The Ballad Of Chasey Lain – Intro
The Ballad Of Chasey Lain – Verse
The Ballad Of Chasey Lain – Chorus
The Ballad Of Chasey Lain – Pre-Outro
Related Music Concepts
Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Song Stats
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Key
C♯ Minor
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk/Hardcore
Melody Range
B3 – B4
Mood
Smooth, Classic, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII(no3)
Chord Complexity
37
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
0
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
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
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Key
C♯ Minor
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk/Hardcore
Melody Range
C#4 – A4
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
VI
Chord Complexity
39
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
13
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
16
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
68
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
C♯ Minor
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk/Hardcore
Melody Range
B3 – B4
Mood
Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i(no3)
Chord Complexity
43
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
17
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
25
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
73
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
C♯ Minor
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
2/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk/Hardcore
Melody Range
D#4 – G#4
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII(no3)
Chord Complexity
21
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
7
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
94
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
17
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
C♯ Minor
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, Punk/Hardcore
Melody Range
B3 – B4
Mood
Moody
Most Used Chord
VII(no3)
Chord Complexity
34
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
5
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
31
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
44
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 The Ballad Of Chasey Lain
About the Key
C♯ Minor
It is the 9th most popular key among Minor keys and the 20th most popular among all keys. Minor keys, along with major keys, are a common choice for popular music.
i iv VI
Most Important Chords
The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all minor chords (C♯ minor, F♯ minor, and G♯ minor).
C♯ Minor Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Intro |
i
VII
III
VII
VI
VII
v
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No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Verse |
i
IIIadd9
VI
v
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| Chorus |
i
III6add9
VI
v6
i
v
i
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No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Pre-Outro |
VII
i
III
VII
iv
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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.
B3 – B4
Melody range across 12 semitones
1.15 beats/note
Across 114.5 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
100%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
76%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Edgy
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
34
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 34/100 — below average
Melodic Complexity
5
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 5/100 — below average
Chord-Melody Tension
31
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 31/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
44
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 44/100 — below average
Chord-Bass Melody
60
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 60/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
The Ballad Of Chasey LainAverage Song
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.
