Variations On Swan Song & Song D – Verse and Pre-Chorus
Related Music Concepts
Half-Diminished Chords
A diminished triad with a minor seventh on top — softer than fully diminished
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Altered Chords
Altered (raised or lowered) notes create tension and complexity in chords
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Song Stats
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Key
A Minor
Tempo
130 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Jazz
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
96
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
99
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
100
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
95
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
●
Key
A Minor
Tempo
130 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Jazz
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
96
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
100
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
100
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
96
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 Variations On Swan Song & Song D
About the Key
A Minor
It is the most popular key among Minor keys and the 6th 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 (A minor, D minor, and E minor).
A Minor Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse and Pre-Chorus |
i
VI
VII
i
VI7
iv
V
|
No other theorytabs with this progression |
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
96
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 96/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
100
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 100/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
100
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 100/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
96
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 96/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
89
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 89/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
Variations On Swan Song & Song DAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
Melody distribution data is not available for this song.
