beat, higher = increasingly off-beat)
Level 0
Notes that fall on the downbeat — the strongest metric position in the measure.
Level 1
Notes on a secondary strong beat (e.g. beat 3 in 4/4) — still firmly on the grid.
Level 2
Notes on the remaining primary beats (2 and 4 in 4/4) — moderate metric weight.
Level 3
Notes on eighth-note offbeats — between the primary beats. Audibly syncopated.
